Bored with your room…
…consider new window treatments! That is, of course, assuming the room you’re bored with has windows… Read more
A Happy Holiday Hiatus
To all of you wonderful people that stop by and visit us here on Design Clique, thank you. Thanks for making our first year of blogging such a great one!
We’ll be taking a break from blogging for a couple weeks, but we’ll be back to our old tricks at the beginning of the New Year. (Can you believe it’ll be 2010?!?!)
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
And the giveaway winner is…
…AMANDA! Congratulations!
And we agree – choosing a favorite song can be tough. Thanks to everyone that entered.
Metropolitan Home is going away…
Popular home design magazine Metropolitan Home will be no more after the December issue. Hachette Filipacchi Media will be focusing resources on their other design mag, Elle Decor. More here.
Interview with Jeff Davis of Vinylux
We had the opportunity to hear from Jeff Davis, the man behind Vinylux – a company that repurposes records and album covers to make a fun collection of products that includes bowls and coasters.
How did the Vinylux business come about?
Vinylux began as a lark, and like all good larks, it took over my life. Read more
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
Interview with Babette Holland
Babette Holland is a Brooklyn, NY-based company that creates beautiful handspun aluminum lamps and mirrors. Babette was willing to answer a few questions for us for a more detailed look into her business.
Babette and Tony (her husband and business partner)
Tell us a little bit about Babette Holland? What were you doing before you started your business?
Well, not having a trust fund, I should have been smart enough to have gotten a “real” job. But being the first in my family to graduate from college, my parents didn’t know this made a difference. They were just thrilled with the idea of “higher education” and learning. So, I went to Alfred University, College of Ceramics Division of Art and Design to study ceramics, and as we all know, it’s an extremely lucrative profession. At least I was poor and smart, so I went for free. Actually, I made money going to college! But, just try and find Alfred on a map… My high school graduating class had at least twice the amount of people than the whole school – including those studying for their Masters and Doctorates. But, it was the best place in America to study Ceramics and very few people got in. But OMG- when I got there I found out there were no movies and no Chinese food. I thought how is a Jewish girl from NY going to survive in this place for four years without going nuts? To add insult to injury, it snowed the second day I was there.
Look what we found #5
A couple weeks ago we did a post “Bringing the outside in: Moss“. Check out the moss terrariums from Etsy seller, Made by Mavis. The terrariums contain very slow growing moss and other tiny plants, and require very little care. Really like these!
The seller asserts that the terrariums ship very securely, so you don’t need to worry about opening a package with a big mess inside. Each purchase comes with simple care instructions.
Tip-toe through the tulips…
The tulip table lamp is a recent introduction from Belgian lighting company, .MGX. Acclaimed designer, Peter Jansen is behind this innovative design that is part of the .MGX E-volution collection.
All .MGX designs, from lighting to jewelry, are created using revolutionary 3D printing techniques. They are built up layer by layer using a laser technology called 3D layered manufacturing. This process shapes, in most cases, a single piece of material without using seams or joints. .MGX works with some of the top architects, artists and designers from around the world to create pieces that are near impossible to recreate using any other type of manufacturing process.
Bringing the outside in pt. 4: moss
- martha’s spring center piece
Check out this post from Martha Stewart. She suggests going to your local florist and purchasing cushion moss. The cushion moss can then take the form of whatever you’d like it to. She recommends using a wire mesh to shape a surface for the moss to grow.
So, what do you think about moss as an indoor decor element?
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