September 15, 2010
You know I love a good makeover and this etagere scooped up from Goodwill by Eddie Ross is positively gorgeous! It cost a mere $75 and just look what you can do with a bit of styling! I especially adore the faux bamboo detail, charming little finials and lovely aged brass finish. The icing on the cake? The handsome white horse bookends are from my vintage shop, Katie Armour Home. Looking good Eddie ; )
How do you style your bookshelves? With books, objects or both?
August 26, 2010
My Etsy widget is down at the moment, but I just wanted to let you know I’ve added several fun items to Katie Armour Home this week. Nearly everything is less than $30 and a great deal are less than $20. I’m seriously crushing on the chic little match holders (think Rita Konig ladies…) and butterflies. Enjoy ; )
August 3, 2010
My name is Katie and I’m a design book addict. A couple of months ago I found this massive lucite, glass and chrome coffee table on Craigslist for $60 (I know, find of a lifetime!) and love that it accommodates six stacks of books on top and six below. I still have multiple stacks elsewhere (it’s a disease!), but this keeps my collection somewhat tidy. Anyway, thought I’d share a few iPhone snaps of my trinkets and such. We’re still hunting for a sofa (and desk, and bookshelves), but I’m in no rush. Rooms that are decorated over time have more soul, don’t you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
P.S. Some of my most treasured: Flair Annual 1953, Allure by Diana Vreeland, photography books by Richard Avedon, Karl Lagerfeld and David Bailey, Tony Duquette, Happy Times by Lee Radziwill, Michael Smith’s Houses, Goodbye Picasso, Billy Baldwin Decorates, David Hicks: Designer, Vogue Living, museum/gallery publications collected on my travels…
March 19, 2010
Thought I’d leave you for the weekend with some of my recent Katie Armour Home additions. Pink lucite ice buckets and vintage vera table linens…it’s almost spring!
We have a fantastic Plucky Pioneer lined up for Monday. I won’t reveal her name, but I will tell you she just had triplets and named them Poppy Jane, Bennett Stewart, and Elsie Clementine! If that doesn’t lure you back on Monday I give up. Cutest darn baby names ever! Happy Friday my loves… XO Katie
March 10, 2010
Just added some things to Katie Armour Home, you know, in case you are in dire need of an elephant…or two. XO