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April 15, 2010 · 11:12 am

Shop Alert: Forty Winks Opens in Harvard Square

Forty Winks, Harvard Square

While I’m constantly parading up and down Newbury, I don’t make it over to Harvard Square quite as often. And when I do, I’m a bit, shall we say, affected, by the margaritas from the Border. So it’s no surprise that Daily Candy scooped me. Forty Winks, a new boudoir/boutique, opened at 56 JFK Street on Friday.

I just chatted with co-owner Meredith Donaldson (the other is Rachel Wentworth; they both worked at Mint Julep), who sent this photo (I’ll get over there soon!) and ran down their raison d’etre and list of brands for me. Basically, they’re a lingerie and loungewear shop (they actually know how to fit bras) that also sells some swimwear, scarves, and candles. She points out the area’s dearth of underthings, “There’s nothing in Davis, Porter, Harvard, or Central; you had to go downtown or to Cambridgeside .”

As for labels, they’ve got: Cosabella, Hanky Panky, Spanx, Bobi, Le Mystere, Chantelle, Belabumbum, OnGossamer, Eberjey, Mary Green, Huit, Top Secret, Keep Me, Daft Bird, Plan B Leggings, Yummie Tummie, Soak Lingerie Wash, Commando, Voluspa Candles, Felina, and more.

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Montage: 65 Palm Beach Style Rooms

With summer not far away, it’s no surprise I’ve got color on my mind. Not that I’ll ever go all out in my own house, but I definitely admire the mix of brights that designers employ in rooms with WASP style. The color, the prints, the faux bamboo, the ornate mirrors, the ugly porcelain frogs. It’s all a whirl of fun. Last month I put together two Palm Beach primers for The Inside Source ” Part 1 focused on the work of designers Ellen Hamilton, Annsley McAleer, and Angie Hranowsky; Part 2 on Amanda Nisbet and Palmer Weiss. Here are more rooms with a Palm Beach aesthetic.

Mary McDonald

Making It Lovely blog

Hamilton Design

Elle Decor

Healing Barsanti

Coddington Design

Gary McBournie in House Beautiful

Made by Girl blog

Elements of Style blog

Markham Roberts

Nancy Serafini

SHH

Jonathan Adler

Celerie Kemble

Clockwise: Ken Fulk; Absolutely Beautiful Things blog; Angie Hranowsky: John Loecke

Clockwise: Peter Dunham; Palmer Weiss; Angie Hranowsky; Ellen Hamilton

David Hicks Amanda Nisbet

Amanda Nisbet Ellen Hamilton

Miles Redd in Domino Ellen Hamilton

Clockwise: Kimberly Ayres via Habitually Chic; Tom Stringer in House Beautiful; unidentified; Katie Riddier

Clockwise: Steven Gambrel; photographer Joanna Moorehouse; John Loecke; Steven Gambrel

Clockwise: Jonathan Rosen; CC Interiors; John Loecke; Renzo Mongiardino for Lee Radziwell

Clockwise: Turquoise; Lynn Morgan; via Made by Girl; photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes

Clockwise: Steven Gambrel; photographer Joanna Moorehouse; John Loecke; Steven Gambrel

John Loecke Jonathan Adler

Palmer Weiss Jonathan Adler

John Loecke Jonathan Adler

Celerie Kemble John Loecke

Moises Esquenaz Canadian House & Home

Sara Gilbane Jonathan Adler

Domino Domino

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April 13, 2010 · 3:02 am

Montage: 33 Vintage Suitcase Stacks

I’m really not a dusty old suitcase kind of gal. But last month I was at designer Jeff Osborne’s South End loft (I’ll blog about it later this week), where I realized I must acknowledge the allure of vintage Vuitton. (His Vuitton is the second photo down.) While I won’t be procuring any of these pricey pieces (or their poor un-provenanced cousins), I certainly recognize a trend when I see one. I recently wrote “Trendlet Alert: Well-Traveled Luggage” for The Inside Source. Here’s an expanded montage.

Photographer Erik Johnson

Photographer Josh Kuchinsky Photographer Max Attenborough

Apartment Therapy Ken Fulk in House Beautiful

Light Locations

San Francisco Gate

Point Click Home via Apartment Therapy

Terramia Ferm Living

Anthropologie

Apartment Therapy

Daryl Carter

San Francisco Gate

Just Something I Made blog Pottery Barn

Design*Sponge The Neotraditionalist blog

Clockwise: via Nibs blog | via Nibs blog | Flickr-Veronica TM | Country Living

Clockwise: Anthropologie | Country Living | via My Sparrow blog | Better Homes & Gardens

via Heidi’s Diary blog Better Homes & Gardens

Anthropology, Boston

Loveology blog Photographer Anna G. Tufvesson

Celerie Kemble

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April 12, 2010 · 1:02 pm

Covet: Antler Form at Heir Antiques

Another amazing item from Heir Antiques.

Full Figured Horned Linen Dress Form

Heir Antiques, Providence

$600, 1st Dibs

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April 12, 2010 · 2:31 am

ARTmonday: Timothy Cummings

Over the weekend I chatted with Tyler Doran of Heir Antiques in Providence. I hope to actually visit his shop sometime soon. He has an amazing eye for the creepy and refined. One of the items that caught my eye on his 1st Dibs page is the colorful spot portrait below, by artist Timothy Cummings. Turns out he’s done a whole series of such works. Some are quite disturbing, but some are eerily beautiful.

SPOT PORTRAIT