the ornamented life

i would REALLY like to see these wallpapaer tiles by the ornamented life all grouted up. they could be great. i would definitely try a test board with navy grout. love black and navy...you never know. you probably recognize the ornamented life. They also designed the crackery tableware (below) which highlights unfortunate mishaps in gold and floral decoration.

feinedinge

pretty porcelains by feinedinge.

edra

sparkle sparkle. diamond pouf from edra.

john pomp

curiously beautiful glass sculptures by john pomp. i could not find these that i had seen in clear magazine BUT when i went to his site to look, i found a fabulous link for a design sponge interview with him. a great interview and i also liked his page on inspiration.

john rocha

beautiful home of designer john rocha. the hand painted bed cover (above) is simply divine. his site is certainly worth a tour. not only can you view his latest apparel collections, he has a beautiful portfolio of gorgeous housewares. photographs by simon brown for elle decor, april 2006.

halfpint

coffee mug by tim parsons from snow home.

like it

blown ups by thelermont hupton. great for baby's room.

je vais à Paris ! finalement !

do i have any friends here from paris? i have NEVER been to paris and i can not explain to you how happy i am to go. are there super secret fabulous places that only the french know to visit? if so, would you share the secret with me? i will take my camera and post on all things extremely chic and wonderful while i am there. please leave a note and share your favorite paris haunts. even if you have only seen a picture, i would love to know!

j'attends avec intérêt la grande inspiration de la belle ville des lumières !

anne wilson

"topologies", installation by ann wilson. little fiber organisms....interesting. i'm trying to imagine the process of such free-form whimsical work. just believing in the concept and letting it happen. i like to think about it.

jane sauer gallery

i LOVE this indigo and walnut shibori dyed hemp by frank connet. how fabulous as upholstry on a louis XVI canapé!


i am not sure what i would do with it, but i find the sculpture of lanny bergner very interesting.


stunning "dawn sentry" basket of waxed linen, copper and iron by mary giles

also worth a look, complicated art quilts by sue benner and wendy huhn. all from jane sauer gallery.

need it

earrings by victoria moore.

garth clark gallery

little queen by akio takamori.


large horse with house by jean-pierre larocque.


bull on bronze cart by ken ferguson. i like several of his pieces.


wild horses urn by laszlo fekete. i love the form of this but in all honesty, the red ruins it for me. all from garth clark gallery. they have an excellent bookstore and the back room is worth a look.

beautiful baths

by amelia handegan (above) and mcalpine booth ferrier (below).

love this green bed

i want it in a stark, austere house with stark, austere linens.

beautiful compact kitchen

photograph by nathalie krag for elle decor italy. feb 2007.

dominique kieffer

lovely textiles (above) from dominique kieffer and her lovely home (below).

david wiseman

a new installation in new york by david wiseman which he likens to a charm necklace turned into a chandelier. i can not tell from this photograph if there is bronze (i find bronze highly irresistible) mixed in with the porcelain. i seriously LOVE his work and i NEED more photographs. i appreciate how his work feels like fantasy but you can not call it "cute". a million things, but not cute. although i can appreciate "cute" i do not tend to bring it home. even when i really want to because it is soooo cute. i love pretty and sometimes over the top which can, overall, be quite unaffordable. for that reason, i do not tend to bring pretty and over the top home either..... however, those items ARE purchased with wild abandon for the houses in my head. and on another note, i still NEED to hug one of his vases. one day i will see one in person and i will fit all my fingertips into the little dents when i pick it up. i can't wait.



i know you have seen it twice but i can't help it. it's a bronzed beauty.

christien meindertsma

from christien meindertsma, the creator of "checked baggage", a chronicle of guilty objects confiscated at Schiphol in a single week, comes the flocks project. flocks explores issues of consumerism, production process and the lost connection between farmer and final consumer. flocks is the result of christien's work with one farmer in Wales to create a clothing collection from one entire flock of distinctly wooly sheep. Each piece is created from the wool of a single sheep and includes a detailed biography of the animal, his or her ear tag and any prizes the animal has won.





rug handknitted from the wool of 18 merino sheep.

wieki somers

amber, blossoms, and high tea pot. all wieki somers. andrea, i included the teapot just for you♡

?

Don't ask me why I do what I do...
Don't ask me how I come up with the things I come up with...
Don't ask me where it's coming from and what it means...
Because I don't know that much...

What I do know is...
That you can't get pregnant from a spermheart...
That even a sheep can get red ears...
And that some cockroaches like to dress up as an aphid or a ladybug...felieke van der leest

........ok!

i choose this version

by rubinetterie.

if i had a boat

i revisited the boat last night. i like this version better, though not as much as diana and the stag. but you have to start somewhere, right?

more perfection

and great butcher block. photographs by charly erwin for a&d, jan-feb 2007