Dudes and dudettes, you better run…hungry people around here….
Have a great day with family and/or loved ones.
Lottery Pick
On e-bay…..Buy It Now for only $3,999.99 plus $50 shipping. 1950 Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo. My file of light fixtures is crazy heavy on the Sciolaris. I will be repeating myself with another divine Sciolari creation at some point. It’s just inevitable.
Un-Poplar
For those who haven’t seen this...here’s your autumn giggle! Love it.
Christoph Niemann for Abstract City/NYT
Open for Business
It’s been a long week! Monday and Tuesday were dedicated to cleaning and whitewashing the booth, I love the red floor and the light, so white will show off the stuff the best..especially since so many other booths are painted dark colors in a dark place. As I was moving stuff in on Wednesday, I went home to get another load …and returned to my first sale…yipee!! The chair had only been in the booth for an hour!
It’s still a bit sparse, but I’d rather hold stuff back than to let it get cluttered. It needs more…but not too much more. I have to give Morgan at the Brick House a shout out since I copied her furry bench job. I wanted to use Icelandic sheepskin, you know, the really long hairy kind, sometimes referred to as “troll hair”? Well, it’s too pricey for this project, so I went to TJ Maxx and bought a throw of faux fur for $40 and took a seam ripper and scissors to it. I covered 2 stools, with some left over for another project. I really love the touch of color on the tips of the fur. I’m only putting one furry stool in the booth at a time…don’t want to look like the “fur booth”.
Today I went to add some more items and someone bought the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree I had as decoration! I debated whether to put a price on it, but I know how much I hate it when things aren’t marked, so I did…figures! I’ll go get another one this weekend.
For those wondering how this shakes out…My little wedge of 71″ x 82″ x 31.5″ costs me $95 a month. They showed me another booth that was big and nice, but it was $200…too much pressure. The mall takes 10% and pays all sales tax for me. They’ll take my rent out of my sales (when there are enough sales). I’m keeping a spreadsheet of inventory to help me keep up with things. Phew…the goal was to be open by the weekend and I made it. Tired.
Foiled
Maybe you’ve seen these already, but I REALLY love the new Bailey Doesn’t Bark Holiday cards. That gold foil on top of the black ink….so nice.
Set of 8 for $20…a bit pricey for froogs…but it is nice eye candy… or perhaps inspiration for your own crafty project. I came home from Michael’s a few weeks ago schlepping some metallic embossing powder…can’t wait to give it a spin.
Futile Quest
So….ever since I saw the photos of Kelly Wearstler’s OTT Beverly Hills home, I’ve been trying to source her drawing room sofas. Weeks of searching high and low. All the Vogue article said was “Wearstler upholstered the seventies sofas in soft leather.” Thanks guys.
Why am I so intent on sourcing the designer of these sofas….that’s a GREAT question. In reality this is a lottery pick post. Those sofas were probably outrageously expensive, even with stains and cigarette burns on them….and found only in Europe. She’s furnishing a multi-million dollar estate….I’m, well…not.
In my unhealthy obsession with these, I have had a lot of fun amid the frustration. Pouring over everything from old photos of Cini Boeri’s work (below) to today’s take on similar looks.
Love this outdoor option…but at $100 a slice plus shipping…it can add up…
I saw this on Design Milk this week from Incorporated NY…of course, no pricing.
…and don’t even get me going on De Sede…..
So…who made those damn sofas???? Maybe it’s obvious to all design junkies but me…if you know…please share and put me out of my misery.
I love you blue sofa….
UPDATE: The Wearstler sofas are vintage Stendig purchased from PSModernway!