variegated: hudson + holiday

a month or so ago i hopped a train to hudson, ny to visit jim and corbett of variegated inc. beyond sharing a southern past (all three of us love a good biscuit) all of us could (and do) talk home design till we're blue in the face. beyond preparing to release a fantastic holiday collection they happen to own what has to be one of the cutest (and most colorful) apartments around. corbett and i used to trade paint ideas (we both have a love of benjamin moore's tawny day lily) but now we're trading online shop talk because variegated has now launched a holiday 2006 shop full of new designs. the shop carries a lovely set of pillow cases, cards (a joint effort with maria of port2port) tea towels, holiday cards, sachets, handmade cloth ribbon and, my favorite, a "grab bag" of fabric with buttons ($20). i'm a big fan of any gift that encourages creativity so the grab bag is a fun way for the recipient to get crafty and for variegated to recycle leftover fabric scraps. so click here to shop their full holiday collection online at etsy. but, now to the fun part...

the variegated apartment tour! i have a mild obsession with poking into talented people's homes to see how they decorate their most intimate spaces. nothing is more personal than a person's home and i find that creative people often have some of the most inspiring and dramatic homes around. corbett and jim certainly didn't dissapoint- their home was a study in bold color and modern collecting. the boys of variegated have everything from collections of sea shells to slightly kitschy religious paintings. the pictures are wonderfully inspirational and i highly suggest flipping through the whole set if you're in need of help with your apartment. their use of color and pattern is really fantastic. click here to view the full collection. enjoy!