High to Low: Individual Butter Dishes
Ah yes, the season of celebrations has commenced. I look forward to a parade of intimate dinners with family and friends, as I’ll be celebrating ten birthdays, anniversaries, Thanksgiving and finally Christmas (it is coming sooner than you think)! For dressing our tables for these more formal parties, wouldn’t these individual butter dishes be a perfect table accessory? Take a look, these dishes range from $5 to $420, can you tell which is which?
What Happens in Vegas……
The Moon Nightclub at Palms Las Vegas has a very interesting bar. The staggered hexagonal mirrors act as a lighting source and as shelves.
Edda Carafes
The Edda Carafes are simplistic and pure in design. Kiri wood balls sit atop the clear glasses, which could be used for water on the night table, or whatever purpose you may find for these pretty little things. They come in a set of three starting at 7.5″ tall to 11″. From Anthropologie.
Tree Stump End Table
I finally found a set of reading chairs for our office after much searching, but they were so unique I had a hard time deliberating what ottoman to get. That was when I remembered tree stump tables. Of course! Distinctive on their own and very fashionable, the tree stump end table was a perfect solution. All that was required was to select a marbling wood that complemented the frame of the chairs.
Blue Frog Restaurant & Bar
Blue Frog Restaurant and Bar in Mumbai is treat for the senses. The fine dining haute spot is filled with a semicircle of undulating cellular booths at different sizes and heights that gathers around a central stage for live musical performances.
Cuelight Pool Table for Esquire
Esquire’s most recent Ultimate Bachelor Pad is now unveiled in SoHo and is it ever dressed to impress. In the main area you’ll find the Cuelight Pool Table by Obscura Digital. Special sensors track the movement of the billiard balls below, the sensors then activate the projector above that creates the illusions you see. You can customize the reactions to look like water, streaks of lights, or make movement reveal an image. Obscure digital is known for their inovative creations that help companies advertise in new and different ways, that is how this works so well for Esquire, just pop a picture in of the latest cover. iJustine toured the Esquire SoHo house (check out the amazing black glossy ceiling at 2:56 on her video) and featured this pool table. The Cuelight projector can be installed over an existing pool table, you just need a place above to mount it. You know, I could totally see Google picking up acouple of these for their staff.
Bandini Italian Faucets
Bandini is an opulent Italian company that carries many striking bath faucets and fittings. Take the Seta for example. The modern broken rectangle design is an elegant composition of chrome. The straight reserved lines of thise faucet has been coxed to bend with the water to the basin, and the operating lever has bent the opposite direction, giving the faucet a wonderful balance.
Quill Flatware
I love the feathered quill design on this hansome flatware design, even though I have a hard time thinking about the term feathered in a positive way now (I was the feathered hair child of the 80’s for a long time). Pottery Barn’s own very own design is a great transitional flatware that can go from casual to glamorous depending on the dressed table.
Vessel Sink in a Kitchen
Designer Cynthia Leibrock has spent three years renovating Green Mountain Ranch to be a universally designed home they can live in for the rest of their lives. It is a beautiful home that marries function and gorgeous aesthetics in the best design relationship I have seen. The kitchen is another great example of accessibility and looks. There are few upper cabinets, but the lowers are made of Santos Rosewood and that veneer has been carried up to the ceiling to continue the look of the interesting grains of the wood. What I love the most about this kitchen is the Timpani Vessel Lavatory Sink by Kohler that sits on the antimicrobial countertop. Usually used in bathrooms, this sink becomes a fun prep sink for guests to use if they are helping out without getting in the way of the hostess. Bowls on counters as a accent are common, but this is a new twist that will get plenty of use.