Celerie Gets Me

Have you checked out the new Lonny? I must admit it wasn't my all-time favorite issue, but it did contain an article featuring one of my favorite interior designers - Celerie Kemble. I'm not sure what it is about her style that I love - usually it's pretty much everything. She's not afraid of color and texture and taking a risk here and there. Here are some shots from the apartment featured in the newest Lonny:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/517504016/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/24488391693439417_FGah9gye_c.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/32-nov-dec-2011-issue/pages/1#p63" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">lonnymag.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/myinteriorlife/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Kathy</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div></div><br />Now, granted this is not the most saturated or colorful room she's ever designed, but I still love it. She's definitely going with the black and white and neutral thing a bit more lately. And here's the bedroom . . .<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/522250630/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/24488391693440345_jYC08gPE_c.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/32-nov-dec-2011-issue/pages/1#p68" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">lonnymag.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/myinteriorlife/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Kathy</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div></div><br />I think this look is very much in keeping with her new book which just came out November 1st. Have you picked it up yet? It's on my Christmas list for sure. And the title? You guessed it . . .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JkF22yzZZev7GfwqRIQAJyHcM2cwvk_h3wmapnHUSoyEDw0OPaRYlN4uiphZ2KjwyeGPUfCfeYzA1_luyUOszKfFtBpUCSagDH_PRz4bwIsTj5iip3e8wCZEtqCpswJiXEhoZ0WKkjQP/s640/Black_and_White_Book_Cover.jpg" width="526" /><a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/">http://kembleinteriors.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Does anyone else see the similarities here? Is the apartment in Lonny the same one in the book just re-painted and re-styled? Or did the same people just move somewhere else and this is their furniture re-arranged? It doesn't really matter, but it's sort of like playing a fun little design game of Eye Spy. Just goes to show different furniture pieces can work in different rooms with different accessories. I love it. I'll have to actually get the book to investigate further.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And why do I say in the title that Celerie "gets" me? Of course, it's her use of dolphin tables in her designs.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/522460014/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/24488391693440384_g12C2doF_c.jpg" width="554" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celerie's dolphin looks a bit more menacing than mine with the teeth and all.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/32-nov-dec-2011-issue/pages/1#p63" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">lonnymag.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/myinteriorlife/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Kathy</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxor5RdDUf0Fq6H34ffbJTpqPWAXtbZxTf-N7l9r_vvgiUXFYkcRw1v_9XnjvFC6r2v5v_H2fuxuiap8ku3_GgKKzqWFo7Ltdxx3VetPx4Y_2rSVjCrSzLMy-3ZrdoTnpM1rypfPNJSI21/s1600/IMG_0597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxor5RdDUf0Fq6H34ffbJTpqPWAXtbZxTf-N7l9r_vvgiUXFYkcRw1v_9XnjvFC6r2v5v_H2fuxuiap8ku3_GgKKzqWFo7Ltdxx3VetPx4Y_2rSVjCrSzLMy-3ZrdoTnpM1rypfPNJSI21/s400/IMG_0597.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's my dolphin table when it resided in our antique booth.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I'm happy to report that my dolphin table will be coming back home soon from its temporary stay at my husband's office (where I know the ladies who work there will be so glad to see it go). Look, I know the dolphin table is not for everyone and doesn't suit everyone's taste, but that's exactly what I love about it. Isn't that what makes the world go round? Anyway, I like that Celerie enjoys a little bit of the funky stuff too. Is there something that you love that raises eyebrows among your friends and family?</div>

Celerie Gets Me

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Who Knew?

