DIANE Von FURSTENBERG on your table

When you hear that Diane von Furstenberg is coming out with a tabletop collection you can't expect anything less than fabulous (take her home pictures below for instance). Like everything else Diane Furstenberg designes her tabletop is as bold, beautiful, unique and out of the extraordinary pieces. Because there is no matching collection you can combine them at your own taste. "Pieces that combine effortlessly with a woman's own finds" O Magazine. The tableware will be available soon at DVF website.

tabletop images from O magazine.

Meet "New Arcadia Studio"

I came across New Arcadia Studio when looking for chic glassware options at Barneys New York and loved their selection. I ended up getting a few glasses from their Rocks collection and the price for their products are more than affordable. They're hand drawn and decorated with 24k gold motif yet they are young, fresh and joyful. Everything I love when it comes to table settings.

"This collaboration ushers in a sense of style and elegance to tabletop that has been missing during this era of electronic design, resulting in gilded images and brightly colored patterns perfect for entertaining."

A-la-Kelly

Kelly Wearstler's tabletop is impeccably beautiful and a great option now that we're approaching Christmas. This collection will make a drop dead fabulous Christmas table, but at more than $100 a piece it is mostly out of reach. But, I was glad to came across this new china by Crate and Barrel that creates a similar dazzling effect. I think I found an alternative tabletop for my Christmas table.

A touch of Christmas for your table

If I spot one of these adorable napkin rings at one of my friends Christmas dinner party, I might stay for next morning left over. Wouldn't you? Available here.

Have a wonderful weekend.

ADHDS

Yesterday morning I attended an early breakfast hosted by Architectural Digest before the show would open its doors to the public. It was a great opportunity to meet interesting people and also to get a private small tour of the show. The show was very well put together. Each booth was set to look like a real living space, which I personally think makes exhibitions far more interesting to designer eyes compared to booths with only free standing furniture with no relationship to each other. One of my favorite exhibitors and probably the one with the most beautiful booth was The New Traditionalists. Their furniture does honor to its name. It's American style meets European style in a very uptodate comfortable living way. I love all of their pieces. Later I had the pleasure of attending the seminar "Selling Design in a Changing Economy" given by Vicente Wolf, Dakota Jackson and Mitchell Gold. Beside the seminars interesting and informative part I enjoyed the charm of Vicente whom I had the honor of meeting afterward.
Of course the star of the show for me was Dining by Design so I made sure I paid a visit and absorbed as much as I could. I also took pictures of a few of my favorite tables for my lovely readers to have some table setting inspirations. Enjoy.

None of these pictures give enough credit to any of these gorgeous table settings but especially the table designed by David Beahm for Continental Airlines which was among my favorites. The table looked like an interior garden with climbing, twisted dry trees with real orchids, bulbs and leafs on them. The round banquette were upholstered in a green silk embroidery fabric with I think, removable wood seats on top of it. The table was entirely mirrored and each table top was different but in such a subtle way that you don't really notice it until a few minutes pass because all glasses were clear and the difference in plate color were very subtle.

A closer shot of the attached orchids. Below is a more organic table designed by Architectural Digest and Moore & Giles. I loved the detail of a different quote on each plate.

How cute is this Manhattan table setting designed by Marc Wilson designs and Marc Tamayo for Manhattan Magazine. Those yellow cabbies and the NYC hallmark buildings are so much fun.

The delicacy of this table and a movie by Audrey Hepburn as its background was such eye catching especially with that beautiful crystal cascade in the middle. Designed by David Rockwell from Rockwell Group.

Roost Accessories

One of my favorite brand of affordable luxury accessories is Roost. The majority of their products are designed by a small group of designers and the finished pieces are handmade, small craft production. Their line ranges from furniture to lighting to table top utilizing different materials such as textiles, stone, wood and mouth-blown glass and more. Below are a few of my top favorites.

I think these Penguin Salt and Pepper Shakers made out of buffalo horn, combined with wood chargers and this Brown Lip Mother of Pearl Dish, would make a very exotic and chic table setting.

The Ibex Glassware collection is mouth-blown and hand-carved. The Agate bookends are made of agate pieces from gemstones.

I love this, The Cargo Mushroom Stool that is hand-carved from bark-edged mango wood

The Artist Hand Models.

The Chronicle Baskets, made from rolled newspapers that are stitched together to create each unique container. Roost sells only wholesale but you can find many of their very popular products in modern stores. All these are available at Velocity.