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DESIGN AROUND: A STATEMENT LIGHT

by Meghan • July 25, 2011 • 9 Comments

Building a look around a quality statement piece is a good way to anchor a room. When augmented with lower-cost pieces, itâ€™s also a good way to achieve a look thatâ€™s greater than the sum of its parts (i.e. looks more expensive than it is).

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The space-age pendant from Diesel (via Conran Shop) has all the makings of a great statement light: itâ€™s fun, unique and has a distinct presence. At $752, it also ainâ€™t cheap. Add these budget friendly complementary pieces for an overall price tag thatâ€™s a little more Lower East Side than Upper.

Set the tone with this Diesel rock pendant from the Conran Shop. $752

DIESEL ROCK PENDANT

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This settee from Urban Outfitters fits just about anywhere and pairs nicely with additional seating. $579.

Daydreamer Settee - Charcoal

The wooden top of CB2â€™s Tux coffee table softens the roomâ€™s look while the metal legs tie into its modernistic tone. $299.

Tux Coffee Table

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Nature and technology play nicely on this wooden cube clock from Seltzer Studios. $28.00

Wood Cube Clock

This black & white IKEA Stockholm rug is a versatile classic. $199.

IKEA STOCKHOLM RAND

Straight from Marrakesh to youâ€”a red & black leather Moroccan pouf, available onÂ justmorocco.comÂ $110.

Moroccan leather ottomoan

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Friday Finds

FRIDAY FINDS

by Meghan • July 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

Happy Friday everyone. I don’t know about you, but I seem to have an inordinate number of friends with summer birthdays. As a result, here are some cute small gift ideas, all for $25 or less.

This camera case looks like it’d double as a great wallet too. Â Burke Decor, $24.

Big Business Camera Case by Thomas Paul

These cardboard iPod speakers are marked down to $20 ($40). Perfect for your friend that likes music at the beach but doesn’t want to lug the real deal along.

CARDBOARD IPOD BOOM BOX

She said it all right. Get a set of these tile coasters for your funny friends. Someecards, $7.99 each.

TGIF Motherfuckers Tile Coaster

Have a friend who’s always misplacing his keys? Get him this catch-all leaf tray. Moma Store. $12.95

Leaf Tray

This sassy pill key chain from Jonathan Adler really unscrews! $19.95.

enamel pill keychain

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DIY

FM ON FACEBOOK

by Dolly • July 20, 2011 • 397 Comments

Seen any cool rooms you’d like us to recreate frugally? Submit your photos and questions on our facebook page.

Store Profiles

STORE PROFILE: KIOSK SOHO

by Dolly • July 19, 2011 • 4,715 Comments

KIOSK in Soho proves good things come in small packages. tucked away on bustling Spring Street in Soho, it’s easy to miss. Discovering this store is an adventure, just look for the geometric neon sign peeking out from a dark hallway…

KIOSK Soho

…walk up a graffiti filled staircase and enter through a heavy unmarked door.

KIOSK is a secret museum full of tiny treasures from around the world.

Every household item is handpicked and displayed in a store that feels more like your jet-setting friend’s apartment. Each piece is accompanied by a typed note, sometimes whimsical, sometimes profound, describing its origin.

It’s also a great place to get a gift for the person who has everything. Some of our favorites…

These red lamps can be found all over Hong Kong’s food markets. We like them because they’re cool, cheap and easy to hang.

Red Lampshade, $18

Powder Coated Steel Red Can Opener Gangy from Japan.

Can Opener Gangy, $18

According to Kiosk, these map tacks were developed by Edwin Moore of Moore Push-Pins in PA, a company he started in 1900 with $112.60 in hand.

Map Tacks, $9

In the Catholic shrine of FÃ¡tima, Portugal, you can be saved by throwing a wax depiction of your problem into an oven.

Wax Offerings, $18-28

Ideal Notebook from Mexico and Japan Mitsubishi No 460 Pens make for great desk stationery. A nice change from the Moleskine notebooks and even a bit cheaper.

Ideal Notebook and Mitsubishi Pens, $3-9

KIOSK
95 SPRING ST, NY NY 2ND FLOOR
STORE HOURS: MON-SAT 11AM-7PM

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Coffee Table Book of the Week

COFFEE TABLE OF THE WEEK: TOKYO NOBODY

by Dolly • July 19, 2011 • 583 Comments

This week’s coffee table book, Tokyo Nobody, is a collection of Tokyo photographs by Masataka Nakano. If you’re a fan of Tokyo architecture or you’ve ever wondered what a city would look like devoid of people, this book is for you.

Tokyo Nobody

“For 11 years, photographer Masataka Nakano has kept watch for the most impossible of scenes: central Tokyo street scenes inhabited by nobody. These arenâ€™t manipulated composites but rather the result of a dedicated opportunist. Thereâ€™s something very eerie about these desolate moments and their startling absence of congestion, usually so integral to the portrayal of this environment.” (review from Multilink Magazine)