New Shop Alert: Design*Lab by Caroline DeCesare, in Mesa's FOUND building The FOUND building in Mesa is the most inspiring and creative place in town, a vintage brick beauty where a furniture shop, interior designer, family photographer, framer and architect all live in happy, help-each-other symbiosis. You will leave wanting to get married and have children to put in pretty frames on your pretty wallpaper in your pretty house. There's a new shop in the mix: Design*Lab by DeCesare Design Group, which opens today. I went for a preview last night and overheard someone say this: "I just walked into my wet dream." Friends, I can't say it better than that. There are nautical pillows, piles of black and white stationery, bins of ribbon, Pantone ... Continue reading →
This is an iconic song but Rita is making it her own. Nice job. I wonder who is singing back up. Nice blend of voices. I wonder if Rita would perform at the Sierra Nevada Brewery, she would be great in the Big Room. Tones4me1 23 hours ago Continue reading →
Another killer collaboration to do our wallets in: West Elm has joined with 20X200 (a smart and stylish spot to buy original art starting at $20) to offer a limited series by indie artists. The pieces come framed (awesome), start at $59, range in size from 16 by 20 to 30 by 40, and hit West Elm stores (and the internet) Aug. 22. I have big eyes for the pink and black abstracts and the freeway photo, of all things. (It's Atlanta, but oh, Arizona -- it could be!) These are my favorites: NY.10#26 and NY.10 #28 by Jennifer Sanchez Spot by Carol Padberg Atlanta 15a and Atlanta 22a by Bert Teunissen And -- not offered by West Elm, but another of my 20X200 faves ... Continue reading →