Purr-Klempt

When a company willingly sells you 3/4 of a yard of fabric

without a cut fee or a snotty refusal...it's expensive.

Which is exactly why it took me so long to order this silk velvet.

Nothing else would do for these stools.

Not that I didn't look. I did. A lot.

When I misplaced the original sample when the remodel began...

...the showroom sent me this picture to confirm the fabric.

And confirm I did...with tears in my eyes and divorce court in sight.

If you have felt the infamous Clarence House Jaguar Velours Soie,

though, handmade in Italy, then you are just as purr-klempt as I am.

Thanksgiving

I'd like to thank my family, friends, clients, blog, dog, fish

and frog for making my life worth every crazy moment.

I hope you are all thankful, too.

Baker Table and Chairs

We bought a vintage Michael Taylor for Baker dining table a few years ago.

Just recently, during a visit to one of my dealers, I ran into six dining chairs

from the same collection. Sold. Load 'em up.

They have been refinished and reupholstered with yards of

blue cotton velvet from Kravet, Cambridge flat braid from

Samuel & Sons and antique brass nailheads.

Just in time for the holidays.

One big happy family. Reunited.

TAG SALE!

PAIR OF INCREDIBLE VINTAGE ISLAMIC LAMPS

-FABULOUS CONDITION

- NEW LUCITE BASES

- REWIRED

- CUSTOM SILK DRUM SHADES

- HOTTER THAN AN ISLAMIC DESERT HOT

-27 1/2" T X 23" W X 13 1/2" D

$1150/PAIR

SEXY SILHOUETTE

LUSCIOUS ORIGINAL FINIALS

UNUSUAL ENGRAVINGS

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PAIR OF GLAMOROUS VINTAGE CHAIRS

- REUPHOLSTERED IN GROVES BROS' MONFERATO

(A FORTUNY STYLE COTTON THAT,

PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE IS SUPERIOR TO FORTUNY...)

- DOWN & FEATHER WRAPPED CUSHION

- 23" D X 33 1/2" H X 29" W

SOLD!!!

NEW ESPRESSO FINISH ON LEGS

& REALLY SEXY SHOULDERS

THIS CHAIR HAS PASSED THE OFFICIAL

INTERIOR DESIGN-COCKTAIL TEST.

I HAD A GREYHOUND IN IT AND FELT VERY

BILLY BALDWIN/FRANCES ELKINS-Y.

A Little Thing

Sometimes it's the little things that do it for me.

This Paul McCobb brass stool by the Calvin Company did just that...

I had the brass x-base replated and the cushion reupholstered in

Dedar's silk ikat in charcoal.

Disclaimer: If it's little it better be good.