Weathered & Raw
Wild Allium | Feathers & Scissors | Tracks | Mock Orange | Rock & Shell | Sleep
While textiles serve as ongoing inspiration for our projects, the natural world beckons with its siren song and greatly informs our design aesthetic. The fine and exquisite certainly have a place in our interiors but are false idols until softened with the weathered and raw. The balance of high and low coupled with an eclectic patina, one that tells a story, is always what we are after and in the end truly defines our interiors. How do you tell your story?
Fab Five: Katie Leede
We're thrilled to welcome guest editor Katie Leede to the blog today, where she's sharing her personal Fab Five...
1 | I NEVER tire of these luscious Rosemary HallgartenSuri pillows because you can actually PET them! They are delicious and fun for the whole family!
2 | Rose Tarlow now makes this gorgeous hand dyed , hand woven fabric in Senegal that just makes my heart hum... so usable though it ain't cheap (about $268 a yard)... but the look and feel of the design adds an instant world culture vibe into a room without sacrificing high end chic and class. Know what I mean?
3 | My friend and artist extraordinaire Nancy Lorenz has just created new work where she layers gesso and gold leaf on top of cardboard of all things. The cardboard gives a watery, ripple like effect to the surface of her "canvas" which I find edgy and appealing. And there is something wonderfully decadent and earthy about using something so valuable on such humble, knock about material. Available through Morgan Freeman Gallery in NYC.
4 | I have several of these Boucle Alpaca throws from De Le Cuona at home which are highly textural, decorative, and groovy things visually as well as being cozy and comforting to use while cuddled up with my five kids and beau, watching Game of Thrones.
5 | I used this artful Flame of Forest chandelier from Stefanie Odegard Collection in a Showhouse in the Hamptons last Summer and I still dream about using it in a project some day. Being a romantic, this fixture - of course - reminds me of papyrus plants on the Nile at sunset.
Below I used FOUR of my Fab 5 in the same room - the Flame of Forest Chandelier, a Nancy Lorenz triptych over the bed, the alpaca throw draped across the sheets and a Suri pillow on the slipper chair. The Rose Tarlow fabric hadn't been created yet but it would have looked, well, FAB, in the space too, don't you think?
Thank you, Katie! We adore your Fab Five selections and loved seeing how you used several of them in a room that you designed. For those of you who have not yet seen it, be sure to check out Katie's Proust on Design interview from last summer.
Fibers Underfoot
It goes without saying that we are obsessed with textiles but what really turns us on are the artisans behind the handiwork. We had the pleasure of spending yesterday surrounded by gorgeous antique rugs literally up to our ears, and in midst of talented textile artists who painstakingly repair the wear and tear. Although we selected several beautiful rugs to be shipped for interior projects, our favorites, hands down, were the combination of the plaited jute and Moroccan kilim rugs above.
Inspired: Fibers Underfoot | CLOTH & KIND
Inspired: Fibers Underfoot | CLOTH & KIND
We are off for another packed day before heading home late this afternoon, so with coffee in hand we are hitting the streets for Studio Four NYC. What's on your agenda for today?
IMAGE CREDITS | All images taken by Tami Ramsay of CLOTH & KIND
Kelly Wearstler Wallpapers
We've long lusted after the amazing fabrics by Kelly Wearstler for Lee Jofa Groundworks, and so it's no surprise that we are ecstatic about her new line of wallpapers as well. See for yourself... Amazing, no?
IMAGE CREDITS | All images courtesy of Lee Jofa Groundworks. Top: Channels Paper in Periwinkle/Oat, Salisbury Chair in Mineral in Indigo/Slate. Bottom: Crescent Paper in Ebony/Gold, Nessa Side Table, Bench in Currents Silk in Ebony/Oatmeal.
Fab Five: Lucite & Gold
Talin Spring
ABOUT | Talin Spring is the owner/designer of Spring Finn & Co, American made leather and canvas bags & accessories, and owner of Maison Spring, a showroom representing a small collection of unique European fine furnishing fabrics in Minneapolis.
I grew up in a house where everything was made by hand, both my mother and grandmother were very skilled embroiderers, sewers and knitters. Seeing their daily creations during my childhood made me appreciate the value of the hand, with its perfections and imperfections - that I love most.
Although this embroidered linen tablecloth is not one of my grandmothers or my mothers, the fine detail and precision is very evocative of their art. I found it a few summers ago at the Marseille flea market - where we lived before moving to Minneapolis - this is where I also found the french post office iron desk that holds my collection of mid-century Uzbek China. I cannot even imagine the number of hours of work it required to make this intricate tablecloth filled with careful details down to the crocheted corner tassels. Every time I iron it, I picture the previous owners of the piece gathered around a table in the sunny French countryside.
The history of the object and the artisan behind is as important as the visual beauty it adds to a room. The creator's personal story intertwines with the object, and that mastery deserves to be appreciated for several lifetimes.
Tres Tintas
Today we're inspired by the new Heritage Collection of wallpapers designed by Pablo Piatti for Tres Tintas, a collection conceived as a tribute to the traditional styles of wallpaper used throughout the XIX century which revisits its traditional elements and themes. Can't get enough of Eclipse & Eclipse Flock! Which ones are your favorites?
Hue: Carbon
Setting A Table With Nake Berkus
Today we're loving this piece from ElleDecor.com with Nate Berkus demonstrating how to set a table. Simple + beautiful.