Tag Archives: Product

Know It All

January 7, 2009UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

See the George Nelson bubble lamps on the cover of Elle Decoration UK?

There were two in our first home. The oblong ones. Hung as sconces, really, on either side of the bay window in the living room. Original. The color of the paper would make you weep.
And we had two of these Sputnik fixtures. One was in the entry hall and one was in the upstairs hallway.

I sold them all at Boomerang, a little vintage shop, for seventy-five dollars and replaced them with fixtures from Home Depot and still had enough left over to buy dinner for two at the Peanut. This was right before I sprayed and tore and scrapped the original 1950’s Chinoiserie paper with the hand-painted details off the back wall of the dining room. It wasn’t Gracie or de Gournay just in case you’re starting to panic.

It just makes me wonder if the junk I’m putting out for big trash pick up is going to keep me up at night fifteen years from now.

Both fixture images courtesy of 1st dibs. The George Nelson here and the Sputnik here.

Boy, Is My Face Red

December 21, 2008UncategorizedDesigners, ProductMrs. Blandings

My apologies to hansaxel. Last week I posted this image of a room by Albert Hadley. Hansaxel queried in the comments section if the curtain fabric was Hadley as well and I blithely and lazily replied that I didn’t know. While searching for an image of a different fabric today I came upon my bookmark for the previous post. The fabric is clearly identified in the caption as being the design of D.D. and Leslie Tillett. So sloppy of me. No surprise to find more information here as the charming Aesthete seems to know just every darn thing.

Image from Albert Hadley: The Story of America’s Preeminent Interior Designer by Adam Lewis

Addendum

December 19, 2008UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

Those Guinness prints in the vintage frames? Just like this home in miniature. The perfect blend of old and new. The owners, Joseph Montebello and Ron Leal were inspired by Vicente Wolf (Montebello edited Learning to See.) Their home appears in the January issue of Metropolitan Home, which I think is a knock-out, because, well, you know, it’s mostly black and white.

Soodie, I chose this particular image just for you. Seems they are Westie lovers as well. Photography, Tim Street-Porter.

Comfort Food

December 14, 2008UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

So sorry for the delay. The red beans and rice recipe I referred to last week is from the latest (and last) O Home. It’s a great issue on color. To view the recipe tick here.

Unrequited Love

December 2, 2008UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

This dreamy little sink appeared in World of Interiors a while ago with a link. Sadly, I’m besotted, but the sink appears no where on the site. But I keep checking. Because you never know. She might be there one day. That’s ok. I’ll wait.