Best of the Week

The rundown for this week includes lots of goldy bling, vintage charm, and amazing art. I can’t remember what led me to all this great stuff but I know I owe a lot to blog surfing! Here are the best of the week:

Colorful art prints that range in size from small to huge (large print sizes would look amazing over a sofa) measuring in at over 45″!.

“Night Peonies Blue”, “Color Migration Black”, “Lucid”, and “Marilyn Monroses” prints – price varies by size, all @ CozaMia.

Here are some amazing and naughty (I’m looking at you Jonathan Adler!) accents for your home… and you.

Banana bud vase – $68 @ Jonathan Adler, Foo Dog lamps (left or right) – $199 @ Shades of Light, Ribbed cashmere & leather fingerless gloves – $98 @ Anthropologie, Handmade cloth extension cord – $38 @ Best Made Co.

There were many amazing things in the Dwell Studio Holiday 2011 catalog but the full two page spread of gold bling was my favorite part of the whole book.

Dwell Studio holiday catalog bling (as promised!): Slanted Votives in brass – $247.50/set, Tubular Burst Objet – $327.50, Orb Objet – $497.50, Gold Triangle Vases, $162.50 – $222.50, all @ Dwell Studio.

Early this week while I was looking over One King’s Lane, for the first time in ages, where I saw this cool, retro TV for the first time. This TV set, originally issued in the 1960’s, would be great for when space limitations kept you from being able to hide your TV. Doesn’t this look better than the blah boxes we have these days?

Panasonic Orbitel TV, price varies (about $500 – $1000). Try eBay or other online vintage retailers.

Have an excellent weekend, everyone. Monday has some cool palette inspiration! 🙂

Kelly, the Riveter (with help from hubby).

Cruising one of my favorite design blogs, Centsational Girl, in the middle of the night (!), I came across this link to The View Along The Way to a tutorial on how to make a version of Jonathan Adler’s swanky bed… DIY!!!

The View Along The Way author, Kelly, and her husband, Andy, pulled out one of those most gorgeous DIYs ever. I’m just saying. And THEN wrote about it with humor and grace. Check it out and give this gal and her husband some props. They deserve it!

Picture above is by Kelly from her blog. There are more detailed photos of the process on her post. Hope you enjoy it!

First impressions.

I was looking through my inspiration file and I ran across the pic at the top of an entryway using IKEA’s Stockholm sofa table. I’ve seen and admired the table in the store many times but wasn’t really sure how to put an entry together. But looking at the photo gave me some ideas… so, here’s what I came up with:

IKEA Stockholm sofa table – IKEA
Chantilly Vines mirror – Anthropologie
Flora jute rug – Jonathan Adler
Ghost Tree coat rack – Erich Ginder
Mid-century ceramic lamps – FabulousMess (on Etsy)
Ceramic Lamp – West Elm (as a mass produced alternative)
Porcelain hippo – Rose and Radish

I’d paint the wall behind it a rich dark grey with a brown tone to it. Hippo would go under the table, along with a basket for shoes. A leather tray in a camel color would look nice on top.

What do think? Can you see these pieces working together?