J’adore JD’s decoupage trays for wall hanging from the “Relationship Series.” The typewritten trays are witty and demure, with the loose, handwritten script variety a blast of ballsy good humor à la Mame. I’ll take the lot, as a tribute to my little clung-to trinkets and larger than life ego. Get your own at John [...]
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…and speaking of John Derian
Posted in Collage, Le Deco, Objets d'art, Objets trouvés, Paper Also tagged "Auntie Mame", "Relationship Series", decoupage, ephemera, found objects, glass, handwritten script, humor, John Derian, Manhattan, old and new, Paper, reproductions, Romantism, trays, typewriting, vintage style, wit Leave a comment
A Nursery Obsession
After 7.5 months of unsuccessful house hunting, my husband and I have finally landed on an almost perfect little home for us and our nearly two year old son. Now the sleepless nights have begun: Can we afford it? Is it really all we hope for? The kitchen is ridiculously small — but the yard! [...]
Posted in A Sense of Place, Collage, La vie intérieur, Le Deco, Paper Also tagged "city kids rooms", Adam Friedberg, Angie Hranowsky, blue, Charleston, children, children's rooms, Cookie magazine, curtains, eclecticism, happiness, house hunting, houses, Hugo Guinness, Ikea, John Derian, Katherine Wolkoff, Keira Coffee, linoleum prints, Manhattan, Matthew Hranek, nurseries (baby rooms), outdoor spaces, pale blue, quilts, rugs, SC, stained concrete floors, sunshine, whimsy 2 Comments
Romancing the South
Grace Bonney lives a charmed life. Not only does she have deep roots in The South, but she currently inhabits one of my very favorite places (and former residences), Park Slope, Brooklyn. I admit to getting a little thrill when I come across one of her tweets, where she telegraphs “ordered two boots pizza for [...]
Posted in A Sense of Place, Collage, Object Making, Objets d'art, Paper Also tagged Alabama Chanin, Alternate Photographic Processes, antique ceiling tiles, Art, ArtStream, Assemblage, black and white, blue, boho girls, Brooklyn, Carbon prints, Charlotte, circles, Collage, color, cotton, Dashing Diva, Deep South in the Northeast, Denise Falk, design blogs, Design*Sponge, Eudora Welty, femininity, Georgia, Georgia-Carolina, girls, Grace Bonney, green, Haylie Bird Waring, Katie Runnels, kniting, La Mode, Louisiana, Meryl Truett, New Hampshire, New Orleans, North Carolina, orange, pale blue, Paper, patina, Paul Auster, red, Romantism, Savannah, Southeastern U.S., Southern Artists, Southern Belles, Southern Gothic, Stephanie Howard, Swan Song, The South, Tim Wirth, Two Boots Pizza, vernacular design, women, women artists, women photographers, young artists Leave a comment


