candy coated classique

stumbled on these reproduction arne jacobsen egg chairs from inmod, while poking around the internets. a true design classique, and inmod makes them easily available in a rainbow of dozens of bright colors to spark up any decor. we'll take two to pair with our antique repro frenchy-french sofa, please. please?

it's the economy, stupid!

but even if times are uncertain, we don't want our homes to look stupid too, do we? which is why decorators are MORE important than ever (really- swear on our sacred measuring tape). when money is tight, who wants to risk a costly mistake by ordering a sofa that doesn't fit? or a wallpaper that fights with the rest of the room? when one is dealing with purchases as important as those, it really doesn't pay to be penny-wise and pound foolish, especially if you aren't quite sure what you are doing...

(and yes, this post is BLATANT self-promotion. sorry, gotta look after the bottom line- we're a little freaked out by the current state of affairs too, you know).

lots of people think you have to have to be rich to hire a decorator, and that just ain't necessarily so- at least not in maison21land. recently, maison21 was hired to consult on a young client's new apartment. overwhelmed by options, and realizing their design vision needed a little more cohesion, the client employed m21 to draw up a floor plan with some furniture size and placement guidelines, as well as give some recommendations as to what decor issues should be addressed first, and what could wait, what could be bought at retail or should made custom, and what could be reused or purchased vintage to stretch the budget. paint colors, upholstery and window covering options were also discussed.


the client can then take the info maison21 has provided and proceed all on their on their own if they wish, or m21 can be involved in the process as little or as much as desired. the client gets some needed direction and inspiration, while also getting the benefit of masion21's experience- as m21 made all those expensive first-time decorator mistakes years ago... now, doesn't that sound like a good economic plan?

pagoda-palooza

a small sampling of the plethora of pagoda products available from the well appointed home.

bonus points if you can figure out which 2 of them maison21 recently ordered for the bachelorette's dining room...

i would walk over hot coals...

nothing will keep me from this event- even if i have to be wheeled in on a stretcher in a full-body cast with a morphine drip attached, i will be there. note the key words "at home".

thanks again for all of your well-wishes and positive thoughts- they ARE helping, and my recovery is progressing. hopefully, i'll be back to posting in my semi-irregular fashion very soon! in the meantime, cocktails at kelly's will certainly help dull the pain ;-)

oxoxo-

m21

my summer stay-cation (where in the world is m21?)

thanks to everyone for their comments and emails wondering "where in the heck is maison21?"- it's been quite touching that people whom we've never met were concerned about m21's well-being, and in answer to your queries, we've been taking a bit of a summer stay-cation here at the maison21 atelier.

a forced stay-cation, that is- about 4 weeks ago, we noticed some stiffness in to our back and neck, which rapidly proceeded into extreme pain. sadly, the pain is at it's worst when sitting at the computer or driving the m21 mobile, so beginning three weeks ago, we limited our driving to doctor's appointments, and gave up the internets cold turkey, hence the lack of recent posts (and the lack of responses to your well-wishing emails- our sincere apologies for that).

now, thanks to our acupuncturist, eileen, and the chiropractor she recommended, and not much thanks to the DMV-like care offered by m21's healthcare provider, kaiser permanente (first available specialist appointment isn't until mid-september, and an MRI should follow sometime before 2012), we're finally feeling a little better and hope to be back blogging soon (still limiting our internets for the immediate future, however- still too painful to resume frequent computer use).

on a brighter note, at the onset of of the pain, m21 installed the living room over at the bachelorette's place. and from what he remembers through the haze of over-medication, it turned out rather terrific ("put the schofa over zhere, pleesh"). so until we get back up to speed and back to blogging on a regular basis, here's a sneak peek of the room: