Leopard Mania

Leopard will never, 

ever, 

go out of style. 

Thanks to Jenny at MFAMB 

for today's leopard inspiration post.

813 Plates

Ordered off Amazon this wonderful book of 813 Plates just in time for the Holidays!

Can't wait to see what gems they are going to highlight.

I currently use plain but pretty white china and I'm looking to 

jazz up the table with some color.

What's Red, Knotted and Useful?

Storage: Knot Bag by Shigeki Fujishiro

This non adhesive polyester knot bag is pretty cool. Of course, I am addicted to products that store things !

I like the center of the world.

The axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, columna cerului, center of the world), in religion or mythology, is the world center and/or the connection between Heaven and Earth. As the celestial pole and geographic pole, it expresses a point of connection between sky and earth where the four compass directions meet. At this point travel and correspondence is made between higher and lower realms. Communication from lower realms may ascend to higher ones and blessings from higher realms may descend to lower ones and be disseminated to all.  The spot functions as the omphalos (navel), the world's point of beginning.


Welcome to work done by John Beckmann's firm Axis Mundi of New York City. They specialize in the integration of architecture, interior design and conceptual ideas. 

Wall Street Studios, New York
Cow hide, leather rug, chair and sofa, plus velvet drapes equals some serious va va voom.

Extra long sofa in living/dining combo in NYC. Love the gallery wall. The lighting fixtures are rad.

The Village, NYC
I have to have this table.

Some spare change goes toward a Basquiat.

Interesting wall in Village apartment.

Antler chairs are lovely.

Orange you glad to be here!

Whitney Museum of Art rendering.

The Whitney, NYC

The Whitney Site Line, NYC.

 Gothic Cathedral in Strasbourg, France 

Vaulted Ceilings Make Me All Verklempt!

We have been looking for a house for like two years and many of the ones that seem to be priced slightly under what the neighborhood would allow are those with the pesky vaulted ceilings that go way, way up. They can be pleasing to look at, but the mind immediately goes to painting, cleaning, repainting, recleaning, and the heat that would sit up there in the winter, while you freeze at the floor level.

In any event, I decided to do a mini-series on the Vaulted Ceiling, and surprisingly there are many photos available, which I will present here beginning with the vaulted den, living room or hearth room. I have never had a house feature that has perplexed me so! I am hoping that by studying it's unexpected beauty, it will help us make a decision on which house to purchase.

 Sarah Richardson

 Darryl Carter

 Sarah Richardson