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Featured: Chicago Art Source


Hotel Sax is a beautifully designed hotel here in Chicago and is best known for their great decor, location, style and architectural detail. To add to the sleek interior, Chicago Art Source is creating a large polycarbonate sculpture installation of a translucent blue wall and loop, which gives the appearance of a floating waterfall. The bottom is to be lit with optic lights which will further add to the brilliance of its color and form.

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Blog #7: You eat where you sleep





So do you remember being a kid and sandwiching yourself between two pillows and being a "human sandwich"? Well someone actually took that literally and made this burger bed! The bed isn't available on an actual website, but it does have it's very own Facebook page.

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Blog #6: Cool Cantilever Chair



Super cool Miesrolo foldable chair that is form from wood and a synthetic band.

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Blog #5: Bear bag


Ok, so this isn't exactly interior design related but it was too funny for me not to post. Summer is coming up and it's time to start planning those camping trips! Why not make things interesting and bring along your sweet bear sleeping bag? This bag designed by Eiko Ishizawa is dedicated to a big brown bear that was hunted in the Alps and is meant to not only let you know how it feels to be a bear, but to know what it's like to be eaten by one. Bound to get some laughs, unless you yourself are hunted...then it's just ironic.

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The rug the wall sat on...




This area rug, appropriately named "Confusion", is part of the works of designer Pravdoliub Ivanov. He created a rug that looks as if it were trying to slyly slide from one room to another and got caught in the middle.

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Blog #4: Playhouse in the clouds


No, we aren't talking about Heaven but it's definitely Heavenly. This playhouse designed by Dietrich Wegner has a wooden body with a fluffy exterior meant to look like a cloud.
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Blog #3: So colorful yet so green

It is amazing how green everyone is becoming. From eco-friendly homes, resteraunts and now eco-friendly nightclubs. Greenhouse is the first LEED certified club in America. Located in SoHo New York, the club uses recycle materials on both levels and has a magnificent ceiling treatment made of 5,000 crystals.

Greenhouse
150 Varick Street
NY, NY



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Blog #2: Bloom in the bathroom


This glass bathroom faucet is a creative and unexpected way to add spring blooms to your bathroom. The piece, created by David Vercelli for Hego WaterDesign, beautifully incoorporates the natural elements of flowers and waterfall effect with a sleek and wide stainless steel spout.
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Quick Blog#1 - Bloombaby



World, I had a baby! Meet my beautiful baby boy, James Leito Marsh, born March 16th. He is my bouncing ball of joy!

Since I am experiencing a little blog backup, I am going to play catch up by doing some quick blogging on finds from the 7 days that I was out of commission. In dedication to my sweet son I am first going to blog about beautiful baby furniture!




Bloombaby specializes in designing contemporary baby products for the modern day parents, marrying parenthood and style. To add to the "oohs" and "awws" of the products, the company was created by four dads who wanted to bring a modern flair to your average baby furniture.

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Operation: Furnish House with Craigslist- NY


With the economy being so tough, it is difficult to try to purchase new furniture for your apartment or home, especially if you just moved. Fortunately we have Craigslist! Not only can you purchase furniture but you can find a huge assortment of free goodies.

Here we start Operation: Furnish Home For Free With Craigslist...or FHFFWC for short...alright, maybe just Operation: Furnish House. We will randomly choose a city and to see what free goodies are posted that can be used to furnish a room. If you are in the area and have a vehicle and an extra hand you might be in luck.

City- New York Room: Living Room
Here we found a light fixture, sofa, coffee table, bookshelf, TV and stand.

Modern black light fixture

32" Sony television- No picture but I'm sure we have an idea of what a tv looks like.


TV stand- Can be really nice with a can of primer, expresso paint and caster wheels


Sofa- Ok, so it's not attractive but it can be dressed with a slipcover and some throw pillows...and it's free

Black metal bookshelf- Can be cleaned or spray painted silver for a more modern look.

