I got Wish magazine/catalogue , the W Hotels new fashion and decor catalogue, in the mail this morning. I had never heard of it but when I opened it I was pretty impressed. Impressed not so much by the novelty of the items but how well they did their homework. The offerings were essentially an ...
When I think of patchwork, I think of my bedspread as a ten-year-old girl. I have plenty of fond memories of my elementary school years but my decorating sense is not one of them. I have since graduated from rag dolls and country quilts but the decor scene is looking to bring me back. The ...
I have been noticing naked mannequins in every store I go to—and these aren't clothing stores. Small wooden or wire mannequins are being sold as decorative objects through all the home decor manufacturers and I don't really know how I feel about it. The bare and sometimes faceless dolls are kind of charming yet creepy ...
I know these ceramic balls from Williams-Sonoma Home may just look like decorative spheres but their original fate wasn't just to sit in a bowl--it was to bowl. In the Victorian era, carpet bowling was all the rage. Refined ladies and gentleman would gather in the parlor and set up these carpet balls like pins ...