Here’s sweet Japanese shop #5 on the list for today, Maminka. This is a truly precious find with handpainted treasures and unique art. I especially adore the spool holder/pin cushion combo, would be very handy on a work table or to gift a friend [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Ah, the wonderful and delicious world of decole at Chocoa. This stuff is so crazy cute, you may become a decole addict. If you do, addicts unite daily at the decole flickr group, currently 164 members strong. Yes, really. Like I said, there’s a flickr group [...]
More swoonworthy goodies from Japan. Salvia is next on our shopping list. Terrific totes, colorful books, unique stationery, and other misc. treats that are worth checking out. Everything is so fresh and appealing, great graphics!
via: wee wonderfuls
(images from salvia)
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Next on the list is Aranzi Aronza. Step into the world of Japanese products – only in English! Their website is easy to read, amazingly easy to navigate (and packed with total cuteness), and you can shop them online! I love their dishware and these cutie [...]
I spent the past hour or so enjoying a few lovely Japanese websites that I found via the beautiful blog, wee wonderfuls. I thought I’d post some favorites that I found via her site, which I’ll post as quickly as I can before I head out for the [...]
Imelda from the Singapore based design blog, Imedagoze, sent me the most beautiful package yesterday. We are swapmates (do you recall the magazine swap?), so her package arrived filled with goodies from Singapore, Indonesia and Japan. I was so surprised because she went above and beyond to [...]
A little bovine love in the house!
Anh-Minh Le, who contributes articles here on decor8 from time to time, was in Boston this past weekend and spotted a cow that I’ve missed – a cow decked out in Marimekko near the Crate + Barrel store on Boylston [...]
West Elm, located in the Trilogy building in Kenmore Square Boston, is now open for business as of today! Head on down to see for yourself at 160 Brookline Avenue. Their Burlington store opens on September 1st.
Yeah! Welcome to Boston! Thanks Boston_Kate for the tip!
Has anyone else visited the store [...]


















