This partnership between Schumacher and Dempsey & Carroll makes me bounce up and down in my desk chair! Three of my most favorite patterns of wallpaper/fabric from my favorite fabric house in combination with stationery, my other well known weakness?? Did someone read my mind?
I was really psyched to be included in this article for eBay’s new online magazine The Inside Source! Check out the items that many noteworthy designers from around the world are coveting on eBay (including me!)
Some other items I found on eBay I’d quite like to be mine as well:
This amazing curvy headboard I’d refinish and use in a project. It would be amazing in a small guest room that has a full size bed.
This bamboo dresser is fabulous as is- no need to redo it if you don’t want to.
So obsessed with these vintage sputnik-style lights right now. I am dying for one.
I would LOVE to redo these drop dead gorgeous faux bamboo chairs for a client’s breakfast room or small dining table (around a Saarinen tulip table? I DIE.)
Adore these stools, which I’d cover is a great bold print fabric (Chiang Mai Dragon, perhaps?) :)
These blanc de chine swag lamps would be beyond gorgeous hung in a powder room on either side of the mirror instead of sconces.
These platinum rimmed cocktail glasses have an air of “Mad Men” chic. They’d also make a great gift paired with someone’s favorite bottle of spirits.
I wish I had a pair of these Footzyrolls for my trip to NYC for a bachelorette party this weekend! I teeny, tiny rollable pair of ballet flats for that point in your evening when you cannot POSSIBLY keep your killer heels on ONE. MORE. SECOND. and so resort to pulling a Britney by walking on public streets barefoot OR doing that hideous “my-shoes-are-making-my-feet-bleed” hobble that causes people to stare at you in pity.
I fully expect this to happen to me this weekend.
(Also a great stocking stuffer!)
I am simply freaking over this print of Warhol’s Chanel No. 5 bottle for sale on Rue La La right now. It’s my scent (well, this version of it is which smells so much better than the spray) and I ADORE Warhol. For my office? Pretty please?
Are you not sure how you feel about contemporary art but curious to try it (please do, it really can make a space come alive)? I found a bunch of really interesting giclee prints on canvas on Overstock of all places! Check out some of ‘em here but there a ton more on the site!
You can thank me later for this one. I found these John Robshaw-esque pillow covers on Luna Bazaar (the site where I bought the decor for my 30th birthday party) and I just about keeled over! They are between $10-$30 each! I am loving the boho chic feel of the block prints and ikats!
Then I kept looking and found these amazing batik and ikat bangles for $15 and under and ikat clutches for $19! What great gifts for uber chic friends (or yourself).
I could spend HOURS looking for great chairs to refinish on eBay. My husband thinks I may have a “sickness”. There are a frightening amount of chairs in our home (and basement) awaiting a fresh coat of paint and upholstery in order to be sold in my fictitious “online store” (someday, I swear, I’ll have one). This morning I got a little fix, and decided to share some finds since I am cut off from purchasing until I sell the ones I have.
These Bergere chairs are so unique- re-upholstered they would be a magnificent little seating pairing!
The lines on these chairs are MAGNIFICENT- another case of reupholstering and painting the legs! Maybe a bold print like Chiang Mai Dragon or Imperial Trellis?
How amazing is this set of ornate carved dining chairs? Around a really clean lined modern wood farm table they would be INSANE. I love them-especially perhaps if painted a great color???
If faux bamboo and caning is more your thing, check out these babies. Again, alittle paint and perhaps a cushion made for the seat and you’ve got a lovely set for a small round dining table.
Nothing beats a pair of x-benches for extra seating in a small space- place them under a console or flanking a fireplace when not in use. These are cheap and could be re-upholstered in something really fun!
These framed vintage bathing suits from Battersea would look amazing in a hallway or above a sofa in a beach home. I am simply obsessed.
While you are there why not pick up some vintage industrial lights to go in said beach house? :)
This is the kind of post that I’ve been looking forward to all weekend- and it’s a long one since one thing lead to another, and then to another and so on. It’s so lovely to find something so inspiring that creates pathways to even MORE inspiration, don’t you think?
As you know, I am a semi-devoted yogi. I try to go 2-3 times a week as I’ve found it not only really helps clear my mind, but makes my body feel awesome (and look better than it has in a while too!) I dream of someday being able to treat myself to a luxurious yoga retreat somewhere fabulous, and I’ve found the perfect place. Charym is a mind/body spa in Litchfield, CT that truly stands up to what it’s name means-”beauty and health” in Bhutanese. It was developed and founded by the world renowned interior designer Alexandra Champalimaud. The spaces are so organic looking yet so luxurious you can’t help but believe the design alone would assist in putting your mind and body at ease. An impressive selection of various types of yoga are available, in conjunction with luxurious spa treatments, ayurvedic health consulting, hiking and even psychotherapy! Is there anything more fully cleansing than a yoga class, a massage and then a therapy session? I think not…
Mayflower Inn & Spa
..and here is one of a Martha’s Vineyard residence she did that I love- for good measure.
The last link is this design chain is that I found out the branding, website, art direction and visual identity was design by Korn Design, of Boston. I’ve been admiring Denise Korn and her work for years now (and actually wanted to apply to work there before I started my own business). What she and her team do is pure genius and I appreciate all aspects of design – be it rooms, clothes, websites or print!
Flamant paired with a plumbing fixture company to offer it’s own line of faucets… I’m loving these two.
They have their own paint line, which is packaged perfectly. You know I’m a sucker for great packaging! As for that in store paint chart on the wall…helloooo lovah!
This library below is sold complete with lighting and ldder- just add your books!
Same with this island with sink, all ready to plop down in your kitchen- so gorgeous!
Flamant has three of it’s own restaurants as well, to feed hungry shoppers exhausted from spending all their money! Each is styled so differently and is unique in it’s menu offerings.
They published a book called Here & Elsewhere and I’m having trouble locating a copy as most vendors say it’s out fo print and unavailable. Hopefully I can pick one up at the store when I’m in Paris!
