Miller Time Pt. 2

Color
February 6, 2014

Back to the Miller House today, but this time to look at the textile designs of Alexander Girard. Above is Girard’s plan for the fabric throughout the house, a plan which was recently discovered in the Miller House garage. Girard worked with the Miller family throughout their tenure in the house, often changing fabrics and arrangements as the needs of the family changed. As it is with the architecture of the house, despite their age, these fabrics are still extremely modern by today’s standards. I think these fabrics would feel right at home in a Jonathan Adler showroom – don’t you?

The seat covers on Saarinen’s famous tulip chairs are needlepoint. So impressive.

Photos via Dwell Magazine

A Sense of Permanence

Color
February 4, 2014

When I had my apartment in Philadelphia during graduate school, or my apartments with and without W in NYC, I was always jealous of papered walls. I would walk into houses or apartments that people owned and proclaim that they were “real people,” because there was something so permanent and settled about wallpaper. Well, thanks to CB2, you can now have that wonderful feeling of permanence in a place that you rent. Self adhesive wallpaper – you stick it up yourself, and the self adhesive backing allows you to remove it when your lease is up. Genius. And these patterns are pretty great too … And as you know, wallpaper can be fabulous in places other than the walls … lining drawers, the back of bookshelves, wallpapering a table, making a lampshade … the possibilities are endless! And what is great about this CB2 paper is that if you hate it, just take it off! Love a non-committal wallpaper. Click on the photos to be re-routed to the site.

Deco Darlings

Books
January 31, 2014

Thought I would end the week with a little fantasy Friday, and let you all browse through these fabulous art deco posters. These posters make everything look luxe and beautiful, from bicycles to Vermouth, Lake Placid to Australia. These are from a collection compiled in the newly published book The Art Deco Poster, available through Vendome Press, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon. I highly recommend it. This is the perfect coffee table book: it is a wonderfully large scale, the pictures are beautiful, and its definitely a conversation starter. Somehow posters for airlines and advertisements for alcohol are just no longer as special. So whether or not you have any fun plans for the weekend, why not escape through these posters?