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iven the choice to work along side Kelly Wearstler or save my own mother from white slavery...well, let's just say there may be some heavy thinking happening. KW is the perfect mix of crazy and modern. There are quite a few items in my own decorating environment that make people question my sanity. Take my latch hook porn, for example. Or the giant metallic Christmas bow that one adorned my front door, but has taken permanent residence on a wall as a nod to Jeff Koons. KW and I also seem to share a love of pattern. One of my all time favorites is moire. My mother once made a bedspread and curtains in a rose moire. I loved it and yes, it was the 80's. La Wearstler has brought this back into my life in the form of dinnerware. I'm torn between the purple and the pink, but at fairly reasonable prices I think mixing and matching might be the ticket. We all go a little crazy sometimes.
oming off the recent heat wave in NY I am reminded of just how much I hate extreme weather. And, sweating. But, the hot flash I felt when I first saw this mirror from David Derksen Design was well worth any sweating I will do over the price of 1795eu. I mean, anything geometric and brown stirs my inner-70's child. The next phase of my deep eggplant colored bedroom will be heading in a super mod, super 70's direction and this mirror would be perfect over my bed...or on the ceiling? Bawmp, chica baump baump!
et that hideous thing out of my sight!
These are the words that landed me a job in advertising. The test for the job I had interviewed for was one of "taste". Apparently, the temp doing the job at the time would put the fresh flowers my boss would bring in into the ugliest vases - think FTD in Wichita. Well, my reaction to the vase I was shown indicated I was not to be trifled with when it came to style. Which leads me to the topic of vases and a company called Studio-A. I must reiterate here my affinity to anything Greek inspired and these designs in their cartoon-y nature just make me want to don a toga and walk around my apartment pouring my kittens some undeserved cream into their water bowls. I am somewhat of a slave to them anyway so the scene almost sounds apropos. In any case, check out the website for even more wonderful items. The tragedy here is that I'm pretty sure I can't afford any of them. The Gods are vengeful!!!
ermes is one of those iconic design houses that has stood the test of time and only gets better and better. Their home accessories are beyond perfection and the chain link inspired Rallye line of dinnerware has roots in classic racing tracks. The chain design is also seen in some wonderful jewelry which reminds me of another iconic staple in my life...Madonna. I once designed a huge poster for my High School homecoming dance my senior year. The idea behind these "crash posters" is to take the school mascot and do some sort of bloody rendition showing the impending domination and masacre of the opposing team. All classes were involved in the contest to see which one would be torn to pieces as the football jocks ran thru it at the beginning of the game.
Well, not on my watch. I was a Gay. I replicated the back of Madonna's first album and added tin foil to the chain she held across her neck. I loved it. The rest of my senior class was less than amused and we did not, in the end, win the contest. It did however don the bleachers at the Homecoming Dance and someone actually stole it at the end of the dance. I suspect another Gay.
ou'd be hard pressed to find anything that gets my cravings going like a new project. And, thanks to two good friends who recently re-located back to Manhattan, I'm on creative overload...in a good way. Helps to expand my mind when I have something specific to find and I had been trying to find the perfect small accent table when, as luck would have it, I was alerted to Bethan Gray's new line of furniture. Modeled after a classic men's shoe, her Brogue tables are a perfect blend of masculine and feminine. I'm not a fan of leather chairs or sofas (being a child of the 70's I remember chapping my legs on my Aunt's sofa after a summer swim) and have never thought them comfortable. But, TABLES! Yes, please!
ith two of the least well-behaved cats on the planet I am always living in fear when I decide to treat myself to fresh flowers. Usually I have to perch them in a vase high on a shelf. Even then, it is a race with time and usually between the two cats to see how long they will last. I thought about paper flowers as another option, but this too seems dicey at best. And, paper flowers (or at least the ones I like) are quite pricey. If I were going to spend that much on something fake it better be indestructible. Enter, Vladimir Kanevsky, my savior! This visionary of porcelain flowers makes some of the most beautiful and delicate floral sculptures and although quite traditional in feeling, could seem very modern depending on the vase. I would love to see some of the hydrangea in my platform roller skate vase! I haven't had the heart to look into what these might cost. I have a feeling it would be too painful. I'm afraid my cats have won the battle on this one, but someday I will win the war and own something from The Vladimir Collection.
anity and narcissism are one of the many reasons I love to hate my cats. At times they definitely seem to be obsessed with them selves and are often found in front of the full length mirror, perched on the back of a chair just gazing at themselves. Now, to be fair they are just about the cutest cats around. At least in this parent's opinion. And I spoil them rotten. I lately have grown to love to pretend I am Mommy Dearest during the famous haircutting scene where Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) chastises Christina for her bad habit of "always looking at yourself in the mirror!!!!" She then proceeds to cut off huge chunks of blonde curly locks with some mighty huge and scary scissors. Love it! And aside from my feline examples, these beautiful mirrored vases are super cool ways for vanity to take over your floral arrangements. The great thing about these is that you really only need ONE great bloom. The mirror takes care of the rest. And nothing is more beautiful than a flower.
lease keep it to yourself if you get tired of me posting about Greek key designs. It won't do any good to complain. The iconic design never fails to turn me on whenever I see it done in a good way. Simon Paul Scott is a designer that has taken a new/old approach to the motif and etched it into some great trays and boxes. He also has some wonderful versions of match holders. Every one looks ancient and still VERY modern. Is that possible??? I think so and want several for myself. As the Greek saying goes, "Not even the Gods fight necessity!"
orry peeps, just too busy to write much today. Thought these were blog worthy tho' for a fun post. Bling has now hit the bathroom. Check out Jemal Wright Bathroom Designs for more inspiration for those private moments. Peace.
ext to having my apartment photographed someday for Lonny mag, I think to be featured in The Selby would be a dream come true. Alas, I still have much work to do to get my pad mag-worthy. And, of course, I change my mind more than I need to which makes this blog so necessary. I mean, it's such a great outlet for creativity and ideas are flowing much more these days with summer upon me. Winter just zaps my will to do anything but watch Netflix and smoke cigarettes with my heater blasting. However, I digress. The original point to this rambling is that I revisited the site of Margo Selby. Her textile designs and patterns are pop-arty at it's best and she offers versions of rugs, lampshades, wallpaper, etc. The color combos would be awesome accenting my Lichtenstein. Oh wait, that's right, I don't HAVE a Lichtenstein. Wow, the lines between fantasy and reality do get blurred easily for me. I gotta update my profile on WealthyMen.com stat!!!
