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!

I totally wish I had one. (My chair obsessions continue… why don’t I ever lust this way over sofas?)

(Photos: 1. The Avalon 2. Unknown 3. HERE. 4. HERE  5.Sea of Shoes & Atlantis’s NYC Pad 6.Elle Decor 7. Nanette Leapore 8.Met Home 9.HERE)

TADA!!!!!!!

Do you remember the moodboard for a bachelor I posted a few weeks ago? Well, in record time, I managed to put together the first 2 rooms…

Room number 1:

A Keith Haring meets Kelly Wearstler inspired wall painting, on the four walls of the foyer. Made by YOURS TRULY. When I first saw KW’s staircase I kinda thought it was crazy… but then it grew on  me, and grew on me, until I decided I loved it. And was totally inspired by it. So I did my own little take on it. This apartment was the perfect place to do something fun like this… not serious… but cool. My goal was fun apartment meets cool apartment… I mean, WHY NOT?!?! If not a single dude living alone, THEN WHO?

SO, yes, I actually had the nerve to take black paint to white walls. Yes, yes I did. But lets start at the beginning, last monday when the walls were still bandaid beige and none of this existed:

Nothing special about bandaids now… is there?

First I decided to have all the walls painted white and the doors painted black.

Step 1: White walls, black doors:

WHEW! Now thats better… Painting doors a color, or black, is a great trick. Do it. 

Step 2: Hand Painting:

Then, using black paint, the same paint we used for the door, I took brush to wall. I actually started in a corner, figuring it would take me a while to get my mojo going… I used an incredibly LITTLE amount of paint, very dry brushed for the first run and then I went over it with a second thicker coat later on. At first I was SO NERVOUS, I was just going to paint the whole room black if I screwed up!

Then I got down and dirty, climbing a ladder and going at that wall free hand. PLEASE ignore the COLLEGE JEANS and love handles. The worst part about this is that I wore these, not to paint, to SOCIALIZE who knows how many times. How big is my butt? Ugh… hair is in a bun… its getting serious!

It only took a few hours, but can I tell you that it was the most fun I ever had at work? EVER.

Step 3: Styling.

Then I worked on styling. I knew I wanted everything to be SUPER SIMPLE… for two reasons: 1. I didn’t want the apartment to look like a carnival, and 2. thats what I believe in now. Simplicity.

The parsons table is from Bungalow 5, the mirror is from Cb2, the lamp is a Tom Dixon look alike I nabbed downtown and the bowl is from Conran Shop. The print is the same print I have as my iPhone cover. The frames are from West Elm.

I chose to use framed prints instead of paintings because I felt like the prints with the black frames and matts brought order, where as another chaotic painting on top of the painting didn’t feel right to me. And the color is the perfect pop on all that B&W.

Down yonder in the adjoining dining room I used a round tulip table, 4 chairs from Design Legacy, the best thing West Elm ever put out… that chandelier and a green vase from West Elm. That room is still waiting for an awesome piece of art… maybe some photography?

And… lets look at that first picture one more time:

My heart skips a beat from excitement when I see this… 

Where we are standing looking at this view is where the couch, rug and coffee table are going.. We are still waiting on our AWESOME green couch…so we have to wait a little longer for the Living Room reveal…

The foyer could still use a basket or something under the table(to kinda hide the wire… remember my treatise on wires!), and maybe a small rug… lets see where we go with that!

I have to say, this was the most fun project I EVER worked on… mostly because said bachelor is SO NICE, and he liked the initial moldboard and was happy to let me execute it. Its not usually that way people… its really not ever actually that way…

And there we go… Super Fun!

It isn’t that she doesn’t, love it, SHE DOES, but for some reason she has 2… and she needs to only have 1! (This is Manhattan people… Sometimes I think all Manhattan apartments should come with a mini storage.)

The table is  30” D x 17.5”H. The top is antiqued mirror. 

I was just informed the table is in this color way:

I’ve seen it in person, its really gorgeous! So luxe looking…

Here it is in the JULY/AUG 2011 issue of LONNY, in an apartment that Editor in Cheif Michelle Adams designed herself for a client! (I also recall seeing it an another room as a pair… but I can’t remember?)

The table retails for $1670,  you can email CarolineHedaya@gmail.com to make an offer.

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!

Check it out HERE.

Speaking of Kelly, I got a little preview of her fall 2011 collection for Bergdorf, and once again I want it.

Brass tubular sculpture, if you were to magically make your way to my home, I would NOT complain. Not at all.

1. This rug is one of my favorite secret things ever. Its a WOVEN LEATHER RUG. So basically, its a rag rug made out of leather. But its less than $200 bucks for huge sizes like 8 x10 and 10 x 14. Amazing price for the size, plus I am in love with the texture! From HERE.

2. Also in love with this rug… Its a striped cowhide patchwork. YAY for this rug. $480

3. I also love this waterfall table. Very good price for what it is.  $279

4.Cowhide X Bench $350

5. Its on Sale! Forget it! The chair sold out in the time between when I wrote this (2 AM) and this morning! UGH!

6. Awesome carved stool $650

7. Fun side table $85

8. My fave pillow ever to come out of Cb2. $34

9. Poufs in neutral colors… YAY. $395

10. Acrylic Table $799

11. Hot pink chair- so cute for a desk or vanity, but I also love a few at a kitchen table $150

Non-decor obsessed people dont really have favorite dining chairs… At least not ones they dont already own. But I do.

I love these six chairs so much, that I actually contemplate buying one or two of each one, just to have as occasional chairs. Im not kidding, I’ve almost bought the Cherner, the iron chair, the wood and leather chair and the bone in-lay chair at least 4 or 5 times each now.

But once again- I have to stop myself… I cant go around hoarding chairs, can I?

SOURCES:

1. OLY Studio Tyler Chair: An updated take on a classic. You could never go wrong with these chairs.

2. Cherner Armchair $1149: One of the sexiest pieces of furniture I have ever seen.

3. Iron Chair $299 : They have these at ABC Home for $350 each. And they are AWFUL to sit on, but so sculptural and beautiful.

4. Made Goods Chester Chair: I love the masculinity and the mixed textures of this chair.

5. Made Goods Ines Chair: I’m actually using these in this project!

6. Chloe Armchair HERE: I used the side chair version of this in my niece’s bedroom.

** You can order any of these to the trade products as well as anything from OLY, BUNGALOW 5 or MADE GOODS by emailing design@stacyayash.com.

Well…. They are rugs. From Cb2. And I actually kinda like the last two. Look how cool the last one is hung on a wall:

I love it in a kids room…

HERE.

What do you think?