Heart-stopping pieces by Jacques Adnet and Jules Leleu in the Wrapped exhibition at the inimitable Maison Gerard.
Category Archives: Decorative Arts
Solid Case
Vintage suitcases for a Spring design project. Scoped out this weekend in in Upstate New York.
Back Work: Peacock Garden Chairs
Saw a ton of these peacock back chairs in wrought iron and rattan on my last few trip to Jamaica and Mexico. Love the Victorian meets Caribbean garden vibe.
This Just INN… Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk
Super cute video for Ruschmeyer’s, a summer camp-styled lodge we need to check out this summer… brought to us by the talented folks at King and Grove. On the property is a dreamy restaurant that serves up razor clams and other seafood delights paired with “biodynamic, sustainable, and organic wines”. Up the road is the equally adorable Surf Lodge by the same crew… Love the lanyard keychains. Arts & Crafts anyone?
Design Flashback: A Favorite Decor Project
I just came across photos from one of my favorite event design projects from quite a few years ago. It was a New York-based artist’s birthday party – and I designed environmental and tabletop installations and vignettes for her downtown studio. Her taste was wonderfully eccentric, she loved taxidermy, collecting antique hunting trophies, and portrayals of nature that evoked visceral responses. My kind of girl.
The design approach was bacchanalian… Huge, primitive slabs of meats, breads, and cheeses piled up extravagantly on tables overflowing with leaves, feathers, olives, grapes, dipping candles, and dried mosses. Tables were covered in horns, leather books, and beautifully aged animal specimens. Eating required tearing and sharing, and seating areas included a stunning 18th century lacquered Chinese bed. The only lighting was candlelight and the odd lamp. Very carnal in every way. To this day I am besieged with jealous with memories her jaw-dropping printed silk caftan. And then there were the guys in the horse heads…
Tray Chic
Lately I’ve been flooded with fond childhood memories of slurping up bowls of spaghetti and meatballs while watching Little House on the Prairie or One Day at Time. Served up on folding, painted tray tables, that familiar sound of the tin top snapping into place reminds me of a time it was still acceptable for kids to eat dinner in front of the TV. These days I’ve been coveting some grown-up versions and recently acquired a set of four vintage ones on brass bamboo legs with painted doves. Some standouts I’d love to get my hands on:
A Sucker Born Every Minute…
… or in Adam Wallacavage’s case, about once a week. His incredible octopus chandeliers have popped up in interesting installations in New York, LA, and Paris over the past few years and are quite amazing to behold…
I spent the better part of yesterday on a round trip NYC-Philly mission to pick up some light-up chromatophores I commissioned from Adam for a June installation and got treated to a tour of his amazing undercover world.
Some flicks from a really fun day…
Pass the Passementerie
I’ve always loved tassels. I’m working on an environmental design project where we’ve sourced some stunningly-beautiful-slash-obnoxious 18-inch beauties to tie back some luxe velvet drapes. Here are a few wearable versions I’ve fallen in love with lately…
Eye Candy at ICFF
Favorites from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York this week…
California Dreaming: Milo Baughman
Thinking of sunshine (and cozy furniture) on a rainy day…
