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This week is both Passover and Holy Week – important holidays for many religions. Being that it is almost Easter and Spring started last week, this time of year always makes me think of pastel colors. More specifically, today I’m thinking about pastels in home decor.

What are your feelings on pastels in home decor? For adults. Not nurseries! I love a soft baby pink when mixed with light greys, but aside from that color combo, I haven’t thought too much about it. Until today. And I have to admit – I’m loving these rooms above. Pastels can often have a traditional, grandma-ish feel, but if done right, they are stunning.

How about that second room above with the floral print? In the fashion world, those florals are popping up everywhere. At first, I thought I hated that room, but every time I look at it again, I love it. That pink sofa is perfect – it’s modern structure prevents the room from being too Parisian or traditional.

What are your thoughts on pastels in home decor??

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Dansk is a three-piece collection of outdoor furniture designed by Povl Eskildsen and Phillip Behrens for Gloster . With a nod to 50′s Danish design, the set will give you a bit of a vintage classic feel mixed with modern, for a clean, simple look. Combining warm wood and classic white, the lounge chair, coffee table, and side table make for the perfect minimal set for any patio. The pieces all feature tapered teak legs that support the white acrylic stone of the tables and the waterproof faux leather upholstered seat of the chair

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Get Out! Dansk Collection for Gloster

Designer Benjamin Rollins Caldwell, of BRC Designs , is known for creating furniture in unusual materials and I’d say stained glass fits in that category. Mosaic Chair 02 references mid-century design with its low, angular frame, a frame that looks like a stained glass window. Inspired by “the abstract nature of stained glass windows,” the faceted chair is made up of half inch frosted tempered glass that is inset into a black, auto paint-covered steel frame. The goose down cushions are covered in lamb shearling that’s dyed red. The hard angles of the frame are balanced out with the softness of the cushions, making this one functional piece of art.

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Mosaic Chair 02 by BRC Designs

Stamug is a minimalist design created by Osaka-based firm Metaphys . This stackable mug is the newest edition to Metaphys’ collection of porcelain wares. The project was conceived due to the impractical and space-consuming designs of traditional mugs

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Skim Milk: Stamug by Metaphys

New Dutch design brand Fraaiheid (Dutch for “beauty”) takes a single sheet of laminated plywood and turns it into a sustainably produced table with cross-shaped joints. Using a CNC milling machine, the + Table ‘s parts are cut with precision out of one sheet, making for minimal waste. The name of the table comes from the cross-shaped joints that are made when the parts come together. The +, or cross-shaped joints, make assembly easy – you can put the tables together in minutes! +/- table They use a high quality birch plywood with a hard top layer of white or anthracite grey HPL (High Pressure Laminate). Other colors are available upon request.

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Minimal Waste + Table by Fraaiheid

Stefan Sagmeister is is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer whose firm  Sagmeister & Walsh  creates identities, commercials, websites, apps, films, books, record covers, and objects. Born in Austria, he studied at the Pratt Institute on a Fulbright Scholarship, worked for Leo Burnett in Hong Kong, then returned to New York to establish his own business in 1993.  Friday Five  gets a look at his personal design favorites. We recently featured his new work – a set of cards called Halftone Satisfaction for The Luxe Project  - earlier this week.  1. Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers Album Cover It’s the use of the actual zipper that so impresses me

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Friday Five with Stefan Sagmeister

I was lucky enough to meet and interview  Sjoerd Vroonland while I was in Amsterdam recently. He is Moooi ‘s youngest designer and the man behind the  Extension Chair . Could you start by telling me a bit about the Extension Chair? I transformed chairs by looking at how people use them.

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Interview with Sjoerd Vroonland

X marks the spot, with a circle, a square, and a dot (well, kind of) with these Blush side tables from Spell . They combine metal and wood to form the perfect little side table for any situation. Available as a square or round top, each is outfitted with a wooden, oak finished inlay that sits flush within the metal tabletop

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Blush Tables by Spell

It’s been a while since we posted about Munkii’s Lamp 45 and Vintage Bookshelf . They’ve got some new seating in 2013 that looks to be a nice complement to their previous work. Geek is a slatted chair made with steel (either black or white finish) and solid maple rods.

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Geek Chair, Wang and Wang Wire Lounger by Munkii

Happy Friday!!! Are you all ready for the weekend? I sure am. Hopefully now that it’s Spring, we’ll get a taste of some Spring weather this weekend.

Anyway, as per usual, here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – These DIY glitter vases would be great for a shower centerpiece or as a gift for a friend.

2 – Melted cheese with bread isn’t exactly on my diet, but I am dying to try this Baked Fontina appetizer.

3 – Loving the contrast of the fur and the angles on this modern chair.

4 – This black & white room is fabulous, but that gold mirror with sideways text is killer.

5 – Wishing I had beautiful sliding doors such as these, especially as the warmer seasons approach us.

6 – How cool would it be to have a neon bathroom? The perfect place to get ready to start and end each day, in my opinion!

Have a great weekend! See you back here Monday.

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