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photo: tara thayer

Happy weekend, all y'alls.

an evening at Almont Yard with Amanda Nisbet's new lighting collection

Photo of Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas by Stephanie Keenan

Last night Joe Lucas & Parrish Chilcoat hosted a beautiful cocktail party at the home of their showroom, Harbinger, in Almont Yard. The guests of honor were designer, Amanda Nisbet and her new lighting collaboration with Urban Electric Company. Party goers dined on yummy pass arounds (dollops of parmesan topped with grilled shrimp served up in a miso spoon was my favorite) and summer drinks complete with red striped paper straws.

The collection, a clever mix of whimsical and classic, modern and traditional, was beautifully curated on Chinese screens, standing sentry, illluminating the corners of the courtyard.

To see more of the collection visit Urban Electric Co.

Summer.

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1975 Alexander Calder, signed Hammock. Wrights

patriotic friendship bracelet:: Trois Pommes Vertes

Lacquered Trays by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk

summer bucks @ steve alan

vintage summer garden skirt @the outnet

Modern Stripe Bottle Vase  by Dahl House Design

Factory 20

I believe in the mixing it up of things. Someone recently told me that on their list of, "big purchases for the home", was a bedroom 'set'. I inwardly cringed. NO!no, no, no. no.  no matchy.  No making your bedroom look like a 2 star hotel room. There are so many ways to create a room so that it doesn't fall flat to the eye. One of which is to not have it all match. Bedding 'sets'? no. I like to choose a little from here, and a little from there. Same goes with the furnishings of a room, any room.









Which is why I'm always drawn to a touch of industrial cast off. It can be a little hard and cold but mixed in with fine boned pieces, beautiful fabrics or even a bit of sea grass or a beautiful carpet can make it an interesting addition to the bunch. Think of it like creating a guest list of who you'd have to a perfect dinner party. This would be the 80 year old who's traveled the world and has a wickedly wry sense of humor. You need him, to add 'texture'.







In my own home, I have it in the form of vintage drafting stools pulled up to the bar ( "The Homework Bar" as it is in our home, where the house poison seems to be Math ) The rest of the room has a mix of french antiques, belgian linen, marble and sea grass. It works.



 





I love an old doctor's cabinet used to hold white towels and beautifully packaged bath goods in bathroom. I've seen it in modern bathrooms as well as elegant, all white traditional loos. 





 

I think something like this would be a beautiful way to display a file of old etchings or a coffee table book filled with glorious glossy photos.





 

I'm always happy to find new places to source out these kinds of pieces. New to me is Virginia based,  Factory 20. Their inventory is HUGE.

bountiful

first two photos via:sacred cheryl blog

For those of us familiar with Abbott Kinney,  Bountiful is sort of an, 'of course' place you need to stick your head into every so often just to wander in amazement at the magnitude of inventory they have. It's been here as long as I can remember and never changes accept they always seem to have more 'stuff' piled on to the piles. Where do I start... This place is curiosity shop meets, french atelier meets....hoarder with a wad of cash and good taste.

Need some antique shells? bleached star fish? An enormous clam shell (are we still working this trend?.... Ya, I think I'm still in to it. )  a lovely triple milled soap or a venetian glass to stick your toothbrushes, a vintage tin toy telephone, vintage rusting garden furnishings.... you get the idea.

When I entered the store on Friday, I could hear voices of a shop clerk wrapping something up for a customer  but could not see, for the  stacks and stacks  of cake stands, a single soul.

 

Making your way to the back of the store you squeeze your way through a narrow passage of stacked mirrors and vintage cupboards

love the floors.

into the back section which only yields more.

I guess there's an upstairs too. I've never found a staircase and on this day, my meter was running out, so I snapped a few photos and called it a day.

 Bountiful is a bit of a crazy house of beautiful treasures.  If you're in Venice Beach, you really should stop in. You'll be amazed if nothing else at the endless amounts of incredible vintage finds. 

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Happy Father's Day to you all. I'm missing my dad big time this year and it only makes me want to teach my girls to value their fathers (step and biological) for every little thing- good and bad. I miss my father's laugh, I miss his beautiful resonant voice, I miss his quiet introspective personality which sometimes seemed stern and distant. I miss his clean soapy smell in the mornings, and the vintage smell of the pipe he'd sit and smoke on the porch steps on summer evenings. I miss the sound of his car turning onto our street at 6:00 pm every night, which we could hear while we were playing outside. I miss the way he'd lean down, presenting his rough cheek for a kiss when he'd walk through the door. I miss my handsome father, witty, brave, creative and mine. I hope all of you will celebrate the man in your life who is 'father' where ever they are. 

xoxoxo

Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows I Wallpapers

The Harry Potter Movie is one of the Best movie was made in the world. This Years, Last Series of harry Potter will released. Harry Potter And Deathly Hallows. In this part, Harry Potter will divide in 2 session. The first part of this movie was release, and the movie is absolutely perfect. This session is conclusion of The Harry Potter Movie before. If you not watch the previous part, you will confuse to understand the story. Because in this part they will make us back in the past story of this movie.

Today Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows I Wallpapers that I will share to you. I give to you bonus wallpaper for this title. One of them can use for iPhone wallpapers. Just click on new tab for see and download this Harry Potter Wallpapers. For Windows Wallpaper, after download this wallpaper, right click with the mouse on the wallpaper and set as background for use as a wallpaper of your desktop.