Schiaparelli1970
Sep 24, 2009
Sep 23, 2009
9 Top Credenzas
You may remember me mentioning that we've lost about 95% of our furniture this month.
The low teak dresser in the first photo below is what we used as a credenza in our living room. My dad and I refinished it two summers ago, and I'd just completed giving it a once-over after our hot summer. We used to put our television and West German pottery on it.
My task in the coming months is to find replacements.
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 18, 2009
Interior Design Show West 2009
Last night my husband and I went on a 'double date' with Rockelle and her spouse. It was fantastic to get out after being trapped for nine nights by my psyche, an uninhabitable apartment and a hotel room designed around polyester hues of sage and Tuscan sun. After sushi at Kaide we headed down to IDS West, which, after losing 95% of our furniture in the last ten days, was highly anticipated.
Design shows in Vancouver = superior craftsmanship (particularly woodworking), the environment, pastels, and clean lines.
stacy reynaudKurt Dexel fresh off the pages of October's DWELL.
The table would go perfect in our new place.
BoConcepts 'side table'. I call it a cat bed.
Rockelle's pics of the show.
She left with a Dyson cat hair picker upper.
FRAME commissioned a booth from Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Interior Design Program.
stacy reynaudThe work of Oregon's Christopher Marley
stacy reynaudDesigning Inside the Box
Designing Inside the Box
Brent Comber
FinSep 17, 2009
Sep 16, 2009
Design Lover: The Camel Stool
rosewood and blue leather
Reminiscent of the work of Brazilian designer Jean Gillon, this particular camel stool was offered up for auction in 2006. You can buy a similar piece here.Related Posts:
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Sep 15, 2009
The Smoking Slipper vs The Evening Pump
(r) David Niven in velvet moccasins
So, which is it?
The velvet smoking slipper, originally designed for the Victorian gentleman's smoking room, has stepped out from the chamber and onto the Fall Winter 2009 runway. In my part of the world, smoking rooms have returned. Smoking slippers and denim, perhaps.
Buy them here.
The black patent leather evening pump, sometimes referred to as the opera pump, was once reserved for black-tie affairs and silk socks, yet like the velvet smoking slipper, it's sashayed its way onto the Fall Winter 2009 runway.
Both the opera pump and the smoking slipper were in vogue in the 1930s. During the Great Depression men took the shoes and paired them with more casual attire, a sentiment to the dire economic situation of the time.
Fashion repeats itself.
For stockists
A great history of the gentlemen's smoking costume can be read on Cigar Aficionado here.
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Sep 13, 2009
Quote of the Week - Epictetus
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. EpictetusRelated Posts:
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Sep 11, 2009
Arsenic and Black Lace
Susan Ann Sulley of Human League, Ava Gardner in Christian Dior, Exene Cervenka of XThis post has nothing to do with arsenic other than the fact I couldn't think of a title so I played on words of the black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Although, some black lace could be potentially fatal if worn correctly.
Most commonly associated with elegance and seduction, Christian Dior warned of its potential to appear elderly if worn after a certain age.
When it comes to lace I take mine black.
Who's doing women in black lace for Fall Winter 2009:
Alberta Ferretti
Chanel
Christian Dior
Christian Lacroix
Valentino
3.1 Phillip Lim
Doo.Ri
Dolce & Gabbana
Jill Stuart
Jasmine di Milo
Jo No Fui
Kinder Aggugini
KOVA&T
Lanvin
ANNA SUI
lna
Marchesa
Opening Ceremony
Roksanda Ilincic
Stella McCartney
Temperley London
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Sep 10, 2009
Melancholy and the effects of AM radio
The posts have been few and far between this week as my husband, two cats and I have been displaced from our home of ten and a half years by situations beyond our control. We're all in a hotel. I'm listening to AM radio, he's at work and the cats are trying to find comfort in polyester surroundings.
Just when I think my mood is perfect sandwiched between Cat Stevens' The First Cut is Deepest and Trooper's Two for the Show I'm layered with Gordon Lightfoot's Beautiful only to be garnished with The Stones and Paint it Black.
Genius.
Makes me want to order up some Sinead O'Connor with REM sprinkles for dessert.
Please enjoy Gord's Beautiful, which is actually my favourite song, below:
Quote of the Week - Christian Dior
... it is by her feet that you can judge whether a woman is elegant or not. Christian DiorSep 4, 2009
Urban Decay and Abandonement
Urban exploration, sometimes referred to as abandonment exploration, is trespassing on abandoned properties to capture the architecture and beauty of decay on film.
The explorers become anthropologists. Their photos a historical record.
Each one, not only depicting what was once important to society, but also the mindset of the current generation.
All of the photos in this post are copyright of Underground Ozarks , a site I first explored in 2006. The site, like the places it chronicles, has now been abandoned.
For a breathtaking set of abandoned and decaying culture check statlerhotel's The Stonecutters on Flickr.
Sep 3, 2009
How to Do a High Bun Updo
How to tie a bun:- Bend over, shake your head so all your hair hangs down.
- Run a comb over it to smooth out any bubbles.
- Still bending over, grab all your hair and pull it to the top of your head.
- Wrap an elastic around it. Don't pull your hair through into a ponytail.
- Stand up straight. Gently pull as much hair as you can but don't pull it all the way through the elastic.
- Smooth out any bubbles.
- Pull through whisps you want framing your face.
- Gently push on the top of the hair creating a doughnut shape.
- Bobby pin the doughnut down around the edges.
- Hairspray and smooth with the palm of your hand. Pay close attention to the back.
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