COCOCOZY FOR MIRTH STUDIO - NEW PAINTED WOOD FLOOR TILES

COCOCOZY for Mirth Studio painted wood floor tiles - new flooring concept! (above)

Last week I mentioned my latest exciting new license partnership with Mirth Studio.  This week, I'll go into a bit of detail.

I am so proud to be a part of a fantastic new product release - painted wood tile floors with COCOCOZY patterns on them.

Long story short.  Via email and a blog post I met Sally Bennett, founder of Mirth Studio in Charleston, South Carolina.  Sally came up with the brilliant idea of creating engineered wood floor tiles that are digitally printed on to look like they are hand painted wood floors. Sally, an artist by trade, has dozens of wonderful colorful designs in the Mirth Studio collection. Ingenious.  Genius.  Smart.  Well the minute I heard of this concept I knew two things: 1) I had to do one of the first blog posts on these tiles (click here to see my post) and 2) I wanted to partner with Sally to license out my COCOCOZY designs for these wonderful floor tiles.

In less than a week after meeting via email, Sally and I worked out a deal.  Just this last week, Sally took her innovative product to High Point Market along with 5 of my designs!  So exciting!

Well the response was overwhelming.  Sally is the first to bring this sort of product to market so designers and potential partners went crazy over these floors.  Sally was inundated with at the trade show with lots of business prospects.  Was so happy for her and so happy to be a part of her wood floor tile launch.

Here is a glimpse of the COCOCOZY wood floor tiles on display at High Point Market and some of the varieties available.

COCOCOZY for Mirth Studio painted wood floor tiles on display at High Point Market last week!

Love this gray COCOCOZY Ring wood floor tile - snapped this picture at market!

COCOCOZY Maroc Wood Floor Tile - 12"x12"

Nine 12"x12" COCOCOZY Maroc wood floor tiles laid out to 

COCOCOZY Chain painted wood floor tile in celery green  - 12"x12" (above and below)

COCOCOZY Chain wood floor tiles in light blue - This image shows nine tiles laid out on a floor (above)

Here are some details on these wood floor tiles from Mirth Studio's website:

• Available in 12” x 12” square tiles made of ½” thick engineered hardwood.
• Pre-finished with 10 coats of abrasion-resistant, crystal-clear UV-hardened 100% resin urethane.
• Ideal for residential or light commercial use.
• Should be installed using a multiple-stick urethane glue.
• Can be installed over most subflooring—concrete or wood.
• Manufacturer’s warranty: 10-year commercial and 25-year residential on tile surface, lifetime structural warranty (see details in warranty section).
• Manufactured and finished in the US. 100% MADE IN THE USA!
• Can be lightly sanded and refinished multiple times just like conventional engineered wood floor products.
• You can easily replace a single tile or small section, unlike traditional wood flooring, which must be ripped out and re-installed with sanding and staining when damaged.
• The tiles come 18 per box. Each box weighs 33 lbs.
• Can also be used decoratively on walls

To see the entire COCOCOZY for Mirth Studio Wood Floor Tile Colleciton - CLICK HERE.

If you would like more information or would like to order any of these tiles, please email orders@mirthstudio.com.

Happy Monday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Woke up a little sore this morning.  Went on a 6.2 mile hike yesterday with TE.  Such an amazing walk uphill to stand almost right in front of the iconic Hollywood sign.  It was such a nice day for a long walk up a hill.  Not too sunny.  Not cold.  Just perfect.  With good company I might add.

P.P.S.  This weekend was my "I Love Lucy" weekend.  I got locked out of the COCOCOZY Headquarter offices on Saturday...I had brought my dog, Mr. Boo, over to get some paperwork done, I stepped out of the office for a minute and locked myself out!  About an hour later and $149 poorer, a nice locksmith who looked like a spy of some sort, came and helped me open the door!  Lucy  moment number 2 occurred when I was sashaying up some stairs with TE and was taking pictures of the inside of a house, when all of a sudden I lost my footing and ended up falling face down.  No injuries at all.   Just a loss of pride and dignity. Lucy moment #3.  Mr. Boo, my dog, eats $100 in $20 bills belonging to my boyfriend TE.  TE left money on the dining room table...Mr. Boo climbed on said table, stole money and ate it. Oy. Tried to make jokes about this mishap...fell on deaf ears! Ooops. That's it.

P.P.P.S.  Hope you had a nice weekend and hope you have a nice week ahead!


