I had a great time this weekend checking out the Architectural Digest Home show with Kimberly Lewis. The show was bigger than I had anticipated, and loved seeing so many New York/Brooklyn based artists and designers. Here are a few of my favorites from the show:

Glass lighting and objects by Furthur Design

Angle Shelves by Andrea Summerton of ALS Designs. I liked this faceted take on wall shelves and imagined it might be a great alternative to an entry way table in a small NY apartment.

Ceramic lighting with a metal interior skeleton called Cmesh by Scott Daniel Design.

Balancing Blocks by Fort Standard caught my eye at the Gift Fair in January but I failed to write down the company’s name, so I was excited to find them again at this show. Created by Brooklyn designers Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings, the blocks are hand made in Red Hook, Brooklyn from repurposed hardwood scrap collected from local furniture shops. They can be utilized as a game for all ages, as well as admired as a set of objects with their appealing soft finish and vintage color palette.

Lighting by Lindsey Adelman Studio. I wish I had a photo of her newest piece she showed called Burst which incorporates her trademark hand blown glass bulbs mixed with textured metals and makes it almost reminiscent of clustered jewelry. Perhaps it will be on her site later in the Spring when design season is in full swing.

This custom made record storage cabinet by Atocha Design really won me over. It was gorgeously made with smooth grainy wood and long rectangular gold pulls, and was wishing my husband and I could organize our record collection in this bespoke beauty. Jennifer Levin Atocha, Founder and Creative Director, created this piece after being unsatisfied with keeping her collection hidden away on shelves and not being able to see and enjoy the record covers, only the spines. My feelings precisely about how our existing record storage is not suiting our needs functionally or aesthetically. This one goes on my wishlist.

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For more exhibitors and show information, visit the Architectural Digest Home show website.

Whatever home my husband & I end up settling in will have to have some serious built-in bookshelves given our love of books, and coffee table books for me especially. Actually, as long as I am going down daydream lane…a library would be even better. Here are some book storage ideas collected with the help of Pinterest.

Images top to bottom: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Some books I would like to be  leafing through right now. Clockwise L-R Library Lamp | Leo Fuchs: Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood | A Perfectly Kept House is the Sign of a Misspent Life | The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge | Encyclopedia of the Exquisite | Gecko magnifying glass | Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People {one of my favorite wedding gifts I received} | DIY Tassel bookmarks and Penguin Classics books | Vintage Cocktails | Agate Bookends | American Fashion Designers at Home | Etc | Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook | Library Books mug | Engraved Book plates | Red reading glasses

Two of my favorite places in New York city to browse coffee table books are Clic Bookstore & Gallery by former Calypso owner Christiane Celle and Assouline, located inside the Plaza hotel’s mezzanine {images via Luxist}

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Home page photo via Book Shelf Porn

Watching the parade of emerald dresses down the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globes has me all green with envy.

Remember Keira Knightley in Atonement? I have always loved emerald, and particularly when it appears in small doses…

…like this shot of emerald on the velvet chaise, and the hint of it on that curtain.

Some pretty accessory pieces that would be just the right dose of this color…

Pablo Tube Lamp | Emerald Green Quartz Teardrop Earrings | Platform Sandals | Green Turquoise Ring | Antique Italian Malachite Box | Cut glass drawer pull | French Green Glass Candlestick

…And I found a glass emerald perfume bottle this weekend up in CT at Papyrus when I popped in to buy a card. It does not seem to be on their website or anywhere else online, but it’s so beautiful in person, and only $14 on sale if you can find one in a store near you.

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{Images: Golden Globes Red Carpet Coverage | Delight by Design via Homes and Gardens}

Happy New Year everyone! It never ceases to amaze me how fast the time goes, and that another year is upon us. I am always a little sad to say goodbye to the holiday season, but so excited about the clean slate that a new year brings. There is nothing like a fresh start to look dreamily into the future & inspire you with hope to accomplish your goals. I have a growing list of items on my work & personal to do lists so to get motivated, I think I need to freshen up my work space. Buying new furniture is not in the cards {as I was previously daydreaming about back in August}, but I am confident that small tweaks can make a big difference. The walls could certainly use some new artwork, my clippings and keepsakes made into a more interesting collection type moodboard, and my organization methods revamped. Here are a few things I’ve collected in my inspiration folder to get me going.

Wishing you all a wonderful, inspired new year. xo

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{Image sources | Clockwise left to right} 1. Marie Olsson Nyland’s Home | 2. Louis ghost chair | 3. Interiors by Lerkenfeldt | 4. Gold accents | 5. Library Love | 6. Guilherme Torres House tour | 7. Hello, deer | 8. Kikki K | 9. Swedish Townhouse | 10. Guest House for an Anthropologist | 11. Office at Roman & Williams | 12. Hyper organized office | 13. Skona hem

Usually when it comes to choosing color for home decor, I gravitate toward white to make everything in my apartment look bigger. Maybe it’s because fall is approaching that today,  I am feeling the opposite, and loving all the slick black used by husband and wife team Roman + Williams.

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman & Williams | Vogue Living

They are the genius behind 211 Elizabeth street, the Standard Hotel, the Ace Hotel in NY, and the set design of several feature films. Their appreciation for original materials, industrial eclectic vintage, and slick surfaces reign in all of their work. They have branched into designing interiors for select clients, and will soon begin designing products.

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The couple’s Manhattan loft

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The lounge at the Standard NY featuring custom made couches by Roman & Williams

The residences at 211 Elizabeth Street in Nolita

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Above and below; the Montauk beach house the couple shares

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loving all things zodiac, and becoming really interested in constellations for interiors. the obsession started years ago with the ceiling at grand central terminal, and just got reignited when i saw the mural painted in the bar ceiling of boxwood, the gorgeous atlanta home decorated by miles redd and featured in this month’s town and country.

the bar ceiling at boxwood

constellation cards

extinct constellation globus aerostaticus

george’s harp

zodiac plates at wisteria