August 2009 Archives

For some reason I've always been fond of Asian motifs. (one of my great treasures for example is an antique Hiroshige wood block print that I found at a shop in New Hampshire) Cuddledown has a wonderful Asian print that they're calling Tea Time Toile, although to me it's not really a toile at all.

It's done in a mercerized 600 thread count sateen. Queen flat and fitted are $99 each, standard cases are $49 (pair).  The queen duvet cover is $169. If something like this would be too busy for you, but you still love it - - it's good to use it as an accent to your other bedding.  Like bedskirt and euro shams for example would be a nice way to mix it in.

I love the shabby-chic look of a frayed edge.  West Elm has an Organic Cotton Frayed Edge Sheet Set. A queen set is $99... pretty reasonable for organic cotton.

They're only 230 tc, I prefer a little higher like 300.  But these look like a pretty good deal for basic sheets.

Pottery Barn's Fall 2009 vibe is "Vintage Style".

They're showing a bunch of vintage-look quilts, the style part is somewhat questionable.  I guess it would depend on the rest of your room...

I've never been a big fan of quilts especially with busy multi-prints, but in the right room it could have a certain charm.  I would say less is more, if you opt for a busy/colorful quilt keep everything else as low key as possible.  And it's always good to keep your rooms as pared down as possible... to much "stuff" around never looks good, even if the "stuff" is expensive chachkes. One nicely placed chachke is fine.

If you just want a dash of vintage chic, I'd just toss one of these cute bird pillows ($35 each) on top of my bed with my existing pillow shams.

Cute, right?  That's more my speed...

Inhabit has introduced some really cool looking bamboo/cotton blend duvet covers and sheets!  The fabric is 400 thread count Oeko-Tex certified 80% bamboo / 20% organic cotton.  (what the heck is Oeko-Tex? Read about it here)

The Duvet Cover is called Morning Glory in Silver, a queen set (cover and shams) is $320.

The sheets (Plus in Ivory and Silver) they're showing with it have a cool geometic design and are made with the same bamboo/organic cotton fabric. They're sold open stock: queen flat or fitted $122, standard cases $52.

The throw pillows are the Tall Grass (13x24 as shown, $68) and Wildflower (18x18 as shown, $60) patterns. Oh, and you can also see a Morning Glory pillow in back ($60 for 18x18).

What a fabulous look, I love this!