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HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | November 18, 2009

Cool Cozy Luxury Interior with PH5 Pendant Lamps

This picture captured the best of an inviting home for me. It is perfect for entertaining and living. You get plenty of comfortable sitting spread around the table. I imagine the kitchen to be in front of the purple sofa (but I am not clues). Luckily for me, I should it to my husband and [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | November 13, 2009

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Holiday Card Display Ideas

Hanging Holiday cards looks better than putting them on a shelf. It allow you to be more creative. You could install clothesline against the wall, hang your cards on a handrail, transform a pot rack or use a paper chandelier. Pottery Barn added to their catalog the Wakefield Chandelier. It is a three tiered iron chandelier [...]

KIDS + BABY, KIDS rooms | September 30, 2009

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Cute Animal Alphabet Lampshape by Lad and Lass

I think this kid lampshape is so cute. The small lampshape can be fitted to a lamp base or to be used as a pendant lamp. They are made in Australia by Lad and Lass. You can buy them on etsy. + Animal Alphabet Pendant $198 USD + Animal Alphabet Small Lampshade or Pendant $106 USD + Via [...]

HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | May 17, 2009

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Grace Bonney’s 10 Favorite Designs on June 2009 Canadian House and Home

I met and chatted a little with Grace of Design*Sponge last February when she sat on the Design Bloggers panel at IDS 09. She is a sweet girl. Canadian House and Home wrote a two-page story on her. Grace told us to check the work produced by contemporary Australian and Mexican artists. She loves the way [...]

HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | May 15, 2009

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Lit your home with Havana or Capri by Jonathan Alder

The few items of the latest collection of Jonathan Alder caught my attention. Let’s start with lighting. Contrary to lots of designers, I restrain the recessed lights to the bare minimum in my decors. I prefer to display gorgeous lamps for their decorative and functional input. The latest lighting collection by Jonathan Alder allows you [...]

HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | April 18, 2009

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Coral, Kina and Koura Pendant Sets designed by David Trubridge

I am not into coral as a design element but seeing the coral-inspired lamps of David Trubridge may change my mind. Another example of how you can produce something very modern inspired by nature. Made of pine plywood, the lamp’s outer shell is pieced together from individual pieces which are attached to one another. David Trubridge [...]