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Design Exhibit: Smart Home

Chicago
Smart Home: Green & Wired '09


The Smart Home is back! The home is a modular space built and furnished with tons of eco-friendly goodness such as recycled tiles, solar panels, to reclaimed wood for alot of the furniture. The exhibit starts March 19th and continues thru January 3rd of 2010 so if you don't live in Chicago but plan on visiting in the next year it is definitely a site worth checking out.

Check out the Museum of Science and Industry site for more ticket prices and additional information.

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Terrifying Tea House

The Takasugi-an teahouse not only caught my eye because of it's uniqueness, but also because of it's downright scariness. This quaint tea house, built by Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori, is not only extremely compact but it is also perched on replanted chestnut trees that have been cut from a local mountain. The only way to get in is by using free-standing ladders, which further add to its unstableness. The Tea house has an amazing view from the inside and when looking at it from the outside it almost appears to float in air as the thin trees that hold the house blend into the wooded background.

Although cool, things like this remind me why I drink coffee.




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Rockin' rocking chair



This super futuristic rocking chair, designed by Pouyan Mokhtarani, not only has a cool and sleek design, but the chair also has 8 liquid filled cushions mimic that those of the torso and even has two watery cushions in the seat that are apparently designed to help prevent your butt from sweating. While the design is definitely unique, it is still left to be determined exactly how comfortable is really is, and if it is indeed butt-sweatproof.

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Behind the gates of Bill Gates home

Ever wonder what it's like inside the house of the once richest man in the world? The architects of Bill Gates have created a virtual tour that details the technology awesomeness that is laid throughout his Medina, Washington house.

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Bringing spring inside

With daylight savings time on Sunday making the days longer, it's just another little reminder that Spring is just around the corner! Here are some DYI ideas to help bring spring on in.


I'm not big for country design but I found this on Country Living and thought it was very Shabby Chic and could be cute for the spring. The project is as basic as finding beautifully colored artificial flowers and attaching them to hair ties to create napkin rings.



Bring the green indoors
Liven up your space using spring blossoms such as daffodils.

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Accessory Sale at West Elm

Here are some spring sales that I found from one of my favorite contemporary shops, West Elm. Not only do they have a great online store, but they have plenty nationwide! These deals are not only affordable but they are even better than shopping at Target, with better quality!


Beautiful in size color and shape, these Artisanal Glass Vases are only $6.99 from $20.


Canvas storage boxes that come in a handful of colors range from $6.99-$21.99


These are cute ceramic Narrative Animals on sale for $4.99 from $20


Cozy hand-crocheted, textured pillows for $9.99 from $20


Limited reproduction of "Ten Seconds" photography for $29.99 from $99

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Green Design Event - Chicago (Updated!)

Please join Pallandrome and GreenWerks at Enclave March 27th form 6:30 to 9:30 pm for Blank Canvas: A Design Showcase. This is a networking event for eco-friendly interior designers, architects, landscapers and contractors. A portion of the proceeds will benefit TreeCago, a program that plants trees throughout the city

There will also be complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres served. RSVP at blankcanvaschicago.com.

The cost is $10 at the door

Enclave
222 Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL

We hope to see you at Blank Canvas on the 27th! Please email info@pallandrome.com or call 888-326-7895 with questions.

*Remember to bring your business cards if you have any*

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Flashy lights

There is nothing better then finding some out of the extraordinary and modern design elements. Here are an assortment of cool light fixtures.


These are cool and colorful light fixtures from 1 Contemporary.

These are a modern spin on oil lamps is the oil light bulb by Sergio Silva


These lit clothes hangers are definitely a little out of the ordinary, making clothes appear to be worn by a ghastly crew when hung on the walls. As interesting as they might be, they arent really special enough to pay the $300 pricetag for them. Much better to invest in a $2 bulb for the closet light.

Ever get so frustrated figuring out the Rubik's Cube you wanted to set it on fire? Well the next best thing is to light it up, with this Rubik's Cube lamp.

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