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GAME ON! Skeeball 1930 Style!

Skee-Ball is celebrating 100 years of fun with this Centennial Alley Skee-Ball designer home edition. Featuring finished oak exterior, Skee-Ball takes this generational favorite and infuses modern scoring technology with the retro flip-style scoring display. This game is one of my favorites!  Read More »

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GAME ON! Designer Foosball Bumps It Up A Notch

Spanish designer Rafael Rodriguez takes your favorite frat house basement game and bumps it up a bit with this handcrafted foosball table.  Read More »

My Bucket List: The Perfect Container For Flowers

Soon, brightly colored blooms will grace flower stands across the country. Most people cannot resist taking a fragrant bouquet home from their local florist or farmer’s market. Once home, they scramble through their cupboards trying to find the perfect vase to display their flowers. My perfect container solution: Sap Buckets! These inexpensive, shabby-chic containers are so versatile their application is limitless, from flower vessels to crayon storage and even to outdoor wedding or event decor!  Read More »

GAME ON! For Ping Pong Lovers

Killerspin Revolution Table Tennis has been designed for the die-hard ping pong player.  Read More »

LIGHT-UP: Little Flowers Bloom In The Light

Bloom is composed of a polycarbonate tubular framework entirely encrusted with tiny double corolla transparent polycarbonate flowers providing a girly lamp with a modern feel. The lighting inside is designed to diffuse through the petals radiating a thousand reflections.  Read More »

LIGHT-UP: Cindy Is Divine In Metallic Fuscia

Cindy is just divine in metallic fuscia though she dons others like mint green, orange and gold. Kartell offers a full metallic range — its conical lampshade and rounded teardrop base reflects iridescent light throughout the room.  Read More »

LIGHT-UP: English Oak Steamed To Perfection

Handcrafted in Cornwall, England, designer Tom Raffield uses steam to bend this English oak into a perfect arc off the wall.  Read More »

LIGHT-UP: Jonathan Adler Is A Devil

Jonathan Adler brings out the devil in us all with this porcelain Satan in white lamp. But the devil can be shooed away as this independent sculpture rests at the base and can be moved off the Lucite pedestal.  Read More »

French-Inspired Engagement Party Ideas: Springtime In Paris!

On the heels of Valentine’s Day proposals, being asked to plan an engagement party for a family member or close friend is inevitable. What better city to look to for inspiration when planning an engagement party than Paris? With Parisians’ sense of joie de vivre, the French celebrate beauty and passion in everything-especially in springtime.  Read More »

LIGHT-UP: Swinging Sixties Orange Orb

Conceived in 1967 by Italian designer Vico Magistretti, this lamp sits atop a desk or may be wall mounted. It’s bright orange dome has a built in shade that acts as a dimmer reducing or adding light as needed.   Read More »

TAKE A SEAT: Atomic Age Wiggle Side Chair

Designed by Frank Gehry in 1972, the Wiggle Side Chair is an obvious conversation piece. Made from corrugated cardboard, it is produced by the home furnishings company Vitra founded during the Atomic Age – 1950.  Read More »

TAKE A SEAT: GUS Glides Baby To Sleep In Style

This modern glider by GUS is perfect for new moms who are up at odd hours of the night. A small pillow accents the back of the chair to support the lower back – new mom’s know from back pain!  Read More »

TAKE A SEAT: The Kenneday Rocking Chair By Thrive

Mid Century for the modern heart reads the Thrive site and their handcrafted furniture. Made in Los Angeles, is spectacular in design and truly heirloom quality. This solid beech rocker has been hand stained + cut  Read More »

TAKE A SEAT: Atomic Dot-Bots

I love this! Recent Smart Woman Lisa Detschermitsch and her husband Jesse pretend these bots are space invaders that move about on their own and grouping in small bunches. This stool swivels 360 degrees and is…   Read More »

The Single Girl V-Day Survival Kit: Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

Single gals dread February 14th more than any other day of the year. At work, there is a never ending sea of deliveries of red roses plaguing the workplace. Gushing co-workers can make the eight hour work day seem like an eternity. You cannot wait to leave, but an empty home awaiting you can be far worse. I am here to help with my Valentine’s Day Survival Kit!  Read More »