Photos: Sally Bennett; Coco of COCOCOZY

COCOCOZY EMBROIDERED PILLOWS IN STOCK

COCOCOZY Embroidered Pillow Collection from $90-$120 (above)

I am very happy to bring you my latest line of pillows...ready for your picking at the COCOCOZY Shop now.

The COCOCOZY Embroidered Collection has been super popular. It seems COCOCOZY devotees were definitely in the mood for some embroidered textiles!  For those of you who have not shopped COCOCOZY yet, the good news is these embroidered pillows range in price from $90-$120!

I developed this new embroidered collection of linen pillows under a license deal with Peking Handicraft.  Spent some time designing, picking colors and reviewing samples for this project.  It was so much fun working on this new collection with a partner who knows how to manufacture and distribute home furnishings.

The embroidered pillow collection launched this past summer to the wholesale market and I wrote a post with full details on how this license deal came about back in July.

These new embroidered pillows are imported.  That means the some are priced under $100.

We still proudly offer our equally popular high end made-in-the-U.S. popular luxury COCOCOZY Classic Linen pillows - these luxury classic signature COCOCOZY pillows are carefully custom-made-to-order here in Los Angeles (on U.S. soil).  Think of the luxury collection as our base that will never go away.  These styles have become COCOCOZY classics and they way we design and craft the COCOCOZY Classic Linen pillows makes that collection a timeless designer must-have statement for the home.

Back to the embroidered pillows - the fun, fashionable and affordable line. 20"x20", down filled, embroidered, linen, in six designs...in a variety of colors including a lemon yellow, bright orange, mint green and more.

 I really like the black and gray collection embroidered on a darker natural linen pictured below - perfect for fall. Of course, I love the blues and there is a very special gray color in the mix.

Please check out the entire COCOCOZY embroidered collection here.  Hope you find something you like!

Am already working with Peking Handicraft on developing the embroidered pillow collection for 2014 if you can believe it.  Next year, the collection includes never before seen COCOCOZY designs, lots of saturated colors, a cheerful bold group of accent pillows.  Can't wait for the 2014 collection.

In the meantime, enjoy your browse of this collection! Let me know which ones you like best and where you might put in your home.  Let the shopping begin!

Happy Wednesday.

xo
Coco

COCOCOZY COLLECTION 2013 CATALOG PREVIEW!

COCOCOZY Catalog cover page

So here are the first few pages of the COCOCOZY COLLECTION 2013 Catalog Vol. 1.

Am very excited.  The actual catalogs should be ready today for pick up.

We worked with a special ops team of consultants on this project! The team includes fantastic graphic designer EF and fab photographer Hugh Hamilton.  COCOCOZY assistant JW also helped me out on shoot day with styling and just last week with some last minute edits.

Also, here is the first glimpse of the COCOCOZY Light collection.  A new collection of pillows I am adding into the mix this year.  The designs are more playful than my classic luxury linen line of pillows; the pillows are made in the U.S. from imported cotton; very simple relaxed knife edge construction; down inserts included; and the price point is about half the price than our luxury linen line.  It will be in stores around the country starting this spring and will be available on our site soon.

I'll be debuting COCOCOZY Light, the COCOCOZY Rug Collection and so much more at the New York International Gift Fair starting this Sunday.  I leave for NYC on Thursday...booth set up Friday and Saturday and on Sunday the trade show begins.

CM who runs all things operations at COCOCOZY will be flying in to NYC with me to help show the collection to buyers.  NY based interior designer MK will round out the team.  It is a lot of hard work for about 6 days...but we'll get it done!

The COCOCOZY Collection has now been around for 2 years and this marks my 5th time at this home furnishings trade show.  Am so excited.  I am happy to report that I am still having a blast trying to navigate and learn about home textiles, furniture and design all while still enjoying what I do in my real life as a business executive in an unrelated field.  It has been a roller coaster of mishaps and mistakes and literal and figurative pratfalls....but I've tripped and tumbled my way here...with of course a wonderful support team and fantastic friends (like best of friends AM, FF, NS, AT, A.Ro. and more) and of course my wonderful family (mom, sis DS and supportive extended family SS, RM, MA, AJ, LB, MP, JG).

Will give you a bit of advice (not that you asked for it)...but if you have an idea, a dream, or passion...go for it.  Really.  It is scary and exciting and exhilarating and thrilling and terrifying all at the same time...but well worth it.

