Picking Pomegranates

Entertaining
April 15, 2014

Spring has sprung, and I’m thinking about dinner parties in the garden. I keep coming back to the raffia collections at Pomegranate. Available in a variety of festive colors and styles, the raffia collection includes placemats, coasters, and napkin rings. As my outdoor table is very narrow, I really like the circular Ford Raffia Placemat – part placemat, part charger. The prices are also very reasonable, with a set of four placemats available for $70 and a set of four napkin rings for $26. So head on over to Pomegranate, and start planning your outdoor dinner parties – would love to hear about your favorites! Click on the links below.

Kelly Hemstitch Placemats/Parish Placemat/Ford Coaster/Raffia Napkin Rings/Baldwin Placemat/Ford Placemat

Living a Teenage Dream

Cheap and Chic
April 3, 2014

Does anyone ever check out the PB Teen website? I know I do. Despite being marketed to teenagers, this branch of the Pottery Barn family appeals to a much wider audience than simply teenagers … and the prices are often much cheaper. Take the euro Shams and duvet that look very similar to a Matouk pattern, or the iron bed frame that is almost identical to the Anthropologie one I love, only its $1000 cheaper. And how great is that shower curtain? So next time you’re online shopping, don’t forget about PB Teen, it can be quite a dream.

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For the Love of Linens

Designers
April 1, 2014

Last week when I was in New Orleans, Lindsay of The Pursuit of Style recommended that I go to visit the Leontine Linens showroom. I was not disappointed. The space was beautiful, and the product? Well let’s just say I was in heaven. Between coverlets and shams, napkins and placemats, it was a full linen sensory overload. We had just come from an amazing lunch at Lilette, and ending our lunch outing ogling over beautiful linens was the perfect accompaniment. We had the pleasure of meeting Jane Scott Hodges, the woman behind Leontine Linens, and she couldn’t have been more fun, welcoming, and happy to chat, despite the fact that her book, Linens for Every Room and Occasion, hits stores today. The book is being published by Rizzoli, and has a foreword by Charlotte Moss. I was lucky enough to check out a preview copy at the shop, and I cannot wait to get my hands on one of my own. The book is available through Amazon here and Barnes & Noble here. After an experience like this, I will be hard pressed not to be ordering some napkins and a coverlet! The question is, how do I choose? Jane Scott and I have similar taste in china, she loves Herend Fish Scale like I do, and we agreed that the chopstick font (shown in the second picture) in green might be a great accompaniment to our Herend Fish Scale and Meissen Ming Dragon II. Any thoughts?