January is organizing month
Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: Design, Interiors, Johanne, Uncategorized | Tags: accessories, living, modular design, office, Organization, Shelves, shelving design 1 CommentHappy New Year!
Are you poking around your home and office clearing out accumulations of stuff to start the new year a few pounds lighter?
We are. And we’re coveting these cool modular shelves by Belgian-Dane Julien De Smedt of JDS Architects for Muuto. Perfect (or painfully obsessive) for the indecisive designer who likes to redesign.
Stacked shelving system designed by JDS Architects for Muuto, available at Design Within Reach
Julien De Smedt explains, “Our projects are humanly designed, politically engaged, financially viable, and structurally realistic.” When asked how he sees the “new Nordic” celebrated by the Danish company Muuto, De Smedt says it is “like an embrace of a southern culture with a northern rigueur.”
In three sizes and held together with strong steel clips, the shelves are the best design storage investment we’ve seen all year. Ha.
Might I recommend watching this neat video I’m now renaming, How Do I Shelve Thee? Let Me Count The Ways-?
Doggie in the library
Posted: December 21, 2011 Filed under: Books, Johanne | Tags: book ends, Dachshund, decor, Home, living Leave a commentI really like these dog bookends- they reminded me of my friend Sofia who is a lover of all creatures but has an especially sweet soft spot for dachshunds.
Dachshund book ends, $50 at Urban Barn
Easter on the way
Posted: April 13, 2011 Filed under: Food, Johanne | Tags: cooking, decorating, Easter, Food, living, Marketplace, white Leave a commentby Johanne
With Easter just over one week away, we thought it was high time we featured a few themed items.
Here’s what’s making us think in pastels this month at Crate & Barrel:
Earthenware egg platter, $24.95
Porcelain egg crate, $6.95
Bunny and carrot cookie cutter set, $3.95
Stencil set: chick, bunny, butterfly, $5.95
Days ’til vacation
Posted: February 9, 2011 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: living, Marketplace, Travel 3 Commentsby Johanne
Are you heading south this winter?
Set of 6 postcards, $4.50 at Paper Source
Table Tonic’s Ikat Cushions
Posted: January 17, 2011 Filed under: Design, Marketplace | Tags: decor, Home, Ikat cushions, living Leave a commentIf you’re still swooning over Ikat, Table Tonic is worth a visit.
large (45cm x 45cm) hand woven Ikat cushions, $79AUD each, Table Tonic
In addition to hand-woven Ikat cushions, the Australian store continues to stock some amazing hand made vintage suzanis, Moroccan pouffes and Mexican throws in all colours of the rainbow. And right now – almost everything is on sale!
Update: I just learned that the home of Louise Bell (of Table Tonic) and family has been featured in the current issue of Style at Home. Read more here.
Luxury in the New Year
Posted: January 5, 2011 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: Home, interior, living, white 12 Commentsby Johanne
Happy New Year!
This New Year, I’m making a resolution to live life better. In essence, I aim to truly manifest my father’s wisdom: “Work smarter, not harder.”
This motto can be applied to many facets of living: by working smarter, energy is focused on producing quality and time is valued as precious and limited. When working smarter, not harder, you actually free up hours in the day for what’s important in life. It’s a kind of de-cluttering; it’s definitely a philosophy.
Luxurious living is about enjoying the best in life and that doesn’t necessarily mean spending a lot of money or effort. It’s about thinking and planning smarter and simpler, not harder.
Treating yourself to luxuries such as a bubble bath, a cozy throw, or de-cluttering the kitchen and office are some of the easiest ways to make small positive changes to brighten your daily life.
Wishing you luxuries big and small this 2011! I’m looking forward to hearing about how you’ll be working smarter, not harder, this year!
Images courtesy of Flor’s Blog on Design and AB Home Interiors Blog.
Leather in white
Posted: November 10, 2010 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: Home, living, white, White leather 3 CommentsI confess: I often dream of living in a white home with white walls, white furniture trimmed with chrome and wood. Maybe you have these dreams too- a modern fantasy that is all about clean, spartan space. There’s a certain efficiency and an air of cool, calm and collected that comes in white environment.
I love leather and I love it on everything, so if I had a white home I would have more than a few white leather pieces like these:
White leather swivel chair, at Elte in Toronto
White leather dining chair, at Elte in Toronto
by Johanne
Images courtesy of Elte.
Crate & Barrel Christmas
Posted: November 8, 2010 Filed under: Marketplace | Tags: candles, Christmas, collection, Crate & Barrel, decor, decorating, decoration, holiday, living, ornaments 4 CommentsI know it’s over a month away but I’m already excited about Christmas! I think it’s time to begin the holiday posts.
