Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Need a Little Oomph? Check out our colorful tables!

If the fact that summer is rapidly ending is getting you down, look no further than to our fabulous and vibrant tables to cheer you up!  Classic wood case goods are always en vogue when done right but lacquered pieces gives any space a little OOMPH!  We just love this entire collection!  Here are some we have picked from our website to share:


And it seems the press adores these lacquered tables as much as we do at The Well Appointed House.
Like the cheery colors?  So did House Beautiful, Lucky, Country Living and Coastal Living Magazines!  We could go crazy decorating with these in just about any room of the house.








Melissa Hawks, Owner of The Well Appointed House, loves the Tini Table IV and has it in a sitting room off her bedroom next to an upholstered chair.  She uses it as a drink table and says it is the perfect height!  Always a fan of the quatrefoil design, we think this piece is perfect between two chairs in the library; in a cozy, warm sunroom or next to your tub stacked with towels!  Visit the item listing for more information on colors and size.


 

Get creative and take a walk on the wild side with a Quadrille fabric top in brown and white zigzag!  Buy it here if you like it!

The Newport Coffee Table comes in the most amazing color combinations.  The world is your oyster with picking your favorite paint option!


 

We always enjoy showing you our favorite items at The Well Appointed House!  Happy Shopping!
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Monday, August 30, 2010

New Paule Marrot Framed Art at The Well Appointed House

We are pleased to be carrying an elegant new line of Paule Marrot framed art at The Well Appointed House.


Paule Marrot (1902-1987)  was a French engraver, painter and textile artist.  From the 1920's to the 1950's, she created beautifully expressive fabrics using bold flowers, colors and patterns which, according to her website, reflected a compositionally modernist style classically associated with the Art Deco movement.  She knew and was influenced by such greats as Auguste Renoir and Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy.  She was admired by her contemporaries, including such notables as Ali Khan, the Shah of Iran, the British royal family, designer Billy Baldwin and Jackie Kennedy, who based the interior of an entire room at the White House on one of her bright pastel flower designs (Marrot's Les Tulips cotton print).  

Her two-dimensional, upbeat and often floral style captivated her native France and she experienced strong popularity in the United States after World War II.

In 1924, she was admitted to the Societe des artistes decorateurs (The Society of Decorative Artists) and in 1925 she won a gold medal for her contributions to the Worlds Fair.  After winning the Prix Blumenthal in 1928, she opened her own workshop in Batignolles on rue Truffaut and it was here that she became famous for her furniture textiles.  In 1932 her work came to the attention of Jean Schlumberger and he became her exclusive printer and devoted friend for 30 years until his death in 1963.  Together they produced over 320 fabric designs and numerous table linens.  From 1953-1965, Marrot advised the car company Renault, working on their color and fabric combinations for new models being developed.  She had written to Renault's chairman, Pierre Lefaucheux, giving her opinion that the postwar cars of Paris were a, "uniformly somber parade" and wondering whether an artist could help find some fresh and vibrant colors.  The chairman made Marrot a member of the team developing the new Dauphine model and she successfully designed the car's emblem with three dolphins over a crown. 

 Over 2 million Dauphines were produced in its production run of 10 years, each bearing the stamp of Paule Marrot.


Here are some great photos of Paule Marrot fabrics being featured at Bergdorf Goodman in 2005 (Bergdorf Photos from Art and Artistes):






If you would like to own a piece of Paule Marrot for your own home, check out our new additions.  These elegant reproductions are based on the originals, which are housed at the Musee d'Orsay and they are printed on summerset fine art acid free paper.  You can purchase them unframed for $750 each or  framed in a crisp and clean acrylic frame for an upcharge.  Here are some of my favorites:

Clouds


Birds and Leaves


Abstracts


Feathers


Fuschia


Lillies


Pink Birds


Poppies


Spring

If you would like to see more from our collection of Paule Marrot, view our entire Art collection.

 As if wall art isn't enough to satisfy your Marrot craving, the exquisite paper product company Caspari now has a gorgeous collection of Paule Marrot dinner plates and napkins:


Enjoy!
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Monday, August 23, 2010

GIFTCARD WINNER ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to Patti!  You are the lucky winner of this month's $150 gift card giveway.  Contact us and we will give you instructions on getting your gift card and to assist you with shopping at The Well Appointed House!
Thank you to all of the other participants.  Don't fret if you didn't win!  This month we will have many more giveaways, including some fabulous products that we just can't wait to give away to our fans and followers!  Stay tuned, be sure you are a registered follower and good luck! Pin It
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Preppy Handbook Take Notice: The Nantucket Beach Cars



Nantucket is known for many things: The Juice Bar's delicious ice cream, Nantucket Reds at the Toggery, Sailor's Valentines made of shells, Scrimshaw made from whale teeth, Nantucket Baskets that women tote around town, and of course, incredibly preppy beach cars.  The island appears to be the heavenly hereafter for very old cars that receive a second life on the island.  Junk yard it's not, rather these old cars get nice views, Sandy beaches and the love of families with plenty of money to keep them in good working order.  Not bad for these old classics!  Everywhere you look, preppies young and old are driving colorful old refurbished Defenders, Range Rovers, Wagoneers and Wranglers.  It was fitting to be on-island when I first saw Tommy Hilfiger's fall 2010 campaign, which features a fictional Royal Tenenbaums-like family tailgating and drinking Bloody Mary's out of an old Jeep Grand Wagoneer.  The campaign was photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Karl Templer.























(campaign photos from StyleFrizz.com)

Here are some fabulous beach cars that I photographed over the past few weeks in Nantucket.  Photos copyright Melissa Hawks, The Well Appointed House and are under the Creative Commons license.







  







This is our good friend Ben's car parked on the beach where he was tailgating and relaxing on the beach last week with his wife and three little kids:












I loved the car, the dog and the license plate!
























The Jack Wills car I photographed last summer.  I love the colors!

Here are some newer models which are just as fun!  Volkswagons and Minis are great beach cars as well!













I love the stripe






Don't forget the beach chairs!

Planing your own ultimate tailgate?  Don't forget goodies from The Well Appointed House!
We have great picnic baskets (hint, do a search for picnic to see more items):







We have great flasks for football games and polo matches.  Check out this monogrammed one for $63 and the Sterling Silver one for $666!



We have great cashmere blankets to stay warm with or to spread out for a chic picnic:



This is my favorite - our portable and collapsible picnic table.  Contact Customer Service to order it!  Perfect for Fall tailgating!




We'll have a whole feature on tailgating and we are busy adding new Fall 2010 products!  
Be sure to sign up for our FREE $150 GIFT CARD drawing later today.  Check our past blog entry from last week, be a follower and leave a comment there to win!  Winner will be announced tonight!
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