Cheap, Chic, Rural: IKEA

I'm always amazed by IKEA and love heading down to Red Hook to see what they have every now and then. It's like Uniqlo or the Gap- pick up well designed basics, mix it with vintage and pricier standouts and you have someting amzing that isn't going to break the bank. Inspired by some whispy florals in tin buckets in Chelsea and by IKEA's PS Collection, take a look:

1.Ektorp sofa via Home Shopping Spy  2. PS Sinka via exponent inspira 

3. $99.99 Pendant Lamps via Remodelista 4. Bemz slipcovers

Dress Like Your House

As Summer ends, I thought I'd share some random color stories that I've collected and LOVE...brights in the home (or on your feet, etc.) help you take the warm weather well into the cold winter months.



 1., 10. LoLu

3a., 4., 8. Steven Alan

3b. Opening Ceremony

Love. Union Square Farmer's Market: Union Square

Union Square Farmer's Market

Where? North & West Sides of Union Square between 14th and 15th Street

What? Farm Direct Produce, Meats, Baked Goods, Eggs, Flowers

When? Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m

Thrifty Me: Gramercy

The area around 23rd and 3rd Avenue is a treasure trove of vintage and thrift stores! The three I've highlighted are my absolute favorites, but there is also Goodwill, Salvation Army, Cause for Paws (all on 23rd between 2nd and 3rd). It's a great place to shop for bargains and they all benefit very worthy causes.

Vintage Thrift  

Where? 286 Third Avenue between 22nd & 23rd

What? Great Furniture, Art and Table Top, Window Auctions...they get a lot of wonderful mid century to deco pieces! The current window auction has some wonderful medical -themed accessories from the thrities and forties!

New York City Opera Thrift

Where? 222 East 23rd

What? Furniture (Doyle's donates here) and Great Designer Clothes for Women

Housing Works 

Where? 157 East 23rd

What? Furniture, Clothes, Art, Window Auctions

Love. VSF: Greenwich Village

As you walk along West 10th from Bleecker, I defy you not to be stopped by the flowers in VSF's window. They are exactly what the tasteful and quietly elegant New Yorker looks for in flowers- no tricks, just beautiful and sculptural flowers at the peak of their beauty. Stop by, the bouquet of acorns against the creamy roses stopped me in my tracks...if your eyes just rolled, trust me, they'd get you too!

Thrifty Me: Chelsea & The West Village

I love a bargain (and I buy and sell antiques a bit on the side), so with that said, New York is a surprising treasure trove of both! As I'm out and about in Chelsea and the West Village, I stop at the following thrifts- you have to go often and sometimes it's a hit and sometimes it isn't, but I find that it's more the former than the latter. Go see for yourself, as in real estate, there is no greater thrill than finding that treasure!

 Angel Street Thrift

Where? 118 West 17th Street, Chelsea

What? Furniture, Clothes, Art

 Housing Works

Where? 143 West 17th Street, Chelsea

What? Furniture, Clothes, Art

 St. Luke's Thrift

Where? 487 Hudson Street, West Village

What? Furniture, Clothes, Art

 Housing Works

Where? 245 West 10th, West Village

What? Furniture, Clothes, Art