studio design love

soooo the other day a trip to the local hoarder/vintage shop down the street turned from the usual allergy fit into a magical experience..I came across an amazing (and creepy) mosaic art piece that I simply had to have.  plus it was like $40 so..even better.  5 seconds later I paid the guy for it and 30 minutes later my wonderful fiancee and I were dragging it down the sidewalk together arguing about who was walking too fast/too slow causing the other to be uncomfortable.  Normal.

Now that it's home, it's even more perfect and I will love it always and we've been staring at it non-stop trying to figure out what the hell it is...someone's interpretation of the last supper? (bearded guy, 2nd from the left is obv Jesus).  Transformer's Thanksgiving Dinner?  Whose weirdo hand is that in the upper left hand corner?  Questions the world will ponder for years to come...

Well, all this aside, it's truly been inspiring us more and more since it arrived in our lives and sparked a renewed interest for us in the American Crafts and Studio Design movements.  It's no secret that history repeats itself, the DIY era we're currently in also happened decades ago in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and there is some ahmaaazing vintage design out there to prove it.  Nakashima, Wendell Castle, Phillip Lloyd Powell, Paul Evans, just to name a few...  1stDibs.com has a Studio Design section, it must be perused..

We've clipped some of our favs for you below..find some of your own too and, if nothing else, be inspired!! And who knows, maybe some of the amazing DIY creations you're making now will be important vintage pieces in years to come :)

a sick plywood 70s plywood floor lamp, so iconic..via here

fantastically colorful 70s fused art glass mobile by Michael + Frances Higgins, via here

Mr. Nakashima..of course, the epitome of Studio Crafts via here

more iconic studioness, doing collabs before Opening Ceremony made it cool, Phillip Lloyd Powell x Paul Evans small cabinet via here

Marguerite Antel Tile top table via here

and finally, a lovely little pinecone pot from the 60s..via here.  gorgeous!

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Etsy Obsessed..Continued

soooo...whilst checking emails this morning we came across some cast concrete items on fab.com, from there our online search took some crazy turns (doesn't it always??) and somehow we ended up on etsy searching for more and more and more cast concrete...until we stumbled across the incredible shop known as Impure Vessels.  

The organic shapes of their super unique cast concrete bowls and dishes are our dream, the colors are to die for, and the patterns are an amazing mix of mid-century modern pattern, textures, stries, it really runs the gamut and we can't wait to get our paws on one or five of these bowls for our own apartment!  and PS - the photos of the bowls are so fun, love the items they use for scale....Check out the shop Impure Vessels and peep some of our favs below:

Black Leaf Bowl

Concrete Plate in Melon + Grey - loving the subtle coloration and random design

Red, White + Grey strie soap dish..we love a strie.  i can't deny it!

Green, Grey, Brown + Blue Oblong Bowl - such a fun pattern!  and the color combo is great.

Plate in Yellow + Black Spirals

Caramel + White Bowl..looks just like the birds nest in the pic!

Many Red + White Polka Dot Dish...how cute is this?

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inspired by..

morning kids!!  on this beautiful monday morning, A and I thought we'd share with you an amazing and inspiring lighting design team we recently stumbled across in this month's House Beaut...

A P P A R A T U S Studio offers up some crazy beautiful designs, some composed of salvaged materials while others are completely contemporary.  Their fixtures are a sick combination of 70s modern and french industrial, and styles in between.  Their finishes are to die for...I hope we get a chance to use them..def have someone in mind!!

Check out their website, and be sure to look at their About page...their lighting is gorgeous but they're not so terrible to look at either :)  http://www.apparatusstudio.com/

some favs:

in love.

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scheme scheme, plot plot...

lots of planning going on around here!  we've got a big presentation tomorrow to a client couple with 3 gorgeous kids.  they're fun, and totally open to new and interesting ideas, but want to see the world before they make a decision, which means options are in abundance....but we'll still push our favs :)

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Tile Shoppin

A+I have some funnnnn projects coming up, in particular some bathroom renos which we went crazy shopping for yesterday (in red skull Toms obv).  the city is such an amazing design hub and we feel so lucky to have all of these resources at our fingertips!  of course visited the old stand-bys...Waterworks, Ann Sacks, Mosaic House, etc.  But we're always on the lookout for new and interesting vendors.  Who are your favs?

drinks after at friend of a farmer...obv

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an ode to kelly wearstler...

