Whenever we rent props to design magazines we are both excited and a tad confused. Decor magazines tend to do things waaaaay in advance. For example, last November House & Home magazine was renting stuff for their Christmas issue, “leaving it to the last minute”...
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Make Earth Hour Last All Year by Buying Vintage
On March 26th (tomorrow) millions of people around the world will turn off all their electricity between 8:30 and 9:30 to observe earth hour. For those of us who live in cities, downtown will feel like a super-hopeful Gotham city. This year earth hour organizers are...
Porcupine Boxes, Veranda Magazine, and Julianne Moore
The March 2011 edition of Veranda clarified a point that we have suspected for years. We have much in common with Julianne Moore... looks, talent, fame.... ahem.... style? Yes. We have style in common. According to Veranda, Moore’s “favorite thing” is an antique box...
Getting Ready for Valentines Day
We love Valentines day. It brings bright red hearts to dreary February nights, rich chocolates to cold afternoons and spring-time flowers to the middle of winter. Valentines day celebrates all kinds of love, not just romantic. It is a holiday that makes us remind all...
Chinese New Year: the Year of the Rabbit
“Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!” exclaims Carroll’s rabbit in Alice and Wonderland. With the Chinese New Year celebrations almost over we want to wish everyone a happy 2011, the year of the rabbit. Traditionally, the rabbit brings the welcome promise...
Amethyst: February’s Birthstone
The god of intoxication, Dionysus, drunkenly pursued the maiden Amethystos. Amethystos prayed and asked the gods that she remain chaste. Artemis obliged her request by turning Amethystos into a white stone. After seeing what he had caused, Dionysus was so upset that...
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