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Louise Body's Wallpaper Designs For Wallpaper Collective

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Need a little more nature in your home decor? WallpaperCollective.com is launching UK designer, Louise Body's collection of flora and fauna inspired wallpaper designs. Body is known in the UK for work that not only celebrates green, it is green. All the paper used in the creation of the line is sourced from managed forests where new planting exceeds cut growth. Water-based inks are used in the printing process and the waste which arises from edge trimming is re-cycled at a local mill.

The line includes Autumn Woods a foliage motif inspired by the pressed ferns and flowers found in an old sketch book left to Louise by her grandmother. Other designs (shown in the gallery below) are Birdies, which shows birds in flight; Erotica a design inspired by Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations; Flower Press, a floral design similar to Autumn Woods; Garden Birds with photographic images of common garden birds; Harry's Garden which shows photographic images of birds perched on sketched branches and a classic birdcage; Holy Cow a repeating design of two sketches of water buffalo; Lacey Birdies showing the 'Birdies' motif against a delicate, silver, lace background; Marney's Lace, a design repeating photographic images of lace handed down to Louise by her grandmother and Pavilion Birds a design inspired by the exotic oriental décor of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Autumn Woods sells for $115 a roll.

Gallery: Louise Body on WallpaperCollective.com

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The Classicist: Ralph Lauren Re-Launches Famed Rhinelander Mansion in NYC

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Filed under: Apparel, Timepieces / Watches, Men's Style, The Classicist, Architecture & Design, Luxury Shopping

Ralph Lauren has relaunched his famed flagship in the historic Rhinelander Mansion on Madison Avenue in New York, transforming it into the world's foremost mecca of men's style. Spanning nearly 16,000 square feet, the Mansion, originally converted into an opulent retail palace by Lauren in 1986, now exclusively houses the designer's various men's collections with the company's first Women's and Home flagships due to open across the avenue later this fall. Originally designed in the 1890s by Kimball & Thompson, the the large French Renaissance Revival Mansion is an architectural treasure as well with a classic Beaux Arts façade exemplary of the the Upper East Side's grand architecture.

The new space showcases the Purple Label, Black Label, Polo, RRL and RLX Ralph Lauren collections of men's apparel and accessories, with an emphasis on the most luxurious elements. Service has been stepped up as well, with butlers to serve snacks and drinks on silver trays and a fleet of Mercedes-Benzes to chauffer important clients on shopping trips. The store features a full range of impeccably crafted made-to-measure suits, dress shirts, trousers, topcoats, sport coats and formalwear customized to exacting measurements, and made-to-order accessories and leather goods. Every room in the Mansion has been updated with cinematic decor in keeping with the neoclassical style of the original grand residence, from antiques and fixtures to furniture and art, including 18th- and 19th-century oil portraits and noteworthy photographs from Ralph Lauren's personal collection.

Gallery: The New Rhinelander Mansion

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Lulu in NYC, Estate of the Day

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Lulu de Kwiatkowski has a charmed life and some charming real estate. The lovely socialite turned designer and design book author and her partner Alfredo Gilardini have decided to stop being bicoastal and make a permanent move to Los Angeles. Their two-bedroom New York City co-op is an example of beautiful modern design. The apartment had its shelter magazine moment on the cover of Elle Decor magazine. The home has a large foyer with a bright nearly pixelated paint job and a living room with four large windows with tree top views. There are two cozy reading alcoves with built-in chaises and bookshelves. The eat-in kitchen is outfitted with custom cabinetry, Miele and Sub-zero appliances and a laundry area. The master bedroom and the second bedroom/library each have access through glass double doors to the large private terrace. The overall effect is cozy and welcoming; it's obviously a designer apartment but it also looks like a place you can set down a glass and a book without messing with the decor. The apartment is listed at $1.999 million.

[via the Real Estalker]

Gallery: Lulu in NYC

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Inside Design Duo Badgley Mischka's Kentucky Equestrian Estate

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Filed under: Decor, Estates, Architecture & Design

This month's issue of Elle Decor offers an inside look at famed fashion design duo Badgley Mischka's horsey estate in Kentucky, embodying a perfect example of haute equestrian style. Three years ago the New York-based designers, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, whose fans include the Olsen Twins, Lauren Hutton and Brooke Shields, traded in their house in the Hamptons for a 1920s estate in Kentucky horse country near Lexington. They renovated the limestone-and-clapboard Dutch Colonial Revival house (above) on 15 rolling acres and added top-class equestrian facilities with an interior design scheme to match, naming it Moon Stone Farm. A screened porch along one side was totally remodeled, a downstairs bedroom suite was converted into a chic library, and the kitchen and baths were redone in sleek marble. Check out the gallery for a look at the horsey, elegant interior.

