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September 12, 2011 · 11:25 am

ARTmonday: Ginette La Palme

Artist Ginette La Palme is an artist and illustrator who lives with a tiger-striped cat named Washington in Toronto. While her portfolio is mostly filled with offbeat watercolors and drawings of cartoon-like characters, from grinning tree trunks and teapots to hide-and-go-seek kitties, I’m fixated on these brightly decorated twigs. They’re inspiring a walk through the woods and a trip to an art supply store.

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September 10, 2011 · 5:49 pm

Montage: 33 Polka Dot Rooms

Kate Winslet in Stella McCartney

Polka dots are having a moment. Fall runways were filled with oversize dots by designers Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Colette Dinnigan, Lanvin, and L.A.M.B. Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johannson, and Olivia Palermo have adopted the look on the red carpet, but it was Kate Winslet’s turn in Stella McCartney’s stunning “Lucia” dress that sealed the trend’s fate.

As for interiors, while polka dot bedding and rugs, especially for kids, have been in vogue for a while, we’re starting to see more sophisticated dot schemes. Here’s a sampling of 33 polka dot rooms.

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Covet: Pigeon Toe Ceramics Porcelain Disc Chimes

I’ve been a fan of Portland, Oregon studio Pigeon Toe Ceramics since its advent in 2009, but my love has been renewed with these charming wind chimes.

Designer Lisa Jones strings hand-thrown, glazed porcelain discs on deerskin cords (available in six different colors) or a more monochromatic natural jute twine.The irregularly rounded forms and gentle clinking sounds are welcome departures from more intrusive, metal chimes that echo on otherwise peaceful summer eves.

(Disc Chimes, $44 for 4 discs; $70 for 8.)

Just In: Simon Pearce Teapot Trio

Simon Pearce goes contemporary with a trio of new additions to the Barre collection—a teapot ($175), sugar bowl ($50), and creamer ($50). The elliptical-shaped, hand-crafted pottery has a matte finish available in slate (shown here), shale, and alabaster. The silhouettes are thoroughly modern, but the material lends an earthy edge that doesn’t abandon the designer’s New England roots.

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ARTmonday: Quercus Designs

Yesterday I finally caught up with miles of blog posts on Remodelista. I found a few items I must have, including the work of Jennifer Steen Booher, who photographs natural object assemblages under the name Quercus Designs. I purchased two 12x12s (the first two shown here) from her Etsy shop, and plan to hang them in our house on the Cape. The silhouettes have a crisp sparseness, that I think, along with the colors, that work really well. So simple, but very satisfying. She writes about her work — where she found the tokens and such — on her blog. Bar Harbor Yacht Club, May 29, 2011