Bird watching
-- Home Accents Today, 4/1/2008
It’s the perfect time to indulge in flights of fancy as birds flock home for spring. From delicate and ethereal to retro and bold, birds effortlessly mingle with branches and blossoms or stand out in stylized silhouette. Look for this trend to fly high above the clouds. — Tracy Bulla
Esque will donate 50% of the proceeds from Awake, the newest edition in the “Sleeping” bird series, to the breast cancer foundation ($500, limited edition).
Thomas Paul’s eponymous Robin rug features showcases the friendly fellow in tufted, 100% New Zealand wool ($676, 5x8).
Translucent blue birds nest throughout an enchanting garden setting in Roost’s delicately etched and painted glasses ($10 to $12).
Fantasy-laden lovebirds frolic on pinstriped men’s suiting fabric in Union of Art’s ’70s-hip retro chair ($1,995).
Silver leaf renders hand-painted silks exquisitely captivating in Jardins en Fleur’s shimmering screen with its slice of life via nature.
A dainty porcelain bird finds a pleasing perch on Barbara Cosgrove’s BCL lamp, finished with a contrasting cylinder shade ($245).
Based on the concept of products that are not quite right, Jason Miller’s Seconds series of dinner plates for Areaware celebrates unusually striking “mistakes” ($132, set of four mismatched).
Fontainbleu, from 1891 by Sferra, is an ode to Marie Antoinette, with bluebirds playing hide and seek in a garden of climbing vines and bold blooms ($250, queen duvet and shams).
Birds and blossoms soar in an exotic flight of fancy in Chelsea House’s Garden seat, a reproduction from the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate ($465).
