Carrie's TV Cabinet in Sex In the City II

A couple of people have contacted us about the TV cabinet/desk in Carrie and Big's apartment so we thought we'd tell you where you can get it.  It is designed by Thomas O'Brien for Hickory Chair and it's called the Hailings Secretary.   To see more product specifications click he...

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Carrie's Bed in Sex in The City II

Did you see Sex In the City II this past weekend? We thought it wasn't as bad as the reviews said it was... Seriously, don't you think the critics take this movie a bit too literally?  After all, the movie is all about the clothes and the fantasies...Anyway, did you like the bed in Carrie's and Big's apartment? We do. And we know exactly where to get it too.The bed is made by Vanguard Furniture and you can see it here (it is shown as tufted but it's an optional feature.  You can get it untufted plain as shown in the movie.  The nail heads can be changed to polished nickel ...

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Gorgeous Beach Shell Chandelier from Currey

We're crazy about this new beach shell chandelier from Currey & Co. Isn't it marvelous? Can you see this with a white linen couch and white-washed floor? You'll need a very high ceiling though. This chandelier is huge!The size is 37rd x 64h and the price is $5750 including shipping, a little expensive, perhaps, but oh it's so worth it.This will be posted on our Currey Chandeliers section soon so please check back for more in...

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Designers We Love

With the death of so many design magazines of late, we thought we'd share with you some of our favorite designers' web sites.  They are full of beautiful photographs and great ideas that you can steal :)Note:  Click on link to go to the designer's web site.Jan Showers-Soft, pretty designs.Kelly Hoppen-simple, modern, luxurious designs.  Muted colors, simple lines.Orla Collins: Modern, luxurious.  Simply divine.Rabih Hage-Scrumptious, luxurious. Rich colors, modern lines.  Marvelous details.Nini Andrade Silva- Zen, modern.  Ethnic.Michael Reeves-Simply divine! ...

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Ultra Cool Barstool

We're digging this new barstool from Nuevo. Look at the base. Isn't it the coolest ever?The barstool comes in black, brown and white leather. The base is made of solid stainless steel. It sells for $400/ea...

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Beaconsfield

Perhaps you can spend some of your holiday weekend thinking about your dream home.Happy Memorial D...

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Remodeling & Makeovers

Visbeen Associates' Blaine residence was featured this month in Women's Day's Remodeling & Makeovers magazine. For ease read it on our websi...

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Heaven on Earth Home

Interior Designer, Margaux Drake, blogged about a design meeting with Wayne Visbeen and I thought you'd enjoy reading it here. What's your Heaven on Earth Ho...

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Extraordinary Modern Loft Interior Design and Decorating Inspiration

Modern interior design has come into its own and promises to turn your home into a masterpiece of aesthetic beauty without sacrificing one moment of practicality or function. The interior design is done in modern contemporary style. Colors and shapes chose not only to be stylish but also cozy and practical. Lighting is also one of the factors to consider during the design phase. Lighting has been an essential component of interior design. A splendid lighting decoration must take into consideration of all occupant needs and their lifestyle, in order to satisfy three essential factors: people, construction...

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Railside Renovation

Check out the features Eight West (WOOD TV 8) produced on the renovations Visbeen Associates designed for Railside Golf Cl...

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Love This Bed!

We are digging this bed from Noir Trading. It's so unusual, don't you think? Upholstered in burlap, It's available in queen, ca king & eastern king.We don't have pricing info yet but  if you  need help with it info drop us a li...

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Where Did You Get That? Green Nighstand

JWe were researching ideas for a client's baby room and came accross this picture from Elle Decor.Image via Elle DecorDon't you  love the fact that it's not all pink?  If you like the green nightstand, you can find them at Bungalow 5. In addition to green, it comes in pink, red, white, beige and black as well.  Produc specifications and pricing info can be found he...

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GR Women's Symphony Showhouse WZZM 13 feature

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Where Did You Get That? Geometric Wallpaper in 9 by Design

Do you watch 9 by Design on Bravo?  It's on Tuesday night and it's about a couple in New York with 6 or 7 kids and their design business.  They are self-taught designers making a living by fixing houses for other people and flipping houses themselves.  Anyway, if you watch the show you'll see that the show's opening has a geometric wallpaper background that is also used in their living room (in purple!). If you like that pattern, you can find it at Cole & Sons Wallpaper.  It's called Hick's Hexagon and comes a few colorways.To read more about Sixx Design,...

