Not Simply a Chair...

Admittedly, I am obsessed with chairs.  Yes, they serve a basic utilitarian function but they also can dignify a room, a table or a lonely corner. My current obsession is this George Nakashima straight-backed chair.  The original 1945 design has found a re-introduction and currently being manufactured by Knoll.  I like to call this beauty "Japanese Shaker-style".  The joinery alone is phenomenal; a true art form.

At $634 a pop (not including tax, delivery and tip to carry up a four story Brooklyn walk-up), I may never sit in one but hey, I can fantasize.

Winter-perfect Cozy Cards

Anyone that knows me understands how much I adore sending handwritten notes and cards.  I send for most occasions - never forgetting a birthday, a milestone, a memory, a thank you, a thinking of you, etc...I love letting my nearest and dearests know how much they mean to me and when I am thinking of them. 

Enter "Warm Heads" cards by W + K Studio. The designs range from adorable pom-pom to the tad creepy ski mask to the coziest of caps. They cost $20 for a box set of 8. This has winter-perfect written all over it! Use your local post office more and send handwritten notes; your friends and family will love you more (if that's possible) for it.

Eames Dowel-Leg Base

MoMA's design shop is now offering the Eames classic molded plastic chair with a dowel-leg base. Can you say absolute perfection?

I can't decide between the red or the white. What an amazing design (and as a volunteer I get 60% off!!). The rocker is fantastic too, but these wooden legs are too much; I can not resist. Hmmm...red or white? red or white? red or white? red or white?

This dose of retail therapy will comfort the upcoming winter blues. YES to GREAT design!