I will be announcing one more partnership tomorrow too by the way...  Another new line for COCOCOZY!  Spent much of 2012 working with partners on these new collections so it will be fun to finally chatter about all of them.

In the meantime, please take a look at these first few pages and COCOCOZY Light and tell me what you think.

Happy Tuesday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Last Friday, I had a great lunch with my fantastic agents HM and SM.  They work for a posh Hollywood talent agency.  It was so nice catching up with them and hearing about their world.  They swung by the COCOCOZY HQ in Beverly Hills for a quick visit too.  I warned them several times over that our offices were SO small and in a shabby little building.  They were very gracious but I know in the back of their minds they were thinking "Wow, this really IS small!".  LOL!

P.P.S.  In the middle of the chaos of getting ready for the fair and working at my regular job, demolition  and construction continue at my little tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills.  So many choices to make during this mini renovation...wood floors, new doors, heaters etc.  My contractor KM and his team are right on schedule but unfortunately I am not.  KM sends me regular texts reminding me about all of the decisions I have to make.  Slightly challenging...but doable. My dear mother also keeps calling me to check in on the progress of the remodel (by the way, what is the difference between remodeling and renovating...not sure). And of course my dear sweet sis DS who I've been staying with while I am without a home is most invested on the project's progress. Last night over a dinner of take out Mr. Chow, I informed her it could be another month or 6 weeks of me staying with her. Poor sis DS...she got two surprise roommates for Christmas (me and dog Mr. Boo)! I owe her a big present at the end of all of this!

P.P.P.S. I went to my house this weekend to see how things were going with the construction. I also had to move the last bits of furniture and my paintings to my storage unit early Saturday morning.  Here are some shots of my bedroom with the walls completely removed.  Noticed there seemed to be some sort of window framed out behind the walls.  Interesting!

My bedroom and house under construction. (above and below)

P.P.P.P.S.  Engineered wood v. solid wood debate - So have been bopping back and forth from one wood place to another...trying to figure out what kind of floors to use.  My contractor KM says that because my house is right up against a hillside and there is potential for moisture, I should do engineered wood.  I brought home at least 20 samples over the weekend.  Am not sure about the whole idea.  Just heard from my good friend JLF's wood floor installer guy yesterday and he says he can install 6" wide white oak solid wood floors and stain to any color.  Help...what should I do?

P.P.P.P.P.S.  So excited to see best of friend AM in New York.  I'll stay with her and her sweet hubby JE and their two adorable kids.  TE is also coming to NY so that he can see the COCOCOZY gift show booth.  We'll stay at the Bowery Hotel while he's in town for a few days.

P.P.P.P.P.P.S.  NYC Saturday Night Dinner - Also looking forward to dinner on Saturday night with the Capel Rugs executive team.  Will be fun to celebrate the launch of the COCOCOZY Rug Collection with fab VP/Creative Director Tami Watras and the oh so wonderful Capel Rugs President John Magee!   Made a reservation at Gemma which is next door to the Bowery.  Anyone else have any must go to NYC restaurant suggestions?

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.  Hope you had a great Martin Luther King holiday and Inauguration Day yesterday!  Hope you have a great week ahead!

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. One last thing...please remember to come see me at the New York International Gift Fair. I'd love to say hi. COCOCOZY is booth #7919 on the lower floor of the Javits Center starting this upcoming Sunday! It is always so much fun for me to meet you all. So please please please come by and say hi!

WEEKEND PHOTO!

A little COCOCOZY moment!

(Arch linen pillows and a navy Logo throw on my sis DS's Barcelona chair)

Enjoy the weekend!

xo
Coco

THIS OR THAT: LIVING ROOM LIGHTING!

Two living rooms with black ceiling pendant lights hanging directly over the coffee tables.

One is a large oversized drum pendant light...in the other living room, a cluster of smaller black pendants is used.

The question is...which do you prefer?

So what do you think? I definitely like the large drum pendant light the best. Makes a bold statement.

Happy Friday!

xo
Coco

P.S. As I mentioned, we did a big photo shoot with fab photographer Hugh Hamilton right before Christmas for the new COCOCOZY 2013 catalog.  We shot at sis DS's house here in Los Angeles.  Here are some photos I took at the shoot - a sneak peek of a few of the shots that are being considered for the cover. These shots feature the COCOCOZY Classic Collection of linen pillows. We'll be introducing a whole new line in 2013 named COCOCOZY Light (I will show you those pillows soon...not yet...but soon). That is JW, who assists over at COCOCOZY, arranging the pillows in the second shot!  This was the first time we shot during the day and the first time we finished within 8 hours!

