You Can Take The Girl Off The Beach...

Lulu De Kwiatkowski

Sometimes after a glorious weekend, you're just not ready to leave the beach, or it's the middle of winter and you long for those lazy, hazy summer days.  Do what Lulu did ~ a photo taken by her friend, Frick Byers became a wall mural in her small, boxy dining room.  I love how it creates not only an interesting horizontal plane but ignites your imagination.
Looking at those crashing waves in the room is almost as calming as being by the waters edge, without all the blowing sand and birds circling around.

Branching Out

Trailheads

Patrick Dougherty weaves magical structures with twigs and saplings.  An art form that took shape while Mr. Dougherty was building a home. " My dream was to build a house- I didn't realize my real dream was to become a sculptor."

Close Ties

The Summer Palace

Red Maple is the material of choice.  Patrick brings his own sticks or harvests material on site, if available.  Each creation is site specific.

Call of the Wild

Nine Lives

His fantastically fluid, whimsical shapes can reach up to 40 feet tall and take 3 weeks to build.

Easy Does It

Owache

And 2 to 3 years to break down naturally and disappear.

Uff-Da Palace

Patrick has gained world wide recognition and created over 200 Stick sculptures.

 These simple (yet, not so simple), organic works of art in nature calm you, force you to take a moment  to enjoy the beauty of the sculpture for what it is; amazing and breathtaking, for soon it will be gone.

1st Dibs Comes Calling

Ask any decorator where they find inspiration and 1st Dibs is high on the list.  The online antique and vintage marketplace finds a home in the New York Design Center.  It occupies the 10th floor and represents 54 1st Dibs dealers; the best of the best, culled from around the world.  It is laid out like a marketplace, much like the Paris flea markets that inspired 1st Dibs creator, Michael Bruno.  There is also an art space for rotating exhibits.

The selection is vast and varied.  Is it French period you seek?

Middle Eastern or Anglo Indian, African, or anything in between?

Delightful Deco or Nouveau, Modernist, or Mid Century?

With a lot of natural light flooding the selling floor, it is really nice to be able to see every detail.  It is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and it is a treat!  Just a stroll around the floor is fun.  You never know when you are going to find something you never knew you needed that is going to make your room sing!

If you can't make it in, you can be an armchair decorator from the comfort of your couch, still visiting the dealers from around the globe that take part in the online marketplace.  New merchandise is posted about once a week with a Saturday sale as well.