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Love It or Hate It? Black & Spiro Christmas Tree

CasaSugar — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:30:00 -0800

Anna Spiro created this Christmas window display for her shop, Black & Spiro, in Brisbane, Australia. The display has a blue, white, and pink color palette and uses old Delftware to decorate the tree, as well as silver bowls and pink roses. I think it's a very festive, imaginative design for a window display, but I can't say I'd recreate it in my own home. What do you think?
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Roundup: Delft Blues For the Traditionalist

CasaSugar — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:00:26 -0700

I personally tend to gravitate towards modern décor, though I ideally like to mix styles. But, as I was raised in a traditional-style home, I do have an appreciation for the sort of old, dusty way of decorating . . . antiques, worn-in wood furniture, classic shapes, reserved colors. Writing Casa, I often catch myself saying that some products would "work well in both traditional and modern homes." While I do believe this is true, there are also many purely traditional products that
are unlikely to be found in a contemporary home. I figured I'd round some of these up for you, using Delftware, a style of blue and white pottery that to me is the epitome of traditional, as inspiration. To see what I've found, read more.

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Link Time!

CasaSugar — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:45:57 -0700

AT:SF covers the SF Chronicle's coverage of Christiana Coop's home.
Shelterrific showcases some cool designs for dog and cat lovers.
Re-Nest has the list of ingredients in cleaners to avoid.
HGTV's Green Home is awarded Gold LEED status. Congratulations!
Desire To Inspire shows you what to do to add color to a white sofa.
Bluelines tells you how to order back copies of Blueprint.
YumSugar wants to know whether you love or hate these urban Delft patterns.
Design*Sponge has rounded up some clever coatracks for your perusal.

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Love It or Hate It? An Ornament and a Crime

CasaSugar — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:30:15 -0800

Maxim Velcovsky, who was raised in Czechoslovakia, took two of the most common decorations of his childhood and welded them into An Ornament and a Crime ($1,000), a bust of Lenin decorated with the famous blue-onion pattern, which is known in the US as Delft. What do you think?