GOLD RUSH

A CLASSIC WOODEN CHAIR COVERED IN 24K OF GOLD LEAF. IF YOU'RE NOT INVESTING IN GOLD BUT WANT TO PRETEND LIKE YOU ARE, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. DESIGN BY FREDRIK MATTSON.

ALL THE LEAVES ARE WHITE

"SMALL HOLLYHOCK LEAF"

"LITTLE SEPTEMBER BLOOM"
EACH PINHOLE DESIGN IS PART OF A LIMITED SERIES BY HEATHER SMITH JONES. THE PINHOLE METHOD IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS...A LABOR INTENSIVE FORM OF ART IN WHICH THE ARTIST LITERALLY CREATES AN PATTERN, IMAGE, OR TEXT BY POKING ONE HOLE AT A TIME THROUGH PAPER. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT OR PURCHASE HEATHER'S WORK HERE.

MY HAPPY PLACE

SEASIDE, FLORIDA. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

SWING LOW

SERIES 7, DESIGN ARNE JACOBSEN 1955. THE CHAIR WAS DECORATED BY LOUIS VUITTON IN A PROJECT BETWEEN FRITZ HANSEN AND THE DANISH AIDS FOUNDATION. FRITZ HANSEN DESCRIBES PART OF THEIR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AS A "SEARCH FOR BEAUTY-APPEALING TO THE HEART-IN TIMELESS SIMPLICITY, MINIMAL EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY IN THE DETAIL." CHAIR FOUND HERE.

MUSIC ROW

THE MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF FINE ART MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHERS. THEIR PHOTOS ARE PROCESSED AND HAND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS THEMSELVES OR THEIR ESTATES. THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST THE GALLERY IS OFFERING "A BUY ONE GET ONE FREE" SPECIAL--DON'T MISS OUT. NEIL YOUNG, PHOTOGRAPHER HENRY DILTZ. AVAILABLE AT THE MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY.
MY HUSBAND, WHO IS WAY COOLER THAN I EVER GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR LOVES NEIL YOUNG FEATURED ABOVE AND BOB DYLAN FEATURED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. SINCE HE CHECKS OUT MY POSTS EVERY DAY, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A NICE SURPRISE. PURCHASE THIS PRINT  BY BARRY FEINSTEIN HERE.

JOY, PEACE, NOEL

WOODEN ORNAMENTS FROM SIMPLEMENTE BLANCO. I'M THINKING YOU COULD BUY THEM HERE OR MAKE THEM ON YOUR OWN. EITHER WAY..WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

CARDBOARD BEDDING

SLEEP UNDER A CARDBOARD BOX SO A HOMELESS YOUNG PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM LE CLOCHARD BEDDING GO TO A FOUNDATION FOR HOMELESS YOUTH IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE INCOME IS USED TO FUND HOUSING PROJECTS AND AIDS YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINDING WORK OR CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION.

SPEAKING OF...

THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THE BAR CART I ORDERED. UNFORTUNATELY IT WON'T ARRIVE UNTIL FEBRUARY BUT I'M CAREFULLY PLANNING FOR THE BOTTLES OF PORT AND OTHER BEVERAGES.

PORT

"I DIDN'T GO TO RELIGION TO MAKE ME HAPPY. I ALWAYS KNEW A BOTTLE OF PORT WOULD DO THAT."- C.S. LEWIS
I'M ALWAYS A SUCKER FOR PACKAGING, SOMETIMES I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT I'M BUYING--BUT IF IT "LOOKS" GOOD I'M IN. PORT HASN'T BEEN MY FAVORITE OF WINES, COME TO THINK OF IT--I DON'T EVEN DRINK THE STUFF. BUT THIS KIND OF PORT LOOKS GREAT ON MY BAR TROLLEY. I BOUGHT SEVERAL IN PORTUGAL, BUT I STARTED MY COLLECTION IN CHICAGO AT BINNY'S. I LOVED THE BOTTLE AND THE "STENCILED" LETTERING. YOU CAN BUY BROADBENT HERE.
SOME PORTS PRINT THE YEAR ON EACH BOTTLE, THAT'S MY NEW ENDEAVOR..COLLECTING "YEARS" IN PORT. I KNOW...ALWAYS AIMING HIGH.

PILLOW OF A DIFFERENT KIND

MAY NOT BE COMFY, BUT IT WOULD SURE LOOK FABULOUS. PILLOW FOUND HERE.

KNOTS AND CROSSES

CROSSES BY SIMPLEMENTE BLANCO. GLASSWARE THAT INCORPORATES LEATHER AND STITCHING. I'M NOT A CAPPUCCINO DRINKER, BUT MAYBE I COULD START.
SCOTCH GLASS WITH HANDBLOWN SIMPLICITY FINISHED OFF WITH LEATHER AND STITCHING.
CROSSES WHITE LEATHER PLACEMAT.

WREATH FOR THE HOLIDAYS

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, 100% RECYCLED CARDBOARD WREATHS FROM CARDBOARDSAFARI.COM

LAVENDER

I THOUGHT I WOULD PAY TRIBUTE TO THE 3 LAVENDER PLANTS I RECENTLY BOUGHT AND KILLED. SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE A GREEN THUMB. ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST.
MY FRIEND AND I HAPPENED UPON THIS CONVENT IN PORTUGAL WHERE THE LAVENDER WAS PLANTED ALL OVER THE GROUNDS, IT WAS MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL.
ENGLISH LAVENDER
CONVENT IN PORTUGAL, CROSS AND LAVENDER. I LOVE THE CONTRAST AGAINST THE WHITE OF THE CONVENT.

