Today’s Friday Find are these adorable and whimsical elephant bookends by Zid Zid {launched by husband and wife design team from Morocco}. Weighted with sand and polyfill, these sturdy elephants can help keep up to 50 books in place. Not only functional, the bookends would add an exotic touch to any nursery, child’s room or home office. $82 for the pair and available at Arte Bebe.
Happy Friday!
This week’s Friday Find is the Bella Acrylic Chair by Spectrum. Influenced by the Art Nouveau period, this beautifully formed chair has an exquisite scrolled back. This versatile chair would be delightful in almost any home setting.
For over 25 years, Spectrum has manufactured high quality, yet reasonably priced, acrylic furniture. Their quality craftsmanship makes them an industry leader. Each piece of furniture is completely crafted by hand, made to order and available through the trade. I love this romantic chair with a tufted velvet cushion.
Do you have a favorite acrylic chair?
Serena & Lily have done it again. Their new bedding collections and home furnishings are exquisite. And there is a little something for everyone – adults, children and babies too. Take a look. You’re going to like what you see.
Clean and crisp! Serena & Lily’s Catalina Duvet and Euro Shams feature a bold medallion scarf print in blue and white – a timeless look. The bedding is beautifully paired with simple Navy Color Band Shams.
The vibrant Pimento French Ring Sheet Set provides a wonderful contrast against the calming blue and white Catalina bedding.
The new Freida Collection for girls is full of color and life. The white duvet with green, pink and orange floral design has a modern feel that balances the room’s ethnic touches. This delightful bedding looks stunning paired with the red headboard and pink painted flooring.
The Chai Nesting Tables at $369 are my favorite. These vibrant hand-painted tables look great in the little girl’s room above, but would add a bit of whimsy to any room.
The new Marlo Nursery bedding is part of Serena & Lily’s exquisite Heirloom Collection. Inspired by traditional Mexican folk art, the silky embroidery and nature motif would be delightful for a baby girl or boy. The flat-style bumper is embroidered on both sides with white ties and a zippered slipcover that removes easily for washing. Simply gorgeous!
The Mini Haitian Drum Lamp is handmade from recycled materials by artisans in Haiti and sells for $329. This beautifully tactile papier-mâché lamp has a hollow core {keeping it nice and light}, a white linen shade and rustic blown-glass finial. I could see this versatile lamp in almost every room of the house!
Be sure to check out what else is new at Serena & Lily. Do you have a favorite?
I never thought I’d use the word elegant when referring to an electrical outlet, but that’s what I thought of when I saw this design by Bocci, a contemporary design and manufacturing house located in Vancouver, Canada. Bocci offers a complete suite of innovative electrical accessories simply named 22. Power receptacles, on/off switches, data connections and more may be mounted flush into the drywall or millwork with a new CSA approved utility system that eliminates the need for a cover plate. Electrical outlets will blend in and be more visually subtle. Love this!
In addition to fabulous electrical accessories, Bocci designs fantastic lighting. Their latest line of blown glass pendant lighting, named 28, was created by lead designer, Omar Arbel. Each unique sphere is the result of a glass blowing technique where air is periodically blown in and then out of an intermittently heated and then cooled glass matrix. Designed to be clustered in hexagonal shapes, globes can be made in clear, white or frosted glass and housed a low voltage or LED lamp.
The following images are of Bocci’s 14, a family of low voltage pendants designed to be clustered like 28. The light from the center of the sphere interacts with the rifts, bubbles and other imperfections to create a soft halo of light. When the pendants are hung in masses it makes quite a dramatic statement reminding me of a winter’s snowfall or starry night sky.
*images courtesy of Bocci
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