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Cool Idea: Scented Tassels

CasaSugar — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:00:38 -0700

TasselAire perfumed tassels ($35) infuse a subtle fragrance into the air of your home, simply by hanging them on your doorknobs, closet hooks, or armoire keys (if you've got one). You can also use them as tie-backs of curtains. There's a decent variety of scents available, including lavender and rosemary, bitter orange, and Mediterranean jasmine. Assuming they smell nice, I love the idea of taking something that's typically used simply for decoration and giving it a new purpose. Potpourri is SO over!! I'm also loving the pretty box they come in. Do I smell a reimagined tassel trend approaching? I'm just waiting for Blik to make tassel wall decals . . .

Do You Use Curtain Tassel Tiebacks?

CasaSugar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:33 -0700

Curtain tassel tiebacks aren't really necessary unless you have pretty heavy or thick drapes. But they are quite utterly chic, so I definitely advocate trying them! Do you use tassel tiebacks?

Roundup: Tassels

CasaSugar — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:00:20 -0700

While I'm fairly certain that anything Mad Men's Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) reclines against will look gorgeous, this pillow is an instant eye-catcher even without the redhead's influence. The tassels are the secondary scene stealer here.

Tassels, which can be found everywhere from curtains to pillows, are both a pretty and functional decoration. Thousands of years ago, the tassel was used by weavers to tie off rugs, blankets, and garments with knots. Louis XV of France was also a big tassel fan, and during the time that he used them, the tassel came to be associated with high social status. While tassels themselves are now used to tie back curtains or as drawer pulls, they're also incorporated into many pieces of furniture and decorative accents.

Most of the tassels that I've rounded up have a more of a bohemian feel than Joanie's tasseled pillow. To see my faves, read more.

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Get the Look: Red Gossip Girl Room

CasaSugar — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:30:11 -0700

In last night's episode of Gossip Girl, Blake Lively and Tyra Banks got cozy in their silk robes on a red velvet settee. The showstopping piece certainly makes the room, but the matching red damask wallpaper and blue velvet curtains continue the baroque theme throughout the room. Then, accents like the black and white embroidered pillows, brass bird wall sculpture, and rope tassels add another element of luxurious detailing. To get the look in your home, read more.

Start with the Ballard Designs Sofia Settee ($1,159) as a base. You can have it upholstered in red velvet. Or, search 1st Dibs for "red velvet settee" to find something more precise.

For the rest of the look, read more.

Photo courtesy of The CW

Steal of the Day: Z Gallerie Soho Pavilion

CasaSugar — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:00:06 -0700

Z Gallerie's Soho Pavilion ($399.99, reduced from $599.99) is water- and fade-resistant, so you can host a chic party outdoors rain or shine. But, would you blame me for wanting to set up this chic tent indoors? I'm imagining a cross between Nick Olsen's tented workspace and interior designer Marjorie Skouras's oversize indoor topiary bedroom. We don't all have yard space, but this tasseled, Greek-key item could create a loungey, magical space in any room at least 10 feet in height, depth, and width. Just throw in some sisal or a Moroccan-style rug, plants, a hanging lantern, a few floor pillows, and a sofa like west elm's Overlapping Squares Daybed, and you're done. So cozy, yet so transportive and chic!

Crave Worthy: Moroccan Square Ottoman

CasaSugar — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:30:52 -0700

I am beginning to feel pretty pathetic and predictable about my love for all things Moroccan. Yesterday, I was flipping through a friend's cookbook, The Food of Morocco, and was literally salivating more and more with every turn of the page. She turned to me and said, "Why don't you move there already?" That's not going to happen any time soon. Until it does, I wouldn't mind soothing my yearning for the North African country with this Moroccan Square Ottoman ($1,195). Made of natural linen with meticulous black embroidery, it's a sight for wanderlust-filled eyes. I'm especially swooning over the black tassels with wooden beads in each of its four corners.

This Just In: Betsey Johnson's Maximalist Pink Pad For Sale

CasaSugar — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:15:21 -0800

Betsey Johnson is a legendary purveyor of pink. Pink party frocks, pink perfume, pink socks, pink bling, pink purses, even a pink phone. Not to mention a pink logo and pink packaging galore. So it doesn't come as a surprise that her home would be pink, too. Her two-bedroom, one-bath Greenwich Village penthouse, which was recently featured in Elle Decoration, is up for grabs for $3.6 million. In addition to the pink, it features stunning views, oversize windows, plank floors, a flexible layout, a 1,000-sq.-ft. private roof deck, and of course, plenty of character. The real estate listing dubs it, "A
lavishly presented confection of '50s Hollywood glamour trimmed in lace, velvet, and gold tassels, beneath the signature pink paint and fabulously frou-frou furnishings is a home with unique character and great bones." To see photos of the pink penthouse, read more

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Zania Runner - $19.99	Nurata Tablecloth - $8.00
Tia Placemat - $7.95	Blissliving Home Poppy Pillow - $65.00
Thick-Net Tassel Pull - $9.00	Tentmakers Tablecloth - $88.00
Multicolored Tassel Towel - $15.00	Vetiver Balls - $12.00
"Grand Baroque" Tapestry - $60.00	"Cyprus" Curtains - $75.00
Oversized Tassel Tieback - $15.00	Tassel Table - $599.00
"Hacienda" Bed Linens - $325.00	Natori "Topkapi" Decorative Pillow Collection - $175.00
Tapestry, Rod & Finials, and Tassels - $105.00	Palm Harbor Embroidered Pillow - $179.99