Italian designer Vito Nesta was inspired by a sewing thimble when he created his latest product entitled inDITO . The now oversized object becomes a vase or planter to house your greenery indoors.

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inDITO Oversized Thimble by Vito Nesta

Happy Friday! Seems like everyone I talk to today is anxious to get out of the office and enjoy the weekend ahead. Are you feeling that way today? Hopefully not!

Anyway, here’s the weekly six for this week:

1- Miles Redd’s Big Book of Chic – a good gift to get and a good gift to give!

2 – Loving these morganite and rose gold rings.

3 – Fun cookie idea for the kids.

4 – Beautiful and easy ornament wreath DIY.

5 – My favorite Christmas movie – what’s yours?

6 – The color-blocked styling of this bookshelf is so chic and easy to achieve!

Have you read anything good this week?

Have a great weekend!

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Next week, I’m having a few girlfriends over to decorate Christmas ornaments. We got together in the Fall to decorate pumpkins and we were all about the glitter. To get ready for next week, I’ve been looking for sparkling DIY ornaments that we can complete in one night while chatting and sipping on some wine.

Although we can easily take clear or colored ornaments and just cover them in glitter, I wanted something that forces us to be a bit more creative. Here’s what I’ve found so far: Tinsel Snowflakes, Snow-Capped Ornaments and No-Mess Glitter Ornaments.

I love the idea of the Tinsel Snowflakes because each of us can cut out whatever we please from cardboard and cover it in immense amounts of glitter. The snow capped ornament are perfect for when we’re feeling too lazy to cover the entire ornament in glitter – plus it gives a nice look! And the no-mess ornaments – I love how you get the glitter look without worrying about finding glitter all around the house from Christmas to the 4th of July. This DIY uses wood cleaner, but I also saw one that used hairspray on the inside of the ornament. I’m wondering if paint would work as well!

Do you have any glittery DIYs for us to use at our Ornament Party? Please share!

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Mini Moderns never ceases to amaze me with their creative wallpapers, pillows, rugs, and ceramics and their latest additions to the Buddha of Suburbia collection are no exception. The collection is inspired by all things to the east so Indian dhurries fit right in. Woven in Jaipur, the 100% cotton dhurries come in two styles, Backgammon and Zag, and are available in two colors each, Harvest Orange and Washed Denim, and the new pieces tie in with the rest of the collection perfectly. Zag Dhurrie – Harvest Orange The Zag pattern is both bold and graphic and combines a modern approach to a traditional craft making it work in any space. The Backgammon pattern is intricate and dynamic and would add a colorful punch to any floor.

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Buddha of Suburbia Dhurries by Mini Moderns

Growing up, did you ever have one of those plastic green doormats with the daisies? We had one and I used to pop the daisies off it all the time, which used to drive my mom crazy. The Daisy Garden rug by Joe Jin brings me back to those days. Unlike those dollar store doormats, this rug isn’t made of plastic – it’s made of a soft, grass-like textile. And an added bonus: the artificial daisies can be removed and arranged in just about any pattern you’d like using a snap system.

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Daisy Garden Rug by Joe Jin

A-Cute , designed by London design firm AndViceVersa , is a set that includes two chairs and a table that join together to form a sculptural, multi-faceted shape when not in use. Made from laser cut metal sheets that are hand folded based on digital prototyping, and then welded into the geometric solid of the finished product. The design is meant to push the boundaries of it being just a table when, in fact, it’s also a work of art. The outer artistic form conceals the chairs within its structure while maintaining the geometric shell

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Sculptural Chairs Disappear Into Geometric Table

For the past two years, I’ve done a bright white fake tree with a variety of pinks, blues, and greens. Last year, my fiance dealt with it as it was our first Christmas living together. This year, he put his foot down and made me a get a real tree, which I’m glad he did. It’s the fattest tree I’ve ever seen. So fat – that I needed two 30 ft ribbons to wrap around from top to bottom!

Anyway, after we cut the tree down, we were standing in Walmart, gawking at ornaments, and made a quick decision to completely change our color scheme, rather than reusing the brightly colored ornaments from the past two years. Since he loves brown and I love gold, our decision was easy to make. Before I decorated the tree, I needed some inspiration – thus, the collage above. I miss my bright colors and their modern feel, but it was fun to switch things up this year. I’ll share how the tree came out later this week!

What color scheme did you decorate with this year?

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I didn’t realize how expensive it can be to buy and decorate a Christmas tree until I went out shopping all weekned yesterday and put all of the receipts together at the end of the day! The only places I went were Target, Walmart and Home Depot, but somehow I managed to spend well over $125. We did cut down our own tree, which was much more expensive than the tree above, found at Lowes for 19.98!

Another reason I spent so much money is because we decided to change our color scheme this year from bright and colorful to brown and gold, so I purchased new ornaments at Walmart – 41 for about $9. To help others from spending too much on a tree as I did this weekend, I’ve put together a nice red, gold and green scheme for under $75!

Here’s what I put together:

1 – Tree Topper – $5

2 – Red Ribbon (to wrap around the tree) – $4.98

3 – 5 – 6ft Fresh Tree – $19.98

4 – 50 Ornaments – $15.00

5 – Tree Stand – $18.00

6 – Tree Skirt – $5

Grand Total: $67.98

I know I could go cheaper – but I love a matching, sparkling tree!

What decoration bargains have you found this season??

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France-based cabinet maker Paul Venaille’s answer to the theme “fragmentation” of the “diplome des métiers d’art” in cabinet making is the Subduction Desk. Representing the phenomena of a subduction and its features, the desk is composed of two parts: one is fixed and the other is mobile. The desk top is simple wood with two drawers in front. The back section is made of a laminated veneer (300 sheets glued one on the other) symbolizing the rock strata present in the earth’s movement.

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Subduction Desk by Paul Venaille

This week’s Friday Five  subject is  Ran Lerner , who studied industrial design in Milan, but has been a New Yorker for over a dozen years now. Lerner is best known for the witty sensibility of the products he designs, including those for Umbra, Acme, Rosenthal, Kikkerland, Nambe, and others. He also believes in promoting eco-friendly manufacturing through the efficient use of material and low energy fabricating technologies. Let’s see what makes him tick.

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Friday Five with Ran Lerner