Gallery: Badgley Mischka's Equestrian Estate

Tags: Badgley Mischka, decor, Elle Decor, equestrian, equestrian style, fashion designers, horses, interior design, Kentucky

Europe 2 You Offers A Piece of Budapest

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Spanning the distance between Atlanta and Budapest is Europe2You, a website specializing in bringing the best of Central Europe to the rest of the world. The company specializes in both vintage items and new pieces. Found wood objects, vintage wine bottles and other pieces are over 100 years old.

The company also sells functional dinnerware, bakeware and serveware imported from Central Europe as shown above. Each piece is induvidually signed and handpainted by master potter Istvan Barkonyi and made of white, European clay and is microwave, dishwasher and oven safe. Click through after the jump for more offerings from this company.

Tags: antiques, bakeware, decor, serveware, vintage bottles

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Veledo Leather Flooring

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Can leather flooring be sustainable? Merida Meridian has created a new recycled leather-flooring product called Veledo. Merida has been a large area rug manufacturer focused on natural fiber rugs, this is their first foray into leather. Veledo is a 96% natural bonded leather plank (4% pigment), made from postindustrial waste collected from European mill scrap leather. Unlike traditional leather tiles, Veledo offers a hard, durable surface with the look of real leather. It is designed with an attached subfloor and an interlocking channel system so that it can be installed over almost any surface. It comes in four different styles including crocodile.

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Christopher Guy Expands Into Harrods, Remodels in Las Vegas

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Christopher Guy not long ago made the move to Beverly Hills, but more recent expansion plans have the British designer of fabulous furnishings enlarging his footprint in London. The 2,000-square-foot space area inside the Chelsea location will showcase the Christopher Guy Harrods Collection, hand-carved and hand-finished pieces influenced by Alice in Wonderland. Among the oversized chairs and ornate mirrors of the kind that have graced 'rooms' in Casino Royale and The Devil Wears Prada will also be examples of masculine- and feminine-themed lobbies and lavish dining rooms.

On this side of the Atlantic pond, Guy has been preparing his Las Vegas showroom at the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill space for a debut during the Las Vegas Market next month. Three windows displays will surround the 3,000-sq-ft space, and to enhance the connection many of the pieces on display will be upholstered with Robert Allen's trademark fabrics. If you're headed there, you'll find him in Building C at the World Market Center, August 2-6.

Gallery: Samples of Christopher Guy's 2010 Collection

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Hellman-Chang Crystal Edition Furniture

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Furniture designers Daniel Hellman and Eric Chang have been friends since childhood and began their furniture design/build practice in a Maryland garage. What started as a hobby soon turned into a thriving business. The pair are now headquartered in Brooklyn with a showroom in Manhattan and Hellman-Chang pieces have appeared on "Gossip Girl" and in "Sex and the City 2." The pair have also designed pieces for major projects including the Four Seasons Hotel, Setai Hotel, Sotheby's, and Metropolitan Home's Showtime Showhouse. Their latest adventure takes them to a more glittering place, they have a created a crystal edition of some of their popular pieces using Swarovski Crystallized elements. Adding crystals to the pieces ups the glamour and in the case of the Omni side table shown above, adds a geode-like quality. This piece sells for $12,000.

Tags: decor, furniture, hellman-chang, side table, swarovksi crystals, swarovski, swarovski crystals, Swarovski-Crystallized

Photo Tour: Scenes From Dwell On Design

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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If you are remodeling, building a new house or just in need of a change, Dwell on Design's show this weekend in Los Angeles provides ready inspiration. The focus is on green, eco-friendly and sustainable which led to a certain sameness of design. There was plenty of plant life on display, the garden and outdoor living sections were some of the most interesting and well-attended parts of the show. Inside the Los Angeles Convention Center flowers bloom, trees stretch upward and lounge chairs and hammocks offer places to relax. Only the brutally cold air conditioning and the industrial ceiling bring you back to the reality of being inside a convention hall.

The show runs through June 27 and this weekend includes Ed Begley Jr. speaking on green issues on Sunday. Sunday is also Good Food Sunday with talks on sustainable food, craft beer, cheese and the growing trend of food trucks.

