Schoolhouse Electric

They're more than just lighting now! Great new furniture and decor from Schoolhouse Electric.

HenryBuilt

Beautiful furniture from Seattle based HenryBuilt. 

Oly Studio

Some excellent tables from CA based Oly Studio.

Shakers

The purity and simplicity in Shaker design, along with the drive for perfection in all things they created is truly fascinating to me. The Shakers left behind some amazing works, the Round Stone Barn at Hancock Shaker Village (top image) among the most impressive. Would love to visit someday.

Canvas...On Sale

Some great stuff is available (on sale) from Canvas on Gilt Groupe. Such clean, elegant pieces.

Desired: American Modern

Clockwise from Top Left: Iron & Rope Mirror, Restoration Hardware; Navajo Rug, Dash & Albert; Glazed Pitcher; Thomas O'Brien Side Table, Target; Petrified Wood Dish, Jayson Home & Garden; Theron Arm Chair, Jayson Home & Garden.

Unis for Sit & Read

Brooklyn based furniture retailer Sit & Read has collaborated with fashion label Unis on a series of vintage chairs covered in fabric from Unis' Spring collection. What a great concept and some very good looking chairs. 

images: sitandreadfurniture.blogspot.com

Restoration Hardware

There are some great pieces over at Restoration Hardware that are classic and fresh. I am def in love with this stainless steamer trunk.

images: restorationhardware.com

Nightwood

Nightwood is a really unique business based in Brooklyn that creates reconstructed furniture and textiles made of salvaged materials. Couches, chairs, credenzas, dressers, benches, shelving...all really beautiful work! It's Rough-hewn meets refined.

images: nightwoodny.com

Mod Man

Inspired by watching many an episode of Mad Men, vintage modern furniture and my own interest in the 1960s, I give you my take on a 60s inspired Bachelor Pad.

From Top, Left to Right: Side Chair, Crate & Barrel; Lamp, CB2; Pillows, Jonathan Adler & CB2; Chair, IKEA; Floor Lamp, Anthropologie; Side Tables, West Elm; Sofa, Urban Outfitters; Coffee Table, Urban Outfitters; Clock, IKEA; Vintage GQ magazine, Ebay; Bowl, Jonathan Adler; Flower Pot, IKEA; Paint by Numbers Art, Ebay.

Wrapped Up

No Way! Furniture that looks like brown paper packages!  The "paper" is actually fabric and the package itself is made of soft foam. This is totally amazing. I would love to see these used as auxiliary seating in a modern space or even as an ottoman or coffee table.

images: apartmentthrapy.com

Dressers

So I've been looking for a dresser on craigslist and I'm not having much luck. (There are so many ugly ikea dressers to sift through!) I did find this beaut though.

This is really more of a credenza, but I quite like it. At $275, it's way over my budget though. Drat.

image: craigslist.org