I Want, I Need, I Have to Have -- Faux-Tortoise Coffee Table

Product Information

Country of Origin: Philippines

Materials: metal/plastic

Size: 36.5″L × 46″W × 21″H

Color/Finish: multi

A friend put me on to One King's Lane new "Vintage & Market Finds". Well, look what I found! Love this faux-tortoise coffee table. It is super chic and smacks of a Jacques Grange interior like this gorgeous room for Claude Wasserstein in NYC. Image is from a backissue of Vogue.

(Full slideshow here. Actually, read the interview accompanying the pictures, too. Could be editorial gloss, but I admire Wasserstein's approach to life and motherhood, especially the "5 tops, 5 bottoms, 5 pairs of pajamas" travel routine.)

Wish I had a spot for the table in my place, but next best thing is if it found a loving home with you. Please adopt.

For more Jacques Grange, here's his book.

Eva Zeisel and Helen Frankethauler

Goodbye, with love from 2012.

Eva Zeisel, Ceramic Artist and Designer, Dies at 105

“Men have no concept of how to design things for the home,” she told a writer. “Women should design the things they use.” 

Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter Who Shaped a Movement, Dies at 83

 “Helen loved to entertain,” said Ann Freedman, the former president of Knoedler & Company, Ms. Frankenthaler’s dealer until its recent closing. “She enjoyed feeding people and engaging in lively conversation. And she liked to dance. In fact, you could see it in her movements as she worked on her paintings.”

 

Happy Friday -- Sweet Dreaming

  Art Nouveau Bed from 1stDibs.com

Sitting Pretty -- Deco Dining

RAD Furniture unleashed

My friend brought me to the RAD Furniture's opening party. The Austin-based designers are classically trained architects, and I thought the product lived up to its RAD name. My favorite were the Barbara Stools. The stools look good from any angle and are comfortable to sit on. Two could be the perfect compliment to my Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs when I want to have eight for dinner.

Also worthy of note is the Classic Mirror. I have a large IKEA mirror with similar proportions

that has proven to be a perfect piece in each of my past three apartments. A large mirror can be hung vertically over a bed or sofa and is less expensive than artwork, but my favorite use is more functional: prop it against a wall wherever you'd like to open up the space. If I had known about RAD's $250 option, I would have headed in their direction. For $150 more than the IKEA, I could have chosen frame colors and purchased a quality piece.