The New Holiday Collection at West Elm

I'm in love with West Elm's new holiday collection! It's so beautiful I honestly want to buy up the store.  Their fall/winter entertaining collection is truly something you could make work all year. The lines are clean and simple. The prints are playful and whimsical yet very very chic. I love how they use metallic in a way that still feels unfussy and earthy.

Here are a few of my favorite pieces that you can use now, throughout the holiday, and in many cases throughout the year:

I'm I the only one that finds birds kind of creepy? I thought these would be great year round but especially at a very grown up Halloween party.

Love the use of metallics here. Gold and white is just so versitile. These would look fabulous as for Thanksgiving or Christmas entertaining.

Obviously these are great winter plates, but they may also work for Halloween. I have this whole black and white with red accents Halloween party idea in my head just waiting to jump out. Who says you can't move away from the traditional orange and black and do something a little unexpected. Maybe that will be my next post!

More fun usage of metallics.....

Simple and lovely details...

A couple fun holiday themed serving trays....

A new look at the fall harvest table. These recylced spanish glass bottles do double duty as candle holders and bud vases.

Later,

Guru

Fall Decorating Class at Pottery Barn _September 12th

GO HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO FIND A CLASS NEAR YOU!

Gilt Groupe Love'n

Oh, Gilt Groupe. You beautiful website with all your fancy pants products at deep discounts. I am absolutely loving the collection of  Beauville Table Linens you have on sale until September 4th.

These are the kind of linens that instantly transform your space. They take you from Ikea worshiping college grad to classy world traveler in 30 seconds, or however long it takes you to dress a table. Beauvillé screen-prints cotton household linens feature vibrant floral, baroque and geometric designs based on over 200 years of French Tradition. This week Gilt is featuring their runners, napkins, table clothes, placemats, and tea towels.

Here's a peak at a few of my favorites:

Go to GILT GROUPE now to grab these and other fabulous linens before they're gone!

CORT Event Furnishings introduces the Endless Collection

Check out the beautiful new modular seating collection from Cort Event Furnishings. Designed with event professionals in mind, the Endless Collection allows you to mix and match ottomans in various shapes with high or low backs to create circular or serpentine sectionals.

I love how the image to the right captures how these crisp modern pieces can easily be used in a more classic setting. The backs almost have a tufted look to them.

The collection is now available nationwide, so head over to http://www.cortevents.com/!

Creating your own unique textiles online

Image from KaramKraft.com

I recently stumbled upon the site KarmaKraft.com, a digital fabric printing company based out of Raleigh, North Carolina and Hangzhou (about 1.5 hours from Shanghai).  For all you would-be textile designers out their, Karma Kraft is just the site you've been waiting for. Design and print your own fabric! In minutes you can upload your very own design to their website, choose your repeat, choose your base fabric, and then decide how much fabric you would like to create...TA-DA....our very own custom designed fabric!

Karma Kraft also offers cut and sew services for items like pillows, pet beds, scarfs, tablecloths, or apparel. The prices are surprisingly reasonable from as low as $20 a yard. Just think of hanging curtains featuring your very own design or entertaining on your own custom created linens.

I also happened across another amazing site called Spoonflower.com. Create your own fabrics using a simple online tool.  The site hosts a weekly fabric design competition and you can even sell your fabrics or purchase fabrics created by other SpoonFlower members through the Spoonflower market place. Maybe you'll be the next Emilio Pucci!

Image from inmod.com

Interested in designing your own home decor but need a little help in the design department? Check out Inmod.com. It's a fun little site that offers a variety of trendy furniture, lighting, and decor products....lots of really amazing stuff. You can customize pillows and duvets by tweaking the colors and fabrics of their preloaded designs until you've created the prefect combination for your space. Pricing varies greatly depending on the fabric you use. I'm redecorating one of my most important venues...my very own bedroom and just might order one of the custom duvets. If so, I'll be sure to post a pic or two. The designs are lots of fun and so much more interesting then most of the stuff I'm seeing in the stores. 

Happy decorating!

Later,
Guru