rose tarlow @ one king's lane!

don't forget to get up early this saturday, so you are alert and caffeinated for the rose tarlow tastemaker tag sale at one kings lane.  to the trade furniture exclusives at 60% to 70% off!  starts at 8:00am!

wallpaper!

the front cover of wallpaper- featuring a gorgeous scenic chinoiserie paper from fromental

sara ruffin costello may think wallpaper is "kind of last year", but maison21 would fiercely disagree- wallpaper will always have a spot in the decorators toolbox, right along with paint and fabric.  to ignore it would result in less depth, texture, and interest in decor; plus, sometimes it's just plain old fun...

a feature on cole & son, one of our favorite wallpaper companies (though our favorite pattern, fornasetti's malachite didn't make the cut).

thankfully charlotte abrahams and the overlook press are in agreement with m21, and their upcoming title, wallpaper, the ultimate guide, celebrates wallpaper in all it's glory- from its history, to the most popular styles, to the latest manufacturers- it's a visual feast of wallpaper mania.

one of the many varied and eclectic wallpaper interiors featured...

 in addition to countless photos of wallpaper in action, the book also includes 150 plates of full-scale wall paper patterns- with that many to choose from, even sara will find something she likes! 

an index page of the 150 full page, full scale wallpaper plates.  these plates make the book a delight of pattern and color!

m21 loves his advance copy (thanks, overlook!), and so will you (or the decorator in your life- remember, xmas is just around the corner!)

wow.

what a breathtakingly gorgeous commercial:




Canon Pixma Sound Sculptures from Dentsu London on Vimeo.

go to gizmodo to watch a video on how it was made- with absolutely no CGI!

it's back!

that was fast! i guess the internets makes everything move with lightening speed.  the new (and hated) gap logo didn't even survive a week. read gap inc's mea culpa here.

the wish list: tommi parzinger tea set

there is an ever growing list of pretty things m21 covets, things he is hoping his inner junque whisperer® will find one day at an out of the way estate sale or dusty antique shop.  so today, in the tradition of empress oprah's "the secret", we are going to start posting pictures of those objects we lust after, in the hopes of having them walk into our life. (we were going to call this feature "gee, i have no idea what to get m21 for xmas", but oprah advised us that it sounded a bit materialistic, and the secret might not work if we get too greedy.  to which we replied, "sure, empress oprah, whatever you say" thinking to myself with a heavy eye roll "greedy seemed to have worked out alright for you, miss thing! i bet santa brings you whatever YOU want for xmas!).

tommi parzinger tea set

having this tommi parzinger tea set on display at the atelier would make us very, very happy.  those little tulip finials on top make us feel all squishy inside- seriously.  you'll probably see lots of tommi parzinger stuff on the wish list, as he is one of our true design heroes, and we've coveted this set since we were a little boy (ok- we had no idea who he was when we were a little boy, but if we had, we would have asked santa for it, to be sure).  to see more tommi fabulousness without waiting for m21 to post more wishes, check out the palumbo gallery in NYC on 1stdibs- their selection is unsurpassed.