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Where Did You Get That? Graphic Wallpaper

We saw this picture via Coco + Kelly today when were trying to do everything possible to procastinate working.  You see, when you run your own business there is no such thing as a day off! But we shouldn't complain.  We love, love working for ourselves.Anway, if you like the wallpaper shown here (it's very bold and dramatic in person), you can find it at Cole & Sons wallpaper. The pattern number is 77/1102-CS and it comes in three colorwa...

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Beautiful Antique Reproductions from Eloquence Inc.

We don't see new vendors very often in the last few years. We imagine starting any new business, and especially home furnishing business, is tough. This is why we were so happy to see a new one that we really like at the High Point show -- Eloquence Inc. Based out of Santa Monica, CA, this company makes antique reproductions that are really, really pretty. It's the kind of furniture that you want to have if you were living in, say, an Ialian villa or something. Although in Los Angeles, where we have many Spanish Mediteranean homes that were built in the 1920s, these would look amazing as well.Here...

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So pretty...

We saw this picture from Vanity Fair today and we just love it.  It's under the slide shows titled "Oscar Moms".  The picture is of a young Audrey Hepburn pushing a baby carriage (were baby carriages this big in the sixties?).We also just finished watching a couple of episodes of  the "Real Housewives" series and thought about the contrast of how the women look there vs here.  Enough with the Botox, hair extensions, bad French manicures!Doesn't Hepburn look so beautifully natural? Image courtesy of Vanity F...

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Small Businesses Are People Too...

A friend of ours who runs a small drapery wrote us an email to vent about a particularly nasty client of his. The woman was referred to him by a friend.  She insisted on meeting early in the morning, so to get to her house at 10am in LA traffic, my friend has to leave his office at 8am.  He spent a couple of hours the night before picking out fabrics for her.  Once he got there, she proceeded to tell him that she only wants to have someone measure the windows for her so that she can buy the window treatment over the Internet.  Mind you, she wants to have the measurement...

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Living Room Interior Design by Karim Rashid

Living Room Interior Design concept by Karim RashidOne of the best creative Living Room Interior Design by Karim Rashid, colourful and alarming installations of the Milan architecture anniversary 2010. a amplitude that echoes the agenda techno-organic apple we alive in. Soft amoebic shapes realised through a morphic actual to actualize a animal active environment. evoking an another way of experiencing the home environment. A acute acceptable home with DuPont� Corian� by Karim Rashid. Every breadth of the home, from kitchen and bath to bedroom, garden and bouncing walls, has been realised by Karim...

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Design Modern Iconic Egg Chair

God actualize first, Design Modern Iconic Egg Chair. Almost agnate to the Lobster Chair, this Arne Jacobsen�s armchair of the 1958 Egg Armchair was already fabricated its mark throughout the years. It�s been 52 years already and Fritz Hansen is ablution a bound copy Egg Armchair with a abundant covering upholstery installed in it. Here beneath we accord you how the acclaimed Egg Armchair has been adapted these days.Modern Iconic Egg Chair Design Just for all of us to bethink that the aboriginal iconic and common accepted Egg Armchair was advised by Danish Architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958. The Fritz...

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Interior Design by Delpha : Ultra Stylish and Sleek Bathroom interior

It�s been like about Ultra Stylish and Sleek Bathroom interior a aeon that we�ve not acquaint you any bath autogenous design. It is the Delpha which brings such an ultra beautiful bath autogenous designs for you. It�s about as if you can abrasion it (fashionable). Some of the bath autogenous designs you see beneath accept awakening theme. Some are aloof a aggregate of affluence and baroque. Others are afflicted by the nature. It�s account the money to pay added if you accept one of these and it will absolutely charge an added maintenance.Looking at the architecture you�d apparently assumption...

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Wilcox Gardens

This May, the magnificent local Wilcox Estate may be toured as the Women’s Committee of the Grand Rapids Symphony presents its 2010 Symphony Showhouse. From May 1 to May 23 you can experience it for yourself and join us at our many special events.Once part of the old Aspey Farm Dairy, the Wilcox Estate, which was built in 1923, was first used as a community house and summer estate for the Wilcox family and friends. The building with its three graceful arched entrances and intriguing features was designed by prominent Grand Rapids architect Kenneth W. Welch.This major fundraiser to support the...

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