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Get the Look: A Bright, White Dining and Living Space
I love the stark, white look of this open plan dining and living space. From the sleek white walls to the whitewashed floors and furniture, the whole look is calm, soothing, and pristine. And while it may be white, it's certainly not dull.
Ask Casa: Claude Lalanne Sheep Sculptures
Hi Casa,
You featured some imitation Claude Lalanne sheep sculptures in June. I have been looking for these for 10 years, since they were featured in an issue of House & Garden in September 1998! Can you let me know where I can purchase them?Thanks!
How Would You . . .
For the next round of this challenge, I'd like you to take a look at this Pair of Sheep Sculptures (sold). These 1960s Dollys were made with real angora in the manner of one of the art world's most original designer-sculptors, Claude Lalanne. LaLanne and his wife Francois-Xavier are a sculpting and industrial designing pair known for their Surrealist and Realist objets d'art, like these life-size furry creatures that Coco Chanel kept in her living room.
Casa Verde: Poo-Pourri and Sheep Poo Paper
Spotted on Re-Nest, Creative Paper Wales is a Wales-based craft paper mill that makes paper and air fresheners from sheep poo! No, you didn't misread that, from poo! Sheep Poo Paper is made by collecting the finest, freshest sheep poo in Snowdonia and "just about anything else [they] can think of that has good-length cellulose fibers in it," sterilizing it in a pressure cooker, washing it repeatedly, reducing it to a pulp, and then using traditional papermaking techniques to turn it into paper — without the use of any trees.
Weird Furniture: Things That Make You Go Ew(e)
Okay, I thought the meat chair was odd, but this thing goes way beyond that (thanks for finding it, GiggleSugar). At least it looks a little comfier.
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Cool Idea: Invest in Art and Save Desert Habitat
Artist, sculptor, and furniture maker Alma Allen, who I've featured in a designer spotlight post, has partnered with the Mojave Desert Land Trust to celebrate art and conservation. Allen has created two bronze sculptures in editions of 50, each exclusively for the Mojave Desert Land Trust. The sculptures, a tortoise and a rabbit, are two of the animals that depend on this land for their survival.
Rethinking Pink: Counting Sheep for the Cure
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Serta is holding the Counting Sheep for the Cure Bedroom Makeover. Those who have been touched by breast cancer can share their stories and be entered to win a $10,000 bedroom makeover designed by Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Thom Filicia. A $5,000 donation to Komen for the Cure will also be made in each of the two winners’ names.
Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's Sculptures to Graze on Park Avenue
In conjunction with the Paul Kasmin Gallery, the New York City Parks Public Art Program will debut the first ever, large-scale outdoor exhibition in the US of Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne’s sculptures along Park Avenue from Sept. 13 to Nov. 20.
Casa Verde: New Soap, Old Bottle
We've seen some pretty innovative repurposing of plastic bottles lately, like that self-watering vase and Michelle Brand's ethereal lights, room dividers, and light shades made from the bottoms of soda bottles. But, what's so wrong with reusing them for their original purpose — storing liquids? Absolutely nothing.
Best of 2007: Weird Furniture
This year I often amazed (and more often disgusted) you with my weird-furniture posts. Whether it was a bench made of pencils or a chair made of a sheep's head, you always had something to say about it, and for that I say thanks! Reading your comments was at least as fun as seeking out all of those odd pieces of furniture.
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