Sponsor Love: Fabricadabra Ikat Pillows

By now most of you avid blog readers and lovers of home decor are well-acquainted with Fabricadabra’s fantastic (and wonderfully priced – just $40) ikat pillows. But I bet you’re less aware of the company’s other designs. And since Fabricadabra is now a Style Carrot sponsor (yay!) I thought it best to tout those too. Love ’em all!

I K A T S

D U T C H   W A X   P R I N T S

F E L T E D   W O O L S

W O O L   K I L I M S

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Montage: 30 Ways to Branch Out

A breezy, beautiful day. But before we abandon the chilly season altogether, I thought I’d break out the branches. While I’m sorta over the branch branch furniture and accessories (though I included some shots), I love the real thing used as sculpture. And I still adore the wallpapers.

Photographer Kelly Ishikawa

Photographer Trevor Tondro

Photographer Trine Thorsen

Ghislaine Viñas

Marie Claire Maison

Clockwise: Photographer Trevor Tondro – Abington Gallery via Remodelista – unidentified – Minaric, Henry & Zervudachi

Clockwise:  Photographer Trevor Tondro – Photographer Mark Williams – Stylist Rachel Vigor – Habitually Chic

Clockwise: Photographer Kelly Ishikawa – Photographer Ellen McDermott –
Remodelista via the City Sage – Photographer Hotze Eisma

Clockwise:  Sixx Design – Eric Roseff – Leesa O’Reillh – Remodelista

Clockwise: Terrat Elms – Photographer Eric Johnson –  Brad Ford ID – Desire to Inspire

Clockwise: Photographer Prue Ruscoe – Atticus & Milo – Photographer Jean-Pierre Lemoine – Photographer Lincoln Barbour

Tom Baker

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Deal Alert: Denim After Dark

When: Thursday, May 6th 7pm – 9pm

Where: Madewell, 329 Newbury Street, Boston

What: 20% all jeans • free denim hemming • sweets & treats • secret sale

My Madewell black skinny jeans fit like a dream.

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ARTmonday: Kimberly Hart at Mixed Greens Gallery

I came across a blurb I pulled out of Lucky about Mixed Greens Gallery while I was diligently clearing out my file cabinet last night. The mixed media works/installations of Kimberley Hart caught my eye, probably because taxidermy is so everywhere-you-look right now. These are fabrications, not the real thing.

Spectre (9), 2009
fabric and feathers

Magnolia, 2008
Framed acrylic painting with Sculpey snare and wood scaffolding

Decoys, 2006
felt, latch-hook rug and beads

The Bank, 2009
glass beads and miscellany

The Death of Sparkle, 2009
mixed media
site-specific installation in collaboration with Mala Iqba

Water Buckets, 2009
waxed cotton and slingshot

Big Shot Tackle, 2007
Walnut rack with bow, suction cup arrows and pom-pom

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Kimberley Hart is a Brooklyn-based artist with an M.F.A. from RISD.

Mixed Greens Gallery
531 West 26th Street, New York City

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Covet: Cold Mountain Vases at Michelle Willey

I went back to Michelle Willey today to buy one of the striped summer scarves I posted about earlier this week. There were only five left, well four now. And I’m  still admiring these Cold Mountain porcelain vases. They have a wonderful matte finish, smooth, with textural ridges. The design was inspired by the reclusive Tang Dynasty poet Han Shan, who was known for his eccentric simplicity and love of nature.

Cold Mountain Vases  ($40, $72, $100)

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