THIS OR THAT: SPOT ON CHAIR VIGNETTES!

Same animal print spotted wallpaper two very different chairs and looks.  Which do you prefer.

One chair vignette is a bright turquoise blue faux bamboo fretwork chair loaded up with fab fashion books and a stack of magazines in the home of interior designer Tiffany Richey.

The other scene is in interior designer Meredith Heron's design office and features a black leather Louis XVI side chair, black bookshelf complete with a carved stone bust.

Does one of these vignettes appeal to you more?  Which might you prefer in your home?

Thibaut - Tanzania Wallpaper - $72 per roll  (black and off white spots. Animal print wall covering)(above)

Oh...by the way...I am LOVING this Thibaut wallpaper.  So wonderful.  Am totally not an animal print or animal spots girl...but I LOVE this wallpaper.  Can you tell I am obsessing over wallpaper lately?  Might have to branch into that next for COCOCOZY!

Let me know in the comments below...which chair picture is perfect for you? I would love to hear your thoughts. I'm leaning towards the bright turquoise chair against the spotted wall but am not sure.

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  UH OH - After 3.5 months out of my house due to construction for water damage...I was supposed to move back in this weekend!  Woohooo!  Right?  Wrong.  We of course had a little snafu.  A big snafu really!  The wood floor stain on the brand new wood floors is not at all right. I wanted a light gray floor but instead I got a weird putty color with yellowing varnish showing.  Needless to say...I wasn't happy...so today...the floor guy is back at the house...re-sanding the floors and will try at it again.  Here's a look at the floors in my bedroom that now need to be redone AGAIN.  Oy vey.  Look, I recognize, there could be a lot worse things that happen to me so I am taking this all in stride.  We are doing several samples.  Last time the guy only showed me sample with one coat of varnish...he put 3 coats on and I think a lot of the yellow from the white oak came through.  My neighbor JH came over yesterday during our "floor meeting" with the contractor and the floor guy...she is an expert in decorative finishes...so that helped.  We'll see!  They said it would take 4 or 5 days extra.  Keeping fingers crossed!

This is my bedroom in my tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills - the floors are not quite the right color - back to the drawing board (above)

P.P.S. To leave on a positive note...had a great conference call with JP, AR and AR today discussing the marketing and p.r. for my partnership with them...they are the people we made the 500 pillows for...a major fashion brand that we are collaborating with this summer.  It all is very exciting.  Will tell you more soon.  They are really nice and we had a fun conversation.


Photo: MASH by Tiffany; Meredith Heron blog

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HOW A LITTLE ZEBRA CAN GO A LONG WAY - ANIMAL PRINT USED JUST RIGHT!

I received an email from interior designer Martha Moos asking to sign up for the daily Nbaynadamas email blast the other day. Her email signature had a link to her interior design site and of course I couldn't help myself to do a little design hunting. While browsing through her portfolio, I came across these images of a home she styled in Westlake Village, CA.  The house is enormous...8000 square feet...and so is this living room!  I loved these photos of this living room with super duper high ceilings, exposed beams, arched windows, herringbone wood parquet floors, very neutral furnishings except for two upholstered zebra print chairs.  The chairs make the space...adding a punch of texture and bold pattern to the neutral space

I am personally terrified of animal prints. I bought one zebra lumbar pillow years ago and it comes out from time to time in my little den when guests come over. I like the hint of animal print here and there...but am overall terrified of it looking not quite right. My little pillow works.  That's as adventuresome as I'll get.  But I do like seeing a nice hide rug with a zebra print in a simply decorated room and I love the way Martha used a little more zebra print hide on these custom upholstered chairs.

Nice.

Here are some small doses of zebra. Not all together for sure...but any one of which might work in decor or even maybe try adding a bit of zebra to your wardrobe (just a touch, just a minor minor touch)!

Hudson Boston - Hadley Bench - $2050 (above)

Barneys New York - Zebra Cushion - $165 (above)

Saks Fifth Avenue - Cavallino Belt - $570 (above)

How much zebra would you put in your home?  Would you ever wear any zebra?  I might do that cute x-bench above in my den (replace the zebra lumbar)!  What do you think?  Hmmm...

Thank you Martha for the photos!

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco



Photos: Kim Reierson

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THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR - THE STUDY OF A SITTING ROOM WITH UPHOLSTERED WALLS - PART 3!

All photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

Hi there! Hope you are still enjoying your long weekend!

As I mentioned on a few days ago, last week I went to the Veranda Magazine sponsored gala opening of the House of Windsor - a showcase house conceived by mega interior designer and style maven Windsor Smith.   Windsor designed the home from the ground up and then she and a handful of her posh designer friends decorated the home.  I must say the party and the preview of the home were quite spectacular!

The house is an 8,000 square foot equestrian estate complete with a barn. Generally the design throughout this show house exudes modern elegance.

Then there is this home office/study/sitting room. I'm a believer that every home must have a room that makes some sort of bold statement...that is a little off the beaten path...with whimsy and daring playing key roles in the design. This home office/sitting room is just that room in the House of Windsor.

This room is off of one of the bedrooms.  So I would have to assume it is not a hard core home office but rather a sitting room/study/home office.  A place where a lady might do a little reading, writing of letters, relaxing and literally staring at the walls! Decorated by Los Angeles interior designer Peter Dunham, the home office makes a hugely bold statement with its animal print upholstered walls. Wow! My favorite part of the room is the lacquer green writing desk. Quite amazing.

Animal print walls (in Peter Dunham's own Gattapardo linen fabric) and a lacquered green desk...doesn't seem like they would necessarily work together in concept...but they do.

Don't know if I would have the courage to put this print on my walls...but I've got to say, I applaud anyone who would have the chutzpah (spelled wrong or right?) to do it. I was charmed by this home office. Something warm, sexy, interesting and very unique about the decor...made me feel like I had left Los Angeles and was in another country or in a city apartment.

Take a look!

What do you think of this sitting room and study?  Would you be daring enough to cover your walls in an animal print fabric?  What is the most bold space in your home?  I am curious to know!

So Windsor Smith's House of Windsor is open until July 17th.  I highly suggest that if you are in Los Angeles, you buy a ticket and take a look.  You will not be disappointed.

Happy Sunday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  While most people are enjoying the sun and relaxing today...I'm working!   Less than two weeks until I go to Atlanta to show the Nbaynadamas collection (a link to the new catalog) there at the Christian Mosso Associates showroom...and about 6 weeks until the New York Gift Fair where I'll show as well.  New fantastic cotton knit throws are in the works and some new cotton pillows (hopefully) are too.  I had to send almost all of my samples to Atlanta and now we are remaking everything for New York.  Oy vey!   I'll get out today for a little fun this evening though.

Photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

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