CHEAP TO CHIC: MUSING OVER MALACHITE!

Love this foyer above. It was featured in Lonny Magazine a few months back. This entryway is in the home of my friend Kristi Bender of Wendy Schwartz Design. I've been to Kristi's house and seen this foyer. I fell in love with the green Cole & Sons Malachite wallpaper.  Malachite is a green banded stone...it has been quite "in" as inspiration in design for awhile now...but for some reason I'm seeing it pop up a lot this holiday season.

So today I bring you a CHEAP TO CHIC on all things malachite!

Chic Shop - Billy Malachite Finial - $75 (Gold and green malachite lamp finial.)(above)

I took this photo of a close up of faucet handle in my neighbor's master bath...it is a Sherle Wagner faucet/fitting in gold and malachite. (above)

Shopbop - Teardrop Malachite Layered Necklace - $119 (Gold and  malachite necklace by  Heather Hawkins) (above)

A powder room designed by Nate Berkus with malachite inspired wallpaper. (above)

1st Dibs - 19th Century Italian Console Tables - $22,500 (Soniat House Antiques.  Faux Malachite base, trimmed in white gold with marble top.)(above)

Do you like malachite or dislike? See anything you covet here?

Happy Tuesday!

xo
Coco

Photos: Lonny Magazine; Coco of COCOCOZY; Nate Berkus

SMART DESIGN: THE MOLECULAR TABLE!

Casamidy - Molecular Console Table - $1950 (metal and glass console table)

Okay...my Casamidy crush continues...this time in the form of a collection of tables.

You might ask..."Coco...what in the world is a Casamidy crush?".  Appalled, I would reply in a rather snooty tone, "You don't know. How could you NOT know what a Casamidy Crush is...oh my?"  And then, you would probably think, "What is wrong with Coco?  Why is she talking with that funny affected lock jaw accent and clenching her teeth while she talks.  Bizarre."

Anyhoooo....simply put a Casamidy crush is a crush one might have on everything made by the Mexico based furniture design company, Casamidy, that is run by Ann Marie Midy and Jorge Almada..

Today, I bring you their latest - the Molecular Table series.  The tables have metal bases and glass tops.  The metal is an intricate design...almost maze like...based on a German scientific model of a molecule!  So smart...literally and figuratively speaking!

The Molecular coffee table with a gold leaf finish on a cover patio. (above)

The Molecular Coffee Table with silver leaf finish - $1450 (above)

Jorge sent me this image of the German science molecule model that the tables' design was inspired by. (above)

The tables come in nickel plate, gold leaf, silver leaf and lacquer over metal finishes.  There is also a side table with a square glass top.

I love them.  I think they would work well in a traditional home juxtaposed against some classic furniture pieces as well as in an ultra modern space. A great new take on design.  Well done...again...Jorge and Ann-Marie!

What do you think about this smart table?  Could you use a statement piece like this in your home? If so, where...if not, let us know why?

Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco