Sibella Court & The Society inc.

 

Sibella Courts' the stylists guide to NYC ...

was our awesome guide book in 2011 ... 

today we checked out Sibella's new digs ...

 

 excitement ...

the annual Christmas flea market was on ...

we were in the right place ...

wall envy / love ...

gorgeous ...



swooooooon ...

The Society inc ...

take a squiz NOW!!!



NY state of mind = Her Library Adventures = Anthropologie + Sibella Court = loving the memories ...

Sophie's been posting about her NYC trip ...

her Anthropologie post has sent me ...

down memory lane ...

the memory that these gorgeous doors open up ...

Anthropologie in Santa Monica ...

I was an emotional wreck being inside the store ...

gazing at furniture like this amazing chest ...

Oooo-ing and Ah-ing ...

OMG I was actually seeing these displays in person ...

 Anthropologie catalogue is mega beautiful today HERE ...

including Sibella Court who, via her book ...

opened NYC doors for us like you would not believe HERE.


Loving being lost in this New York state of mind.

The Stylists Guide to NYC by Sibella Court ... don't leave home without it ...

The fab Briar Stanley's post today ... Here

prompted me to kick off my holiday posts!

Discovering the world of Sibella Court in 2009 when she was a judge on homeMade, was a dream come true.

A stylist who wasn't into institutional white 'everything', a stylist who loved stuff of all shapes, sizes and quantities made my heart sing. 

In April we went to New York sweating on the release of her latest book

The Stylists Guide to NYC by Sibella Court ...

We bought it in Anthropologie for only $25.00 ...

off we went exploring with book in hand ...

 map included ...

photo's from the book ...

the pages come alive with images that will take your breath away!

see what I mean?

OK ... the me update is ...

the antibiotics have almost ridden me of the bronchial bug ...

the jet lag has subsided ...

almost time to commence tantalizing you with my interpretation ...

of a Great Grandma's trip to the US of A.

The best travel advice I can offer is ...

don't wait till you're my vintage to take that OS trip ...

it's all so very overwhelming, tiring, life changing, HUGE ...

plus you'll be way, way, way out of your comfort zone ...

SOooooo ...

Do It NOW !!!

More tomorrow ♥

The Society Inc = Sibella's Napkins v Yesteryear's Snot Rags ...

Today the email newsletter arrived from ...

The Society Inc - home of Sibella Court a very fave stylist!

The first spiel was ... and I quote :

Handmade Linen Napkins Numbered 1-8

Its all about embracing the selvedge & not ironing.

Lovely crunchy pre-washed hand-stenciled linen napkins .

order any numbers you like !!

$20 each

or

set of 4 $80

set of 8 $160 ...

check them out will you please?

When I was a kid ...

in the days before Kleenex tissues ...

before the average working family could afford enough hankies ...

when everyone in the family had a cold!

Mum's ripped the ends of torn sheets,

the tails of Dad's shirts ...

torn pillow slips ...

into squares exactly like these ...

for us to blow our nose on ...

we called them snot rags!

Isn't this ridiculously outrageous merchandising?

Delightful Dwellings ... no white rooms ...

The lovely Sophie hosts Delightful Dwellings ...

I don't usually contribute ... but

have you flicked through Home Beautiful or Real Living magazines lately?

White, white, white ... 
institutional white interiors abound ...

white walls, white rooms, white sofa's ...

don't people have possessions any more?

A Google search produced these non white, non institutional interiors ...

courtesy HERE.

from HERE

from here

Sibella Court rooms with character HERE

more Sibella

 plus Sibella loves to show her stuff ... here.

Do you see what I mean ...

character doesn't neccessarily mean clutter!

See more at Sophie's here.