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November 29, 2011 · 8:02 am

Montage: 43 Rooms with Floor Lamps

For years now I’ve shunned the floor lamp. Although my earliest memories of the floor lamp is the groovy arc of the ’70s (that will get its own montage post later), more recently it’s the ugly black halogen floor lamp with brass trim and glass shade of the late ’80s / early ’90s, that haunts me. Too many associations of bad ’80s furniture and Jennifer Convertibles sofas post-college graduation. Of course, that was decades ago at this point, and it’s time to get over it.

The floor lamps of today are super chic, though like most styles, they reference the past. I particularly love the ’50s Italian styles in bright color metals or plain black. Simple contemporary designs with oversize shades work for me too. I actually just ordered a simple floor lamp for our newly designed family room. We’ll see how it works out once it arrives. (Unfortunately a vintage piece from 1st Dibs was hardly in the budget; alas a style on sale at OLighting must suffice.)

Photographer Bruno Suet
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Brides
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Brad Ford | Brad Ford—Lonny
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Brad Ford
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Betsy Brown Interiors—House Beautiful
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Photographer Hallie Burton | Photographer Philip Sinden—Elle Decor Spain
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House to Home
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Light Locations
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Elle Decor | Erin Martin Design
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Photographer Brian Park
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Photographer Erik Johnson | unidentified
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Wendy Blount
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via Design Attractor
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Photographer Moris Moreno
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Photographer Per Magnus Persson
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Michele Bonan—Lonny
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FC Studi o Architecture + Interiors
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Domino
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Moises Esquenaz
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Mark Tuckey Furniture Design | Country Living
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Studio AV
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Kelly Hoppen | Skona Hem
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Jessica Helgerson
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Rod Mickley Interiors | Photographer Simon Watson
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Photographer Patric Johansson | Photographer Tim Griffith—New York Times
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Hotel Skeppsholmen | Marie Olsson Nylander
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Michele Bonan—Lonny
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Spruce Design + Decor | Photographer Peter Margonelli
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Paul Caddel—Lonny | Christian Leone—Lonny
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Photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes
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Photographer Prue Ruscoe
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November 28, 2011 · 8:00 am

ARTmonday: School of Museum of Fine Arts Sale

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Art Sale, featuring works from students, alumni, and faculty to benefit the scholarship program will be held December 8 -11, 2011 at the school, which is right next to the museum. I will certainly post images of artwork I see on opening night, but in the meantime, here are some of our SMFA sale acquisitions from the last several years. Can you tell which are mine and which are my husband’s picks?

Debra Olin, Double Dragon Flies, 2009 (monoprint collage)

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Katherine Borkowski-Byrne, Sea Wall, 2009 (acrylic on paper)

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François-Xavier de Costerd, The Reader, 2007 (archival digital print)

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Elizabeth Aurelie MacCrellish, Things Do Change, 2007 (multimedia)

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Christina Tonges Korn, Duke, 2007 (oil on paper)

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Selma Swartz Bromberg, Penguins, 1988 (etching)

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Lee Essex Doyle, Fatepur Sikri, 2007 (mixed media on paper)

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Lorianna Paradise, It Felt Like Love in the Arizona Stillness, 2004 (mixed media, watercolor).

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Also on StyleCarrot: SMFA Sale 2009

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November 24, 2011 · 8:00 am

Happy Thanksgiving

Delica hand-felted merino wool turquoise acorns, $18 for set of ten.

ARTmonday: Venice Biennale 2011

On our second day in Venice we took a guided tour of the Biennale. While I’ve visited Venice before, I’d never been to the art exhibit; needless to say I was thrilled. La Biennale takes place in Venice every two years (hence the name). Foscarini, which is a sponsor of the festival, hosted us on a stroll through some of the 30 permanent national pavilions in the city’s Giardini (public gardens) as well as a guided tour of the “ILLUMInations” exhibit in the Venetian Arsenal. Below are the highlights from the Arsenale, which features 83 artists from around the world. Here’s a glimpse of what I saw:

Song Dong (Born and works in China)

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Andro Wekua (Born in Georgia; works in Switzerland and Germany)

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Franz West (Born and works in Austria)

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Rashid Johnson (Born and works in USA)

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Josh Smith

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Nicholoas Hlobo (Born and works in South Africa)

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Ryan Gander

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Ida Ekblad (Born and works in Norway)

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Annette Kelm (Born and works in Germany)

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Klara Liden (Born in Sweden; works in Germany)

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Luca Francesconi (Born in Italy; works in Italy and France)

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Guilia Piscitelli (Born and works in Italy)

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Elad Lassry (Born in Israel; works in USA)

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Corinne Wasmuht (Born and works in Germany)

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Jean Luc Mylayne (Born in France; works globally)

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Birdhead (Born and work in China)

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Urs Fischer (Born in Switzerland; works in USA)

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Navid Nuur (Born in Iran; works in Holland)

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Anya Titova (Born and works in Russia)

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Rebecca Warren

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Monica Bonvincini Born in Italy; works in Germany)

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Ida Ekblad (Born and works in Norway)

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Fabian Marti (Born and works in Switzerland)

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Ida Ekblad (Born and works in Norway)

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November 18, 2011 · 5:39 pm

Fine Print: Oberto Gilli Home Sweet Home

Although it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, stores are fervently blasting Christmas tunes to get shoppers in the mood. I prefer to do my shopping online, with my sound shut off. Between intrusive tunes and the disappearance of brick and mortar bookstores, I thought it would be helpful to start featuring the best design-related coffee table books that have been published recently. While I’m anti-paper in most aspects of my life, I still adore a glossy book. This one makes a beautiful holiday gift.

Oberto Gill: Home Sweet Home, Rizzoli, October 2011

Oberto Gill: Home Sweet Home showcases “sumptuous and bohemian interiors” shot by Oberto Gilli throughout his career. (His work has appeared in House & Garden, Town & Country, Vogue.) There are photos of more than 40 homes shown in full, from New York City penthouses and artist lofts to seventeenth-century Italian villas and country homes in Morocco. Here is a sampling: