THE LATEST FROM MY DESIGN CRUSH JONATHAN ADLER & WHAT Nbaynadamas WON!

Photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

Jonathan Adler's new menagerie statuette called Silver Fox! (above)

Okay so fab Associate Operations Manager KS (who loves the color pink) and I were in our Nbaynadamas booth at the New York International Gift Fair yesterday and my design crush Jonathan Adler stopped by to say hello.  He is adorable.  He gave us some great advice (marry rich) and some nice compliments (he said he liked the Nbaynadamas booth) and he chit chatted a bit and then was off.  I think he is so cool.

Felt very fortunate during his Jonathan Adler visit for two reasons...1. that I wasn't eating something when he came by (yesterday was a big snacking day in the booth...invariably anytime I took a mouthful of a snack some big buyer, press or someone important came into the booth...the snacking started early and continued all day long and it never occurred to me to stop snacking...instead I just kept snacking and kept getting embarrassed with a mouthful of snacks.  Smart girl right? Help!) and 2. that he came by.

Anyhooo...so I didn't have a post this morning so I ran up to the Jonathan Adler booth here at the fair and found so many cute goodies (some nice person named Macy took me around) to show you.

Jonathan Adler's Channing Desk in orange lacquer - a specialty color for 2012!

For election year, some George Washington themed items  - apparently Jonathan's personal favorite is the ceramic bust! (above)

New kidney shaped coffee tables is white and orange have Jonathan's signature retro vibe. (above)

Which of these Jonathan Adler goodies do you like best? I'm loving the Silver Fox!

Thanks to Jonathan for stopping by our booth yesterday!

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Things at the gift fair are going well at the Nbaynadamas booth. We were the 2nd place winner of some award for our combo placemat table runner in the Nbaynadamas Logo pattern. It's a new tabletop item we added for this year and people have been loving it!  It is the width of a placemat and runs across the width of a table (not he length like most runners)...so you get a runner and placemat all in one!

New placemat table runner on our table in the Nbaynadamas booth at the New York International Gift Fair. (above)

P.P.S.  I hope you have a great day!

P.P.P.S.  Am in flats today as opposed to the heels I've been wearing all week.  Sparkling flats mind you.

P.P.P.P.S.  Was happy to see Clara from Hillary Thomas Designs today - they are showing their line of stone finials here at the fair.  Clara stopped by to say hi and mentioned they have a sale for One Kings Lane going on today.

Hillary Thomas booth featuring lamp with stone finial and their cane lamp shade.  Photo courtesy Hillary Thomas Designs. (above)

P.P.P.P.S. Also, forgot to mention that I saw Marissa from Style Beat blog and Sue from The Zhush blog yesterday too.  They are very nice.

P.P.P.P.P.S.  Went to an art party last night with best of friend AM and KS.  It was in this HUGE apartment in Tribeca that overlooked the water.  We then went to the Soho House where we shared a communal table with a group of guys who kept hitting the table.  Strange customs here in NY at posh private clubs! :-)

P.P.P.P.P.P.S.  Nbaynadamas fab Associate Operations Manager KS (who loves the color pink) is standing here in the booth counting things.  I don't know what she is counting.  She seems to have a calculator in hand.  Confusing.  She is standing in the center of the booth pointing and counting something and then mouthing numbers.  Will get to the bottom of this and let you know.  Hmmm....

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.  Having drinks with RK this evening and good friend CJ is supposed to stop by today.

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LAVENDER & LINEN - ROMANTIC FALL TABLE DECOR!

All photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

So...had a wonderful lunch yesterday with Hilde Leiaghat, the oh so chic owner of Pom Pom Interiors home furnishings empire, and her oh so nice son and business partner Sam Leiaghat.  Hilde and her husband Reza own three chic furniture stores in Los Angeles.  They also design and produce an elegant collection of linens for the home, bedroom and table that is sold in stores across the country. 

I popped away from work yesterday for just a bit (from my day job) to run over to Beverly Hills to have lunch with Hilde and Sam.  I was so happy to see them again and equally excited to see the Pom Pom Interiors store in Beverly Hills.

I LOVE Pom Pom.  I have been a Pom Pom Interiors devotee for a long time.  Over the years, I have bought pillows, lamps, and accessories at Pom Pom at their La Brea Blvd. location...have also spent many hours in the stores musing over beautiful things.  The shops are the mecca for posh designers and the linens collection is the darling of mega celebrities like J. Lo (Jennifer Lopez) !  (An aside...I want a name like P. Diddy or J. Lo or Young MC...I'm going to call myself C. Co from now on...what do you think...C. Co...Coco is already my nickname...can I further nickname a nickname?  Is that possible?  The blogger formerly known as Coco is now called C. Co!  Genius or confusing? I know the answer here so just indulge my musings...thank you very much...LOL!).

Anyhooooo....so, while I claim to be a Pom Pom devotee (and was long before meeting Hilde and Sam a year ago),  I somehow got so busy these last months that I forgot to stalk one of their newest stores...the Beverly Hills Pom Pom on Canon!  Yesterday I got my chance.  Woot woot!  Quite fabulous.  I started talking to myself the minute I walked into the store...murmuring "Gorgeous...oh this is beautiful...oh and it smells so good."  I think Hilde, Sam and Jamie (who works in the store) all thought I was a little kooky when they saw me talking to myself...but I couldn't help it.  I couldn't.  Sorry. :-)  I'll be doing a full SHOP WATCH on the store in a bit...

But today...wanted to share images of a table setting in the store that caught my eye.  Love the idea of using non-traditional colors for fall decorating and entertaining. Most people are conditioned to think burnt oranges, auburns and greens for fall colors. Maybe it is time to break out some new fall colors?  In the case of this dining table, the natural linens and the lovely purple and lavender accents make for a wonderfully festive and romantic fall table!  Love the addition of the vintage silverware and the small topiaries too.

Audrey Placemats - $60 (set of 4 white cotton placments with ruffle)(above)
Oliver Napkins - $80 (set of 4 linen napkins. Color: Bark)(above)

Purple Fleur Glass - $8 each (above)

Lovely I think.  What do you think of this fall table setting?  What colors might you add in to make this work in your home?

Thank you Hilde and Sam for a wonderful lunch and for inviting me over to the amazing store!

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Have a bit of problem.  Is it weird that I am totally into that t.v. show the X Factor?  So, I don't have too much time for television these days.  I somehow though am hooked on a show about people trying to sing and win $5million dollars and there are judges or something.  Anyhooo...not doing a good job of describing it...but I am hooked.  I think I am going to get to watch a live taping of the show next week.  Woohooooo!  I talk about the X Factor so much that someone at work said I needed to get a life...grrr... I know...I sound like I am 10 years old and without a life...hmmmm...need to mature up and turn off the t.v. maybe...hee hee!  Help...any solutions for this X Factor addiction? Help.  Another one of my non-dilemma dilemmas...

P.P.S.  Fun dinner last night with AZ and some friends. Tired this morning.  Running all day then have a store opening party this evening.

All photos in this post by Coco of Nbaynadamas

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