i’ve mentioned secondhand rose before but i wanted to add this gorgeous peach and silver mylar paper. a reader just sent me a picture of it framed in her home and it looked stunning so i thought i’d share it here. available right here. enjoy!
i’ve mentioned secondhand rose before but i wanted to add this gorgeous peach and silver mylar paper. a reader just sent me a picture of it framed in her home and it looked stunning so i thought i’d share it here. available right here. enjoy!
seeing david byrne last night reminded me about risd and risd works. like so many great design schools, risd churns out some of the most talented designers around. most recently i heard from designer (and 2002 risd grad) heather guidero who produces a really lovely jewelry collection from her studio in providence. i thought you…
i’m a big fan of happy owl glassworks- their playful nightlights and cufflinks are too cute for words. if you like happy owl you’ll love their teeny tiny etsy shop where they sell one off samples. currently there are a few experiments for sale- little glass animal plates. $30 a piece right here (for the…
thanks to see jane work for the little shout out in the product pics for the pepperpot internet journal. need to keep track of your favorite shopping sites, blogs and web journals? check out pepperpot’s colorful solution right here ($9.50). [thanks, kelly]
i don’t normally post this close together but when i found a picture combining cillian murphy and a great new product i jumped to the laptop. blik has launched a great new wall decal called iron vines. this fun floral/semi-baroque pattern comes 6 fun colors and, for some reason, a collection of photos including cillian…
tara heibel and co. at chicago’s sprout home are having a great end of summer sale- starting september 1 there will be sales of up to 50% in the home and garden portion of the store ranging from candles and pillows to perennials and trees for your deck. so, check it out! these fun little…
i just watched pr this morning because we went to revenge of the bookeaters last night [david byrne is amazing!]. i thought the idea was fantastic but i was pretty much bored by the entire thing. i would have loved to have seen alison design for someone. clearly jeffrey has an attitude problem, but i…
i saw these in person last week and was really impressed with their quality. these little sponge vases by andrew dewitt and black and white bottles by brooklyn’s lighten up! are the perfect little summer gifts. i’m making a little package to send to a friend of mine who lives out of state and i’m…
there’s nothing like a good glass lamp that you can dress up and down with different shades. i’m loving this little squat version at cb2. $100 with a cream linen shade but i’d love to dress it up with an emerald colored shape or something snazzier. click here for more info.
sometimes you just need a resource for cute things. so when i got an email from kelly at superbuzzy i knew we had another great cute resource on our hands. superbuzzy is an online shop that carries fabric, trims and stitching accessories. based in portland, kelly’s superbuzzy shop is a fun place to find that…
kristina at three layer cake reminded me about claire coles the other day. i originally mentioned claire during icff as a wonderful example of the trend in incorporating textiles into wallpaper and other design products (coles creates beautiful wallpaper and ceramics that incorporate a handstitched element into every element). but what i wanted to touch…
i was so excited to hear that marimekko‘s fall 2007 designs are now available. i spent the afternoon browsing through the site looking at all the gorgeous new patterns that just hit the street. from classic scaninavian textiles to new kitchen designs and bedding, marimekko is still on top of their game when it comes…
i was thrilled to get an email from brooklyn ceramicist alyssa ettinger the other day. alyssa has been working with pottery since she was 14 and now lives in brooklyn and shares a studio space with designers sarah cihat and lorena barrezueta (talk about a studio full of talented women). alyssa’s latest collection called “knitware”…
i’m a big fan of designer lisa dejohn’s work. lisa emailed me yesterday with the happy news that one of her beautiful floral paintings will be sold (in print form) at ikea worldwide. nothing like affordable work from talented artists at totally affordable prices. you can see more of lisa’s beautiful work right here. she…
just a little save the date: rena sent over the details for a new show taking place at rare device in brooklyn this october. like the rena and lena event earlier this year, designer jill bliss will be having a show at rare device on october 7 called “in the redwoods”. jill will be doing…
jenn labelle at brooklyn’s romp (right here in park slope) just sent over a very cool new product. the mod menagerie series is made up of animal silhouettes hand-cut from original vintage wallpapers. very cool and available exclusively at romp for $65-$78 a piece. i’d love to put the lion in my home. cool for…
i was reading lena’s site and fell instantly for swedish designer petra borner. petra designs patterns for both fashion and home, but the textiles applied to furniture are my favorite. i’d give my right arm for that green chair. well, not really, but i’d certainly save up for it. click here for more on petra…
molly at apiary design just sent me a link to her lovely stationery company. based in minneapolis, molly prints beautiful stationery (invites, cards, tags and announcements) with a truly unique look- each design is printed with thermography, so it has a tactile quality similar to vintage flocked wallpaper. lovely. nothing like bringing back the art…
i must be living under a rock because i’ve never heard of brooklyn studio little by jenny. just passed on by spanking new design blog indie fixx (a great outlet for indie designs), little by jenny makes a great collection of hand-printed pillowcases for $50 a set. working from her studio (right around the corner…
i’ve always loved the cellula chandelier. so out of my price range but so lovely. but what i’m loving even more than the new size it comes in is this wall color behind it. a nice warm yellowy orange can look so perfect in the right light. i get a lot of emails asking me…
