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Saturday SAY IT: Don’t Give Up

StyleCarrot — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

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Mirit Weinstock Feather Necklaces

StyleCarrot — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:02:51 +0000

Israeli designer Mirit Weinstock
Feather necklaces spotted in ~~Harper’s Bazaar~~ Marie Claire
Six silver gun and one gold, $490 | Five white and one gold, $295

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Get the Look: 25 Buddhas

StyleCarrot — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:02:02 +0000

If you were inspired by yesterday’s Montage: 34 Buddhas in Decor and would like to infuse a little zen into your own rooms, here are some ideas. Buddha heads, Buddha bookends, Buddha lamps, Buddha candles. Peace.

Shopping

Row 1
Moe’s Home Collection Buddha Face in Silver, $103.99 at Wayfair.
San Francisco Buddha Cocktail Napkin, $35/set at Gump’s.
Buddha ‘Pop Art’ Poster, $11.99 at Target.

Row 2
Golden Resting Buddha Statue, $62 at Buddha Groove.
Buddha Silhouette Decal by K&L Wall Art $12.90 at My Wall Decal.
Buddha Groove Hand Carved Buddha Head Statue, $96 at Sears.
Baccarat Crystal Little Buddha, $125 at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Row 3
Resin Seated Buddha Bookends, $56 at Buddha Groove.
Head of an Indonesian Buddha, $400 at Met Museum Store.
Buddha Head Light in Green at Moe’s Home Collection.

Row 4
Urban Trends Ceramic Buddha Head in Orange, now $119.95 at Bellacor.
Blissliving Home ‘Wisdom Buddha’ Pillow, $75 at Bloomingdale’s.
Acadia Buddha Head Lamp at Cassona.

Row 5
Turquoise Glazed Ceramic Buddha Head Lamps, $2,350 at Objectiques.
Buddha Eco Art Buddha Pillow Cover, $40 at Wabisabi Green.
Meditating Beeswax Buddha Candle, $13.99 at Way Out Wax.
White Ceramic Meditating Buddha Sculpture, $719 on eBay.

Row 6
Madhubani Painting, ‘Peaceful Buddha’, $144.95 at Novica.
dCOR design Abigail Buddha Head in Grey and Gold, $49 at Wayfair.
Seated Buddha in Royal Attire, $4,000 at Jacques Carcanagues.

Row 7
Blissliving Home Buddha Head Candle in Citron, $40.50 at AllModern.
Msterpiece Buddha Melamine Tray, $14.99 at Jaf Gifts.

Row 8
Seated Buddha in Stone, $78 at Museum Store Company.
Buddha Head Bookends with Marble Base, now $72 at Kohl’s.
Bird Wanna Whistle Buddha Duvet Cover, $199 at Deny Designs.

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34 Buddhas in Decor

StyleCarrot — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:02:17 +0000

I still haven’t tried yoga. Too peaceful. I did however just sign up for a modern dance class at Boston University. The teacher is amazing, and I’m trying my best to blend with the thirty plus twenty-year-old girls (and boy). Anyway, yoga and prancing aside, I do appreciate the serenity of a Buddha. When I lived in NYC, the Buddha room at the Met Museum was one of my favorite places for decompressing. Buddha heads (ad sometimes bodies) are popular adornments in homes in search of zen.

Photographer Francis Smith

Antonio Martins

Bolig Magasinet

Christopher Noto in Architectural Digest

via Desire to Inspire

Photographer Joe Schmelzer

unidentified | Photographer Kelly Ishikawa

Kelly Behun

David Kaplan | Cobbold Du Pont

via Desire to Inspire

Coburn Architecture

via Decoration Empire

Photographer Julien Oppenheim | Domino

via Design Attractor | via Desire to Inspire

Madeleine Weinrib in Elle Decor | Thad Hayes

Antonio Martins

Skona Hem | White Webb

Dovecote boutique in Westport, CT

unidentified

Skona Hem

Donna Karan

via Desire to Inspire

Fawn Galli | Walter Studio

Liz Levin

Photographer Ellen McDermott | Ken Fulk

Piper Perabo’s house by Garance Dore

Go Shopping: Get the Look: Buddhas

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Sponsor Style: Tiny Prints

StyleCarrot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:02:27 +0000

It’s true that most tasks are best accomplished via email, but I’m a sucker for stationary. I pay my bills online, but I believe in hand-written thank you notes and pretty party invitations. So I was psyched when Tiny Prints signed on as a Style Carrot sponsor on Friday. Here’s a sampling of their adorable invites. The designs are cute and peppy, and cover pretty much any occasion, from baby announcements to holiday cocktail parties, sweet sixteens to changes of address, even gift tags and personalized organizers. Have a look at my favorites and click through for more.

