Furniture that acts as storage for all your junk belongings can sometimes be boring. I came across a line of eco-friendly furniture at 2Modern by Iannone Design that had me just smitten. It’s furniture with a kick. They have such beautiful detail they would act as pieces of art. The design on the coffee table in the fourth photo? That’s about 1600 hand inlaid wood dots!!!! WOW. You’d never see any of this end up on Craigslist. Me likey. Alot.
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How about ending the work day (and the beginning of a long weekend for alot of us) with some simple, serene and stunning photographs from Swedish photographer Anna G Tufvesson.
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I was poking around the 2Modern site this morning, and came across the furniture line Offi. “Offi & Company, based in Emeryville, California, was born out of a love for great design. Offi satisfies this passion by creating simple, beautiful and practical furnishings that address the modern urban lifestyle. OFFI products are created to be multifunctional, comfortable, and at home in any modern home in the world.” Their furniture is for sure modern but I love how the majority of the items have curved lines, that removes the typical harshness of most modern pieces. (And as an avid fan of Karim Rashid, I was pleased to see that some of their products are designed by him). They also carry kids furniture and it’s incredible. Most of the items are marketed as easy to put together and something kids would enjoying helping with. Brilliant! Here’s a taste of what you’ll find at 2Modern from the Offi line:
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This is a quick welcome to our new sponsor, 2Furnish, a furniture company based in the UK that carries cane, wicker and rattan furnishings for conservatories (or wherever you’d like to use it). Furniture styles range from the very classic to modern eye catching contemporary designs all available with a choice of 32 luxurious fabrics. The cane, rattan and wicker used within their sofas, chairs and tables is of the highest grade, carefully selected and harvested from sustainable sources in South East Asia. Go have a looksie here.
We have a great group of sponsors here at desire to inspire, and one that has been with us for a while is 2Modern. Their online store rocks, and I thought I would do a post on one of my fetishes, pillows, because they carry such a huge, amazing selection. (Although searching through their store might not have been a good idea, because it’s too easy to hit that “ADD TO CART” button!)
One of my favourite lines is by Plush Living. OMG! They are silk, which ups the sexy factor, and the patterns and colours are so hot. I would be tempted to decorate a whole bedroom around some of these.
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Thomaspaul is always up there on my list of favourite patterns and I am in love with just about every pillow 2Modern carries from their line. Since I have a thing for peacock feathers, that one might be my favourite.
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Koko‘s line of pillows have an ethnic vibe to them which I’m always drawn to. The colours are so pretty, and they have such unusual patterns. The rice pillows won me over.
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So go on over and check out their site, and for those in the continental US, shipping is FREE!