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Is it just me or do the windows and chandelier in photo 1 look photoshopped..?

I get it shagreen is a beautiful material - and I have used faux shagreen on multiple projects. But why even suggest to use actual shark skin or sting ray skin. Can you even argue that these animals are sustainably harvested in a human way?

Why not just promote the fantastic faux shagreen options or a DIY method? The idea of sustainably harvesting fish from depleted oceans just really misses the boat.

I used to live a few blocks from this store. As a fellow designer, I often pressed my face up to the glass to catcha glimpse inside. The store appeared as more of a design studio with sales reps walking around - so I was always intimidated to enter. Most of their fabrics were from kravet - cute but a little cheesy.

$59 is a lot for a pillow...however really think about it. These are textile designers, there is significant effort to coming up with the textile design, then the manufacturing, then the shipping, and fill, and marketing efforts. If you want a cheap pillow walk to a big box store and buy one. The fill will probably ball up and get lumpy, the stitches will stretch and the fabric will pill.

Good design is worth paying for! Especially Alexander Girard. I bought that pillow and it was worth every penny. It is a classic piece. I know I will be getting my money's worth when I reuse it multiple spaces.

Vintage books...I stack them everywhere. I use tham as lifts to elevate accessories, lamps, and to fill voids.

I want this

ooohh I want this so bad...

Vagabond Vintage also has a little more decorative one - and I think it is a little cheaper.
http://www.vagabondvintage.com/pragmtc.htm
However I like the straightedges of the post above.

The base looks like a saarinen inspired afterthough...

I'm obsessed with the tree wall paper from Cole and Sons.

Heatherdazy: Similar versions of that chair are available all over jayson home and garden's website. Unfortunately, they are not very reasonable.

http://www.jaysonhomeandgarden.com/product.php?productid=4526

Hmmm...The "holes" you are referring to are called grommets (sp?) Anway, you can buy grommet covers perhaps at home depot (the black rim that evenly traces over the edge of the hole you made). I would buy a few of these and test it out a few times on some reclaimed scrap wood. The grommet ring should hide scratches caused by the initial cut.

Hope that helps!