Recent Random Finds: Life-size Llama & friends

I've been a little tied up lately and I haven't been able to blog as often as I would like, so I have a bit of a backlog of recent random finds.  Please to enjoy.

Llama from Paul & Joe Sister.  Apparently the designer brought it over from France to decorate the store, but it is for sale.  For $3,500.  More than I can spend on a life-size llama, even one made from real llama wool.  But how great would this be in a kid's room... or my living room?  Want! 

I spotted this mirror at the open house of a gorgeous 1931 Spanish style home on Doheny just above Sunset.  It's a trust sale, and I believe the contents will be sold by Huntington Library? Really want! 

Stunning red bench, from a store on Beverly that I have somehow forgotten the name of - a first for me!

I do know that the store above is right by my favorite store on Beverly, E-Mosaik:

I just bought this "Eight-Arms Hook" from Anthropologie, $48, great for displaying jewelry, or for catching keys by an entryway:

Also spotted at Anthropologie, these amazing paintings in the background of a catalogue shoot. No idea who they are by, but I'd really love to know!

I stopped by a new store on Fairfax (previously on Melrose) yesterday called Jeff (529 N. Fairfax), and found another couple of items for my never-ending wish list!

Lucite towel or quilt holder, would also be great to display scarves or ties in a deluxe dressing room:

Incredible rocking... crib I guess?  With the right custom cushions, and maybe a paint job (maybe) I feel like this could actually be a great practical nursery item?  Love it!  $600:

Great brass coffee table:

How darling are these?  I've never seen anything like them!

Beautiful sconces, I believe $3,000 for the pair, or was it $3,000 each?!

Amazing eagle weathervane:

I introduced my parents to Wertz, and they loved it as much as I do.  "Heathcliff" went home with them:

As did these monkeys, which I really wanted to come home with me instead!

Love this painting:

This "cast iron Japanse lady" is kind of awesome:

Fabulous marble-topped table:

Really drawn to this, not sure why:

The "General" on the right was a gift to me from Mum & Dad, thanks parents!

Lastly this gorgeous headboard.  I can't for the life of me remember where I spotted it (bad blogger!), but I'd like to have something like it made one day...

Loving: Joe Cariati Glass

I've been aware of Joe Cariati glass for a while, but I didn't know until just recently that he was responsible for the gorgeous decanter (see below) in Sex and the City 2!  

I've been obsessed with it since I spotted in on the console table in foyer Carrie & Big's apartment (I'm not a huge fan of the show, but it's worth seeing for the fashion alone!).  

It's the called Petite Decanter Low Round and while I think the blues are gorgeous the the pink is also a fab option! Want!  

Back on the topic of SATC2 (a little late I know), we have a blue velvet sofa in almost the exact same shade as the one in Carrie & Big's living room.  I also love the blue "Lola Ottoman" by Anne Kyyro Quinn, though I worry about it's durability.

Set decoration for SATC is by Lydia Marks, production design is by Jeremy Conway, and you can see more of the apartment at Architectural Digest.com.

More Fireplaces

It's been established that I'm a sucker for a fireplace.  Now that we've covered outdoor, here are a few of my favorite indoor options.  


Topping my list is this amazing bedroom and fireplace with a view, via Lonny:

A whimsical Fireplace by Jonathan Adler at the Parker Palm Springs: 

Exposed fireplace at the Rec Center Studio Echo Park, shot by Heidi Ryder: 

Enormous stone fireplace in the kitchen of Libbey Estate in Ojai, restored by Kathryn Ireland:

The fireplace in the living room of the same house is just as dramatic - love!

I love the look of what I assume is tile on this fireplace.  So fresh!

I can't recall the source of this photo, but this little white stove is adorable!

Wood beamed ceilings and oversized stone fireplace?  I'm in love!  The incomparable Madonna Inn:

A bedroom with wood beam ceilings and fireplace - a girl can dream!  From a house on Gloaming off Coldwater Canyon, BHPO:

Hollywood Hills home featuring a lovely curved brick fireplace:

I love a wall of stone!

This deluxe bathroom/ gym even has a fireplace!  Soaking in a tub bubbles by a cracking fire?  Now there's an idea!  From the Santa Clarita home of actress Linda Gray:

I have no idea what this is but it's kind of awesome!

Walk in fireplace anyone?  Via Nothing Is Sacred this unbelievably big fireplace (photoshop?) is apparently from the California home of Missy Chandler, wife of LA Times Publisher Otis Chandler.

Loving this mid-century fireplace and "party pit" courtesy in a ranch home via MoModerne. The color scheme isn't working for me but the bones are great!  The bad news is it was scheduled to be demolished shortly after this photo was taken:

A kitchen with it's own fireplace is my ultimate dream!  This rustic kitchen with (controversial) exposed lath in a brownstone in Brooklyn via Apartment Therapy is rather fabulous:

Another kitchen with fireplace in a charming Byrd Farmhouse in BHPO:

  

You don't even need the fireplace to be working to enjoy it!  Bedroom by Jan Elini:

From the home of Jenny Lyons, creative director of J Crew (and soon to be president and executive creative director), as featured in Domino Magazine:

Stacked books in a non-working fireplace?  Genius!