Currently Craving A Little Thomas Paul

These perfectly petite boxes are the fabulous creation of textile designer  Thomas Paul. His attention to detail plays well with his minimal back drops whether he is creating on luddite boxes, linen pouches, or cotton bedding. This is jewelry organization at its prettiest!   

Now I will only need a few billion boxes to minimize my jewelry clutter! 

-Jessica Allyn

Sitting Pretty

The Divine Chair is a super luxe restoration company that take office, dinning and living room rejects and revamps them into Met worthy pieces that are sure to leave you sitting pretty.  

toby

emme

magnolia

niamh

petra

tippy

The Divine Chair is a company after my own heart. Some of their fabric choices looked oddly familiar. Back track to April 2011 fabric frenzy blog post and...waaa-laaa... they use some of my fabric fabric from Mood! And another back track to my Oct 2011 D.I.Y. project reveals our shared infatuation with Jamaican bay blue. Its love! Sweet, sweet LOVE! 

walt chair - fabric from mood as seen in fabric frenzy post april 2011

simeon chair - fabric from mood as seen in fabric frenzy post april 2011

nuala chair - fabric from mood as seen in fabric frenzy post april 2011

D.I.Y. post from Oct 2011

-Jessica Allyn

Restaurants I want to live in…Shabby Chic + Opulent

Everyone has walked into a friend or acquaintance's home and said "wow this place is beautiful, I'd love to live here". Sometimes the same feeling goes for a well decorated hotel or restaurant. Since one of my many loves is eating delicious foods at beautiful places, I have said this about many a dining establishment. So I give you the first edition of "Restaurants I want to live in!"

When I’m digging the shabby chic vibe (The Fat Radish) but feeling a little opulent (Beauty and Essex) I want to live in Pipa and soak up the glitzy yet relaxed atmosphere.   

THE FAT RADISH

17 Orchard Street

New York, NY 10002

info@thefatradishnyc.com

(212) 300.4053

in-nycsite

healthy foods by robinson

scenologist

BEAUTY AND ESSEX

146 Essex Street  

New York, NY 10002-2301

(212) 614-0146

the city bite

ny mag

ny mag

august black

PIPA 

38 East 19th Street  

New York, NY 10003

(212) 677-2233

citi tour

ny mag

ny mag

How to get the opulent yet down to earth glam-y glam look:

1.       Create reflection with lights and mirrors: a killer antique chandelier + antique mirrors with metallic tone frames will do the trick

2.       Get shabby with exposed or white washed brick walls

3.       Texturize with mixed fabrics: light and airy linen + dark and heavy velvet

4.       Warm it up with dark and distressed wood: Hickory + Maple + Teak

old plank

chandeliers modern

leonce antiquea

buzzle

fake it with brick wall paper from the home depot

tree hugger

Victorian gold floral velvet from mood fabrics

natural linen from mood fabrics

plum velvet from mood fabric

royal purple solid velvet from mood fabrics

home legend teak huntington from the home depot

distressed hickory saddle from the home depot

handscrape maple chocolate from the home depot

vannie antiquairs

antique-furniture-auction

old plank

furniture and home design

pink babe

And put it all together to set your inspiration in motion: 

-Jessica Allyn

Graphic and Girly

Add a little feminine flourish to any bed, couch or chair with a beautiful, bold, graphic pillow from ABC Carpet and Home. Include a semi-solid ombre piece to add deep dimension.

digitally printed silk addy pillow

digitally printed silk buttery pillow

digitally printed silk carousel pillow

digitally printed silk eden pillow

digitally printed silk glory pillow

digitally printed silk lison pillow

digitally printed silk noa pillow

Kevin O'Brien ombre velvet pillow in peacock

Kevin O'Brien ombre velvet pillow in shark

sweet sweet dreams...

-Jessica Allyn