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Lately, I have been doing an incredible amount of furnishing sourcing for client projects – today specifically researching and sourcing area rugs, pillows, and poufs.  In my “internet travels” I came across Calypso and loving their home goods section, especially the collection of area rugs, pillows, and poufs – coincidentally everything I was looking for!

{Knit Wall Clock}

{Beignet Pouf}

{Lapis Quilt}

{Kuba Jaipuri Pouf}

{Trellis Euro Pillow}

{Goa Pearl Euro Pillow}

{Hampton Lattice Rug}

Leave it to Kelly Wearstler to incorporate the most unique furniture and sculpture into her interiors, including the most unusual anatomical sculptures which (as quoted above) she deems “organic and sexy.”

The dining room of her Hillcrest Estate, amassed with figurines and sculptures.

The Malibu Beach Residence, with life size figures and overscaled sculpture (above and below).

If you’re ever in the hunt for antomically correct sculptures (as was I for a current design project), check out what 1st Dibs has to offer with their ever changing assortment of inventory and great connections to individual vendors.

This “Overlife sized Plaster Sculpture of a Face” measures approx 32″ w x 20″h” and is avaialbe through Talisman London.

This 1940’s Female Bust from the Czech Republic is available for $1,100 through Vintage a la Mode in San Francisco.

An Italian Cubo-Futurist Bust, circa 197o is made of tin.  Available through Dual Modern in New York.

Antique French Bust Of Diana “The Huntress” France circa 1880’s-90’s, from Moss Antiques in New Orleans.

Pair of 1930’s Deco Busts, finished in crackle lacquer from the Paul Marra Showroom in Los Angeles.

Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Artist Richard Etts in mint condition from Colin Fisher Studios.

For more online finds visit 1st Dibs (searches “busts” “sculpture” “anatomical sculpture”)

If you are looking for all things floral, then Floral Art is your one stop shopping spot!

Floral Art is a boutique located in Venice, CA. The 3,500 square foot flower emporium houses a design studio which includes floral arrangements, store installations, event décor, and home furnishings.

Floral Art celebrates the power of the flower.

A few furniture items from their home collection (which also includes art, accessories, and vases):

The Peony Floret Chair (front) made clear lucite, high gloss white, and white faux leather upholstery.

Peony Floret Chair (back)

Floral Lace Chair made of clear lucite frame and legs and Venetian lace and silk upholstery.

Sepia Peony Cabinet made of dark wood frame side cabinet with a sepia-toned photographic image of peonies.

The Home Collection also features side tables and cube tables.

Inside the Floral Art emporium.

Floral Art is located at 1338 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venica CA 90291

The Material Girls were recently featured in the online digital magazine, “Nesting Newbies” as Emily posted about here.  City by city, we featured our favorite “affordable luxe home resources” in the latest issue of Nesting Newbies (starting on page 164).  A few resources didn’t make the feature and are now up on the Nesting Newbies website, you can read about them here!

A few weeks ago I featured a blog post about the Legends of La Cienega window vignettes. Each display featured an amazing range of talent from local designers and decorators who participated in creating vignettes honoring movie sets or tv shows celebrating Hollywood for the Legends of La Cienega design events in Los Angeles.  If you haven’t seen all the window displays (I featured a partial selection in my blog post) you can now visit the Elle Decor website to view all the windows and their descriptions and vote for your favorite window! Check it out here!

To culminate the past few days of the “Legends of La Cienega” design events, the Baker Furniture showroom hosted a cocktail party with Elle Decor along with a book signing by Margaret Russell for her book, “Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor.” On Saturday evening, I once again met up with fellow blogger Christian May of Maison21 to attend the last celebration of the two day events.

The entrance to the Baker showroom on La Cienega featured the LCDQ logo and the latest cover of Elle Decor magazine.

The lovely desk where Margaret Russell signed copies of her book, “Style & Substance: The Best of Elle Decor.”

I was so happy to finally meet Margaret Russell.  There have been many other book signings, but up until now I hadn’t been able to attend any of them.  It was great to be introduced to her as the Los Angeles blogger for the Material Girls Blog. She was also delighted to hear that I used to work for Felicia of Bravo’s Season One from Top Design.