BED HEAD

"IT'S A COMMON EXPERIENCE THAT A PROBLEM DIFFICULT AT NIGHT IS RESOLVED IN THE MORNING AFTER THE COMMITTEE OF SLEEP HAS WORKED ON IT." -JOHN STEINBECK

MOSQUITO NETTING CAN ACTUALLY LOOK QUITE NICE DESPITE ITS NAME.

VINTAGE FRENCH CANOPY OVER A DAYBED OR SETTEE.

SHAKE IT

LOVE THE IDEA OF TYPOGRAPHY AND COLOR SCHEMES IN POLAROID FORM. FIND THE COLLECTIONS ABOVE HERE.

POLAROIDS IN SUCCESSION PERFECT FOR FRAMING.
A TRIBUTE BOOK "FOR THE LOVE OF LIGHT". APPROXIMATELY 25 PHOTOGRAPHERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF THE POLAROID CAMERA.
SAVE CHILDREN, SAVE POLAROID CAMERAS.

THANKFUL

PAPER SOURCE PLACE SETTINGS. A DIY KIND OF THING. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THANKSGIVINGS WE USED THESE AND LOVED IT.

PEDAL TO THE METAL

DOVETAIL SHOP AND STUDIO IS THE COLLABORATION OF MARGARET AND JOSH SMITH LOCATED IN LEXINGTON, KY.  THEY USE PORCELAIN CLAY ALONG WITH SCREEN PRINTED IMAGERY TO ACHIEVE EACH LINE. 


DON'T MAKE FUN, YOU LOVE IT. ADMIT IT. HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH SCHWINN.

IT IS A BIKE BY ANY NAME, BEST OF ALL WHITE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO AMSTERDAM TO EXPERIENCE THIS CLASSIC OR THE SPORT BELOW.

ENGLAND GETS IT. THEY JUST DO.

DIG IT?

"I LIKE TO WORK AS A VISUAL DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, USING CONTRADICTION AS A VEHICLE FOR FINDING MY WAY."-CAL LANE

" I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN EMBRACING THE VERY THING THAT REPELS ME IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND IT."- CAL LANE

" I PREFER TO MAKE SENSE OF THINGS OR IN ORDER TO SUSPEND(OR PASS) JUDGEMENT."- CAL LANE

TO THE WANDERER, THE TRANSIENT, THERE IS A PLACE.

"EXTREMES, THOUGH CONTRARY, HAVE THE LIKE EFFECTS. EXTREME HEAT KILLS, AND SO EXTREME COLD: EXTREME LOVE BREEDS SATIETY, AND SO EXTREME HATRED; AND TOO VIOLENT RIGOR TEMPTS CHASTITY, AS DOES TOO MUCH LICENSE."- GEORGE CHAPMAN

SUCCULENT

CRAZY FOR SUCCULENTS. LOVE ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES LITTLE ATTENTION AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE. THE COLORS ARE PERFECT SHADES OF GREEN WITH A SORT OF CHALKY DUSTING.

FOUND! SUCCULENTS CAREFULLY DESIGNED AND DISPLAYED ON THE SIDE OF AN ENTRANCE TO THE OCEANA HOTEL IN SANTA MONICA, CA.

UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION, THE ADDICTION BEGAN. FOR THOSE OF YOU LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE IN LUCK. THE CALIFORNIA CACTUS CENTER IS FULLY EQUIPPED FOR ALL TYPES OF LANDSCAPING IN SUCCULENTS OR ADVICE ON HOW TO ACHIEVE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A "SUCCULENT INSTALLATION."

A SOLID WHITE OAK BOWL WOULD HOLD AND DISPLAY A BATCH OF SUCCULENTS ON A TABLE INSIDE OR OUT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE WOOD AND CACTI TOGETHER.

AS ALWAYS A PERFECT COMPLEMENT TO THE GREEN SUCCULENT WILL ALWAYS BE WHITE. BRINGS OUT THE DUSTING. USE THIS SHORT SQUARE PLANTER DISH ON AN ACCENT TABLE.
I LIKE THE GREY SAUCER KIND OF APPROACH OR MAYBE IT'S THE GREY. EITHER WAY THIS IS A GREAT OPTION TO USE AS A SMALL PLANTER.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING AN OLD VINTAGE BIRDCAGE AND TRAY TO DISPLAY YOUR SUCCULENTS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT KIND OF TRAY WITH A LITTLE DEPTH. OLD BIRDCAGES CAN BE WOODEN OR LIKE THE ONE SHOWN ABOVE. DISPLAY THE CAGE WITH SUCCULENTS INSIDE ON TOP OF SOME OLD BOOKS ON A COFFEE TABLE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LIKE ME, WHEN THE HOLIDAYS COME I SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT WREATH. I'M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT I LIKE TO FIND THINGS OFF THE BEATEN PATH OR THAT I DON'T SEE ON EVERY DOOR. THIS YEAR, I MAY HAVE FOUND MY WREATH. YOU CAN BUY THE WREATHS BELOW AT THE CACTUS CENTER IN CALIFORNIA OR AT SIMPLY SUCCULENTS IN WISCONSIN.