Sometimes, it’s all about the little things for me. And when it comes to my own place, I can’t seem to leave well enough alone – especially when it comes to beads. For me, they add that certain layer of edge, and bohemian insouciance that I crave. Oh, to have been Anita Pallenberg!
In the window display (above) I designed for last year’s LCDQ (La Cienega Design Quarter) event, I threw a few strands of silver beads over the edge of a copy of Bloomsbury icon Duncan Grant’s painting. I love the weird colors of the wool fringe, and their unexpected textural contrast to the shininess of the metal.
Above: A vintage English blue and white plate in my bathroom holds a collection of bottles and products. Naturally, I couldn’t resist tossing a few coral and turquoise beaded bracelets on the long neck of the Lime Sec bottle. Come on…it was just begging for embellishment!
Above: The inspiration board over my desk – leaves, ribbons, a photo of a rabbit nibbling the back of my sweater, and more BEADS. The traditional evil eyes were picked up on a decorating job in Greece, and the multi-colored strand was given to me by my brother, and worn by my friend Cricket in her play about Janis Joplin.
Above: I’m dying to design a room around this dress from Roberta Freymann! It has everything I love – odd color combinations, fringe, beads AND a susani-inspired embroidered applique design in hot pink!
Above: Another flea market find draped around the neck of my lamp.
Above: Flea Markets often have gorgeous selections of exotic beads. I just got a fantastic strand at the Santa Monica Airport for $20, that looks frightfully like a necklace that I got from a store on Rodeo for twenty times as much. Ooops…live and learn.
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