San Francisco Event

For any of you readers in San Francisco this is an upcoming event you may be interested in attending. After all, what better way to spend a few days after Election Day with your mind off politics to enjoy cutting edge design along with cocktails & hor d'oeuvres.

J'adore Louis

Our Marie Antoinette (pictured above) asked moi (yes, me personally) if I would feature the modern day buffet and wine rack she keeps in a chambre at her home in Versailles. Bien sur, how could I not submit a request by one of our very own Material Girls? (I was also a bit surprised, I must say, to discover just how much she drinks wine - albeit the finest - after a day among the rolls of les fabriques.)

Nevertheless, it is here: the "Louis XV Commode" she had commissioned from Axis Form Lab. It comes in plywood, mdf, or acrylic. (Marie opted for acrylic.)

Now, I understand what she means when she says "J'adore Louis." C'est magnifique!

And the countdown begins...

Only five days left until the Material Girls/Swank Lighting Contest is over!

If you haven't heard about the contest yet, you can win a pair of $2,000 lamps from Swank in three easy steps!

1- Pick one of these gorgeous lamps from Swank's website

2- Pick a favorite tv character (from an old OR new show)

**Create a glamorous and fancy abode for Ginger on Gilligan's Island...**

**Help Brandon move out of his parents house and get him an apartment of his own!**

**Design a house just for Johnny Drama- eliminating any Entourage!**

3- Create a design board for your favorite tv character based on his/her personality and lifestyle including the pair of Swank lamps you chose!

Lauren's Board- she designed a new apartment for Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag

You can submit a virtual or scanned in design board of any type of room you choose- feel free to go crazy with fabric samples, furniture/ lighting pics, paint colors, cut outs from magazines- you name it! (and hey if you are a good artist, feel free to include a drawing!) A small description describing your tv character's room and why you chose the decor you did, would be much appreciated-send all boards and descriptions to Emily@ejinteriors.net

1st, 2nd, and third prizes/Swank lamps will be given out to the winners! Good Luck!

Thanks so much for participating!!

Bond and Bowery

Who would have thought that the intersection of two streets in New York would be the inspiration for the name of one of the most well known internet outlets for designers and collectors alike?

I recently came across Bond and Bowery, an online collection of high quality antiques, fine art, and design. Basically, modern meets vintage at this "virtual showroom".

One of the best parts about their site is how organized it is- you can search for furniture/art/accessories by categories- such as most viewed, makers/artists, styles/periods. It makes it a lot easier to find what you are looking for!


The renowned and classic "womb chair"...I am loving it in the light blue hue. This month Domino showed the womb chair in the nursery of one of its staff members.


Brass Bedside Chest...simply gorgeous


Lovely neutral club chairs and slipper chairs are just some of the great finds you will discover at B&B


We even came across a pair of positively perfect pink lighting from none other than our friends at Swank!


More modern jewels like this Tulip table by Saarinen..hey, the knockoff at IKEA never looked this good!


Industrial lighting- loving these simple but stylish pendants

Take advantage of this wonderful site and be sure to become a dealer or a registered user! It's a great resource for you designers out there or antique collectors. So many great pieces, so little time!

Sophisticated Halloween Decor

Leave it to Vivre to have the most in sophisticated Halloween decor. Everything from skulls, to gothic chairs, to a vertebrae lamp! If only I had an enchanting haunted castle!

VERTEBRAE LAMP

DEER SKULL

C Bell goes Glam!

Ooooohhhh "I DIE" over both of these consoles/desks/tables/vanities from C Bell. They are multi-functional people!

Fashionista

SO...Bravo TV's show "Top Design" is now into their eighth week (Episode 8 airs this Wednesday), and although I've not been a faithful watcher (I just don't watch that much tv!) I had to check the Bravo website just to see what Kelly Wearstler was up to - outfit wise, not design wise! (Okay, actually, I have to admit I did watch Season 1 but that was only because a designer I used to work for was on that show.) After seeing Kelly Wearstler's outfits on the first season, I was intrigued to check back to see what she was up to for Season 2. No comment. But please feel free to leave your comments! :)

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Calling all Interior Designers needing help in today's economy!

I wanted to let you all know about a really interesting event coming up called The Interior Design Summit.

The unique thing about this event (put on by Gail Doby, ASID member, Interior Designer and Chief Vision Officer of DesignSuccessU and Nika Stewart, founder of Wealthy Decorators) is that it is a "TELE Summit"...which means that you can sit there at your desk with your morning coffee and in your new Swank Lighting pajamas and get advice via computer or phone from 12 business gurus. These professionals know the tricks of the trade to help us designers become more successful and get more clients in today's struggling economy.

A seminar...in pajamas...where I don't even have to leave my house? That's my kind of seminar!

^ Emily at the seminar/ otherwise known as my "education vacation"

Dates for the summit are Tues- Thurs, Oct 28th- 30th...

Get all the details on it here- be sure to sign up for this very informative event! Hope to "see" you there!

Living La "Vida" Eva

Every time I see pictures of Eva Mendes at a red carpet event she looks absolutely exquisite...so upon hearing that she had launched a new home decor line, "Vida" at Macy's in September, I quickly got onto the Macy's website to see what Eva the diva had produced...let me just say I was less than thrilled and expected something with a lot more style and excitement. I guess it's safe to say that she isn't going to the be the next Martha Stewart.

I also think they could have staged the above picture to look more appealing- a more modern headboard would have been nice, a colorful accent wall behind the bed would have added some excitement....that mirror, that screen, oy.

"Vida is about easy luxury — the colors, fabrics and textures that I live and love, brought to life in a stylish, comfortable and affordable way,"- Eva Mendes

I may have to stick with Cindy- one of the original celeb designers!

Porcelain's Trendy Transformation

William Sonoma's classic blue and white Ginger Jars above have gotten a recent facelift...

And we really like the updated and very versatile chocolate version just as much! WS Home took the 700 year old Chinese tradition of blue and white porcelain and made it new again...good for them!