I just adore this chandelier from Design Within Reach, but its $2600 price tag left me hanging:

Cellula Chandelier

But look what I spotted the other day at the brand-new west elm store, celebrating their first Austin location:

Capiz Pendant

Price tag? Only $259. Now that sparkles! www.westelm.com

These fauteuil chairs are the very latest in color and fabric:

Fauteuils upholstered in Ikat fabric

Ikat fabric is made from tie-dyed yarn, usually in a large repeat. The tie-dye effect softens the edges of the bold pattern. Note the purple. Blue Iris was the Pantone 2008 Color of the Year and is just now filtering down through high fashion clothing into home furnishings. These chairs are finished in a glossy black enamel and are so high-end that they weren’t even priced.

But here’s something that is:

Ikat wing chair

This Ikat wing chair is from Pier 1, recently on sale for $319.99. Great style, the very latest in fabric (if not color) and a pair would be perfect for a stairwell area, a bedroom nook, or other secondary seating area. Comfy, too. www.pier1.com

I love a “workhorse” lamp — one that is tall enough to read under, takes a nice, bright bulb, and is bold and stylish at the same time.  Here’s a classic:

Simon Pearce Hartland Lamp

This is a beauty, available from Gump’s for $495. This lamp would look great in a formal living room, study, bedside table, reading nook, or just about anywhere you need a lamp that’s  beautiful  and stylish but makes no bones about its function.

Is the almost $500 price tag sending a shiver up your spine? Mine, too. That’s why I was delighted to find this baby the other day:

Glass Lamp from Design It With Consignment

Isn’t it great? Similar height, just a little narrower in the base, but the price tag is a beautiful $65. This find is from our favorite consignment store, Design It With Consignment, host of our free Living Room “Pizazz” seminar last week. And they have a pair in stock!

We’ll be giving another free seminar there in February 2010, details to be announced later.  But we’ll share plenty of finds with you before then. Keep coming back to read more!

Brad Pitt’s shopping trip last week got me interested in the designer of Brad’s new $293,000 hollow-marble console table, Jeroen Verhoeven. It turns out that Mr. Verhoeven has been very busy in the last few years. He is a young designer in his early thirties whose work has already been acquired by London’s Victoria & Albert museum. This is the piece they bought:

Back view, Demakersvan console

Front view, Demakersvan console

Jeroen created this piece under the auspices of a design collective known as Demakersvan. They have created quite a stir in the design world since their debut in 2006. This console, known as the Cinderella table,  is made of Industrialized Wood. Verhoeven says its design is inspired from 17th century furniture (I’d like to see those pieces!)

Twisty Stools