COCOCOZY textile collection at our most recent catalog shoot! (above)

JW primping pillows from the COCOCOZY Collection at the photo shoot! (above)

P.P.S.  Hope you have a great weekend!


Photos: Skona Hem; Coco of COCOCOZY

SEE THIS HOUSE: WHAT $50 MILLION DOLLARS BUYS YOU IN MALIBU!

Located on prestigious Carbon Beach in Malibu right on Pacific Coast Highway, this 9 bedroom, 13 bathroom home boasts over 150 feet of gorgeous California beach frontage.  Prime real estate I would say. 10,317 square feet of prime real estate to be exact.

Oh did I mention the $50 million dollar price tag for this house (or should I say estate...or mansion...what does one call a larger than life beach house...?)? Hilton & Hyland has this multi million dollar real estate listing!  Let's see...the house was designed by architect Michael Graves and I found reports that say a guy who once ran Yahoo is selling it (Terry Semel is his name I think).

Here's how the home is described on the property website:

"The home is composed of three pavilions and is a blend of contemporary and traditional architecture, portraying both the feeling of Modernism and Classicism.  You are swept into the heart of the living space by the expansive ocean view. Twelve foot ceilings encase a bank of French doors leading to a signature covered outdoor veranda with columns reminiscent of a contemporary southern plantation. The master bedroom is bathed in sunlight from both the French doors that front the ocean, and the 6 part gridded circular window that comprises most of the north wall of the room. Dual baths and closets complete the master suite. The architect says his vision was to present a home that was “cool and open with the presence of water."

Take a look at what a mere $50 million will buy you in Malibu....!

Än aerial view of the ocean front property. (above)

12 foot coffered ceilings in the open plan dining room living room area with windows that offer fantastic views of the water. (above)

Love this view from the master bath.  Also I like the light blue trim on the glass doors and windows that lead out onto the balcony and more water vistas. (above)

So, what do you think of the architecture of this home...love it, hate it?  If you had $500 million in the bank, would you spend $50 million on this beach house?  Please weigh in the comments below!

Happy Monday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  This week, I'll be bringing you an exclusive look inside the living area of a darling Spanish style home here in Los Angeles.  So excited to share with you this simply elegant space...am thrilled that the homeowner and friend SN chose to include COCOCOZY pillows in her living room too!  Here's a sneak peek at that post for later in the week.

COCOCOZY pillows inside my friend SN's lovely Los Angeles home! (above)

P.P.S. COCOCOZY NEW COLLECTION - I finally received the samples for the new collection I am working on...so very excited! AG and TG came by COCOCOZY HQ on Saturday and saw the beginning swatches for this new collection. Okay...I think I will bury yet another big COCOCOZY story in the P.S. section only because I can never hold anything in long enough for a big reveal. Okay...so on Friday, I got my first samples of the COCOCOZY bedding collection! In January 2013, I'll be debuting a collection of complete bedding - COCOCOZY duvets, shams, sheets and more! I am so excited. I had some linen shams and boudoir pillows in the original COCOCOZY collection...they were extremely high end and I think far too luxury for everyday people like you and me (would be good for the $50 million dollar beach house people though). So I was fortunate enough to be approached by a wonderful company who is now manufacturing a full top of bed collection for COCOCOZY. Woot woot. Woohoo. Yippeeee!!! We've been working on the project for almost a year. The samples are looking good overall. Need to still work on the colors in one of the collections but so far so good. I'll write a real post on COCOCOZY bedding soon.

P.P.P.S. Remember to follow COCOCOZY on Bloglovin'!

P.P.P.P.S. VOTE - Remember to vote tomorrow!  I have been obsessed with presidential election polls over the last few weeks - is that geeky? Another question re: election geekiness.  Am one of those people who loves going to the polls to vote and then I wear my sticker around all day that says "I voted". Is that geeky or patriotic? Or is it patriotic geeky?  Either way I am proud to vote and if I am deemed a geek because I am constantly checking the polls, then I am proud of that too!  An interior design addicted, election obsessed, leading a double life, voting girl.  That's me!  Anyhoooo....vote, vote, vote!