Thank you all for your sage advice about this <a href="http://myinteriorlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/opinions-please.html">"fish table."</a> I really do appreciate you weighing in. So, did I get it?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tOesXwfmN3nRQj8V7Qv3lRJZlLkd2PN0yJ8nvHffL4akx5D2UTC2Adnvi4e4cbOcsu5xjwkCeyUUFoGkC5s8WPltHbZ-4g109yt9cdmz4Bu06GS_7d3ijin-AZrr5R8AAostqP5URKsZ/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tOesXwfmN3nRQj8V7Qv3lRJZlLkd2PN0yJ8nvHffL4akx5D2UTC2Adnvi4e4cbOcsu5xjwkCeyUUFoGkC5s8WPltHbZ-4g109yt9cdmz4Bu06GS_7d3ijin-AZrr5R8AAostqP5URKsZ/s400/photo.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Well, sort of. I don't officially have it yet. Because of my son's birthday party on Saturday and family visiting, I couldn't make it back to the estate sale. However, the nice estate sale lady is giving me until Friday to pick it up. So, on Friday it will be mine, or some other lucky person's as it is going straight from its old home to its new home in the <a href="http://myinteriorlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-for-business.html">antique booth</a>.<br /><br />And by the way, I tried to find some examples of these tables on 1st Dibs by searching "fish table."I found nothing. But, my partner in crime <a href="http://timmythewienerdog.blogspot.com/">Bri,</a> of course, found some for me. She's a super sleuth/treasure hunter. It turns out these are dolphins not fish. Silly me.<br /><br />Here are some examples from <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_search.php?catcount=0&subSearchKey=dolphin&solds=2&cat_dif_count=0&A=0&B=0&C=0&D=0&E=0&F=0&H=0&J=0&I=0&G=0&K=0&stype=1&cur_tab=&RL=1302706800&start=0&rows=120&numresults=120&type=2&stype=1&dm=&dpr=&dpr_no=&m=F&periodselect=">1st Dibs</a> . . .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI4h7ObN2Cuj1IZFn-7bAJ0_15TBCC15-fHE0zJZPZWkdrw2xROd3H-l_XKSlkUANIr-fKzSpMAseyocULx0If3ojP4MjgnS5MQmZrwOZwjWE4s3ZxgeOwqB4c5AKmW9qmdIeq2NZ5ttG/s1600/IMG_2754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI4h7ObN2Cuj1IZFn-7bAJ0_15TBCC15-fHE0zJZPZWkdrw2xROd3H-l_XKSlkUANIr-fKzSpMAseyocULx0If3ojP4MjgnS5MQmZrwOZwjWE4s3ZxgeOwqB4c5AKmW9qmdIeq2NZ5ttG/s400/IMG_2754.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> This table is pretty darn similar to the one I found. Except there are two of these. They are selling for $5,800 for the pair!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Apparently, these dolphin tables are considered Italian "Grotto" furniture, consisting of fantasy pieces that showcase oceanic subjects. You learn something new everyday, I guess. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More examples . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYg2gQYgbtqlBPe96zUnC-_T_0ifX565WPT-SLVZFH3-NMUflxTFJGpjq28l6aWrFQpFPOKfWUYLtaXIaifX46VOBdPjyUvWwx69KnxPMAa5dhk6IRlGunOZUfwtngxLq2p8gdecbpLMG/s1600/XXX_8246_1301511696_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYg2gQYgbtqlBPe96zUnC-_T_0ifX565WPT-SLVZFH3-NMUflxTFJGpjq28l6aWrFQpFPOKfWUYLtaXIaifX46VOBdPjyUvWwx69KnxPMAa5dhk6IRlGunOZUfwtngxLq2p8gdecbpLMG/s400/XXX_8246_1301511696_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndhAzA-6hYvY7HqEFzVwEECey98zTqEX2f4O6__gN4GWgoZmsnZFZsDQpanEA9PDWkUQSV8kKZNJsDBsAQHd-HQebHVF_cOJH376AWtf4Su8UrlxKCyPlrLGRl8qYRk39K2vph-36Z8IR/s1600/8447_1296510592_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndhAzA-6hYvY7HqEFzVwEECey98zTqEX2f4O6__gN4GWgoZmsnZFZsDQpanEA9PDWkUQSV8kKZNJsDBsAQHd-HQebHVF_cOJH376AWtf4Su8UrlxKCyPlrLGRl8qYRk39K2vph-36Z8IR/s400/8447_1296510592_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I knew this type of table looked familiar, and then it hit me. One of my favorite rooms by Celerie Kemble has a pair of "dolphin" lamp tables that I have long coveted. Of course, they are a Chinese red-orange and not brass, but if you're so inclined you can always paint them (as <a href="http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/">Naomi from Design Manifest</a> suggested). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UDtXDLgTyUMClO1r5k9zGGk-IEST9XOTvubYplcBChQSgg6yRi5OZTSBqTRdaQ9v-ZKmKp8nWbZs94ExqDSKDUbfQmJ83Lti77WHj2FSAerFHvpurINKQul8zS7wtCQGEQcvGkEG0X8o/s1600/screenreaderd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UDtXDLgTyUMClO1r5k9zGGk-IEST9XOTvubYplcBChQSgg6yRi5OZTSBqTRdaQ9v-ZKmKp8nWbZs94ExqDSKDUbfQmJ83Lti77WHj2FSAerFHvpurINKQul8zS7wtCQGEQcvGkEG0X8o/s400/screenreaderd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>So, if you're looking for some fantasy in your own life, stop by <a href="http://myinteriorlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-for-business.html">my booth</a> and the Grotto dolphin table is yours. I'll give you a much better deal than 1st Dibs!<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_search.php?catcount=0&subSearchKey=dolphin&solds=2&cat_dif_count=0&A=0&B=0&C=0&D=0&E=0&F=0&H=0&J=0&I=0&G=0&K=0&stype=1&cur_tab=&RL=1302706800&start=0&rows=120&numresults=120&type=2&stype=1&dm=&dpr=&dpr_no=&m=F&periodselect=">1st Dibs</a>, <a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/">Kemble Interiors</a></span></i>

Who Knew?

