NYIGF 2011: A Few of My Favorite Things

While there was no new vendor at the NYIGF that knocked me off my feet, there were a lot of great new products and a lot fun colors.  The new backgammon table from oomph, above, is already a hot ticket item.  It doesn't come with a top but interior designer Elizabeth Bauer suggested covering it with a glass or clear plexi top so it can serve double duty as a dining table.  Don't forget that while all the vendors are wholesale, they will also sell to designers.  Just make sure to ask if there is a minimum.  You can usually find a list of retails stockists on their websites if you can't purchase directly.

Jonathan Adler colorful dresser.

This console from Lamshop comes in 16 colors and a few different sizes. 

Colorful tables at Bungalow 5.

Chelsea Textiles started with the Gustavian furniture and has branched out into mid-century and lacquered tables that I absolutely love!   

More colorful tables at Worlds Away.

Spring green at Bungalow 5.

Love this chair and pillows from Jonathan Adler.

Loved this seating arrangement at Festoni.

Fun pillows from Room Service.

Middle Kingdom is one of my all time favorite vendors!

oomph

The packaging is just as fabulous as the soaps from Claus Porto! 

Love the leather and ostrich mirrors at Made Goods.

It was winter outside but spring inside the Two's Company booth.

Chic designs at Waylande Gregory.

Always pretty pillows at Judy Ross.

Graphic print chairs from Seletti.

Patterned pillows from Dransfield & Ross.

Loved this artistic pillow from Dransfield & Ross.

More colorful vases from Middle Kingdom.

Liberty print and patterned pillows from Julian Mejia.

Natural Curiosities is my new favorite art booth. 

Love these Liberty print tissue holders from Julian Mejia.

Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

NYIGF 2011: Jonathan Adler

Since the Jonathan Adler booth is the first one I visit at the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), I always like to start with the creative, colorful, and cheeky designer. Each year, I wonder what he will come up with next and of course he never disappoints.  I especially love table and pillow designs but the cutest piece has to be the mustache topped cork screw.  Very cheeky indeed!

Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

My favorite SAG 2011 awards looks!

my key board is not working, and im using an on screen key board!

so i cant write alot! soooo, here are my favorites;

Hilary Swank

Kim Kardashian

Eva Longoria

Lea Michelle

Sofia Vergara



Where in the world is The Glamorous Housewife?

(via My Vintage Vogue)

Well kittens, its been a long time! How to explain where Ive been?

We all go through periods of discovery about ourselves. Sometimes this discovery is fun and exciting, other times the journey is through the dark and unknown. The last 6 months have been the later for me. I want this blog to be full of glamour and beauty and style, and yet I wasnt living the life that my blog represents, so I stopped. There was no reason to burden you, dear readers, with my problems- for they were only problems with trying to figure out who I was and who I wanted to be, they were not 'real' problems such as divorce, death, or unemployment.

But as it is said in the musical Carousel: 'At the end of the storm comes the golden sky and the sweet silver song, of the lark'. I believe my existential storm is over, and the warmth of the sun is beginning to shine its light on my psyche.

And with that said, I have some wonderful news!

I'm PREGNANT!

Yes, its true, I am 18 weeks pregnant and totally thrilled! You may recall I already have two children- Mason age 8 and Toby age 6. They are my pride and joy and I thought my husband and I were done having babies. But part of the discovery about myself was the deep desire to have another baby, and my husband agreed! It took much longer to get pregnant this time then with the other two, which was part of my angst. And then once I got pregnant I was basically on bed rest with 'morning' sickness- which lasted all day for the first 14 weeks! I have only been feeling better for about two weeks, and I am still occasionally sick from time to time. So needless to say there was a run to Target to buy up sweatpants and t-shirts. The glamour was gone from my life, and I missed it terribly.

But my tummy is doing much better! I can finally leave the house, and I am starting to wear dresses again. But I am in desperate need of a mani-pedi and brow wax! I need to go from this:

To this:

(via My Vintage Vogue)

So my dears, that has been the tale of my disappearance. I am hoping to continue the blog now that I am feeling better, and I look forward to catching up with all of you.

The Chic Catroux

It's interesting how you see some designers all over the place and some nowhere at all.  I wish we could see more work of the interior designer François Catroux.  Maybe staying under the radar and a lack of self promotion is a French thing or a European thing.  It's certainly, as we all know, not an American thing.  I think it's even more interesting since François Catroux's wife Betty was a model and muse of Yves Saint Laurent who was has more than her fair share of publicity.  The scarcity of published projects makes it that much more exciting when you do come across one and especially when it's their own home.  Enjoy!

Betty and Francois Catroux, 1970

Gift Show Guide

I'm getting ready to visit the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday and thought I'd share some of my favorite booths at Pier 94.  Bungalow 5, above, is booth #45000 and their colorful furniture and accessories are always a hit.  If you can't make it, you can also check out their new showroom in New York at 215 West 30th Street.

Oomph # 41005 continues to add new products to their colorful collection including a backgammon table. 

I love seeing all the color combinations and monogram styles available on the linens at Julia B #45077.

You'll think you've stepped into a garden in the Diane James Home booth #42059. 

Lamshop is exhibiting for the first time so make sure you stop by booth #48086 and say hello to Lindsey and Maggie!  

I can't wait to see all the new furniture and accessories that will be on display at Made Goods in booth #45020.