I am admittedly challenged when it comes to accessorizing my home. I love doing the big things: furniture, lighting, and color schemes, but when it comes to putting on the final touches I lack all creativity. I know what I like and dislike, it’s just that I lack the patience to place things just so- and even worse to shop for them. When I came across these decorative globes from The Conran Shop it was a eureka moment. I am so tired of seeing those shell balls ( see I don’t even know what the technical term is) I could die. Lets just hope everyone doesn’t get these as it is nice to be somewhat unique when accessorizing.

Sophisticated, simplicity describes this original design from Emmerson Troop. Available in both red and white, the floor lamp has a shiny lacquered wood base and comes with a white linen shade. Custom colors are available upon request. Price is $1,800. Absolutely beautiful!

The Paris Apartment is closing it’s doors in Manhattan. Fortunately, we can still tap into Claudia’s Parisian design inspiration and see her great finds through her new blog, objets du jour. There are many wonderful lucite and mirrored pieces for sale from the soon-to-close boutique, so visit her site to see what’s available. Bonne chance!

How fun are these!

The Apollo rocking chair from apt-ny.com comes in tons of fun colors and retails for $298.
For added whimsy and comfort, get the matching footstool. Perfect for a teen entertainment area or anywhere you just want to rock out.

While perusing Style-files, a great design site for inspiration and cool finds, we found this listing incredibly appealing. While the house is in Sussex, England, it portrays Danielle de Lange’s , owner of the Style-files, love of Scandinavian Design. This clean, simple, approach to decorating a vacation or beach home really resonates with us. It demonstrates the pure use of light, color and simple lines to create a soothing environment, what more could you want or desire in a second home.

John Stefanidis, London based interior designer, has created a wonderful online fabric collection based on his many travels. His animated line of prints are produced in amazing color combinations. Best of all, the website offers a demo function, where you can insert any of your own images (i.e. room settings) with the fabric collections to get a better visual of how your home would look with any JS fabric. Shown here; Hong Kong Netherton Oyster, Baskets in Charcoal, and Jaisilmir in Lime. Prices approx. $140 per yard.

When choosing to keep or change your home to be environmentally friendly, one should really begin with the children. I have started cleaning my kids bath tub with an all natural cleanser Greenwood Naturals made by EO Products.. Who wants them soaking in harmful, often toxic residues. See Green Your Home for tips on keeping a green home. A natural progression would be organic bedding and green furniture that uses non-voc paints. One site I came across satisfying all my needs was Pixel Organics.

We’ve seen quite a few coral chandeliers lately, but none like this exquisite piece from Todd Merrill’s Collection. Made in France, circa 1950’s, this coral/twig antique chandelier boasts an incredibly dense configuration of branches. Mounted with nine candelabra fixtures and shown here in an ivory satin finish. Newly wired, item can be refinished in any custom color. Five available. $7,500 each.

With a passion for photography, Lumas began with a goal of making art more accessible to a new generation of collectors. They have selected a group of works from established artists, well represented in galleries, as well as young up-and-comers in the field of fine art photography. All photos selected are hand signed by the artist. The following images are works by Peter Von Felbert and Rafael Neff.

Lucite Stags Head from New York’s SoHo shop Distant Origin. In addition to their full scale interior design services, Distant Origin carries a wonderful selection of modern home furnishings and accessories. Here’s a peak inside the shop…