Monthly Archives: February 2009

February 16, 2009 · 11:15 pm

ARTmonday: Lee Essex: Postcards From India

As long as I’m on this whole Indian theme, I thought I’d show you a collection of gorgeous paintings by Boston-based artist Lee Essex. (She is represented by Peter Marcelle Contemporary in NYC and Southampton, as well as Parker Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA.) The show, entitled “Postcards from India,” celebrates the rich visual impressions of Indian temples and palaces in Rajasthan. Essex does drawings on site, and works from those in her Beacon Hill studio. The mixed media pieces are lush combinations of ink, watercolor, charcoal, colored pencil, tempera, and oil pastels on paper, with layers of patterns achieved with wood blocks and stencils that Essex makes herself. Essex also takes many photographs during her travels, which she uses as inspiration, along with incense and sBangara music, which helps set the mood. I’m practically transported . . .

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Images: Peter Marcelle Contemporary 50 East 72nd Street, NYC and 36 Hampton Road Southampton, NY.

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February 15, 2009 · 7:37 pm

Montage: From Boho to Bollywood

Boho chic may be as passé as Sienna Miller’s latest affair but Hollywood’s love affair with films à la India (c’est toi “Slumdog Millionaire”) [see this recent WSJ article for more Hollywood/Bollwyood collabs], I’m thinking designers will be tempted by the colors, forms, iconography, and overall free-spiritedness of South Asia culture and style. Here are some photos plucked from the pages of beloved magazines and blogs showcasing a strong infusion of hippie chick goes to Mumbai with grace and restraint.

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Photos: Domino, Domino, Domino, Living Etc., Living Etc., House Beautiful, Domino, House Beautiful, Skona Hem, Apartment Therapy, An Indian Summer, Domino , An Indian Summer, Katie Ridder, An Indian Summer, Architectural Digest, Living Etc., Katie Ridder, Domino, unknown, Marni Elyse Katz.

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February 14, 2009 · 10:44 pm

Shopping: 1st Dibs’ Saturday Sale

1st Dibs, the exquisite, international online antique marketplace, has a sale each Saturday, in the tradition of weekend yard and barn sales, but much more upscale. I breezed through 75 pages of items to come up with these keepers, assuming you’ve got plenty of cash

noguchisofaCloud Sofa and Ottoman by Isamu Noguchi, c. 1985
$6,500, reduced from $7,500

Go mod in your coop, dorm room, or dream home in groovy green.

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Brass Sputnik Chandelier, c. 1950’s
$900, reduced from $1,200

Perfect in any dining area, over a simple Shaker table, a glitzy antique, or Saarinen pedestal.


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Napoleon III Pouf, c. 1940
$3,350

Have your Marie Antoinette moment in your boudoir. Embellish with floral foil wallpaper, and cake.

harbinger Pair of Reupholstered Louis XVI Arm Chairs, early 20th c.
$1,960, reduced from $2,800

The zebra print upholstery update makes these oh so sophisticated chairs stylish in any setting.

sconcesFrench Iron and Hand Blown Glass Sconces, c.1950’s-1960’s
$950, reduced from $1,950

Design your bedroom around these romantic cornflower blue sconces.

floral-sput Seguso Frosted Glass Flower Sputnick Chandelier, c. 1950’s
$7,500, reduced from $9,500

A fanciful take on Italian glass that isn’t too ornate.

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Pair of Hollywood Regency Night Stands
$2,700, reduced from $4,250

We hear Kelly Wearstler calling. Slap up the Imperial Trellis wallpaper so you too can live like a diva.

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French Vanity with Matching Stool, c. 1960s
$2,900

Oh la la, how cute are you? This oak and rattan vanity is sure to see you through many a primiping moment. (Don’t despair, the dealer promises to fix the missing side to the oval mirror.)

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February 13, 2009 · 11:08 pm

Get the Look: More Grey & Green Wallpaper (Because I Am Obsessive)

Here’s another batch. Next thing you know I’ll be off grey and green and onto some other color scheme. But with any luck, I will order a few samples and make a decision. Post your opinions, please.

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Wallpaper Pattern Names

Row 1: Osborne & Little Volte Face; Osborne & Little Volte Face; Madison & Grow Eloise.

Row 2: Tres Tintas Barcelona Pajaros; Romo Kenazan; Flavor Paper Huton.

Row 3: Design Your Wall Custom Bamboo; Design Your Wall White & Silver Mylar Geometric Squares; Jocelyn Warner ?.

Row 4: Ferm Living, Wild Flower; Design Your Wall Custom Brown & Green Floral Vines; Romo Simonii.

Row 5: Graham & Brown, Bittern Feather; Graham & Brown, Chrysanthemum; Anderson Como Arts & Crafts Ogee.

Row 6: Graham & Brown Beauty Amethyst Modern; Tres Tintas Barcelona, Pajaros; Anderson Leaf Sprig.

Resources for papers shown here:
AndersonPrints.com
DesignYourWall.com
WalnutWallpaper.com

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February 13, 2009 · 2:23 am

Get the Look: Grey + Green Wallpapers

Here are samples of the grey and green wallpapers I am considering for the wall behind my bed. There is not much wall space, so it needs to be a small scale pattern. The room is large, but dark… I should really take a picture of the dreary room and post it. Maybe later. The headboard is a crisp white cotton duck. And I want to paint the walls green. Let’s not get into the furniture now. Would love opinions, especially from the design types out there. Here are the swatches (I’ll add the sources tomorrow). And, dear husband, should you see this, please let me know what you thinks via a post. (So much more civilized than face-to-face combat, don’t you think?)

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Wallpaper Pattern Names

Row 1: Kelly Wearstler Imperial Trellis; Ballard Designs Trellis; Anderson Jazz Collection Leaves; Anderson Leaf Sprig.

Row 2: Flavor Paper Sheba; Flavor Paper Fleur de Saveur; Osborne & Little Wilde Carnation.

Row 3: Graham & Brown Amelie Cream Teardrop; Osborne & Little Oak Leaves; Flavor Paper Vapor.

Row 4: Duro Blomster; Jocelyn Warner Leaf; Cole & Son Woods; Brocade Home Abstract Floral Print.

Row 5: Jill Malek Stampede; Graham & Brown Darcy Pearl Cicrular Geometric; Osborne & Little Trifid.

Row 6: Studio Printworks David Frost; Design Your Wall Modern Geometric; Osborne & Little Minaret.

Resources for papers shown here:
AndersonPrints.com
BallardDesigns.com
BrocadeHome.com
DesignYourWall.com
WalnutWallpaper.com

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