STYLEBEAT BRINGS YOU A GIFT SHOW GREAT: NEW FURNITURE LINE OOMPH

Add some Oomph to your home with brand new furniture company, Oomph. Started by three talented gals from New Canaan, Connecticut, it has style by the mile. Amy Rice, Patty Hoppel, and architect Louise Brooks started the company with the notion that buying three simple elements, for $3000, you could change the look of a room. Pillows, furniture and slipper chairs, voila, a color makeover that coordinates! Their products can bring color, happiness and graphic shapes to a staid all white living room. The tables are named after CT towns and summer areas, one of them I happened to grow up in. Maybe that is why I feel such an affinity for this new endeavor! The bright colors, shiny finishes and fresh shapes are fantastic. I was so excited to discover the line today. In these shaky and uncertain times, new and exciting design is fundamental to keep things moving forward. I am just so thrilled to share this energized collection.



'Tini Tables, as in, perfect for placing a martini



A quatrefoil makes a nice table top



This Tini can hold a book, drink and TV remote



A Tini with raffia inlay



A tini pow wow



Stylish Quadrille inlays are a great way to bring pattern into a piece



The Essex Coffee Table in a zippy mango color


The Stonington Coffee Table



The Newport Cocktail Table



The Southport Side Table (woo hoo!)




The Oomph Slipper Chair, a la Billy Baldwin



The Fairfield Cocktail Table



Shown with raffia inlay



The Rowayton Tray Table


The color range is on cheery and on trend.

Jazzy Chippendale with Ikat Lumbar Pillows


Jazzy Zig Zag with Fireworks Flange

Love it!

ATTENDING THE NEW YORK GIFT SHOW? COME TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PANEL: SUNDAY 3-4pm

CHECKING IN WITH CHARLOTTE MOSS: WHAT IS SHE DESIGNING NOW?

Even though she has closed her eponymous shop and streamlined her design business recently, Charlotte Moss has been busy! Busy designing new collections. She is currently working on a line of fabric, wallpaper and trims with Fabricut due out fall 2010.
For more, stay posted.....

SUZANI IS HERE TO STAY, BUT WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE LOOK FOR LESS?

Trends tend to trickle down and make their way into a larger realm of products, becoming more available at a better price. Suzani is one of those trends that is easy to love. Since global glamour isn't going anywhere, why not embrace it? Why truck through a souk when there are chic finds to be had at World Market? I went to their website looking for a rug and entered into a trove of suzani designs with such amazing prices I could not believe it. Mix these things in with pricier pieces and people will surely be asking you, "WHERE did you find that?!!!"


A fantastic Black and Pink Suzani Floor Cushion is a steal.



The Round Suzani Pouff makes a great perch for a party, buy several and scatter them about.



The Suzani Ottoman looks sturdy and well aged, which lends it the aura of a Casbah find.



Black, White and Bright Suzani Placemats come in a set of four and will take you into fall entertaining.



A Suzani Floral Chair is available online only. The scale is good, the price-- excellent.



The Manvi Suzani Print Lampshade adds a world of color to a boring lamp or makes a colored lamp even more fabulous.

HARBINGER: LA'S LATEST DESIGN SHOWROOM TO SWOON OVER

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Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas, the duo behind Lucas Studio and Harbinger, are all smiles, happy opening day has finally arrived.



Almont Yard has a new addition, the Harbinger Showroom. Located in a renovated 1920's cottage next to Lucas Studio and Harbinger shop, it houses special collections of fabrics and wallpapers culled from around the globe. Neighbors include Peter Dunham's design studio and shop Hollywood at Home, and Nathan Turner Antiques and Interior Design, rounding out this must visit design destination in West Hollywood.

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Prints Etc handprinted fabrics, Idarica Gazzoni's Italian wallpapers and prints, and Pintura Studio wallpapers get top billing with hand painted signs.


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Katie Ridder wallpapers, John Stefanidis fabrics from England, Coleen and Company lighting, furniture and accessories collections are also represented. I am sure more lines will be on board once they see how well done the whole thing is.


Photo Courtesy of Balustrade and Bitters
No boring fabric wings to flip through here. By making their shop look like a great room you want to hang out in, Joe and Parrish have created a beautiful space. The feature wall contains fabric samples and ledges hold mounted squares showing wallcovering . They created a fresh way to look at fabrics with natural light. These designers are onto something good.


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Fabric lengths in juicy colors hang together.


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Coleen and Company's Tole Tent Lanterns light up an antique chest.



Pillows in niches flank the entrance doors- so alluring and easy to buy.



Lanterns hang from the ceiling, and a seating area provides a perch for perusing wallpaper books. Their Zinc Trestle Console can be customized as a cocktail or dining table.



A John Stefanidis print covers a darling slipper chair. Each time I see a cute slipper chair like this one, I want it.



Coleen and Company makes this fantastic concrete ottoman. Why not have tufted furniture outside? It can stand the rain.

STYLEBEAT NEWS: ANOTHER LOSS- AFTER 32 YEARS SOUTHERN ACCENTS IS CLOSING

Time Inc. announced today that it is shutting down Southern Accents Magazine. The staff, based in Birmingham, Alabama, produces a magazine with a loyal following, covering elegant interiors and lifestyle stories throughout the South. This is another big loss for the shelter category, and the industry as well. One less outlet for great homes, Southern dealers and shops. At least Time, Inc. made a smart decision when it decided to continue the magazines website, at www.southernaccents.com.
The last issue will be September/October 2009.

STYLEBEAT NEWS: NINA GRISCOM'S NEW YORK SHOP IS CLOSING

There is a stretch along Lexington Avenue running from 69th to 74th Street that has become known as decorators mile. James Sansum Fine and Decorative Art at 1020 Lex, Todd Alexander Romano's shop at 1015 Lex (moved closer to the D and D and is now Bunny William's Treillage), Lexington Gardens at 1011 Lex, Cove Landing at 995 Lex, Palumbo at 972 Lex, and Mecox Gardens at 963 Lex made this stretch of shopping exciting, bringing it style from far and wide. Driven by great design, the area became a definitive stop on any chic connoisseurs shopping trip. Coffee at Sicafe, lunch at Swifty's, class at The New York School of Interior Design, and window shopping inspiration makes for a great afternoon. Well, times are changing, and Nina Griscom is shuttering her global bazaar of parchment desks, shagreen accessories and precious small decorative objects on October 1st. I hope the other purveyors can stay the course, we need you.

All items will be 20 to 40 percent off through Aug. 21st, so shop now, cherish always.