Quote of the Day

“How we decorate, what we collect is the embodiment of all that we are.”

– Charlotte Moss, A Flair for Living

Jewels of the Louvre

A new book by Adrien Goetz and Claudette Joannis.

This book highlights the jewelry that is featured at the Louvre including pieces in paitnings and sculptures. This book is available January 13, 2009 and is a must have for your library.

For the Southerner in All of Us

A website that specializes in all your monogramming needs!

Find it here!

Towan Island, Englan

This can be yours for 750,000 English pounds. Not too shabby! Considering that in DC 1.4 million us dollars might get you a normal sized house.

I am Obcessed with this...

Metal Commode.Isn't it awesome! It puts me in touch with my German side.

Jonathan Adler Presents...

Some whimsy! A adorable whale pitcher from his online shop jonathanadler.com
$95 and looking for a nice home.

Wooden Money?

I'm so over Oprah but I do love this large wooden penny she has above the door in one of the many rooms of her house.

And this is on my list of things to find- I WANT THAT WOODEN PENNY!!!!! Give it to me Oprah!!!

Beauty in Nature??

You know me... nature rarely impresses me- but the spiral a naturally occurring geometric progression- a piece of nature after my own heart.

And of course snails that inhabit a spiral are beautiful.

Enjoy!

Wood Legs and Nail Head Trim - two of my favorite things.

Beautiful sofa that although it looks current in design it doesn't look like it was bought at Pottery Barn. Plus it's proportions keep it from the current too big furniture that chain furniture stores sell. This couch is from olystudio.com

Chandeliers!

A chandelier that's not too casual without crystals??? Can it be true? Yes! Here are three solutions:

Beautiful flower drop chandelier made of cast resin. $2225 from olystuidio.com

A honeycomb lantern from marjorieskourasdesign.com

And a gorgeous! turquoise bead chandelier priced at $6900. Also available at Marjorie Kouras.

Check it Out!

Two websites with amazing artists- worth the time to check out:

http://thewurstgallery.com/artists/russian_dolls/adam/adam.html

http://www.tobymillman.com/paper.html

And it's directly linked to what I think is cool.

Wooden Boat

My friend recently went to New Orleans and brought back...


This cool wooden boat. It's from a store called Popular Poplar Toys and retails for $36. A beautiful non-expensive piece to add to your collection.
Website: http://www.popularpoplartoys.com/index_049.htm

Ireland

I generally don't consider cool decorative art things to come out of Ireland (and no I don't consider crystal to be good.) but....

This is an amazing piece of jewelry from Ireland. A 1970's blue-gray chalcedony nodule set is yellow gold and highlighted by diamonds. My favorite aspect is the cocentricity of the center set circles and paired with the asymmetry and roughness of the piece overall. I also like this piece because it's rough and it reminds me of the rough terrain of Ireland. This piece represents that beauty in unrefinedness.

I've Bought My Ticket... Have You??

Help out this family in debt! You can buy a raffle ticket and win their house! It's run through a charity organization so if they sell 31,000 tickets one person will win the house and the family has made enough money to pay back the mortgage loan plus 10% to go to the charity. Buy your ticket today! The drawing is Dec. 31 2008.

www.fiftydollarhouse.com

Totally legit. The Washington Post even gave the front page of the Metro section to run a full article about this.

Micro Mosaic

Micro mosaic- one of my obcessions!

These are Italian and are dated 1860 and are currently for sale for $6250.