Lacquered Life • Olivia M. Brock
Rose Cottage, c. 1920s Nantucket, MA
And after designer Jeffrey Bilhuber was able to work his magic … 
Old becomes new again! Off to Nantucket for a dear friend’s wedding, perhaps I’ll stop in on Mr. Bilhuber. Happy Friday!
Photos via Architectural Digest
Just came across this amazing designer, Natasha Wittke, the founder of Norquay Co. who makes these absolutely beautiful canoe paddles. They are made from solid cherry wood, manufactured in Ontario, and then sent to Natasha’s studio in Montreal where they are hand painted. Might I add that she does this without stenciling! While Natasha says that these paddles are great for cruising around in your canoe, I would love to add these to the wall for a wonderfully unique accent piece. Think lake house, beach house, cabin … As they are handmade, it seems that many of the paddles are sold out on Natasha’s website, Norquay Co., but lucky for us, CB2 is selling a limited release of 175 paddles in two designs. Happy paddling!
Today I am going to share one of my all time favorite sources with you – Forbes & Lomax. Forbes & Lomax is a UK based company that manufactures extremely attractive light switches, rotary dimmers, and switch plates. Established in London twenty-five years ago, each of their products also comes in a range of finishes including unlacquered brass, nickel, stainless steel, antique bronze, and of course … the invisible switch plate.
The beauty of the invisible switch plate is that it allows your wallpaper or paint to show through the switch plate. For years we have been trying to figure out how to wallpaper or paint over our plain plastic switch plates. Certain companies have even begun to make colorful switch plates, mirrored switch plates, anything to make the switch plate more attractive. Now with Forbes & Lomax and their invisible switch plate, the switch plate completely disappears. Now how fab is that?
Photos via Francesco Lagnese, wallpaper by Meg Braff