FRIDAY FINDS

As always, cool stuff under $30 for your home!

Color Wheel Melamine Round Tray, $24

giant ice cream cone lamp, $30

SET OF 4 MULTI NESTING FRAMES, $29

Pantone Notebook, $15

Fresh Authentic Traditional Savon de Marseille Olive Cube, $12

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COFFEE TABLE BOOK OF THE WEEK: DENNIS HOPPER PHOTOGRAPHS 1961-1967

Dennis Hopper was equally brilliant as a photographer as he was an actor, and this first thorough ten pound, 11″x14″ retrospective proves it. From shots of Warhol and friends at the Factory to Jane Fonda frolicking in Malibu to striking portraits of Paul Newman on set, this collection overflows with fleeting moments of joie de vivre, energy, and madness like no other photographic collection I’ve seen. Text by Tony Shafrazi, Walter Hopps and others puts it all in context and gives us insight into Hopper’s artistic process.

Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967

Decor idea: wallpaper your bathroom walls with images teared out from the book!

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PEEPING TOM: TANA’S HOUSE

FM is proud to present Peeping Tom, a series of reader submitted house tours (on a budget of course!). Tana Nesbitt, the talented interior designer of Luxe Studio and a recent Miami transplant to New York, has shared her gorgeous Miami home with us.

The Black Dining Room

Dining Table + Chairs: garage sale purchases, black spray paint and new cushions
Pendant (also reviewed in our MOMA guide): Tord Boontje Garland, $100
Like the black room look? Get more inspiration from our Black Bedroom post.

 

The Living Room/Library

Paint (walls + ceiling): Behr Jet Black
Cabinets: Ikea (no longer in stock) + Paint in Painter’s Touch Gloss Sun Yellow
LC4 Chaise (a Le Corbusier lookalike): $399.99
Jamestown Black Toile Fabric cover : $8.95/yard
Wassily Chair (Marcel Breuer Wassily lookalike): $375
Ikea Expedit Bookshelf: $129

 

The Blue Bedroom



Paint: Behr Paint in Isle of Capri
Furniture + Accessories: garage sales and thrift stores

 

Stay tuned as Tana puts the finishing touches on her New York digs!

Are you proud of your frugal apartment or home? Get featured in Peeping Tom by emailing us. thefrugalmaterialist@gmail.com.

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HELP JAPAN, BUY ART

We will be posting new opportunities to help Japan as we find them, here is our favorite way to help out today…

Grain Edit design blog reports on Designers for Japan, ‘a collective of imagemakers from around the world’ set out to help out by offering these amazing prints for sale through their site, all proceeds go to Red Cross/Shelterbox. Choose from hundreds of prints starting at £30 for an A2 size (an ample 16″ x 24″ print for just under a hundo). Ships worldwide. Some of our favorites:

Patience and Perseverance by Stockholm design lab

Kamijukucho by Norbert Schoerner

I love Japan by M/M Paris


Buy them here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GET THE LOOK: THE VELVET LOUNGE

A little velvet goes a long way. But you know what goes a long, long way? A lot of velvet—a whole room of velvet. Its soft, plush feel makes it the perfect fabric for a lounging area that will envelop you. Get the look here.

The velvet chaise from Urban Outfitters in gold is a good starting point. $579.

Antoinette Fainting Sofa

These light brown IKEA curtains have heft and will mute bright light. $49.99.

SANELA Pair of curtains

 

A brown velvet lampshade, also from IKEA. $25.00.

KIVSTA Shade

 

Throw in a few velvet pillows like these from CB2. Between $29.95-$39.95.

wave chartreuse 23"x11" pillow

leisure clay 23" pillow

 

This 1960’s velvet clown painting for sale on Amazon takes the kitsch cake. $12.79.

1960s Black Velvet Painting Circus Clown In Original Wood Frame, Signed by Artist

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