We have a clue about Furniture

It doesn’t matter who I’m out dining with, but if I’m in a restaurant and there’s an option to sit on a bench versus chairs, I always fight for the bench. Are you like that? There’s just something so cozy and intimate about bench dining.

Which leads me to today’s product pick – the Tomato Bench Dining Set. With this modern dining set, I could have the bench seat every day of my life! Available at Wharfside, the Tomato Bench is made to order, so you can choose from a large variety of leathers and fabrics to suit your style. I’m really liking the fabric and leather contrast in the image above – and I would love to add some bright fun pillows to my kitchen.

What do you think of the Tomato Bench? Would you love to have bench seating in your home?

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Korean designer  Jeong Yong created this perpetual table calendar that’s made of three differently-sized rings. The biggest ring represents the days – the 31 units during which the sun rises and sets. The middle ring, for the months, represents the moon’s orbit around the Earth. And, finally, the smallest ring, with seven units, represents the days of the week, or as the designer says “the people who created the seven days of the week.” Held together with strong magnets, you can join up the month, day and week to keep you on track, but with the added bonus of a cool, desktop sculpture.

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ONE Perpetual Calendar Circles by Jeong Yong

TMU stands for Tie Me Up, a plywood chair designed by Luca Macrì ( LAM ) that you put together yourself. Using cable ties, you put the pieces of the chair together yourself like a giant puzzle. I’ll bet this is much more fun than using an Allen wrench and pictogram directions… Wouldn’t it be fun to have a competition to see who can put it together the fastest? Photos by PEPE fotografia .

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Tie Me Up (TMU) Zip Tie Chair by LAM

It seems like large glass domes have been popping up in home decor everywhere. Rather than just putting a piece on display, the glass dome calls more attention to it – almost saying that it’s such a special item that it must be guarded by the dome!

The look is fairly simple, and can be used in SO many ways, as shown above. First, a plant is covered by a glass dome. Then, a series of bright Christmas ornaments are arranged in domes of varying heights. I love this look as opposed to the easy way of putting ornaments in bowls – something I have in my own home! In the third picture, a statue is settled inside a glass dome, giving it a sort of museum vibe.

All three of the images are completely different looks, yet with that glass dome in common.

What do you think of glass domes and home decor – do you love this look or could you do without it? Do you have something like this in your home?

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Designer Jens Praet collaborated with Elle Decor in his latest project Shredded . The four-piece collection consists of a table, a bench, bookcase, and low table made from what else but shredded magazines.

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Furniture Made from Shredded Elle Decor Magazines by Jens Praet

December’s Designer Dailies  focuses on a well-known favorite, contemporary furniture design company,  Blu Dot . Its founders, John Christakos, Maurice Blanks, and Charles Lazor (who has since left), were college buddies who all appreciated architecture, art, and design, and all of whom were less than thrilled with the furnishings they could afford once they graduated. Rather than simply complaining, in 1997 they formed Blu Dot, with the goal of bringing good design to as many people as possible

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Designer Dailies: Blu Dot

Do you ever have an idea of something in your head but you don’t know how to execute it? This is something that’s driving me crazy right now!

I have this idea for jeweled picture frames to use at our wedding to display table numbers. I figure making them myself will be less expensive, but I can’t figure out exactly what I want to do. I love the idea of vintage brooches and costume jewelry, but I know that could get expensive quickly. I found an Etsy show that has tons of Swarovski crystals with flat backs, that aren’t too expensive and I think mixing those with pearls might be what I’m looking for. But then there’s the idea of those flat back marbles you find in the bottom of vases – those are inexpensive and have a nice sparkle to them.

To help myself figure this all out, I created the moodboard above with some ideas. Which is your favorite? Do you have any insight as to how I can recreate these looks on my own without breaking the bank??

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Cuppo is a minimal wall storage design created by Osaka-based company Ideaco . Fortunately, I had the pleasure of recently meeting the founder of the company, Ichiro Haba. He founded the company on the basis of providing smart, innovative designs that are both simple and functional. Most of the products designed by Ideaco are common household items that have been re-invented with improved aesthetic and utility. Cuppo is a prime example of Ideaco’s philosophy toward minimalist, functional design

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Skim Milk: Cuppo by Ideaco

The Scandinavian company Muuto is back with a new lamp that brings LED technology to a slim, minimalistic design they call Leaf . Designed by the Swedish design team of  Mats Broberg and Johan Ridderstråle , the lamp comes in two different sizes ( floor lamp  or  table lamp ) and five colors (black, white, grey, rose, green), making it the perfect universal lamp that could work in any room. The lamp is so simple in design with its rotating leaf-like silhouette that can be turned to shine light on any area where you need it. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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Leaf Lamp by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto

There is something of a trend going on lately of these types of cage-like geometric designs – from Ana Cláudia’s jewelry to Dave Hulsbergen’s lamps  and I’m digging it. So that’s probably why I also like  Mambo’s  new series of three Star pendant lamps created for the ETTERO collection. I love the random placement of the lines, too as if they were growing organically like branches or bone. And, +1 for brass.

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Star Pendant Lamps by Mambo