Footed tables are nothing new but when they come with big red paws and jungle cat legs, I can”t help but notice. This resin accent piece also comes in white or black but in imperial red it’s got pounce.
Lola accent table, $379; WandRlust.com
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These glossy glass tiles make a fun polka dot backsplash, but that’s not why I love them . . . The circles are made from the bottoms of wine and beer bottles! This Seattle company, Bedrock Industries, hand makes all of their tiles from 100% recycled glass. Their work comes in a wide range of colors but since they don’t add any additional pigment to their found glass, Heineken-green and Budweiser-brown is the most common palette.
After 14 months of sitting on camping chairs, I am thrilled to announce, we own a couch. Yes, you may remember me mentioning this very sofa, the Grayson, sometime in early 2009 and, though custom-made furniture does take months to ship–the delay was not the shipper, it was me. What was my hang-up? It seems ridiculous, but it was the fabric. The couch only came in natural linen and I just knew we’d never fully enjoy it if were constantly worried about getting the most expensive thing we’ve ever purchased dirty.
Simple chocolate brown fabric was all we wanted–and don’t ask me why after multiple trips to the New York fabric district we couldn’t find that, but we couldn’t. I’ll admit there were moments of frustration where we were tempted by other brown sofas but we held strong–and our loyalty and patience paid off. This fall Bobo Intriguing Objects released the Grayson sofa in eight colors, including chocolate brown! And that was only one of the improvements; they also added an extra throw pillow and more environmentally-friendly materials. As soon as I heard the news, I had my credit card out and raring to go, and though it maxed out my Visa, I have never been so pleased with a purchase.
Just look at these lines! 
The deep European cut is so sophisticated yet you just want to flop down on it! Now that the folding chairs are put away, and the 1940s French chairs are in place, our former first-class campground is actually shaping into a living room we love.
I’m a sucker for Frenchie furniture. I love feminine lines, the movement of a curved back, and most decor that could be linked back to the sensuous style of Louis XV. But in decorating, one must know her biases. With my curvaceous Greyson sofa arriving next week (long story, to be continued) and my beloved 1940s French chairs poised to face it, my living room needed a piece to separate the two and break the theme. After hunting for coffee tables for a few months now–it became clear to me; I needed a brickmaker’s table. A rectangular steel base with a coarse wood plank top: it’s the antithesis of girly and just the thing to curb my dainty living room design.
Brickmaker’s tables have become insanely popular in home design (I generally try not to buy trendy furniture, but I’m hoping the simplicity of this piece gives it some staying power) and Restoration Hardware, Sundance, and Mecox Gardens (to name a few) all have lovely options but steeper price tags than my flea marketers heart can handle.
This is a no frills table; did it really need to be $1,400?
Not according to the upstate New York furniture company, SKALNY. I spotted their booth at the last New York Gift Fair, and to my delight, their brickmaker’s table was retailing at a mere $600. The elm top is made from reclaimed wooden doors and the steel base is thin, angular, and wonderfully industrial. I’m sure bricks were never made here but the raw look is enough for me.
To place orders for so-called SKALNY table #81211, call Sylvester & Co. at 631-725-5012. They can drop ship to any location in the country (table is $600, plus the cost of shipping).