Hot Off the Press In the Furniture World This Week... Topping the news this week is Vancouver, Canada developer Brian Langereis who is selling this luxury $18 million CAD Vancouver penthouse— to local buyers only! 500ft above sea level, way up in the air with the most incredible view beyond the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island’s mountains watching the sunset from this 6,830sq ft vantage [...]
It's certainly not hard to tell its summer - outside or in our inbox! This wacky weave sofa set totally caught our attention and is SO refreshing ... like seriously could there be one more dark weave rattan or the like boxy-sofa on the market these days?! Check this out Right?! First off the color is so refreshing ... and on trend for 2016! [...]
If you've been to Cabo you know about it - Palmilla we mean. Founded by the son of an interim Mexican president in 1956 with just 15 guest rooms, its earliest guests could only arrive by yacht or private plane, thus making it a favorite retreat for Hollywood celebrities and savvy travelers alike. The privacy of the resort and the region's deep sea fishing drew guests [...]
Look no farther than this Canadian gut job for inspiration to kick off your week. Having a presence in Toronto ourselves, we have walked up this street many a time and for those who have yet to visit the city we'll tell you Hazelton Ave is a gem of old world charm - even in the dead of winter! Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Canada [...]
All it took for us was one hot day last weekend where we were all trying to find shade from the sweltering sun! With summer 2015 officially here its time to talk umbrellas - for docks, decks, patios and yards alike. While local stores are likely facing depleted inventory, especially in the color department we're thrilled to introduce a new line that stocks -wait for it - [...]
Hot Off the Furniture Press This Week Crate & Barrel is CLOSING its flagship Madison Ave Manhattan store due to rising rent. Having occupied their Midtown East location for 20+ years it's a sign of the times. CB lovers will either have to visit the SOHO store or do the more convenient order online option and forget slugging awkwardly sized items through the subway! Our [...]
From the moment we first walked into this old firehall in Highpoint, North Carolina we loved what we saw. What was so special about it? We can't quite recall the year (too many markets ago!) but it looked like this. ....and every which way we turned there was more eclectic goodness. Have you fallen in love yet? This we would discover was GJ Styles and it [...]
So this happened and I bet its happened to you too! I was lazing away this winter oceanside, between St Lucia's majestic Pitons on Sugar Beach ... when my husband said I'm hungry. With the restaurant a mere 50 steps behind us, we made our way up the beach then past this spectacular pool... and into this gorgeous open-air restaurant for a bite. The beach bag [...]
So our biggest pet peeve about selling furniture is the photography, and by that we mean never having great pictures of the products to share with our clients! Lets discuss the above photo. It's a GREAT photo but its in a PAPER catalog, that's then been loaded online and and we have had to click 12 times to get there. What part of it's 2015 don't these [...]
It's Travel Tuesday and today we land in Zichron Ya'akov. Where? Yeah we had to look at the map too! This small town in Israel, just north of Tel Aviv is at the rim of Mount Carmel’s ridge. Housed in a building originally designed as a sanitarium in 1968 by the late Israeli architect Jacob Rechter, Elma (an acronym for Elstein Music & Art) embodies [...]