Jonathon Adler

Very recently a good friend of mine opened my eyes to Jonathan Adler and now I find myself seriously in love.  The items in his collection could only be described as quirky and fun with a vintage feel, every single item being strongly unique in personality and having an endless amount of possibilities in terms of assisting and aiding in the full creation of a room.

Here are some top picks of mine from his new items... and then I suggest you quickly visit his site- You're going to love it!

Puppy Uppers $135
High fired stoneware 8.75" high
Also containers: Dope, Eyelashes, Ganja, Pep Pills, Peyote, Caffeine, Shrooms, Peroxide

Wasp Pillow $165
Handmade 100% wool needlepoint & velvet backed
down stuff included 12"x16"

Moroccan pouf $275
20"w x 14"h
Hand dyed (colors may vary slightly due to this)
In colors Coral, Mustard, Silver & Fuscia as well
Filled with natural plant fiber (Kapok & Dacron), leather

Claude walnut gossip bench set $1,890
65"w x 17"d x 24.5"h
Available in other colors
Stack up to three 2 Drawer or Door Units on top of each other

Click here to get to Jonathan Adler's website

Mix Furniture Store

There is a huge store in Los Angeles on busy La Brea Ave called MIX.  Well, there are many stores on La Brea and many of them just happen to be stores selling furnishings, lights and antiques and things for the home.

The Mix in my opinion is Emperor of all these stores on La Brea Ave.  A huge warehouse-like space filled in no specific order with all things you would imagine an east trading company to bring.  A great amount of large wood items such as wooden masks, bowls, starburst-like wall decor, tables of all kinds high and low, a huge bed frame with stacked orb posts, statues... daybeds with beautiful carvings!  Walk in and out of the many rows and aisles and continuously become enthralled in a store offering furniture and decor you think are only possible to get in the east somewhere.

 

The price matches the quality which seems to be great, but I don't seem to mind it, the price seems fair for these pieces.

MIX
442 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.939.7500
Mixfurniture.com

The Nananu Low Chair

Just as weird as it's name the chair is as well.  A uniquely sculpted chair designed by David Trubridge who produced the Nananu Low Chair with untreated wood of three different kinds:  ash, hoop pine and plywood.  The chair has a soft bean-bag like shape from the side and is entirely made of  carefully curved wood slats with hollow body, and like it's name the Nananu sits low to the ground. 

To check out more of David Trubridge designs click here for his site.

Home Of: Woody Allen

 

Birth name:  Allen Steward Konigsberg

AKA:  Woody Allen

Year of birth:  December 1, 1935

Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York

Occupation:  Actor, director, writer, comedian, musician

Entrance Hall

Living-Room Pt.1

Living-Room Pt.2

Dining-Room

Library

2nd Floor Landing

Master Bedroom

Woody's work area in a corner of the bedroom

The Woolly Pocket Living Wall

A product that can be characterized as spectacular, innovative, helpful... FASCINATING!  Perhaps you already know of this great thing, my latest find that I'm about to present to you, which would mean I'm way behind- but no matter!  Here it is... the Woolly Pockets Indoor & Outdoor LIVING WALL.  If you appreciate greenery in your home and wish it didn't take up floor space or maybe you just have a huge blank wall just waiting to be used this is a great alternative to anything else you can do, just imagine,  a wall of greenery- the Woolly Pocket Living Wall makes it happen.  Nix the hassle of putting up shelves simply hang the pockets on the wall, indoors or outdoors, and fill it with herbs or other greenery.  Check it out.

This is how it works.

Materials:  Industrial felt & lining made of 100% recycled plastic bottles, metal grommets
Dimensions:  15"h x 24"w, .40 cubic feet
Components:  Mounting hardware included
Base Price: $39.00 @ A+R Woolly One Indoor & Outdoor Living Wall

Notes:  Indoor versions are lined to protect walls while allowing plant roots to breath, outdoor versions are unlined so water can drain without pooling.

The Bathroom

There are places where one goes in their own home when everything is awry, a place of comfort.  Sometimes it is in the kitchen where you can cook up a storm and get your mind off of things and onto something you know will turn out right.  Sometimes in the den where it's nice and cozy and you give yourself permission to relax because... well, it's the den.   Sometimes in the library where your favorite and most comfortable chair resides, there you can kick back and breath a sigh of relief.  For me it is my bathroom.  I have an old bathroom made in the 1920s, it has a deep and long tub perfect for taking baths which I seem to be doing quite often these days, I have on a shelf a large glass jar full of bath salt, a weaved basket of fluffy towels, a flower shaped bath rug, a table to put a box of tissues and magazines.  The bathroom is where I relax and  it's where I start my day, I think it very important.

 

 

 

Trailer Homes Out-Shining The Stereotype

When I think of trailer homes and probably when you think of trailer homes also, we think 'ugh!  Trailer homes' as pictures of dirty small cramped spaces fill our minds lived in by those who can't afford proper housing.  The moral of this obviously is that it's not always as it seems, and am on the verge myself of traveling across the country in a trailer home!  On my fairly minor quest to find trailer homes worthy of posting I've come across some that made me smile, maybe after a good look at our options and the possibilities we will all be clamoring to get one and leave our scheduled consumer lives for something a bit more rustic... or maybe not.

We will start with as seen below, a couple of rather regular trailer homes, not bad.

An empty generic trailer home below shows us the space we can play with.  Most easily done would be a modern interior as you already have the brushed steel and white to play with among your design.  I can see splashes of bright pastel colors, shag rugs, retro furnishings, a large framed picture on the wall, simple bright sky-blue curtains.  Yes, it wouldn't be too bad at all would it?

Still in the realm of the "normal" trailer home, below is a luxury trailer home.  I imagine rock stars partying it up.  Much larger in width with overhead track lighting and wooden floors I can easily see how someone can live in this one.

Now for the not-so-conventional.  Hardly a trailer home but still great in it's own right, a mini MINI trailer home one can lug around by bike.  If only the homeless people had one of these they needn't sleep outside every night.

One of my favorites, below is a vintage trailer home set up retro chic.  Proof that the interior of trailer homes CAN be made stylish and with character.

Outside of trailer homes.  (Top pic) with mini patio, pop-top, two-toned, multi-panel walls is an example of a modern inspired trailer home, while (bottom pic) includes solar panels for a more green living.  These examples show us that trailer homes are indeed adaptable.

This man apparently loved living in trailer homes so much that he made his own little trailer park complex multi-leveled with bench, pond and walkway.