* tiny prints is a style carrot sponsor *

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Design Diary: Vera Wang’s Beverly Hills Home

StyleCarrot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02:05 +0000

Vera Wang recently purchased a modernist dream of a home in Beverly Hills. This month’s Harper’s Bazaar got the scoop on the Steve Hermann designed space. (He’s also the previous owner, and sold the house to Wang.) I found additional shots of the house on his site, though some of these circulated this summer when the Wall Street Journal reported that Wang purchased the house for about $10 million.

This is the entryway. Wang’s wearing a Rick Owens vest and skirt and her own Ann Demeulemeester boots. The bag is Hermes, the watch Rolex.

The back of the house, complete with covered patio and pool.

Can you believe Wang is 62-years-old? Insane. She says in the article she’s not the type to wear heels with her swimsuit. But when you’re posing for a fashion mag, you kinda have to. The swimsuit is Eres and the bustier over top is Alexander Wang. The heels are Manolo Blahnik, of course.

I didn’t even realize until I read the caption that this is the kitchen. Talk about sleek. Wang’s dress is Azzedine Alaia and the Mary Janes are Giuseppe Zanotti.

The dining area.

The living room. The TV doesn’t look half bad over the fireplace.

The walk-in closet she shares with her husband, Arthur Becker. Love the cowhide cubes. She should probably add some color to her West Coast wardrobe.

Above photographs by Douglas Friedman for Harper’s Bazaar

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Below photos are from Hermann Design

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ARTmonday: Tim Bavington

StyleCarrot — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:02:01 +0000

Las Vegas based artist Tim Bavington is known for his vertically-oriented stripe paintings. While many of his works are rigid, the ones I like best are blurred and drippy. The paintings are abstract interpretations of music.

Using synthetic polymer paint, Bavington translates guitar solos, melodies, and bass lines, including those from The Darkness, Oasis, and The Rolling Stones, into vibrant bands of color. Although Bavington has a method that designates sound to color and composition, the paintings are not literal translations.

He also creates some that have an ink-blot sort of feel, though I’m not certain these are also related to music.

Step In (Out), 2007
synthetic polymer on canvas
Installation at Las Vegas Diaspora at Las Vegas Art Museum, 2007
Collection Mondstudio, Hamburg, Germany

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Cannonball, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts Houston

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Blue Monday, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper

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Get Happy!, 2010
synthetic polymer and ink on paper

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Get Happy!, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Happy Today, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Up In Suze’s Room, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Jump, 2006
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Buddy Holly(Weez), 2007
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Cold Fire, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Study for Manic (Positive), 2010
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head #3, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Bold as Love, 2010
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Falling Down, 2009
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Heart Above Head #5, 2011
synthetic polymer on canvas

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Bavington’s work is included in the collections of MoMA, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Portland Art Museum in Oregon, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Denver Art Museum, among others.

He is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in NYC and Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica.

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Sunday Bouquet: Stark in a Milk Carton

StyleCarrot — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Something sparse, in a stark white milk carton, for winter.

Photographed by Trine Thosen.

Filed under: . REGULAR FEATURES, Flowers & Gardens

Saturday SAY IT: Read That Book

StyleCarrot — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Erin Hanson

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Never Mind the Clothing, It’s the Room

StyleCarrot — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:46:27 +0000

Catching up on my magazine reading the other night I paused at this Carolina Herrera ad I came across in the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar (the one with Demi on the cover). Sure, the yellow dress is appropriately glam, but it’s the room I was taken with.The brass floor lamp with the chunky cube shades, the art deco black lacquer daybed, the mirrored console, the geometric patterned black and white marble floor . . . Love.

Carolina Herrera Spring/Summer 2012

Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Model: Sigrid Agren

These Carolina Herrera perfume ads are beauties too.

Filed under: Fashion, Rooms