So happy to finally have a signed copy!

Margaret Russell with designers Woodson & Rummerfield, who’s vignette inspired by the movie Auntie Mame is on display at the Baker Showroom.

The window display is actually much prettier in person and I happen to see it in evening lighting as the sun was going down.

Loved these zebra print ottomans in the Woodson & Rummerfield window display!

Thanks to Elle Decor & Baker for such a lovely event!

{Photos by Mark Savage Photography and me.}

As part of the “Legends of La Cienega: Celebrate Hollywood” event taking place this past week in Los Angeles, interior designers and set decorators have created window vignettes on display at the participating showrooms.  Each vignette pays tribute to the silver screen or television honoring a movie or tv show.

Take a look:

The window display at Baker by Woodson & Rummerfield honoring Auntie Mame. (Apparently, they were able to get some of the original set decorations from the movie.)

The window display at Bausman by Oliver Furth honoring The Fountainhead.

The window display at Compas by Philip Nimmo honoring Lawrence of Arabia.

The window display at Downtown by Jeffrey Alan Marks honoring Green Acres.

The window display at Dragonette by Melissa Levander honoring Romantic/Musical Comedies of the 50’s & 60’s.

The window display at Gray Morell by Sheldon Harte honoring Pillow Talk.

The window display at Hollyhock by Peter Dunham honoring A Passage To India.

The window display at Jean de Merry by David Smith and Laura Richarz honoring Film Noir.

The window display at Marge Carson by Danielle Berman honoring The Hangover.

The window display at Mecox by James Radin honoring Goldfinger.

The window display at Navona by Richard Hallberg honoring Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The window display at Rug Affair by Amber Haley honoring Modern Family -ABC.

The window display at Scalamandre by Peter Gurski and Melinda Ritz honoring B&W Classics.

The window display at Therien by David Phoenix honoring To Catch A Thief.

The window display at Todd Hase by Ann Shea honoring Big Bang Theory – CBS.

The window display at Woven Accents by Rand Sagers honoring Animated Films.

To see a video of some of the behind the scenes & designers, click here.

{All photos by Mark Savage Photography}

H.D. Buttercup in Los Angeles will be having a five year anniversary event starting Wednesday, May 5th-Sunday, May 9th.  Five days long to check out all their great finds including sofas, tables, lighting, chairs, artwork, linens, and rugs from Stark Carpet!

As an addendum to my last blog post, “Legends of La Cienega 2010” I am including the list of events for  Saturday, May 8th (prevoius post included only the Friday events).

{Please see each invite for more detailed info and if planning to attend any events, rsvp soon as they are filling up fast due to overwhelming response!}

Hollywood Retreats at Hollyhock

Vintage Lineage with Margaret Russell at Lee Stanton

Gender Bending Branding at Jean de Merry

Hollywood Glamour with Angeleno Magazine at Scalamandre

And stay tuned for more blog posts next week about the events – I’ll have some exciting things to share!

The second annual “Legends of La Cienega” event is being held May 6-8 with this year’s theme being “Celebrate Hollywood.”  The event is being hosted by the shops and showrooms that line La Cienega Boulevard (between San Vicente Blvd on the south and Santa Monica Blvd on the north) known as the “La Cienega Design Quarter.”  Elle Decor magazine is a national sponsor of the event, while regional magazines such as C Magazine, Angeleno Interiors, California Homes & Luxe Interiors+Design provide local media sponsorship.

Here’s a lineup of the many events and lectures scheduled for the three day not to be missed event benefiting Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA):

California Homes sponsors Delicious Design

East Meets West at Rose Tarlow

It’s a Mod World at Todd Hase (with Mayer Rus & Trina Turk)

La Dolce Vita with Ronda Carman of All the Best

L.A. Modernism with Dwell magazine

MANtique at Lee Stanton Antiques

Smoke & Mirrors event with interiors Magazine

West-Side Story with C Magazine

For more details and up-to-date info, click here.