                                   

what makes us great business partners (and fab friends) is our difference in design style. when starting a new project, i dream of tone on tones- creating an entire room with various shades of blue..Miss AS will put one crazy print with another and they look incredible together! and somehow as the process moves forward, our two design worlds start to blend and poof! we have a beautiful room- well layered, full of heart and an equal representation of one another. 

on the flip side, there are a million things we have in common- we die over any object cast in resin, we have a real love for ethnic textiles and we are both OBSESSED with kelly wearstler!  she loves her vintage, has major design balls and now she has an incredible clothing + accessories line that we are constantly drooling over..  she can do no wrong in our eyes and so here is just a small dedication to some of our favorite kelly wearstler designs- clothing, jewelry, home decor and all!

bienvenido a miami indeed!  the viceroy miami

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in our book there is nada wrong with this kw bathroom.  she is known for her incredible use of color, but to us, this monocromatic room is pure perfection. 

 shelterpop

one of our all time favs:

blue and gold, blue and gold.....

they call me mellow yellow.... viceroy santa monica

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brass business!  kw loves her brass finishes and so do we, especially in her home decor line.

(from top: bronze legs, brass kaleidoscope, mini bauble box in brass + selenite)

kellywearstler.com

we are sick (in a fab, completely head-over-heels-in-love kind of way) over these jewelry designs:

(from top: perforated quartz cuff, clasp cuff with pyrite cluster, septarian cabochon ring)

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tie dye, bright colors and marble.  all elements used her in home decor, brought to life in her clothing design- love!

(from top: dune tie dye suede jacket, miracle washed cape, minnow marble pant)

kellywearstler.com

 kw inspires us every day to step outside the box, to push ourselves beyond the "design limits" and to create beautiful rooms, that the clients love, that we love, and that are unequivocally us.

project progress picssssss

more project pics...still in process but def getting there, new wall hanging went up today and looks gorgeous!!!  such an amazing space...

xxoxoxo

Etsy Shop Object of my Obsession

good morning loves!   so after days and dayyyssss of miserable cloudy rain it's actually going to be a beautiful day today!  still cold, but it IS still March after all...needless to say we are excited to start the day and what better way to do it than by highlighting one of our new fav shops on etsy?  In our eternal search for all things uniquely vintage, elefantdesign popped out at us right away, and upon closer inspection we came across some new gorgeousness to inspire us fo life!  and the price is right, and we all know that's the name of the game so...

...take a gander through, let us know your thoughts and we hope you find something to inspire YOU that you can treasure in your own home forever!

link to their shop - elefantdesign

some favs...

love these brass bookends, probably 1960s or so, very hollywood regency/kelly wearstler-ish.  Pair of Gilt Greek Coin Bookends found here

more bookends!  love the color of these green ceramic horsehead bookends, very mid-century and would be an amazing addition to any mixed modern/hollywood regency/mid-century decor.  Pair of Hollywood Regency Ceramic Horse Bookends via here

plainly named "mid-century ceramic lamp", this little guy is anything but plain!  first of all the glaze color on this is to die for - a blueish gray that will work with any color scheme you've got working.  second, the shape is gorgeous, such a perfect little retro mid-century design.  get a lineny/textured shade, or even a shade with some sort of design or pattern (like this?  or this?  just ask the seller for the size of the shade on the lamp in the photo before committing!) and this will become the center of attention!  via here

so it's no secret we've been obsessing over vintage glassware, more specifically this shape of champagne glass otherwise known as the "coupe".  what makes these even more special is the fact that they are (a) handmade giving them each unique qualities not found in the others, and (b) smoked glass, not clear, making them that much more groovy.  LOVE.  available here

how perfect is this little guy?  this Danish modern stoneware figure would make an excellent and unique addition to a child's bedroom decor, or would be totally at home amongst all the books of your super sophisticated library, because you're all the smartest and most super sophisticated, right?  us too :)  find it here

finally..a little geometry in my life.  these vintage granite modular cube candle holders are the coolest.  each composed of two separate parts, one inner cube with various hole sizes cut to accommodate all candlestick sizes, and the outer cube/base.  they rock, the price rocks.. what's not to love?  find them here!!

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