I’ve been obsessed with the white armoire shown here (I’ve seen it in a few other photos as well) and I was wondering if you or one of your readers know where I might get my hands on one. I thought it was a passing thing but I’m in the market for an armoire and I don’t think any other one will do. Thanks for any help you can lend!

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You are definately a hip chic. I love your style pics. I’d love you to share with my folks some time.
Michele

I’m offended too! It’s Saarinen, not Eames!

It is a lovely and brilliantly done home.
And it is true that most Americans love what the TV tells them to love…they don’t have exposure to other ideas.
Occasionally you will see some soft “new” feature talk about some woman who does something DIY and it is said to be so original…and I have seen it on Craftster so many times I thought it was last year.

“I think that online, it’s “normal” for us to see this design style, but when you take it to real life it’s really not entirely embraced yet. Almost everyone I meet has never heard of Etsy and few know what blogs are. Yes, really. When I go into the city, it’s slightly different, but there are still those with quizzical looks on their faces when I try to explain the handmade movement.

Many still love their recliners with cup holders, puffy sectionals, chain discount furniture stores, torchiere lamps, and ceiling fans!”

You summed it up perfectly here.
In fact I think you described my Mom! ( actually I just bought her a sectional a few months ago…she HAD to have it…according to her….so long as she is happy.)
I am so glad that my husband feels my ideas enrich our lives and home….not that they are strange.

WOW, I think this house is amazing. And I can’t imagine stoned ppl can think of such elegant details; it looks like everything was put together masterly and beautifully. You could “insert” me in this house and I could live happily ever after!

I do love these rooms and this style too. I understand what you mean about Americans not understanding much in the way of Great Design. I see it often when realtors come through my home with all its artsy-ness. I live in a more conservative city, Philadelphia and sometimes I would love to just board up every ethan allan and pottery barn I come across.

Awesome house! I wish I could be that cool!

Hi Anon – Actually she wasn’t kidding – she was pretty flat out straight faced when she said it. She abhors this look, to her it’s very “Salvation Army meets Betsey Johnson” as she said tonight when I called her. Not all of my friends embrace what I do, it’s not a big deal to me as she has a right to her opinion, but man sometimes…. Rrrrr!

Um…your friend was kidding. She was notlikening these gorgeous environments to actual crack houses. As with ‘heroin chic’ in the nineties (of which this, along with ’shabby chic’, is but a continuation with today’s MCM and minimalist influence mixed in), the ‘ironic’ or gently sarcastic CHC is honouring the elegant decay of a romanticized version of vibrant, visceral, patina-of-memory-soaked youth. Glamour. Nothing more was meant by the comment – it was a compliment.

Bohemian chic is a more palatable, Americanized name & suits the look well. Great site, Holly.