Mon Petit Palais

Couldn't resist--I scored this doormat and other items below this morning from my daily OKL sales. I am having so much fun with M adding special pieces to the apartment, and I love that these each have a story. I think I may actually get TOO emotionally connected as a consumer, as I'm very picky until I find something that hits all the marks, and then I "invite" that piece into my home [clearly a sacred and exclusive club], and I have to look at it every day...so yeah, it had better have been worth the purchase. Also it should be noted that I am not a hoarder and I fight an internal battle between  a) the joy of having "new stuff" that makes your home sparkle and  b) the even greater joy of finding elation in non-material things. But perhaps the most fun is thinking about new ways to share our place [and its hot tub--rawr] with friends for upcoming occasions, as isolation with one's purchases does not a happy home make. Sharing and giving = happiness; please refer to previous post.

This pillow was selected by Nathan Turner of Bravo's Million Dollar Decorators from a collection of his favorite accessories from India. The ikat pattern is inspiring. Gives me the desire-to-travel itch [the good kind].

So naturally when I do take my next voyage, I'll be using these Greek-inspired luggage tags from Jonathan Adler's eponymous label. He used to be a potter before his foray into interior design, and I've always thought he was so effective with color and pattern, in a world where pattern can be clutter to the eyes. I could probably be happy just sitting in my room watching my luggage wear these tags...ok, so that's a lie--I'll go somewhere far away, and I'll miss you, and I'll write to you with these:

He just had to go a step further and provide the matching Greek stationery. These presh pear-pattern envelopes say "You're Pearfect," so naturally I could not pass up a pun, in green, on a notecard. Sold.

When I return from this as-of-now-fictitious trip, you'll come over, and we'll share a bottle of wine from this decanter. This one is made by a sweet little brand called Kiss That Frog--they import French-themed decor pieces, and they make me feel like wine and cheese would be appropriate at ten o'clock in the morning at my workplace. I don't feel justified in calling myself a Francophile, having never been to France, but I so look forward to when I will one day visit. Until then, I will watch House Hunters International and cry that I don't have a vineyard in my backyard, or a 12th-century wood burning oven on which to bake a pizza, or a natural spring bathing pool in my hallway. One day.

[Interested in joining the One King's Lane site and browsing the sales? Click here. You're Welcome. You'd think they were paying me to write these by now, but I seriously swear that I just enjoy discounted pillows and things.]

By the way: all of the above, combined, cost a smidge over one large. In my world, that's $100. Including delivery.