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the placemat place...at least for today
By CaRoLyN cLaRk, Serendipity & Spark, on Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:15pm PDT
i was thinking about placemats today. i think they are interesting and odd! i wonder whose idea it was to create these.
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6 perfect side tables
By calliejenschke, on Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:25pm PDTYou don't know how handy a good side table is until you're living without one. As a new-apartment dweller, I have reached dire straights when it comes to the stuff I have knocked over and spilled because I don't have a great little table to place my cold drink or my stack of magazines. If you need to get stuff off the floor (like me), these little guys are braced and ready to hold even the heaviest of summer reads.
The fluted sides of VivaTerra's glazed ceramic stool are inspired by a lotus blossom. $269, 13"D x 17.5"H
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10 Years of Sex: Recreating Carrie's apartment
By calliejenschke, on Wed May 28, 2008 7:29am PDTThe mania is almost over! With the opening of the most publicized movie in recent history on this Friday, it is only appropriate to spread the Sex & the City lovin' to your home.
You may not be brave enough to dress like her, but Carrie's all-grown-up apartment is surprisingly subdued (but still chic, of course). Here are a few ways to incorporate the look of her Manhattan home into your own. Jeremy Conway, Sex and the City's production designer, recommends starting with the walls. Carrie's are a soft shade of celery green washed with an iridescent lavender glaze.
Photo credit: HBO
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Earth Day Shopping: Feel More Human
By calliejenschke, on Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:57am PDTIf the size of your carbon footprint is beginning to concern you, a little online shopping might just be the trick to reducing it. Launched last week, Feel More Human offers environmentally friendly modern home and lifestyle products as well as articles, interviews and helpful guides to provide inspiration and education on greening your life.
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The site provides a variety of furniture, home accessories, lighting, storage, kids' gear, jewelry and beauty brands that support the shift to global citizenship and sustainable design.
Inhabit's Chump Change light is made with VOC free painted wood and an organic cotton shade. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Has Jonathan Adler become Pottery Barn?
By Sarah B, on Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:08pm PDT[Ed. note: Shine user Sara B. raises an interesting question here—do you love something less once you've seen it everywhere? Including in your friends' houses? Read on for her take.]
From Jonathan Adler's Homepage
Okay, so let me preface this post by saying quite plainly ... I love Jonathan Adler. I love the attitude, color palette, and sophistication of just about everything I've seen him do. Last summer I had the pleasure of staying at The Parker Hotel in Palm Springs, and was again incredibly impressed by his work. I'm in the market for a new coffee table and area rug, and I'm looking for something "different", so recently I decided to brave the Los Angeles traffic and make the trek across town to his shop on Melrose to check out my options.
However, as soon as I stepped foot in the shop I felt let down. I was having flashbacks of that "Friends" episode when both Rachel and Ross buy the same Pottery Barn coffee table. (You remember the one.... Phoebe delivers a tirade about how Pottery Barn is "everything that's wrong with the country.") Adler's store wasn't this trove of unique items that I'd imagined would add some quirky fun to my home. Without realizing it, I'd already been seeing his pieces all over town at restaurants, hotels, and even other furniture retailers! Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (3) | Blog
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