It’s out with the baby swing and in with the toddler furniture. We’re updating the playroom and my little one is officially graduating to a big kid chair. Next he’ll be asking for the car keys.
I know I posted about this Target line last week, but I have been fixating on the ottoman ever since. I won’t be able to get it out of my head until I post a photo to share it with you all. So here you go. Now we can all swoon together.
I’ve been on the hunt for an ottoman for awhile, and I might have just found a winner. Anthro has a new line of ottomans covered in traditional African Dutch wax-printed cotton. The colors are bright, bold, and absolutely stunning and they’re relatively affordable. A perfect accent piece for the living room.
I’m fully on team ottoman! Check out the full post over at TheFind.
Searching for the perfect accessory to complement my new John Derian sofa has been a challenge. I’m looking for extra seating that can be used as a coffee table for cocktail party guests and is suitable for the neighborhod kids to roll ’round on during movie night. Our Victorian home is furnished using both modern and traditional pieces with a bit of vintage glam tossed in to make it interesting. I found Moroccan pouf ottomans to be the perfect solution. I picked up a few of these Dosa square leather poufs which sit nicely in a row as an adhoc coffee table or strewn about for extra guest seating. I’ve also put a couple white Moroccan pouf ottomans in my daughter’s room, the kids love to sit on them or use them as a table for dress-up tea parties.
Ottoman poufs featured above, from top left clockwise:
Dosa leather pouf/ottoman in silt, $437.00 at maxwellsilverny.com
Moroccan Pouf Footstool Red, $69.95 at fine-crafts.com
Moroccan Square Pouf Footstool Beige, $79.95 at fine-crafts.com
Moroccan Silver Poof, $299.00 at e-mosaik.com
Agadir Pouf- yellow, Large, $298.00 at anthropologie.com
Moroccan Pouf Footstool Black and Beige, $69.95 at fine-crafts.com
My mom, a interior designer and antique dealer, has always sworn by Ballard Designs. Not so much to furnish your whole home–can you imagine a room filled with those godforsaken beskirted tables?–but for accent pieces and furniture that are useful, attractive, and pretty reasonably priced (one of my friends joked that BD was the place to go in Atlanta when you wanted a white couch, which BD sold in 87 different versions). Then dearly departed Domino Magazine got in on the act, styling some rooms for the BD catalog. But because I spent a large portion of my early life repudiating anything my mother liked, I never paid attention to poor Ballard Designs. My loss, because they’re selling some really good stuff.
1. Porta Luggage Rack–I hate unpacking, but I also hate rifling through a jumbled suitcase on the floor, so this is my perfect solution; 2. Palm Leaf and Fern Needlepoint Pillows–hand-sewn, for $85; 3. Marianna Glass Chandelier–Braveheart meets bistro; 4. Malu Seagrass Square Boxes; 5. Leather-bound Monogrammed Dictionary–Merriam-Webster in sorbet colors, with your name on it; 6. Medallion Panel–thick, graphic, cheap; 7. Horn Mirror–yes, I’m aware of its original provenance, but at this price you can paint it royal blue; 8. Grovesnor Queen Headboard; 9. Courbé Storage Ottoman–imagine the possibilities for hide-and-seek; 10. Burlap Ribbon; 11. the popular Brady Adjustable Sconce–slide the light and bolt as needed; 12. Wire Ferris Wheel–just look at it!
