In 2011, we were able to cover a few more trade shows and art/design events than usual thanks to some of our super friends! I hope we can continue this great coverage into 2012 and beyond. Susan Serra, CKD, CAPS, of thekitchendesigner.org and scandinaviankitchens.com , as well as creator of Bornholm Kitchen curated a lovely kitchen design trends roundup for us from the 2011 LivingKitchen Show in Cologne, Germany. Also in January, Eleanor walked the aisles of the New York International Gift Fair . In March, notabilia covered the 2011 Singapore Biennale . In May, I spent some time in New York City for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) .

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2011 Year in Review: Event Coverage

Hello! Today I thought I’d give you a little peek inside my home to check out my holiday decor. It’s kind of a mish-mash – my white tree doesn’t really match the make-shift mantel we created – but that’s ok. Because I really really loveee that white tree. And the rest kind of just happened that way.

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I have a few more Christmas-y items in the kitchen, but the most is shown here in the living room. I’ve posted the full gallery to Flickr, so you can check out the larger images there if you’d like.

As you can see, I kept it pretty simple this year, but just enough to bring out the holiday cheer. Did you go crazy this year or are your decorations about the same flow as mine?

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I just discovered Dottir & Sonur and I love their first collection of colorful, graphic products . Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Materials: 6 * 4×4-Expedits, 1 * 4×2-Expedits, 6 * Perfekt cover panels Description: We live in a 19th century Prussian residential house in the historic city center of Erfurt, a 1270 year old town in central Germany. Our apartment has a ceiling height of 3.5 meters (11.5 feet), and we decided that the library/home office would be perfect for a large bookcase. As big fans of IKEA, a solution based on their furniture was mandatory Click to read the rest of the post > >

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Gigantic Expedit-Bookcase

NewspaperWood by Vij5 and Mieke Meijer flips the idea of materials on its head. Instead of using wood as a source to make paper, NewspaperWood uses the paper to make wood! The design was Meijer’s project at the Design Academy Eindhoven, who decided it was time to create something useful from old newspapers that no one wanted. For the launch in Milan at Salone , Vij5 invited some designers to create products using the NewspaperWood materials

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NewspaperWood by Vij5 and Mieke Meijer

What I really need is some gift buying inspiration but gift wrapping is prettier.

Have you finished your shopping already? I’ve barely started! I’m just not into it, even though I only have a handful of people to shop for.

But I do have some ambitious plans for the gift wrap – something I’ve never done before. I want to get my shopping done soon so I actually have time to do nice wrapping! I want to use some tissue paper poofs, I know that much. Better get crackin’!

What about you – how are you wrapping your gifts this holiday season?

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Totally digging the design of French designer Suzy Leliévre ‘s Contortions table — a play on the ordinary two-tiered table. Thanks, Aaron ! Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Art , Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Contortions Table by Suzy Leliévre

Scandinavian Made is a new brand shop in the home accessories marketplace that features modern, artisan-made rugs and ceramics all made by hand-picked Scandinavian artisans. This is the US debut for each Scandinavian artisan, and their works are exclusively available in the Scandinavian Made webshop . Founded by Scandinavian design passionistas and mother/daughter team Susan Serra and Kelly Serra Donovan, Scandinavian Made is yet another great niche shop I’ll be visiting often. As a launch celebration, Scandinavian Made is offering Design Milk readers a 10% discount using code DesignMilk10 .

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Interior designer David Harris is a founding partner and one of the forces behind a fabulous pair of New York City furniture companies, The New Traditionalists and ducduc . While The New Traditionalists designs are entrenched in the classics, the approach is wholly of this era, with a multitude of custom, come-up-with-your-own-design fabrics and finishes. ducduc is a modern dream for kids, all glossy, sleek, and white, accented with bright color bursts. The design magic happens in the Soho studio, and the building takes place not far beyond, in facilities in New England, using old-fashioned furniture making techniques. You can get a glimpse of Harris’ classic and current day influences in this week’s Friday Five

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Photo courtesy of IKEA Materials: HEMNES and IKEA Fabric Description: I have a white HEMNES Chest of drawers that I was bored with. I bought some Ikea fabric, some Spray Mount Glue, AND I GOT NEW FURNITURE! The fabrics I chose were ANNAMOA blue, ANNAMOA green and LILLIVI. About 28cm of each. It is very easy, clean the surface

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Revamp your HEMNES Chest of drawers