Honestly, some days I think there is just too much fabulous stuff out there. Used to be, you had to look really hard to find beautiful stuff. You had to know when and where to look. Now everyday it fab this and fab that and quite honestly I am getting bored! So I took off last weekend and went to one of my secret places… Mike calls me “Nancy of the secret places“, so I can’t tell you where I went. Suffice it to say it was a fun filled adventure. I was shopping in the great little Indian general store looking for art supplies and stationary when this box literally fell off the shelf into my hands. Had to get it! There was only one, so I am not sure how it got to the stationary section, or why it fell off the shelf, but the packaging is FABULOUS! Designed to appeal to 2 audiences at once… see picture, side A and side B. I am going to use that on something!
And here we are again with more pattern and prints. We just LOVE prints! Especially in the kitchen - it makes cooking more fun. These funky printed tea towels from Nell and Mary are handmade and hand-printed using water-based inks and salvaged cotton/linen blend fabric. They are soft, absorbent, bright and cheerful, making them fun and functional. What more could you ask for in a kitchen accessory?
All moms deserved to be toasted to this weekend and what better way to do it than with these gorgeous platinum etched champagne flutes? Not only could you use them to toast mom, but they could double as your gift to her as well. Select one pattern or create a set with one of each. Happy Mother’s Day!
Magic, indeed! This carpet, aptly named Season Carpet, is from Norwegian designer, Siren Elise Wilhelmsen. The round wool rug, made from heat sensitive pigments, magically changes colors in response to mercury shifts, or in other words - with the weather outside. Each rug has 3 colors, each of which changes at a different temperature. The end result is 3 separate carpet looks. Kind of like a mood ring for your floor!
Green is definitely the way to go these days and we are always tickled when we find cute, environmentally friendly products. These crayons, good for little artists and the environment, are non-toxic and made from all natural beeswax. From what we understand, the color is vibrant and the crayons fit snugly in their box, creating less mess for little ones and fewer broken crayons. Of course the adorable packaging doesn’t hurt either. It all makes us want shout, “Go Green!”
Made from Indian sheesham wood, these Symbology Coasters are almost too pretty to set your drink on. They are inlaid with hieroglyphs of bone, mother-of-pearl, horn and resin. The combination of color, texture and geometric shapes is so simple yet so pretty and they would enliven any bar. Or room for that matter!
We can’t seem to get enough of prints lately and Valentine Vianny’s unique fabric prints are certainly no exception! What started as a love of art at a very young age in Europe, has blossomed into a varied array of raw talent and successful business in the U.S. Her fabrics radiate luxury and detail and we literally cannot get enough of them!
Uniquely artistic and environmentally responsible, two things we like very much. Those two things are also the approach Eskayel takes on interior surface design. With over 115 available patterns and colorways for fabric, wall coverings and rugs, each made-to-order pattern is not only eco friendly, but visually inspiring as well. Their work has been featured in national and regional publications as well as numerous blogs like ours. Personally, if for no other than selfish reasons, we’d like to feature their work in our studio - it’s gorgeous!
