The Most Chic Shopping Cart You Never Did See (Until Now)

One day designer Xavier Degueldre was asked by his young son where Les Chariots de Supermarche (French for Shopping Cart:) go when they die.  After learning they have a meager lifespan of 10 to 15 years he decided to do something about it.   After much prototype development and testing he came up with several clever chairs crafted from retired carts. And in honor of the original question, there are child size options.
This perfect blend of post-consumer waste upcycling and uber chic design is a perfect ambassador for the eco design world, no?

All are numbered and can be custom ordered in colors of your choosing.  They run between $750 - $1400Euros.

Etoile - child sized roller chairs

Cowhide! 

The Haussmann & Versailles I 

The perfect dining al fresco set up for your chateau lawn:-)
CRAZY about this green! 

Upcyling a Jet - Malibu Style and Earth911

It's time to break the silence on the Southern Front.  It's been a busy, kid monopolized summer, but here's something amazing for your enlightenment nevertheless - - -

Have you seen the Wing House in Malibu?  Designed by David Hertz of the Studio of Environmental Architecture in Venice Beach,  it is largely constructed from a dismantled Boeing 747. 

Many of the large pieces had to be flown in by helicopter.  Hertz was devoted to upcycling as much of the jet as possible, even making a fire pit on the patio out of parts.  You can read a shortie about the house on my new favorite eco blog -  Earth911 - More Ideas, Less Waste. 

Click to watch a video tour of this magnificent house

I wonder how many centuries it will take to save up enough pennies to hire SEA to make a beautiful house & studio for me - - -

Credit Where It's Due - I Heart Fink

You know how I like to promote a product or creative spirit that excites or entertains me.  Here's a new one.  I Heart Fink is a fantastic Etsy designer boutique of beautiful handmade clothing you just have to see!  Link to Fink (sorry:-/)  and you will be amazed.  I'm particularly enamored of the mod shapes shown here.

anemone print tunic

These girls hand print fabric with original designs, eschew formal patterns and, of course, in true Etsy style, everything is completely one-of-a-kind.  We like that.

mod cowl neck tunic dress

denim jacket

QUOTidienne - Charles Eames

Studio Shots - Cut 2

Not much to say today I guess - just working, working, working!  Snaps of business at hand:

HodgePodge-y: Marc Jacobs & 50s Chair

This post makes no sense no matter what angle you approach it from, but I guess that's my day today.

First - LOVE this 1955 Chair by Martin Eisler.  I'm not sure it's very comfortable, but it sure is sleek and groovy

Second - Marc Jacobs and the Pilgrim Shoe thing for Fall - what do we think about that???  I just can't get excited.  I do like the cropped leg with them, and they DO look comfortable compared to the monster platform trend, but... hmmm.  The floral textured vamp ones are fun, but still - on the fence.  Pink?  Maybe.  Will have to try on.

More furniture, Kartell etc. 007? Are you there?

I know everyone's seen these a GAzillion times, but I just love them, don't you!?  Of course I like the silver much better than white.  And I swear I've seen them in Orange somewhere...

Companibili Storage - Kartell

Capri sectional from ABC Carpet & Home

While trolling ABC Carpet & Home I also found this beautiful sofa - notice the lovely curved end.  One could entertain Mr. Bond himself on this beauty:-}  Gasp* did I really just write that?? 

Defining Neutral

My friend, John Knott, a notable Houston furniture designer and artist extraordinaire, says silver is his beige.  He mentioned this one day when we were looking at his metallic silver-painted brick  fireplace and I realized that silver has always been a neutral for me too.  Any shade of silver from gunmetal to chrome will do.  I'm pathologically allergic to bronze, brass and most gold colors!  They just rub me wrong for some reason.  Ok, so I think leopard is a neutral also, but that's another post...

see - look how neutral that little leopard candle looks with the Pronghorn skull and antique Navaho pottery!

At any rate - I finally found an everyday purse that I love - a SILVER Calvin Klein number snagged for a song at Marshalls.  It's the perfect NEUTRAL!   Here is a celebration of a few silvers (mostly chrome I guess!) in my life.....

the purse on my favorite Deco physician's cabinet

chrome industrial kitchen shelving - the most heavy duty shelving you can get

favorite deco lamp with weird mother-of-pearl shade w/ chrome bands

chrome in it's best incarnation - deco frames

I've collected 40s/50s chrome cocktail shakers and coffee pots for ages!  LOVE them

heavy on the silver.....

The fabulous charcoal 50s looking barkcloth in the lamp photo is a wonderful fabric done by MelinaMade, a little company in California that hand-silkscreens vintage 50s prints.  She has a small collection and every print is great!  I've had that one, Charcoal Boomerang, for over 10 years and still adore it.  An acquaintance on Etsy makes pillows from some of Melina's fabrics too, along with original barkcloth. 

Find her here:  Atomic Livin' Home!    
Thanks for hanging in for this long post:-)

Mid Mod Trailer Birdhouse - Divine!

My Mid Century Modern Design dream - in miniature:-)   How fantastic is this?  For the most discerning birds....

from Jumahl on Etsy

 
Someday I will have that Airstream I've always dreamed about.

HA HA HA FUNNY

"Hers were always the saddest of post-modern birthdays"

Droll Design
Please, whatever you do today, look at Unhappy Hipsters blog - it's hysterical!   I promise I laughed out loud at least a few times during a scroll through.  To the left, a sampling.

By Hook or by ... Dishes?

This is an amazing pair of art deco celluloid hooks I found at a very crowded, dirty, falling down (really, truly we thought the roof might cave, and there was a toddler running around touching all the breakables - scary adventure!) antique shop recently.  Aren't they to die?

Photographed on my 50s sparkle vinyl chairs that have been re-soldered twice to keep the legs alive and sittin'.

And since we're still on the theme of blue and vintage... here are my beloved 50s plates:

The top are, of course, the ever popular Franciscan Starburst pattern.  I fell in love with these as a kid and finally grabbed some when I lived in Prescott, Arizona, a little cowboy town in paradise.  A huge box of them for $100, which was a complete steal!  I felt guilty walking out with 40 lbs. of Franciscan at such a bargain, even back then, in the 90s.  The other two patterns shall remain nameless because I don't want you to go buying them all up!!!!!  HA!   We collectors are a vicious bunch ain't we?!