Cisco Pinedo + Cisco Brothers

Top Drawer

Brigette + Alain Garnier

List Love — 11.08.09
Some well-priced + some too-pricey items on this week’s list — but all are much cheaper than retail. Grab the bargains while you can!  Two turquoise Xavier Pauchard Tolix chairs — $200 / each

Stripes!
I was prowling around Anthropologie and — zowie! — these new striped upholstered pieces caught my eye and knocked my socks off. The Bertram chair is a tribute to Paul Smith with it’s trippy stripes and fine tailoring. The Striped Kilim sofa is as crunchy as the Bertram is sleek. Bands of delicious fuchsia, red, green, and black.           What is it about stripes? Whether they are bold or reserved, stripes just mix

Octopi are floating by…
    Maybe the octopus will replace the owl / mushroom / peace sign of 2008 or the birdy-anything-and-everything of 2007 or the coral-that-wouldn’t-die of any year previous? If this is a trend, I welcome it. The octopus is more elegant and weird and magnificent than cute little fungi or silly hoot owls. It’s nature’s freak show with flourishy tentacles and erotic contours. And, yes, I could easily live with a huge framed octopus on my walls. So, will you embrace octopi?   

Fall Colors
The last couple of days have been glorious here in Atlanta. Bright blue sky and leaves in full color. It’s my favorite time of year. Somehow I stumbled upon this leaf photo which { as a graphic designer who relies on Pantone colors } made me smile.      From Wikipedia      Then { as a graphic designer who would rather be an interior designer } I naturally got me thinking about fall colors in interiors.

Katie Lydon
Londoner Katie Lydon designs beautiful interiors in and around Manhattan. Her interiors are somehow both vibrant and calm. Each possesses a healthy mix of fine antiques with modern art with upholstered pieces and the effect is classic. The thing that caught my eye is her ability to edit — no extraneous anything. Very nice.   { Images from Katie Lydon Interiors }