More eclectic nests from Milk Deco

These photos are from the Gramercy Park, New York City home of Carin van der Donk, owner of Sons and Daughters a now-closed East Village shop.
**About that interesting ceiling chandelier in the first photo- it is a special order from Lindsey Adelman using hand-blown bulbs. If you like that, you simply must check out her work here. Her lights are amazing!





These four photos are from the home of Laurence Gautier and Gabrielle Soyer, in a suburb of Paris. They fill their house with souvenirs from their flea markes and antique store hunts. The article says the house is just not big enough to hold all their finds! Hmmm, I know how that feels, although my house is much smaller.





This set of five photos above is from a French visual artist's home in Tangier. Yto Barrada grew up in Tangier and says she has her grandmother's sense of style in that she loves "antique flowers and lace, collecting dresses and fabrics, accumulating and juxtaposing."
And I thought this little old-fashioned sleeper couch was interesting. The photos was from a home in Utrecht. (all photos from Milk Deco Issue No.3, Oct. 2009)

Little bird chandeliers: Mathieu Challieres

I came across these beautiful light fixtures made by French company Mathieu Challieres on the blog Famille Summerbelle. I love these bright little birds in illuminated cages. I'd love one in my study (if I had a study, that is.) And the apples! Wouldn't that be a fun fixture for a kitchen?

Céline Wright, French designer

Céline Wright creates handmade cocoon-like lamps of Japanese paper. They are delicate and strung along in interesting ways. All of her designs seem very nature-inspired.

French find: Marie Christophe

Marie Christophe is a talented iron sculpture artist whose work takes the form of chandeliers, lamps, and decorative shapes. I love the way the dress and boots look hand-sketched in pen & ink- there is movement in the dress. The sculptures with the shoes were made for Roger Vivier, the iconic Parisian shoe designer. The ceiling sculpture reminds me of a constellation! It's fanciful and unique- she says her work is an "unlikely marriage of sculpture and weightlesness," which I think is an accurate way to describe the visual effect. Where does art end and the object begin, she asks. I think they are one and the same. Photos: Marie Christophe's website

Ingo Maurer designs these fantastic hanging lights, just a few of the many lights in his collection. "Birds, birds, birds," this first lamp at the top, is my favorite. The bulbs really look as if they are going to take flight any moment. I also like seeing his "love letters" lamp in a room setting, which I found via home rejuvenation, which gives me an idea...maybe I could cover the blah-looking generic light bulb cover on my ceiling with wires and affix clips and pretty papers. Sounds like a project.