Category Archives: Home Accessories

November 10, 2009 · 3:15 pm

Entertaining: Tables by Top Designers

Last week I went to the preview of the Shreve, Crump & Low Festive Table event to check out the gorgeously laid tables for “The Inside Source.” Shreve’s, for those of you not in the Boston know, is the venerable jeweler of Boston society – the oldest jeweler in the country actually. And, as such establishments go, they also do a brisk business in tableware, selling Baccarat, Buccellati, Steuben, Christofle, Wedgewood, Steuben, William Yeoward, Anna Weatherley, and other luxe china, crystal, and silver lines. Shreve’s invited seven designers to create sumptuous tablescapes using selections for their store. The results were spectacular.

Designed by Eric Steven Jacobs of ESJ Designs

Mariposa “Bamboo” chargers; Scott Potter “Fern” square plate; Baccarat “Vega Red” Rhine wine glasses; Mariposa “Bamboo” salad servers; Herend animals; zebra skin rug.

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Designed by Michael Barnum of Barnum + Company.

Jean Louis Coquet “Hemisphere Platinum” chargers; Jean Louis Coquet “Hemisphere Platinum Stripe” plates; Baccarat “Vega” Rhine wine glasses in amethyst; Baccarat “Vega” flutes; Christofle Galea” silverplate flatware.

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Designed by Anthony Catalfano of Anthony Catalfano Interiors.

Wedgewood “Nantucket Basket” china; William Yeoward “Maggie” goblets and wine glasses; Christofle “Albi: silverplate flatware; Mariposa shell dishes.

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Designed by Paula McCusker and Kate McCusker of Theodore & Company.

William Yeoward “Rosemoor Pink” chargers; William Yeoward “Gosford” dinner and bread and butter plates; William Yeoward “Avington White” dessert plate; Baccarat “Arcade” goblets and wine glasses; Baccarat “Mille Nuit Olivine” champagne flute; Buccellati “Torchon” sterling.

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Designed by Dennis Duffy of Duffy Design Group.

Pickard “Palace” chargers and bread and butter plates; Royal Crown Derby “Chelsea” salad plates; Baccarat “Arcade” goblets and wine glasses; Baccarat “Vega Amber” champagne flutes; Christofle “Osiris” flatware; MK Glover fabric; Buddhas from shops in Chinatown; flowers by Twig.

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Designed by Michael Ferzoco of Eleven Interiors.

Gien green chargers; Jean Louis Coquet “Hemisphere Gold Stripe” plates; Scott Potter small bowls; vintage Steuben “Teardrop Baluster” goblets and wine glasses; Christofle “Osiris” flatware; Soctt Potter accessories; Kravet fabric; Duralee green glass bead trim.

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Designed by John Berenson of John Berenson Interior Design.

William Yeoward “Avington Lavender” chargers; Anna Weatherley “Ivy Garland” plates; Heritage “Cricklewood” goblets and wine glasses; Baccarat “Mille Nuit Amethyst” champagne flutes; Tuttle “Richelieu” sterling; Grant Dawson Gold Warbler salt & pepper shakers; Baccarat butterflies.

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CARROT CURRENCY: artificial trees

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November 2, 2009 · 2:11 pm

Deal Alert: Jonathan Adler on Gilt

The sale started at noon, and already a lot of items sold out, but as of right now, these cuties are still available. I just purchased the “etc.” pillow. Hurry, hurry, hurry. (If you aren’t already a Gilt Group member, let me know via comment or email and I’ll send you an invite.)

PS – Check back here next week for highlights of the opening party of the new Jonathan Adler boutique.

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October 5, 2009 · 9:09 pm

Deal Alert: Baker Warehouse Sale

Love the furniture collections of Barbara Barry and Thomas Pheasant? Both are by Baker. If you’re in the NYC area, take a road trip out to Jersey for the Baker Warehouse Sale. And you needn’t be a designer to go. Baker is offering consumers a large assortment of furniture and accessories, from case goods and upholstered pieces to pillows, lamps, and linens, at clearance pricing. A delivery company will even be on-site to help set up shipping arrangements (for an additional charge), or you can whisk them away yourself, on the spot, with the help of staff.

The PR gals at Baker were kind enough to send photos of a sampling of items that will be available. And here are the details too.

Where
Metropolitan Warehouse, 2565 Brunswick Avenue, Building J, Linden, NJ
When
Friday, October 9 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.); Saturday, October 10 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.), Sunday, October 11 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.); Monday, October 12 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.).

Baker accepts credit cards, cash or personal check. All sales are final.

Top Row: The Laura Kirar Collection Teabox Lacquer Cabinet; The Bill Sofield Collection Tusk Table; The Barbara Barry Collection Modern Lounge Chair. Middle Row: The Thomas Pheasant Collection Banded Bolster Pillow; The Jacques Garcia Collection Lambswool Jacquard Throws; Collector’s Edition Chinoiserie Chest. Bottom Row: The Barbara Barry Collection Upholstered Bed; The Thomas Pheasant Collection Urn Lamp; The Barbara Barry Collection Round End Table.

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September 30, 2009 · 9:57 pm

Designer Spotlight: Ceramicist Jill Rosenwald

If you’ve got a pottery fetish, chances are you know the work of Jill Rosenwald. Ceramicist and Back Bay mom, Jill has been designing whirly swirly patterned bowls and vases for years. I recently profiled her ups and downs in Stuff Magazine in “Ceramic Designer Jill Rosenwald Has Once Again Found Her Niche.” It’s worth a read – she’s hysterical when she talks about how she got started. (A cute guy and lots of hideous earrings.) Here are some other fun tidbits from the interview, as well as a sampling of Jill’s designs.

Photo courtesy of Stuff Magazine

Where are you finding inspiration these days?
These days a lot of my inspiration is coming from my husband, Lawrence, who just launched a line of lamps with cut-outs, so I’m doing a lot of circles. Also, mistakes are the best thing ever. Laurence made a big drill bit for a lamp, but the piece he ended up with looks like lace. There was nothing left, but it was great looking.

When I visited your studio I saw a pair of Pucci underwear pinned on your inspiration board.
Yes, grandma’s underwear. I knew my grandmother had Pucci scarves, but when she died and my mom went to clean out her place, she found that pair in a drawer, wrapped in tissue paper. I’m a big Pucci fan too.

Design idols?
Diana Vreeland, Gio Ponti, Charles and Ray Eames.

What were your earliest inspirations and influences?
The Guggenheim museum. I grew up near it. I love that building. I grew up around hippies, and that influenced me quite a bit too.

Current obsessions?
I’m in passionate search for fabric for four chairs in my house. I really want to do them in Kelly Wearstler citrus green Trellis, but it’s expensive. Her fabric design is so great. I love how it is huge, really overblown, big and bold and fabulous. I’m also loving Galbraith and Paul’s hand-blocked printed fabrics, but at a hundred bucks a yard, it’s not happening. I also love Roberta Roller Rabbit’s simple cool prints on linen for $20 a yard. I might get one of those.

Jill Rosenwald Home Collection

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September 30, 2009 · 1:01 am

Deal Alert: Sample Sale at the Boston Design Center

The Boston Design Center is opening its doors to the public this weekend. It’s about time!

Boston Design Center Sample Sale

Saturday, October 3rd, 10am-5pm and Sunday, October 4th, noon-5pm

Up to 75% off furniture, lighting, antiques, rugs, art, accessories . . .

Participating showrooms include Baker, Century Furniture, Discover Tile, Furn & Co., Masterpiece Framing, Steven King Rugs, Trianon Antiques and Webster & Co., and others.

Admission: $10