Glitter snowflake, $3.95
I was at Crate & Barrel on the weekend and got excited about all the white Christmas goodies – ornaments, serving pieces, candles – oh my!
White porcelain leaves, $11.85 for set of 3
Snow flurry balls, $17.95 set of 3
Silver branch, $5 set of 2
Optic finial ornaments, $15.80 set of 4
Nutcracker ornaments, $19.95 set of 4
Natural polar bear, $5.95
Glass deer ornaments, $11.95 set of 2
Clear glass ball with swirl & dots, $5.95
Bone china snowflake hurricane, $24.95
Bone china pinecones, $14.95-$29.95
3D star ornament, $3.95
Silver stars, $39.95-$59.95
Do you plan on using any white Christmas decorations this year?
Images courtesy of Crate & Barrel.
Two white stools
Posted: October 20, 2010 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: Elte Toronto, Home, interior, living, stool, white stool 8 CommentsI just love these two stools, great for everything from piling up the newspaper as you leaf through it on a Saturday to being that extra seat when the loveseat’s taken at the party.
Ceramic white stool, crackle finish, at Elte in Toronto
Ceramic white stool, crackle finish, at Elte in Toronto
Images courtesy of Elte.
White dreams
Posted: October 13, 2010 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: accessories, bedroom, Home, living 2 CommentsDon’t you think you’d have the most marvelous dreams if this lovely white bed was yours (below)? How’s this for sweet dreams: this bed is made from FSC certified sustainable ash wood.
White ash bed, $3,900 for Queen size at Area
Maybe all you need is a few pillows and a throw to spruce up your bedroom or living room. We love this white Reed blanket (pictured below) because it’s super soft and made from recycled plastic bottle fibres (75%) and cotton (25%).
Reed blanket in Snow colour, $200 at Area
We’re also feeling this crochet vibe on the Violet pillow (below):
Feather down insert pillows covered with 100% linen and hand crochet detail. $145 each at Area
Bed, pillows, and throw available at Area.
Swooning over Dedon
Posted: September 22, 2010 Filed under: Exteriors, Johanne | Tags: Dedon, furniture, Home, living, outdoor, white 2 CommentsTimeless classics in outdoor furniture, by none other than German outdoor fibre weavers Dedon.
Happy 20th anniversary, Dedon!
Dedon furniture is crafted to be waterproof. It's worth the investment, wouldn't you say?
Yin chaise longue
Summer cloud beach chair
Orbit loveseat with canopy
Slim triangle table
Daydream four post bed
Images courtesy of studio b, where Dedon furniture is available for your triumphant acquisition.
Sweet Sofa: Time to Tuft it Out
Posted: August 30, 2010 Filed under: Marketplace | Tags: couch, Driade, furniture, Home, living, Rodolfo Dordoni, sofa, Unica Home Leave a comment
Driade hall sofa by Rodolfo Dordoni, $7228, Unica Home
Image courtesy of Unica Home.
House on Wheels: The Supertramp by Lehman B
Posted: August 17, 2010 Filed under: Art | Tags: Art, caravan, Lehman B, living, project, Supertramp 2 Comments
House on wheels: The Supertramp caravan
I’ve been meaning to post this for a long while now (thanks to Claudine for sending me the link) and I think it now ties in especially well with Johanne’s recent cabana-to-go post.
The Supertramp is Lehman B’s (or shall I say Jacob Strand’s) statement project promoting social awareness and inspiring “leaner, more liveable life forms”.
The Supertramp is ready to roll
Lehman B's Supertramp: Big enough for two?
Supertramp's interior - it even has a fireplace!
The Supertramp explores the practicality of microsized living
Parking the Supertramp
From what I can tell, the Supertramp went missing at some point this summer. I guess there’s at least one other person who enjoys living in tight spaces.
What do you think?
More information and photos here and here.
Photos courtesy of CubeMe and DesignBoom.
White Cabana- To Go
Posted: August 11, 2010 Filed under: Johanne | Tags: Design, Home, living, Travel, wallpaper, white motor home 7 Comments
OAS collection wallpapers drape the inside of this delightful White Cabana on wheels.
While researching for the wallpaper post appearing next week I found these lovely examples of wallpaper as the backdrop to various interiors of this oval white motor home trailer.
Wouldn’t you love a white cabana to go?
P.S. Thank you to Jordana here at White Cabana for taking me on this wonderful white blogging trip: I’ll go anywhere with you in this white white world!
Images courtesy of Scandinavian Wallpaper & Decor.
Philippe Starck Prive Collection
Posted: July 22, 2010 Filed under: Design | Tags: couch, furniture, Home, living, Philippe Starck, sofa Leave a comment
prive collection philippe starck
Image courtesy of Freshome.
White Cabana 