The Designer Gardens
Karpett fron 5.5 Designers Studio
Are you ready to meet Karpett that is an awesome bench, and a cot, and a chair, and a mat at the same time and these all is rolled into one? I mean it, you’ve got me right. The following cutie was created by Parisian company 5.5 Designers Studio. I love this piece of fun!
Well, to tell the truth, we deal with a black electrical tape that is cute, and useful. And I love the leather belt straps that keeps it rolled up when we need.
What a brilliant idea! To create a multifunctional piece of furniture that looks like a tape-carrier. B
Sweet stray becomes the cat they’ll never forget
There was Moshke the hit man, so named because the feral demon appeared for dinner every night, beating up every animal in sight before eating, then leaving. Zephyr was a good-natured and extremely talented thief. He revealed his skill one day when I brought home a shrink-wrapped pack of lamb chops. When I was ready to cook them, I discovered that the fully sealed packet contained not four, but two chops. How could this be? Upon inspection, I found a razor-thin slice along the edge of the packet; Zephyr had surgically opened the packet, slipped his greedy paw in and swiped a couple of chops.
Trend Alert 2012
by MeCC Interiors
If you’re a trend watcher and can’t wait to know what’s on the design horizon for 2012, here are a few of the evolving shifts occurring within Canada and the US pertaining to home design, which are making our living spaces more practical than aspirational. These trends apply not only to new homes, but more extensive renovation projects.
Open Concept Living and Family space (photo by homeaway.com)
Letter pillows from Jonathan Adler, Pottery Barn
Despite what your English teacher might have said, we think that sometimes it’s good to get a little bit wordy. In this case, you can put the pen and paper aside and let two kinds of graphic wool pillows do the talking for your abode.
Spell it out with the Letter Pillow, $110, from Jonathan Adler. Displayed as a single initial or grouped together, these hand-loomed wool pillows have a classic, stately quality. Each capital letter, finished in a thick matching border, practically pops off the pillow.
Love & Architecture
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, but more importantly, the famed Sinatra estate Twin Palms. Image via Curbed.
Curbed posts today on old hollywood romances, and the houses they happened in. Our favorite, naturally, is the mod: the Twin Palms estate in Palm Springs whose original owner was Frank Sinatra. One of the midcentury Palm Springs landmarks that’s managed to escape demolition, the house was built in 1947 and designed by E.