Monthly Archives: April 2009
Design Diary: Lydia Shire’s Kitchen Collections
Photo courtesy of Boston Globe. Earlier this year I visited chef Lydia Shire at her home in Weston, Mass., to write a story about her kitchen, and more importantly, her overflowing collections of kitchen paraphernalia. The piece “A Cook’s Collection” … Continue reading
Filed under . REGULAR FEATURES, Design Diary, Food & Entertaining, Home Accessories, Rooms
Montage: Ode to Eames – the Rocker
How can you not like the Charles and Ray Eames molded plastic rocker? It comes in pretty, yet practical colors, and like many mid-century modern pieces, works in a variety of rooms and settings. It’s whimsical but not cutesy. We … Continue reading
Filed under . REGULAR FEATURES, Furniture, Montage, Rooms
ARTmonday: Lindsay Brackeen
Lindsay Brackeen is another girly artist I found on Etsy. She too seems to have gotten lots of attention from other design blogs, but I bought a couple of her original works last year, so I thought it’d be ok … Continue reading
Filed under . REGULAR FEATURES, Art, Art Monday
Shopping: 1st Dibs’ Black and Chrome Room, $13,220
If only I had $13,220, I could put together this fabulous black & chrome room. As if that will ever happen. The crazy thing is, these pieces have all been reduced for the 1st Dibs Saturday Sale. At full price, … Continue reading
Filed under Furniture, Home Accessories, Shopping
PUMA Prefab Pop Up
Apparently this is what will be popping up tomorrow on Fan Pier in Boston. It’s called PUMA City and it is an 11,000 square-foot retail and event space made from 24 forty-foot long, reclaimed steel shipping containers. I like the … Continue reading
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