Archive for March, 2011
Remember that video interview Kate Singleton and I did a couple of days ago for the blog? Well, Kate is back today to share something else with us. It’s an art lovers gift guide: 15 of her favorite pns prints and originals (six of the fifteen are shown above with links below).
1. Blue Trees (original painting) $150
2. Bunny Portrait (photographic print) $45
3. Mister Sir Mustache (giclee print) $16
4. Utensils (giclee print) $25
5. Laura (original oil painting) $50
6. Clouds Over Stanley Park (original watercolor) $40
You can view all 15 pieces here: Kate Singleton’s Art Lovers Gift Guide. The theme is portraits, animals, nature and modes of transportation. It’s a bit of a hodge-podge. And I personally love that about it!
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About Kate: Kate Singleton is the founder of the blog Art Hound, and also works with people near and far to help them find cool art for their homes. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two Maine Coon cats (one of whom, makes an appearance in our video interview).
As a new mother, I’m stocking up on my favorite books from my childhood for my little one. When I came across Emma SanCartier’s shop, Esan01, I thought her illustrations would be a perfect addition to a child’s library. “Inspired by nature and stories from mythology and fairytales” this children’s book illustrator captures classics in her own special way. Wouldn’t this set of Birds in Fables look charming in a home library?
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Check out Emma SanCartier’s work on Etsy to find your own fairytale.
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Post written by Rachel Anne Williams. Rachel Anne is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called Goose and Trisser.You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
Last time we got together for Interior Obsessions with FormFire Glassworks, we jumped into a pool of aqua. Many of the readers were quite taken with the focal wall in the first image. Another great way to create a focal wall either with a jolt of color or without is through the use of wallcoverings, more commonly known as wallpaper. An absolute staple in most homes during the 1970s and into the early 80s, wallpaper lost its appeal in favor of paint and paint techniques. But some great manufacturers and artists are bringing back a resurgence of pattern to the home, with styles from Baroque to modern, simple to quirky, flat to textured and everything in between.
If you’re looking at a fairly simple, understated pattern, by all means, paper your whole space. Like paint, wallpaper is a fairly inexpensive option for updating a room, and can be installed pretty quickly. If you are absolutely taken by a bold pattern or bright color, consider doing only one accent wall. Or put up a rectangle of paper and trim it out with moulding to create a larger size piece of artwork for a different type of background. Many of the new options are textural: either coming out of the wall surface or available as textural paintable patterns. Images have made a comeback as well, with typographic styles a fast favorite. Personally, I have my eye on a shimmery glass-bead covered paper that I have been coveting for a while now. Maybe in the family room…
(above) Neon Loops
Subtle Stripes + Layered Paper Strips
Typographic Blocks + Stacked Magazines
Not a lot of energy for this last post of the day, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging without a Workspace Wednesday post, so here’s a cheerful space to end the day.
Did you notice it has herringbone wood floors? You know how I feel about those, right? (If you don’t, you should probably read this post.)
image above: red wallpaper workspace
With these simple, stylish looks from Three Little Ducks, I am not sure how long I can restrain myself. I just might have to break down and buy some clothing online because, honestly, these pieces are just TOO GOOD to pass up!
Out of a 30+ piece collection, there are dozens of “can’t live without” pieces that you can mix and match with any wardrobe. Lots of staple pieces!
More about Three Little Ducks: TLD is a boutique fashion label run by Katherine Humphery and Patrick McDermott. Their focus is on the creation of elegant, individual and versatile pieces. Three Little Ducks use fabric of the highest quality only and each piece is hand crafted in Sydney, Australia.
Visit Three Little Ducks online now to view the entire clothing collection.
Jeff and I recently replaced the light in our dining room with a MUCH nicer option (I’ll post on that some other time). Partly because we were sick of looking at the “placeholder” IKEA light we bought a while back, and partly because it became clear I was never going to get around to making a cool one for us.
I wish I would have seen this diy glass bubble chandelier a few months ago. Great step-by-step tutorial. Who knows, maybe I would have attempted it?
It looks pretty easy. But then again, I love the light that we finally decided to purchase. So, I guess it all worked out for the best.
Would you be down for making your own bubble chandelier?
We have original hardwood floors in our 1930s bungaloe. BUT if we didn’t for some reason or our floors ever needed to be re-done, herringbone wood floors are at the very, and I mean VERY, top of my list of to-dos. The pattern is unexpected and oh-so-charming!
What do you think? Would you ever do wood herringbone floors in your home?
(above) found via Lolita and Overhead Herringbone Floor Pattern
(above) 50s at Marie Claire – image c/o Marie Clarie Maison
