Have a seat

Have your ever seen this chair?

How about these?

I will give you a clue.  The creators of these chairs had the goal of bringing good design to the masses.  Both chairs above were designed for furniture maker, Henry Miller.  Give up?  These iconic chairs were designed by Charles and Ray Eames.   

The Eames’ did everything from advertising to architecture and design.   I recently watched a documentary about their lives called Eames: The Architect & The Painter.  I enjoyed getting to see their creative process and how they have impacted the art world.   It is a great movie and it has inspired me in so many ways!  You can watch the movie on Netflix or iTunes.  Check it out, you will not be disappointed!

If you seen it or when you watch it let me know what you think.

British Evasion

I have been on the hunt for new rugs for the last few months.   Why is it so hard to find quality rugs with a price that matches my budget?  Unfortunately, we will not find the answer to this question in this post…  but this leads me to my newest obsession: The Union Jack Flag!  I have loved decorating with the British flag since I first watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in high school.

After endless searching, I found these beauties:

The gray rug is from Z Gallerie and the zebra-shaped Union Jack is from Jonathon Alder.  Both are great rugs but the hubs is not sold on the gray one and the other one is completely out of our budget!

After finding these rugs, I started to think about the Union Jack and how I have wanted to decorate with it for years. Then I started to think about my house and how to incorporate it.  It is such a great design element; simple, classic and colors that can go with just about anything.   Check out these great examples I found:

via casa sugar

via house and home

via elle-decor

I found these pillows on Etsy and I am in love!  I am not sure if I’ll end up with a rug or some pillows but I will let you know when the purchase is made.

Karen Hilton Designs

You can find the pillows here.

Cheers!

Color of the year!

Pantone Inc. has announced that Tangerine Tango is the color of the year.   I may be too late in sharing the news since it was announced at the end of December – but still – it is exciting!

Pantone is the company that sets color standards for the design industry.  The company sells many products that help communicate color in different ways.  The website is pretty neat, check it out here. If you have ever seen a paint chip book at the paint department in a hardware store, then you can get the idea of Pantone.

Tangerine Tango is a bright red orange and I am in love!  I have a really nice piece of furniture in this color  and recently made some pillows with the color of the year:

I also found some other great interiors with this color:

via blog.hgtv.com

via blogs.babble.com

via cococozy.com

via apartmenttherapy.com

Hope this will inspire you to use the color of the year!

Pretty things

There are some products or design elements that I am in love with .  Things that  inspire me for the spaces I have, or for people that I help.  So with the first of many posts of pretty things that inspires me.  I am going big with the first one.  The Louis Vuitton steamer trunk  I love the design elements of the steamer trunk since I saw the movie the The Darjeeling Limited “Wes Anderson’s 2001.”  In which the charters travel with their father’s Louis Vuitton luggage.

I love the look of the vintage pieces too.  It something about having   a piece of luggage that has been around the world when travel was romantic and required more then a plane.

Since first seeing the trunks in the movie I have seen people décor with them.

Tommy Hilfiger's home

Ken Fulk Design

I need a table for our office and have been on the hunt for something similar for long time.   Every time I am in a thrift store  or antique shop hope to find a great deal on something similar and if I do believe I will let you know.