Tag: Design

I ❤️ Block Shop

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Oxbow scarf

Next in my little series on makers I love and support, allow me to introduce Block Shop textiles.  I love their products, and love their company ethos.  Their Oxbow scarf is draped around my neck as I type this!

Block Shop is a textile studio run by two sisters based in Los Angeles and Jaipur.  They design on paper, print with wooden blocks, and dye in small batches. And the best part?  Not only do they employ local artisans and use vegetable and mineral dyes in keeping with local textile traditions, they invest 5% of annual profits in their Bagru women’s empowerment program.

Their website and Instagram have photos and videos that highlight the hand block printing process, which fascinated and delighted me.  It is so easy to buy things with a click these days that I think our curiosity about making and creating has fallen by the wayside.  Block Shop is doing a great job reawakening inquisitiveness.

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Hand block printing process
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Dyed textiles drying in the sun

Block Shop’s textiles are simple and beautiful, and I covet the serene simplicity of their woodblock prints.  This bright and cozy corner designed by Emily Henderson is everything I want in a room.  And I would fill my entire house with their pillows and quilts if I could!

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Sunwave and Sidewinder prints
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Ripple pillow
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Acadia kantha quilt

With Block Shop textiles, I love that I can feel good about the products they offer.  I can purchase a well-considered item to have and use forever, created by hand with time-honored methods.  I hope you find a little inspiration in what they do, and perhaps something beautiful for your own home as well!

Via Block Shop textiles

Enamored with emerald

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Today I’m swooning over pink and green interiors, specifically the richness that emerald can bring to a space.  (I suppose it is no small surprise that I have an emerald velvet couch in my living room!)  These spaces, with their warm woods and pretty blush accents, are a delight and an inspiration.

 

Via inattendu  witanddelight  monologuelondon  kipandco  petitepassport  vogue  domino  designhunger  batessmart  emilyhenderson

…and morning seemed light-years away

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Interior view, SFMOMA

“Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.”

-André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name

Time is such a fickle, fluid thing.  We swim through it daily, but understand it so little.  Some hours drag, while days can flash by in what feels like an instant.  I’m not sure there is anything we immerse ourselves in so completely that we experience in such varied and mysterious ways, except for maybe love.

The sting of defeat

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Colorado bowl via Anthropologie

If you’d like a little chuckle on this sunny Wednesday, allow me to take you on a hilarious harrowing journey involving suspense, confusion, ceramics, and ultimately, defeat.

A couple months ago, Anthropologie released their spring catalog of home goods. It was a visual delight after all the red/evergreen/gold of the holidays — pinks and whites and fresh greenery abounding in sun-drenched abodes.  My eye landed on a particular pink ceramic footed bowl, and I instantly coveted it.  Once it arrived in stores, I’d make it mine.  Of course, thanks to the magic of advertising, I had thoroughly bought into the whole scene: sweet clementines in the bowl promising citrus-y sunny afternoons, books galore to savor — I wanted the whole package.

Fast forward a few weeks, Continue reading “The sting of defeat” →

Have a seat

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Lately I cannot stop looking at pretty accent chairs.  Tactile elements like leather and velvet have me with all the heart eyes these days — luckily for my wallet, I don’t have room for any more chairs!  I have the caramel leather beauty above in my living room at present, and paired with a pouf for my feet it is the comfiest thing ever.  Having my dream chair hasn’t stopped me from looking, though, so here are a few other gorgeous options to kick-start your weekend:

Wouldn’t be a bad way to spend the weekend, refreshing a reading nook with a new chair to curl up in, no?

Safari  Pink velvet  Acapulco  Rattan  Gold velvet  Teak lounger  Teal velvet

Need some pretty pillows too? Right this way…

Little things

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acs_0033“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.”

-Georges Bernanos

Today this little trio of vases in our entry is making me smile.  Sometimes it really is the little things.

Vases (l to r) via Target, Heath Ceramics, and West Elm

Toss ’em

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Throw pillows are dangerously addictive.  They are an easy way to update your space, no paint, ladders, wiring, furniture delivery trucks, or hammers required.  Just toss them on your couch, your bed, wherever!  Here are a few I’d love to bring home right this minute, in a black/blush/neutral palette that I can’t seem to get enough of these days.

Sources: Pom Circle  Modern Peruvian 1  Modern Peruvian 2  Tasseled stripe  Woven stripe  Blush tribal  Mudcloth  Blush tasseled  Blush lumbar

Zzzzzzzz

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Thanks to the time change over the weekend, my early mornings have gotten even earlier.  While my body adjusts, my brain is dreaming of calming, cozy bedrooms.  Here are a few I wish I could hibernate in for a few days:

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Bonus: If you’re having trouble adjusting like I am, here are some great tips for sleeping better from Erin Huebscher on Wit & Delight.  Sweet dreams!

Images via Fantastic Frank Emily Henderson NoixdeDeco Avenue Lifestyle