Style & Decor Blog

I’ve coveted the Carousel Lantern from the rather fabulous Currey & Co. for a while now, and wasn’t at all surprised to see it make an appearance in the most recent issue of Elle Decor. Talk about “statement piece”!

Love the lollipop red finish, barely-there wrought iron frame and chinoiserie design influence - the perfect way to bring a foyer from drab to fab in a single purchase.

Less lollipop red, but equally stunning, are these three chic chandeliers from the Currey & Company catalogue that are vying for my affection…

Simplicity Chandelier, washed-wood finish

Tivoli Lantern, wrought iron

Axel Orb Chandelier, steel frame with Chestnut stained wood slats

All images courtesy Currey & Co.

Availability: Currey & Co. or (877) 768-6428 for dealers

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Off the top, a giant huzzah and merci beaucoup to my pal the Style Sleuth for inviting me to guest here in his regular cyber spot. I’m just back from the gala opening of the Interior Design Show 2010 at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto and I have seen the light! I’ve been thinking a lot about light these days — or the lack of it around these parts this time of year — so it’s no wonder that great new lighting designs were my top takeaway from tonight’s first go ’round. Here’s what I spied:

Very cool sconces in one of the sheds designed for the 5 Small Rooms exhibit. This space by Stephane Chamard and Francoise Turner Larcarde of FTL+SC Studio.

Tout le monde was ooohing and aaaahing over these lovelies. 20 IKEA PS MASKROS — giant paper spheres inspired by dandelions. Simple, yet magical.

…And just a few booths away, the Moooi Raimond spheres at the Klaus booth.

An ethereal cascade of hand-blown glass spheres by Gregor Herman, some with colour, some with texture, each bouncing light every which way. J'adore.

Perfectly simple and modern by Secto Design.

Ok, I knew that Zac Ridgley of Ridgely Studio Works was talented, but this is ridic! This sconce looks like light peaking out of a crumpled sheet of solid gold. I'll take a pair please!

This floor lamp from Diesel for Foscarini is all 21st-century-loft-meets-'50s-beauty-parlor-hairdryer. no?

And for a dedicated Ilse Crawford fan such as moi, finally seeing this little lamp beauty with the saucy red cord in real life was as good as spotting a celeb. Have loved it from afar, but this was my first 3D meetup. Yum! Thanks to Stephanie Lees of Eye Spy Studio for bringing it in for her 5 Small Rooms space. And BTW, Stephanie's own place is amazing and we are shooting it soon for an upcoming issue of STYLE AT HOME. Stay tuned!

Can’t wait to head down to the show again tomorrow and Sat. After all, couldn’t exactly do the whole show tonight wearing these:

Ta for now, your faithful guest blogger and STYLE AT HOME senior design editor, Margot Austin.

Photography by Daniel Harrison

I got so much wonderful feedback from my “From A To Zoo” story on the animalia-decorating craze in the May 2009 issue of Style At Home magazine, and one of my – and your! – fave elements of the feature was the gorgeous Galbraith & Paul “Birds” linen fabric hanging on the right. Natural linen, hand-block printed in muted citrus yellow, orange and green, it’s a work of art in its own right.

But if you thought it was pretty against a window, take a look at this…

That’s right… The Birds print (on silk, this time) is being applied to a funnel pendant lamp shade at Galbraith & Paul’s Philadelphia, PA, headquarters. 

And here’s the finished product, to the extreme left of this grouping of Galbraith & Paul’s silk funnel pendants.

Love it!!!

Check out the other stellar shapes in the Galbraith & Paul lighting collection…

 Galbraith & Paul Hex Pendants

Galbraith & Paul Drum Pendants

These pretty pendants are available at 2Modern – a U.S. etailer that ships to Canada. Yay!

Lighting images courtesy Galbraith & Paul