Talk to the hand....

For several years now I have been coming across sculpture Pedro Friedeberg's hand chairs and have been in complete awe by their tongue-in-cheek coolness and forward aesthetic.  Kelly Wearstler and Jonathan Adler on huge fans - so of course everyone else follows! 

After reading a little bit about Friedeberg, I have come to learn that he is quite a kooky guy, which makes sense since his art is on a different level.  He has said, "I admire everything that is useless, frivolous and whimsical.  I hate functionalism, post modernism and almost everything else.  I do not agree with the dictum that houses are supposed to be 'machines to live in'.  For me, the house and it's objects is supposed to be some crazy place that make you laugh." 

Office of Kelly Wearstler

Living room belonging to Jonathan Adler

Home of shoe designer: Brian Atwood via Elle Decor

Designed by Jamie Drake

Home of Kelly Wearstler

image via Vogue

The chair covered in gold leaf.

A really cool person lives here.... A fab home office

Exposed brick, straight lines, with mid-century touches.

This definitely is the home office belonging to one very cool person

with a whole lot of style.

Image via Flourish the Blog

Grandma Chic - and I love it!

"What is 'Grandma Chic'?" you ask.

It's a mixture of interesting swag lights, random-tongue-in-cheek wall art, bargello and needlepoint pillows, zippy wallpaper, and vintage/mid-century furniture finds all mashed up together - making a chic little mess.

And - I am totally feeling it.

images via Houzz

Turquoise and yellow office... with a dash of Honey.

Tamara-Kaye Honey of House of Honey knows how to design a room and I am a HUGE fan of hers!  I love how she incorporates amazing vintage finds and really know show to work with color palettes.  This is an office she recently designed in S. Pasadena.  It really is a special place.  I can only imagine the creativity that comes out of this office.

Gorgeous!

Great Craigslist Find.

Lately I have been disappointed with the LA Craigslist scene.  Because I have really had some amazing scores in the past!  BUT - tonight I cam across this mid-century modern, chrome, standing lamp and have put my faith back in the good CL.  The link is below.

Southern Cali people: Get this off Craigslist - HERE's the link $99 

From the personal file... Commune... Part 3

This will be my final post on Commune (for the time being!), and this home hit the "personal file" spot for me. It actually belongs to one of the founders of Commune, Alonso Romano - I LOVE his style and his ideas with home style. His home was featured in the most recent issue of House Beautiful and you can check out the article HERE.

Romano is an LA guy with a great passion for easy living. He loves Folksy" fabrics and pillows (hence I love that too!) and has a serious interest in mid-century furnishings. I am a huge fan of layering (I feel like I mention it in every post!) and he does an excellent job.

His living room is one of my favorite rooms of all time. I LOVE the floor cushions, the rug, and the over sized mid-cenury chair.

Here is another view of his living room. Are you loving, or what??

PS - I also LOVE that you can totally achieve this look through vintage and flea market finds!!!

The Brilliant People at Commune part 1

Since starting up this blog, my personal style has TRULY evolved.  I have learned so much about layering, the colors and finishes I like, the type of accessories I enjoy, and have learned a lot about space, lay out, and scale.

I LOVE when I learn of design firms that are absolutely brilliant - and that would be COMMUNE, and LA based design firm who have residential and commercial clients including the Ace Hotel, Barneys, Juicy Couture, YaYa Aflalo, KiKi De Montparnasse, Oliver Peoples, Heath Ceramics and many more.

I am going to be doing several posts on some of their amazzzing spaces.  Here is part 1 - an LA residence.

I adore this room.

An unreal outdoor dining experience.

Love all of the layering in this room of mid-century fabulousness!  

Just throw it all together!

I've read in multiple places that the best rule of thumb when shopping at antique shops, vintage stores, flea markets and antique malls is to buy what you love - and you will make it work.

Here is the perfect example of that!

image via Decorpad

A gorgeous home in Spain

Look at this beautiful home featured in Nuevo Estilo.  This is such an amazing home with gorgeous pops of color.  I hope you enjoy looking!  Each room has something I'd love to have.  Read on to see.

The pair of lamps - sick.

I would love to have those wire chairs.  How amazing!?!

High glossy accent chair with tufting - brilliant!

Ottoman love.

EVERYTHING! :) 

Images via HERE

Best Kept Secret.... and a little story!

I am not one to give all my sources... but for you Glam Readers.... I'll share this one...

So... today - I was on my way to Home Depot, and traffic was weird, so I started going alternate routes to get there.  When I noticed this random mid century-ish sofa sitting outside a store front.  So, I looked and noticed this could be a possible gem.  And of course - my intuition was dead on.  This shop had the most amazing vintage/mid century finds (and some random appliances - but forget that part)!  I grabbed a few pics for you, and a business card and went on my merry way!

So - if you are ever in the LA/Hollywood area - you gotta hit this spot up!

Hernandez Furniture & Appliance

6208 Santa Monica Blvd. 

Los Angeles, CA 90038

323-962-7821

There's a pair of these.  They are even more amazing in person.  

 Everything in this store is in amazing condition.  There is no junk, and the prices are good for how amazing the stuff is!!

These lamps.... all I can say.  They are like art.

this picture is weird. the furniture is all stacked so these are all on top of each other.  

A Chic and Glam Brentwood Condo

I love when a home all flows well together - when the color choices and the style of each room compliment each other.  Here is a perfect example of this with this Brentwood, CA condo featured in LATimes.com

Love the color combination of dark wood, yellow, black and white with hits of grey.

Gorgeous mid century pieces 

I love the display of all of the different vintage yellow, black and white pitchers.  I really appreciate how well thought out it is.

In love with this bedroom. Like - in love, in love! (maybe lose the "zzzz" pillow.

Love the turquoise subway tiles - it looks really fresh and adds a little zip with all of the yellow.  I also like the garden stool in the shower.  Really good idea.