Category Archives: Home Accessories

Montage: 30 Spaces with Sputnik Chandeliers

I’m not really all about retro, but I am loving sputnik chandeliers. (Though I wonder if the trend will be too over soon. These days it’s really about the raw light bulb.) Chunky chrome anemone fixtures, spiky brass models, expansive hand blown glass designs, and crystal floret-adorned vintage beauties are all still on my mind. I’m thinking an amazing, somewhat intricate eBay find would add glamour to my soon-to-be-in-the-works living room. (Of course, I’d need to hire an electrician.) While I’m at it, a sleeker model might be just the finishing touch my bedroom needs. I must do an accompanying “Get the Look” post to this montage. Stay tuned. (A post on exposed light bulbs is also in progress.)

Over the Bed

Bedroom photos: Shoot Factory; Anne Coyle Interiors; Benjamin Moore; Domino.

Over the Sofa

Living room and library photos: Skona Hem; Living Etc.; Skona Hem; unidentified; photographer Diane Hendrikx; Eric Roseff; unidentified; Amie Weitzman.

Over the Table


Dining room photos: photographer Gaelle le Boulicaut; Erinn Valencich; photographer Lincoln Barbour; architect West Chin; John Bartlett’s home via Wall Street Journal; Kara Mann; Larry Laslo; Amy Lau; John Lyle in Metropolitan Home; M. Design; Sarah Delaney Design; Lindsey Adelman Studio; photographer Rachael Smith; Eric Roseff; photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo; Fawn Galli; Sarah Delaney Design; photographer David Prince; Larry Laslo.


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ARTmonday: Tim Moore’s 100 Buddhas

Tonight I received an email invite to a reception for artist Tim Moore for 100 Buddhas. I couldn’t locate a website, but I now see that he had a show at Farm Gallery in Wellfleet this summer. I blogged about the gallery earlier in the season, but I totally missed Moore’s work. In any case, his Buddhas are now hanging at Pod, a small home accessories shop in Brookline Village. Looks worth checking out. There’s a reception tomorrow night, Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, 6pm to 8pm.

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Montage: 34 Rooms with Poufs

The ubiquitous pouf. They’re everywhere. Moroccan-style poufs, knitted poufs, even wire poufs (though not sure those are actually poufy). I finally purchased one for myself. It’s silver metallic, and sits in front of the white sofa with the gray ikat pillows, which sits in front of my white bed, which sits in front of an accent wall covered with a white wallpaper with silver metallic circles. Seems stylish, right? Guess who hates the pouf? He thinks it looks like a giant, shiny soccer ball.

Here are enough photos of gorgeous rooms to prove that the pouf really is at the height of fashion.


Photos: Jonathan Adler; Light Locations; photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo; Skona Hem; Skona Hem; M. Design; Beau Monde; Robyn Karp; Skona Hem; Kelly Wearstler; Cecilia Granath; Alkemie blog; Candace Bushnell’s in Elle Decor; Living Etc.; Living Etc.; Living Etc.; Hotel Riad Jahan; Living Etc.; Susanna Zacke; Todd Yoggy; photographer Stellan Herner; photographer Melanie Acvedo; Buckingham Interior Design; Cookie; Elle Interior Norway; Desire to Inspire; Living Etc.; Living Etc.; Amanda Nisbet; Country Living; Jessica Helgerson; photographer Paul Barbera; Jessica Helgerson; Kishani Perera.

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Deal Alert: Hudson’s Having a Sale

It doesn’t happen very often, as Boston’s Hudson groupies are well aware. But the time is now.

Hudson • 312 Shawmut Avenue • Boston  AND 61A Central Street • Wellesley

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Site Spotlight: Etsy Boston

Not long ago, Cambridge-based interior designer and CreateGirl blogger Julieann Covino wrote to me about some fabulous Etsy finds – all by Boston area artisans. I was able to write up her ideas in Stuff Magazine. Here are  a few of her picks as well as my own discoveries of Boston Etsy-ites (Etsy-ers? Etstonians?). Eat local, shop local, design local.

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