Check out a photo tour of some of my favorite spots at Dwell on Design after the jump.

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Raw Silk Pillows Straight From Sri Lanka

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Comfy Heaven's raw silk and taffeta cushions have struck a nerve in the design world. Anyone looking for a splash of color to set a minimalist room buzzing should click on www.comfyheaven.com and check out this Sri Lanka-based company's knockout pillows and tableware. The colors are electric while the textiles are sumptuous. Add to that immaculate handiwork---knife-straight 90 degree corners, invisible zips, and no puckering unless it's part of the design. Because of the company's high standards and the small group of young women who are great at their work, you can order online and count on quality. Pure silk cushions in vivid colors start at $22; place mats, $22.50. Payment is by Pay Pal while shipping tends to run around $8, a flat rate regardless of quantity.

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Apu Tables, Perfect For Summer Entertaining

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It's a serving tray, it's a side table, it's even a vase. The Apu tables are a versatile set of pieces each with a white ceramic top and base in solid oak, ash or American walnut. The three Apu tables are each different heights so they look attractive grouped together but they can also be used individually. Available from Suite NY.

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Mt. Paran, Estate of the Day

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In the October 2009 issue of Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, homeowner Judith Schindler showed off the interior design of her Buckhead area home, saying proudly that the home she refurbished with her friend and fellow designer Sudi Cecil was her dream home and that she hoped never to move again. And yet just a few months later the home is on the market. The design style of the six-bedroom home is a melding of Southern style with something more "West Coast-like." The style is meant to represent Old Hollywood glamour but how well this succeeds is a matter of some debate (there are notes that remind me a little of the Kardashian view of glamour, all animal prints, shiny curtains and mirrors). The home has a gourmet kitchen with an island and an eat-in breakfast bar. There is a formal dining room, formal living room and a more casual room. Zebra-printed rug livens up an office and there is a comfortable home theater and a game room. Outside a large covered terrace offers room for dining alfresco with a view of the pool. This home is listed at $6.75 million.

Gallery: Mt. Paran

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Whisky Barrels Make Unique Flooring

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Filed under: Decor, Green

Any whisky aficionado knows how much of a difference wood makes in whisky flavor. Whisky barrels often have a history even before they get to the distillery, barrels used to contain sherry, for example, impart dried fruit notes to the whisky. But what happens to the wood once it has given all it can to the spirits? It used to just be used for fuel but lately the wood has yet another life. U.K.-based McKay Flooring Limited has used old casks turning them into flooring. The barrels have the stamps of the distillery but planks are laid down in scrambled order. It doesn't really have a strong whisky smell but it certainly tickles the imagination. McKay Flooring also sells reclaimed flooring from old gymnasiums, thankfully no smell there either.

[via Core 77]

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The Pixel, A Colorful Luxury Cabinet

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Art and color form a new merger in the Pixel, a unique cabinet from Boca do Lobo. The boutique furniture company describes itself as a furniture jeweler and this piece definitely combines flash and utilit. This rainbow-colored cabinet has 1088 triangles created with silver leaf, gold leaf, lacquering, and 10 different types of wood leaf. It opens to reveal an aged mirror and nine drawers for storage. It sits on a polished brass base. The Pixel costs $23,850 and no instant gratification here, Ashi Jewelers, which is selling the piece, says to allow 14 – 16 weeks for delivery. Send all inquiries to inquiries@ashlijewelers.com. A video of the piece is after the jump.

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Philippe Starck-designed LED lamps for Flos

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The Hooo!!! and Haaa!!! lamps aren't exactly new, but they have been shown in production form this year and if you have hoo-haa sums of money, maybe you can buy one. A collaboration between lighting company Flos, designer Philippe Starck, artist Jenny Holzer, electrical designer Moritz Waldemeyer,and crystal glass maker Baccarat, the Hooo!!! is a table lamp and the Haaa!!! a floor lamp, both fitted with an LED display down their centers that display text.

Jenny Holzer's text is already encoded into the lamp and will be projected onto any nearby surface, which is supposed to make for "an attention-grabbing animation." We aren't sure what the text reads, but we hope it's compelling, because with that list of contributors you know better than to expect mundane prices: 49 examples of the Hooo!!! will go for €9,000 ($11,433 U.S.), while just nine examples of the Haaa!!! will require a cash transfusion of €90,000 ($114,327 U.S.). Check out a short video of the Hooo!!! lamp after the jump.

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