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July 30, 2009 · 5:41 pm

Shopping Trip: Provincetown’s Wa, Melt, and Simply Danish

Last night I picked up my friend Sharon Kitchens (she who writes Delicious Musings) at the ferry in Ptown. We wandered from the dock into the West End. On our journey we stopped at Wa, a little zen decor spot I thought was more garden goods than home furnishings, since the exterior sort of resembles a Japanese garden, but they had some great accessories sourced from around the globe.

Wood chests, African sculptures, and betel nut boxes from Southeast Asia.

Local ceramics.

Bark birdhouses.

Ikat cushion on a woven chair.

Silvered glass.

Stone vases.

And my favorite, succulent candles.

Next stop, new natural beauty boutique Melt.

Then I spotted Simply Danish, which just opened six weeks ago. It’s a spare space, with a museum-like display of modern home accessories from companies like Ferm Living, Stelton, and Menu. The photos didn’t come out that well, but here’s a sampling of their goods.

Rubber vases.

Trivets.

Decals and dish towels.

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Tagged as Ferm Living, Melt, Menu, provincetown, Simply Danish, Stelton, Wa, West End

July 28, 2009 · 8:00 pm

Stuff Magazine: Hot 100

Today the Stuff Magazine “Hot 100” issue hit the newstands, or rather, the news boxes on the street. I contributed six “hot” trends in décor. Those of you who read my blog regularly won’t be surprised by the choices.

HOT PATTERNS: Wallpaper

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HOT HOME ACCENT: Bird Cages

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HOT ART: Wall Sculptures

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HOT ON THE TRAIL: Sticks and Stones

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• Trend Watch: Rock Candy

HOT AND STICKY: Decals

Style Carrot post coming soon.

HOT AND GREEN: Eco-conscious design

Related Style Carrot post maybe someday.

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July 27, 2009 · 10:24 am

Montage: 40 Rooms with Maps

I have a definite thing for maps, though I never really considered going all out with them to decorate. I had a stamp collection when I was little. I wasn’t geeky, I just loved matching up the stamps to the right countries in my stamp book. And I loved looking at the world map on the back cover to figure out where all these places were. Randomly, my first job out of college was as the maps editor at a travel magazine, assigning illustrators to execute various styles of maps to accompany the articles. Later my sister worked as a mapmaker. And, most recently, my children bring me home numerous watercolors of maps they painstakingly create at their Montessori school. They’re actually lovely – perhaps I’ll dig some out.

S0, I’ve been collecting images of rooms incorporating maps for a while. By now, lots of blogs have done a round-up of rooms, and even Pottery Barn has plastered them on the walls for their newest catalog. I recently visited a friend with an old map of the Cape executed in an interesting way – the previous homeowners had cut out the landform and mounted it. The guy who owned the original home on our Cape house site also left one of these maps. I had previously deemed it too dingy for display (TDD), but clearly I need to rethink. You can see a picture of my friend’s below. Enjoy the others too. Hopefully there are a few you haven’t seen yet!

Photos: Living Etc.; Apartment Therapy; Cookie; Skona Hem; Diana Kellog Architects; Pottery Barn; Sara Gibane; Steven Gambrel; Jan Gleysteen photographed by Eric Roth; Cookie; Domesticali; Lara Smera; Ferm LIving; Flickr-Ooh Food; Revista TPM; Kelly McGuill; Flickr-bckueser; DIY Magazine; Skona Hem; Flickr-dayataglance; Ara Design Studio via Apartment Therapy; South Stream Design; Flickr-Chez Larsson; Flickr-Posidriv; Apartment Therapy; Cookie; Flickr-Heike Schmidt; Domino; unidentified; photographer Ben Anders; The Goods; Kerry Joyce; Miguel Vidaurre; photographer Jim Franco; Peter Dunham; Adrian Grenier’s home in Domino; Peter Dunham in Domino; Living Etc.; Desire to Inspire.

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Tagged as Adrian Grenier's house, Ara Design Studio, Diana Kellog, Domesticali, Eric Roth, Ferm Living, Jan Gleysteen, Jim Franco, Kelly McGuill, Kerry Joyce, Lara Smera, maps, Miguel Vidaurre, Peter Dunham, Pottery Barn, Revista TPM, Sara Gilbane, Steven Gambrel

July 25, 2009 · 1:05 am

Covet: Eggs from Andrew Spindler Antiques

I know, there’s been a lot of bird action going on here lately. Must be the fact I’m camped out on the National Seashore for the summer. I came across this lovely object at Spindler Antiques. You might remember Andrew Spindler’s “Magic Garden” from a few months back. This is a 19th century bell jar filled with birds’ eggs. Don’t worry, the eggs are on the newer side. I love all the different earthy colors and speckles.

American, circa 1880 (bell jar), birds’ eggs (modern).
Height: 9 1/2”
Diameter: 8 3/8”
$975

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July 24, 2009 · 1:26 am

Escapes: The Bridge House B&B in South Bristol, Maine

Architect Dianne Haas, of Taylor Haas Studio, sent me a note this week about her newly refurbished B&B , The Bridge House B&B, in a quaint fishing village in South Bristol, Maine.

When she purchased the property twelve years ago, the house was literally falling into the river. She did some quick fixes, opened an ice cream shop inside, and used it here and there for a bit. Two years ago, Dianne decided to move up there practically full time to get the project finished once and for all. Today it has two charming guest rooms, a fabulous living area and kitchen in which you can book private dinners with local, organic food, and a design shop, complete with freshly squeezed lemonade and a design library. It’s truly charming.