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Chair Envy

<span style="font-size: large;">I know it's a sin to covet. I was raised Catholic, I know my 10 Commandments. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">But, oh, how I covet my friend Becky's new (old) chair. It is so cool. I love its unique shape. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNlwKO8PMr-BHWNC6fm7Rwi04d_HZ9PTRuwBd0teKBqxmXywdWlVT2vIING5hzcf2Wg2JrJLzDvymrALjOysXXibiKRNLltD5yt1ZgIe9ANe1oY0VsTOd9vNEXaeCfjToUbnrswq8u8/s1600/IMG_4794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkNlwKO8PMr-BHWNC6fm7Rwi04d_HZ9PTRuwBd0teKBqxmXywdWlVT2vIING5hzcf2Wg2JrJLzDvymrALjOysXXibiKRNLltD5yt1ZgIe9ANe1oY0VsTOd9vNEXaeCfjToUbnrswq8u8/s400/IMG_4794.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">What makes it even harder? She found this chair today while we were shopping <i>together</i>. We had hit a local school's yard sale and had barely been there five minutes when she spotted this chair and decided she needed it. I agreed immediately. If she didn't get it, I would have. Other women there were eyeballing it, but Becky got it - fair and square - for $50! In the world of treasure-hunting, you've got to be fast and fierce. As the saying goes, you snooze, you lose.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFgQceDPfRagCia9QG3Pk19a6NEHIJP_VSriSoC99msMbAMPwvoOCNI_3zfgbiabDMC9xmlp-nuHZcUJZOqfoEIm-yVuGs-ttBSYRS5m0oKo1ajRZpFVG_9z1QWwg9XxrKCef0kFVNvA/s1600/IMG_4795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFgQceDPfRagCia9QG3Pk19a6NEHIJP_VSriSoC99msMbAMPwvoOCNI_3zfgbiabDMC9xmlp-nuHZcUJZOqfoEIm-yVuGs-ttBSYRS5m0oKo1ajRZpFVG_9z1QWwg9XxrKCef0kFVNvA/s400/IMG_4795.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within seconds, I knew where I had seen this same style of chair before . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMMtI1flgLRDctZvT-JTUZKC1XKM-q5r8iYnwAxonyJAAqD1ugHOteOpe2BzUMBjtfwpfKjRXFKOidHx_e8cgBRlz6brZXhobW72beQNZrZvtoBEexFtjKE7S0zC8TXYhUX0wvUt2MEk/s1600/milli_2_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMMtI1flgLRDctZvT-JTUZKC1XKM-q5r8iYnwAxonyJAAqD1ugHOteOpe2BzUMBjtfwpfKjRXFKOidHx_e8cgBRlz6brZXhobW72beQNZrZvtoBEexFtjKE7S0zC8TXYhUX0wvUt2MEk/s400/milli_2_0018.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite interior designers, Celerie Kemble, featured a pair of these chairs on the cover of her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Celerie-Kemble-Creating-Modern-Traditional/dp/0307394425/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254255049&sr=8-1">To Your Taste</a>. When I made this realization, I was even a little more jealous. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">After the chair was safely in the car, we made our way to a fabric store to check out re-upholstery options. We found a great little suzani print with vibrant colors that I think will really make her chair pop. Here's the tiny swatch they gave her.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd-Hqe5SygNTd9nZt0hYhXqhY-KBNmBvdXo8Uk3ujDNk0QskbfDeuMRkkQxTQqKCAiAc34cAWuqdzwcGIApcv8o-NG9h2MnnMvDFbmJiCpdHmIbVJt85mkIoyFyO9EwyNkjm-ElGD3cs/s1600/IMG_4799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd-Hqe5SygNTd9nZt0hYhXqhY-KBNmBvdXo8Uk3ujDNk0QskbfDeuMRkkQxTQqKCAiAc34cAWuqdzwcGIApcv8o-NG9h2MnnMvDFbmJiCpdHmIbVJt85mkIoyFyO9EwyNkjm-ElGD3cs/s400/IMG_4799.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once she gets it reupholstered, I'll be sure to share an after photo. I just know it will be fabulous. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do you think? Are you as jealous of her find as I am? And I'm not usually the jealous type. I threatened to steal the chair, but I only live a few houses away so I feel sure she'd find it rather quickly.  I guess visiting it from time to time will have to suffice. Sigh. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Chair Envy

I know it's a sin to covet. I was raised Catholic, I know my 10 Commandments.  But, oh, how I covet my friend Becky's new (old) chai...

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