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I don’t know who I envision sleeping in this room: a cool boy, a very cool couple, a single dude? I don’t know… I just know that I like it. And with a  few tweaks ( change the rug and color of blanket) I would also put a girl in it.

Original room is by Ryan Korban. My version is much less sexy, but I kind of did that on purpose.

1. Pendelton Blanket $218

 

2. Table Lamp $273

3. Canopy Bed $699

4.Plaid Rug $599

5. Thonet Chair, $150

6. Side Table $395

7. Light Box $175 – I LOVE this for a kids room(or anyone, really). You put it on their night stand and they just tap it to open the box and BAM- light!

8. Lumbar Mongolian Pillow $129 All you need is this and a blanket and your bed is made!

 

We all know that the current trend in home decor is totally leaning towards a 70s and 80s vibe… But for those of us too young to remember the 70s (also, we weren’t alive yet!) and enamored with its leftovers, what exactly does that mean?

I mean, try going vintage shopping with someone who lived through the 70s as an adult. You see an awesome pair of chromed out tube chairs, they see their first cheap dinette set… You see a sexy rattan arm chair, they see a piece of porch furniture. You see a rad brass lamp, they see a cruddy…. well, you get the picture. It’s hard to convince someone that the stuff they threw away so happily 20 and 30 years ago is now back, and in such high demand…(I read somewhere that new generations consistently gravitate toward the era of their grandparents, don’t know if thats true or not, but it makes sense to me! DUH!)

So lets check it out. I found this blog that hilariously uploaded the ENTIRE CONTENTS of the Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book from the 70s. They mock each picture relentlessly…

But me, hey, I kinda like it. And maybe you will to. So here’s to THEN, and here’s to NOW, cause its all pretty awesome in a kitschy way… If a bit wacky.

Then & Now: Red, white and blue:

Then & NOW: Trellis Print:

THen & Now: Swanky Canopy Bed:

Then & NOw: Striped Bathroom:

THen & Now: Suzani Sofa:

THen & NOw: Peacock Chair:

THen & NOw: Crazy wallpapered Staircase:

THen & NOw: Red, white and silver:

(Now Rooms: Kelly Wearstler, Kelly Wearstler, Miles Redd, J Crew, Unknown, Kelly Wearstler, Elle Decor)

It’s no accident that half of these rooms are by Kelly Wearstler and Miles Redd, I mean they ARE the ones who ushered back in the trend! I wish I could have found a better match for that burgundy velvet sofa photo… I freaking love it, and would live in it. I’d also take that marbled stairwell, but change the carpet on the stairs…

Anyway… I thought this was hilarious and fun! Hope you enjoyed our trip down memory lane… What are your favorite regurgitated furniture trends? What do you hope NEVER comes back?

 

This couch from Cb2:

Its really long and low, and its big, deep and really gushy… I swear it looks better in person, although why they had to ruin it with those horrible legs, I don’t know. But this couch can be the jumping off point for many a successful room… Here’s how.

1. You have a huge, long or tunnel-y living room, don’t know what to do? Use two of these to make a super long, low sectional type couch? Yes. That’s swanky.

 

2.You have a tight corner in a room and need a cozy nook, place two of these perpendicular to each other= L shaped goodness.

3. You want a low, sexy daybed type couch but you don’t want to spend a lot of money. Buy this and reupholster it in something good… Like a soft gushy leather… HOT. And please, whatever you do, paint those horrible legs.

4. You can put them back to back… well technically, you can put any two couches back to back, but I think these would do well, keep in mind they are over 42″ deep, so thats some serious space coverage. But, if you have real estate to cover, and not that big of a budget… consider this.

Number one is BY FAR my favorite choice. I actually love that room, and that all blue canvas. I LOVE that all blue canvas… Anyway.

The couch is $1299 HERE. But until Nov 28, if you donate 7 cans of food in store to Cb2′s food drive you will receive 15% off. HERE. And no, they don’t pay me for this. But like I said, I see it, and I squirrel it away for posts, or for future use.

 

Photos: 1.Juan Montoya at Kips Bay Showhouse 2. Unknown 3. Better Homes and Garden’s Decorating Book… printed in 1975! Via Pinterest. 4 Windsor Smith, published in Rue.

Like I said yesterday, I love/hate NYIGF, case in point, at around 4 PM I literally started to get feverish and achey and felt like I had the flu. The gift fair will do that to you. (Also, I skipped a lot of feedings. All of them, all day. Is that why? Is this TMI?)

Anyway, here are some of my favorite things from around the show:

Best faux room: Loved this vignette from Festoni Home.

I loved this red chair, also from Festoni, and the Cy Twombly style art… made by the owners husband! 

Most fun textiles, Design Legacy: 

I bought some of these from the “Pagoda Collection” for Cookie’s room.

Fun reclaimed furniture, Studio Salvage Crafts:

Woven leather rag rug. I need you: 

Best new etagere, World’s Away. 

It looks like the one by Pheobe Howard that I tried to hunt down and cost 6K.

From Julian Chichester, these swing arm industrial pendant sconces. Great for a room with no overhead lighting.

I loved these little drawings of the Kachina warriors by Natural Curiosities. 

Also by Natural Curiosities, these black, white and hand silver leafed graphic patterns. 

This company calls themselves “The American Hermes”, Ceramics by Waylande Gregory.

I LOOOVED these stools. Amazing. 

My favorite Bone InLay piece, by Manglam Arts. LOVE this for a bathroom, or guest room. Marble bowl by Made Goods. I actually bought their black and white stool that I LOVED last time. 
Dransfield and Ross goes boho: 

And…. that’s all for right now, Im going to look through my photos again.

But this is the stuff that caught my eye. I’ve been to the show so many times that if it isnt new it doesnt even register to me.

Have a good day everyone!

I am really convinced that these are the right sconces for a project I am working on.

The problem is, the client doesnt. He thinks they are “too tall to reflect light properly on the face.” Because we are having them on either side of a mirror. I think we need them to balance the height of the mirror… its a big mirror.

And now I keep seeing them everywhere.

First on Gossip Girl, in Serena’s Room at Blair’s house. (I still cant figure out why she has a room there, and where the heck are Blair’s parents?!?)

Then I noticed them while browsing through Jamie Herzlinger’s portfolio the other day (again!): 

And then just now, I saw them on Flourish Design + Style in the double version:

Im being haunted by a light fixture. Does that ever happen to you?

(In case you were wondering, they are the Ruhlmann Sconce by Circa lighting.)