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Sale Alert: Designers Guild Midseason Sale
Designers Guild, aka heaven, is having its Midseason Sale now, offering discounts of up to 50 percent off of bed linens, cushions, blankets, rugs, towels, and whites. Unless you're a designer, or hire one, you'll be hard pressed to ever see Designers Guild products on sale. So don't miss this chance!
Nice and New: Designers Guild Cushions
London-based luxury fabric and wall-covering company Designers Guild is hands down one of my favorite retailers of home décor of all time. If you're in the market for indulgent, feminine, colorful, and sophisticated textiles, DG is the answer. I'm always particularly won over by the retailer's stunning collection of throw pillows ("cushions"), made from luxurious cut velvets and sumptuous silks, with delicate and unique embroideries.
Roundup: Striped Table Linens
Stripes are the little black dress of tabletop décor. They're always in style. You can never go wrong with a good striped or broad-plaid tablecloth.
Crave Worthy: The Rug Company Durbar Hall Rug
It's no wonder I felt an instant attraction to The Rug Company Durbar Hall Rug ($1,795- $25,920); the chartreuse and charcoal flocked rug is designed by Designers Guild — a favorite luxury home furnishing brand of mine. Made of 100 knot, Tibetan wool and silk, it's a high-quality rug that would probably outlive me, if I could ever afford to make the splurge. Its flowing branches and botanicals are certainly feminine enough for a bedroom, but I'd love to see it in a formal dining room with a glossy credenza and a noir chandelier, tempered by a slightly rustic wood dining table.
Coveted Crib: Mark Homewood's Mod Victorian
The eclectic early Victorian row house of Designers Guild buyer Mark Homewood was recently featured in the Brit shelter mag, Livingetc. The Stockwell, London house is full of contrasts, with white used as a backdrop for furnishings bold in both color and form surrounded by architectural details reflective of an earlier time. To put it briefly, the word "coveted" doesn't begin to describe the space.
Crave Worthy: Designers Guild Throws
Talk about crave worthy: These Designers Guild Throws ($200-$225) are utterly delectable! Lambswool reversible jacquard with, in some cases, a fringed edge, and a bold punch of color land these throws on the top of my wish list. There's no reason you have to get cozy with a drab plaid blanket in the Winter months — why not warm up with the colors of Spring?
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Get the Look: Folksy Red Cushion Room
After reading my Decorating With Cozy Fall Throws slideshow, one reader wrote in saying, "I am in love with this room and want to know where everything is from, particularly the pillows and the artwork." You know me, I love to help you all "get the look," so here we go! The success of this room is driven by the mix of pink and red textiles, including cushions, a throw, and a floormat.
Crave Worthy: Gold-Leafed Hand-Carved Mirror With Birds
I thought I was over faux bois mirrors, but then some sweet little birdies chirped when I came upon this beautiful Gold-Leafed Hand-Carved Mirror (inquire for price), making me fall for them all over again. This gilt wood mirror from the late 20th century was carved by the Carvers Guild of Massachusetts, a company run by a couple recognized for their old-world craftsmanship and exceptional design. The Carver's Guild began in 1970 but they could have fooled me: this hand-carved mirror looks like it dates back to Colonial Williamsburg.
This Just In: Anthropologie Commissions Nathalie Lété
Anthropologie has commissioned Nathalie Lété, a French artist who works in a variety of mediums (embroidery, ceramics, weaving, textile design, painting, and illustration), and is wildly popular in Japan, to design bedding and drawer pulls. It's no wonder the retailer, which does its best to seem oh-so-French, sought Lété out; her designs are ubiquitous in France, appearing on Designers Guild textiles, Issey Miyaké shawls, touristique postcards, chocolates, and hand-tufted rugs. I'm loving her Treetop Quilt ($248-$268); it's very whimsical and exuberant, as well as sophisticated despite its light-hearted childish edge.
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