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B&B Favorite: Ingo Maurer Uchiwa Lighting

July 28, 2019

A few months back I went to a book signing for Martina Mondadori Sartogo’s Cabana Anthology. The book (and the magazine from which it is based) is TO DIE FOR but that is a story for another day. The book signing took place at a classic, Georgian house in Highland Park that, while pretty, was not all that remarkable from the outside.  One step inside the front door, however, and – WHOOSH –  a feeling of familiarity came over me.

I turned to my friend Leah and whispered “I know this house!”

Her casual reply: “Oh right, I think that designer you really like did it…”

Friends, I was standing in the foyer of this Tom Scheerer decorated dreamboat. I remembered it from House Beautiful and Tom’s book and it has always been a favorite. Seriously, click HERE and enjoy! The ivory lacquered living room radiated warmth, I ooo’d and ahhh’d over the Lyford Trellis wallpaper in the sunroom, and the whole place had Tom Scheerer’s famous JE NE SAIS QUOI. One element I was particularly taken with was a pair of Ingo Maurer Uchiwa pendant lights over the kitchen island.

my Dallas dream house w. Ingo Maurer pendant via House Beautiful

Ingo Maurer is a German lighting designer who released his Uchiwa series, inspired by Japanese fans, in the 1970s. They are super delicate, made of bamboo and lacquered rice paper, and as we know super delicate = super expensive. Sigh. Over the past few months I’ve seen vintage Uchiwa lighting in photos of other Tom Scheerer projects and, going full circle here, in Martina Mondadori Sartogo’s apartment. They are the epitome of laid-back, bohemian elegance and I can’t get enough. Maybe one day I will pull the trigger on a Uchiwa sconce or two but for now I will keep my fingers crossed that a 70s stoner has an estate sale and I can get lucky.

Ingo Maurer Uchiwa
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Martina Mondadori Sartogo’s London apt via AD
Tom Scheerer via House Beautiful
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Ingo Maurer Uchiwa
Scheerer in his office via NY Times
Populace Coffee inside Detroit’s Siren Hotel via ASH NYC

Fanning out

-Laura

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high & wide

July 14, 2019

To acknowledge my five month hiatus in posting? That is the question.

I’ll get to an answer soon but for now – denim.

I am seeing a new denim silhouette pop up this summer and am majorly digging it. These jeans are high-waisted and, most notably, wide legged. They have kind of a retro, 1960s vibe with no stretch and a frayed hem or not. I say these guys are the perfect complement to strappy kitten heels and summer tops.

Here are a few of my faves:

wide leg jeans
RE/DONE
wide leg jeans
zara
wide leg jeans
khaite
wide leg jeans
AGOLDE
wide leg jeans
SLVRLAKE
wide leg jeans
H&M
wide leg jeans
totême

Sayonara!

-Laura

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