all hail jonathan adler

lampert lounger: jonathan adler

Wow. I feel more glamorous just looking at this photo of Jonathan Adler's Lampert Lounger. Trés chic, non?

chic wedding lanterns

photo and lanterns: West Elm

Loving these modern lanterns from West Elm. I can see them at a chic, modern WHITE + COBALT poolside (cabanas!) affair. Perhaps the bride wears a cotton eyelet gown ... and everyone sips mojitos ... and the band plays sweet samba rhythms ... and the air is warm and the stars are bright ... and waiters serve ice cream sandwiches at midnight.

studio wish list

photo: delphine

Yesterday I went to visit CC at her fabulous shop SoLo and fell in love all over again with this "coffee table" in Jennifer Price's corner of the store. It is perfect for my studio: great paper storage. And it would go great with the steel/glass garage door that I covet.

circle vase

vase & photo: baccarat

While strolling around Place de la Madeleine last fall with C, we spotted this stunning circle vase at the Baccarat shop. C is a glass blower, and I fantasize about designing fine china, so we were drawn like magnets to the Bacarrat shop--we didn't even have to discuss whether we would venture in or not.

Designer Arik Levy recently won a well deserved Elle Deco International Design Award for the circle vase design. C says the vase is deceptively simple: it looks plain but is quite difficult to make. I have a feeling that next time she finds some time at the studio she will be attempting to learn the technique so she may apply it to her own gorgeous designs!

icff

rug: emma gardner design

Now that our National Stationery Show booth is packed and shipped I have a few moments to breathe. I was looking at the calendar and realized that this year, because we (okay, J) did so much prep work on the booth before we shipped it, I will have time to walk my favorite show: the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) on Saturday (the day before NSS opens). The rug shown above is from Emma Gardner Design (booth 2148). I'm always blown away by the booths that exhibitors put together at ICFF, not to mention all the gorgeous & innovative product designs.

love this pillow

Photo and pillow: Urban Outfitters

I'm a sucker for anything with letters/numbers on it, as I'm a not-so-secret typophile. This fun pillow from Urban Outfitters would look chic in an urban studio ... or adorable in a kids room.

JOY by Mel Lim

photos by delphine

My sweet, dear, and incredibly talented friend Mel, of JOY by Mel Lim, designed these adorable geese. I fell in love with the wrapping paper she designed, traded her two strong cocktails for a pack of paper, and wallpapered our powder room with it. We finished off the room with the amazing wall decals she designed (distributed by BLIK). I wish I had thought to take before shots ... the bathroom was a horrific dark brick red color. THANK YOU MEL for inspiring us.

studio makeover

lamp & photo: restoration hardware

garage door & photo: glass garage doors

Someday I would love to makeover our studio and add these fantastic lights from Restoration Hardware. I have been coveting them for years, but when I saw them "in action" at the lovely Cotton Idea Studio I fell in love! Also on my wish list: glass garage doors. Our studio is in a ginormous converted 3 car garage ... complete with garage door. Although the garage door does serve as a wonderful magnet board, I'd love to replace it with a glass door to let in more precious light.