POPULAR GIFT

I went a bit gaga this year over the Snowman Batter Bowl Gift Set from Sur La Table. (Anyone who knows me, stop reading now.) They are sold out of them on the Internet completely. But I went over to the Knox-Henderson store, found the bowl and reindeer (not snowmen, alas) spatulas. Put together my own gifts. Was the cutest thing I saw in the catalogs this holiday, and apparently, the rest of the world liked it, too!

BUSH LIBRARY=MANY, MANY PARTIES

Oh, we all knew it was coming. And all the Realtors keep hunting for the house George and Laura are allegedly building in Highland Park. This has been on our brother blog, and I could have scooped them earlier since my daughter goes to SMU Law–was out and about–but heck, here is the message from Gerald Turner:
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BATHROOM ACCE$$ORIE$

Talking about a sale at Yves Delorme reminded me that I was sprucing up my powder room last week before all the holiday parties.
Seeking aqua, I ran way up to Legacy where I love The Iron Bed and found a beautiful aqua French-made tissue box there. I also found a beautiful crystal soap dispenser but gagged at the price-tag: $395. For a bathroom soap dispenser.
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RE: PEACOCK

I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one Peggy. Florence Broadhurst (1899-1977) was no minimalist.

“She combined fuscia pinks, lemon yellows, lime greens, vivid oranges, turquoise, blacks, metallic silvers, and gold–all perfectly matching her own flamboyant personality. Florence Broadhurst printed onto transparent mylars, foils, and metallic papers. She called her revolutionary handprinted creations, ‘vigorous designs for modern living.’”

Her peacock feathers fabric is indeed black and white, but up against her other collections, the lack of color becomes quite daring. But if it’s colored peacocks you are looking for, it is color peacocks you shall receive.

FRANCE MEETS JAPAN IN BED

I stopped by Parisian linen boutique Yves Delorme earlier this week and just loved one of their bedding displays. The staff at the Oak Lawn Avenue location has coupled this vibrant, red Sospiro with hand-embroidered Japanese Kenzo sheets and mixed in festive complementary pillows. The result: stunning. Stop by to see it and try one of the holiday refreshments they offer every Saturday in December.

RE: PEACOCK

Paige, you’re right - peacocks have been a motif in Indian design for centuries - both in the iridescent colors and the feather shapes. Then those tired old English Victorians took over the look and in every proper Victorian parlor you would see dusty peacock feathers in some dark and gloomy corner. Leave it to us 21st c. design minimalists to leave the shape and take the color away. I don’t know, it’s kind of like fire without red, or the sun without yellow.