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Banded glassware set, $42.73 (set of four); West Elm.
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Fab find
Feather wreath, $19.85; West Elm.
Fab find
Naturalist bowls, $8 each; West Elm.
From West Elm’s “Modernist” collection, these bowls comes in four different patterns. Using a special printing technique, they are beautifully made with branch, leaf and floral prints. The exterior of the bowls are also textured to mimic tree bark, making these colourful pieces look and feel organic. They look absolutely gorgeous on a tabletop or used for display.
Do you like the natural look of these bowls?
If you’ve ever been on etsy.com, you must go now, but make sure you have a couple hours to spare because it’s easy to lose track of time on there. Etsy is a cyber flea market, offering a forum to buy and sell handmade goods across 150 countries. You’re pretty much guaranteed to find anything and everything you’re looking for – clothing, jewellery, stationery, beauty products, linens, bath products, furniture, and home décor.
For those who may be a little wary of online shopping or just love handmade goods, head to West Elm in Toronto’s Liberty Village this Saturday, June 4th, 2011 for the “WE Heart Handmade Art” event! Anabela Carneiro, owner of the Fieldguided Etsy shop and curator for this event, has gathered 14 other local Etsy designers for an afternoon of shopping, refreshments and tunes. This event celebrates Etsy’s mission to “buy, sell and live handmade art”, a credo West Elm has been supporting through these events, as well as their catalogue and website.
Tote bags by Anabela Carneiro, owner of Fieldguided. Photography of white tote by Hannah Hayes.
The shopping starts at 1pm and goes until 6pm with drinks, snacks and a DJ to keep you energized. To RSVP, simply go to facebook.com/westelm and click on “Events”. To check out all of West Elm’s favourite Etsy artists, go to www.etsy.com/people/westelm.
Event details:
West Elm at 109 Atlantic Avenue (Liberty Village), Toronto
1pm – 6pm
westelm.com
Spring is here at last! The warm weather has finally arrived and I’ve started my usual spring clean up and purge. It’s also got me itching to give my bland, white kitchen a much-needed boost of colour and life. I began my hunt for accent pieces this weekend and found the perfect stuff at West Elm. These vibrant accessories are such an easy and inexpensive way to infuse some colour into a neutral space.
Pop Colour measuring cups, $19 per set of four
Rice bowls, $12 per set of four
Tea towels, $9 each
Pop Colour salt & pepper shakers, $12 per pair
I love the unique shapes and fruity colours. Next up—cook something fabulous and show them off!
When it comes to shopping, everyone has their weaknesses. Like the shoe-a-holic who doesn’t need another pair of shoes, but spots a gorgeous new pair of pumps, falls head over heels and buys them anyways. At the top of my list of weaknesses are pretty accent tables. I just love how their pint-sized forms offer big impact in small spaces.
Check out the pair of glossy white tables that command attention in my cozy living room. I just love telling the story of how me and my tables found each other. In fact, I am forcing myself right now not to tell you the story!
I recently came across new takes from West Elm on these pretty and practical side tables. Since I cannot purchase every table I fall in love with, I thought I would play matchmaker (it is almost Valentine’s Day after all) and share my favourites with you. I hope you love them as much as I do. Take a look…
Aluminum Hexagon Side Table, West Elm
Bubbles Ceramic Side Table, West Elm
So tell me, which table is your type? Leave a comment and let us know!
amy*
Amy Walters is a Winnipeg-based design enthusiast and blogger. For more design inspiration from Amy, check out her blog aDESIGNdock.
Fab find
Porcelain salt and pepper shakers, $8 per pair; westelm.com
I don’t know what it is about these quirky little salt and pepper shakers, but I am in love. Little fruit tins have been recast in porcelain to add a nostalgic look to your tabletop. And at only $8 for the pair, how can you pass them up?
Last night we hosted a shopping event at West Elm in Toronto’s Liberty Village and it was a huge success! So many fabulous people came out for an evening of shopping, music, cocktails and eats {you guys went nuts for the frites!}.
If you happened to see a tall blonde dressed all in black, sneakily snapping pictures of people when they weren’t looking, well, that was me. I’m so glad I got to meet and chat with some of you, and it was great to speak face-to-face with people that I chat to on Twitter and Facebook.
Below are a few of the snaps I took during the event — can’t wait for the next one!
One of the bar areas at West Elm {thanks to all employees for their hard work!}
The dreamy bedroom space set up by design editor Christine Hanlon
Some of the lovely guests at the event
Had to sneak this in -- I love this little buddy!
Senior design editor Margot Austin tidying up the living room space she created {she also gets my vote for best-dressed of the night!}
All the pretty party people
So beautiful -- a place setting on the wintry white tabletop that editor-in-chief Erin McLaughlin styled
Two of our faves -- Margot and Pure Design darling Samantha Pynn
The line-up that wrapped around the store -- we love you dedicated shoppers for waiting in that crazy queue!
Fab five -- managing editor Tamara Robbins-Griffith, senior design editor Margot Austin, design editor Christine Hanlon, editor-in-chief Erin McLaughlin and contributing design editor Samantha Pynn
Thanks again to all who came out and to the fantastic staff at West Elm for all their hard work. Hope to see you again soon!
xo,
Lauren
Are you ready to shop ’til you drop with your fave Style at Home editors?
On Wednesday, December 1st, Style at Home is hosting a private shopping event at West Elm in Toronto’s Liberty Village and we have 5 tickets to give away — to you! Editor-in-chief Erin McLaughlin, senior design editor Margot Austin and design editor Christne Hanlon will be on site sharing gift and decor ideas {as well as cocktails!}, and you’ll have access to 20% off all West Elm merchandise.
To enter to win one of five tickets, just follow these two easy steps:
1 Follow our editor-in-chief Erin on Twitter: @erinmclaughlin1
2 Send Erin a reply on Twitter saying why you’d love to attend the Style at Home shopping night
Erin will then choose her five favourite responses as the winners. Good luck!
*Contest closes November 26th, 2010 at 5pm EST. Open to residents of the GTA, or other Canadian residents who can provide their own transportation to event. Not open to any Transcontinental Media employees, their families, or any other persons with whom they reside.*
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