While seriousness has its place in decorating and design, I enjoy and appreciate a a bit of trompe l'œil surrealism as well. Faux concrete walls and take out inspired porcelain dishes are just the types of things that catches my eye. More

Partners & Spade in New York City is hosting a swoon-worthy exhibition of vintage children's chairs. A mini Bertoia? An authentic Alvar Aalto? Sign me up.

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Did you ever wish that your shelving could expand along with your book collection? If so, here are some clever solutions to this problem — expanding bookcases!
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Congratulations to Egg Collective on their recognition as an amazing first time exhibitor at ICFF. Check out yesterday's post for more on their story along with few shots from their booth at the fair.

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Gabriel Kakon and Scott Richler of Gabriel-Scott have been in NY for the past few days. The young Canadians aren't seeing many of the city's sights, however. They're here to show their first furniture and lighting collection, Blackened Gold, at ICFF (The International Contemporary Furniture Fair), the annual furniture fair that's currently taking over the Jacobs Javits Center. Their collection, star-shaped tables accented by gold pieces, and bling-tastic chandeliers, hide an intriguing secret; they're actually flat packed and come deconstructed. I sat down with them to talk inspiration, perspiration and anticipation as they prepped for the big weekend. More

Paper clips are awesome because they're small and we marvel at how their smart design allows a tiny piece of metal or plastic hold a big stack of papers. Linie 58 applied the genius thinking behind paper clips to a universal table leg system that they are calling "Tick." It's incredibly awesome. More

Based in Brooklyn, Egg Collective didn't have to travel far for their debut showing at ICFF, but their journey began years ago. The three designers met in school (architecture) in the Midwest and after graduation, went off to different cities to pursue work and life, always hoping to reconnect to work together. They recently made the moves necessary to start the collective and are forging ahead with their unique vision for the next phase of heirloom quality American furniture. More

Today's How-To is the Extended Version of Wednesday's post (How to Make a Hammered Light with John Gleeson Connolly) and we hope it will ignite your weekend craving to get back to your garage and rewire those old extension cords into inventive little lights. More

You may notice this conference table is equipped with pedals. This table is called "WeBike" a new invention from WeWatt to encourage people to exercise daily - especially at work and during meetings. More

What you see here is garbage. Literally. It's the work of New York designer Stephen Burks, who created a colorful new collection called Dala for German outdoor furniture line Dedon. More