Vintage Drums

I remember the first time I saw a vintage drum, it was used as a bar in Katie Couric's Hamptons house and it's still one of my favorite vintage drums images. Here are some other great photos using vintage drums as coffee tables, side tables and in a children's room! 

Katie Couric's vintage drum bar featured on Hamptons Cottages & Gardens

Large drum used as coffee table from Sarah Richardson

Finders Keepers Market Inc

Drum serves as decor and table for this children's room from Trad Home by Suzanne Kasler

White drum as nightstand in bedroom from Swedish site Hus & Hem

While this was not a vintage drum, still a neat use of a drum as a side table from Grey Gardens

Artist, Paul Munro at Apartment Therapy

Vintage style drum from Wisteria 

Antique French Drum from Maison Maison at 1st Dibs

Tod Donodebian at 1st Dibs

Antiquario at 1st Dibs

Beetle Mania

Yes it seems odd saying, here are some great inspirations for decorating with beetles. For those who love all things natural, and the Natural Curiosities, here are some fun images featuring these little armored insects.

Greige Design

Assorted beetle prints from John Jacob Interiors

Famed Swedish photographers who photograph insects Hagedornhagen

Simple black and white beetle print Design Traveller

Beetle Wallpaper from Porter's Paints

Insane beetle collection mosaic from the amazing artist of Jennifer Angus

Stag Beetle Mosaic from Pheromone Gallery

Beetle Tea Towels and from Warbeck & Cox

C Wonder

Peking Handicraft Beetle Pillow

Beetle Post It Cube from Smock Paper

Simple beetle print from Mary Richmond Design on Etsy

Scalamandre Zebra Tote

We have all adored the infamous Scalamandre Zebra wallpaper print, but now this print is available in a Fabric Tote with rope handles! Available from Scalamandre directly and from Mecox Gardens. How cute would this be for your summer vacation! The red print was the original color created in the 40's for the owners of the Upper East Side Italian restaurant Gino of Capri, while this restaurant closed a few years ago, this lively print still lives on!

Get yours from Scalamandre directly or from Mecox Gardens

The red Zebra Scalamandre fabric was used by Bryant Keller at this year's Kips Bay Show House 

Elle Decor

Liz Caan

Scalamandre Bar from High Gloss Magazine

Also available in this fun print, an umbrella!

David Cafiero

David Cafiero is an interior designer, and gallery/antiques owner whose amazing work has been featured in Lonny, House & Garden, NY Daily News, and WWD to name a few. He is a former New England commercial scallop fisherman who hates television, rarely uses a computer and ran a Soho cafe business before opening his Manhattan East Village art gallery/antique store, Cafiero Select. Some of my favorite images below showcase his great use of color and mixing patterns.

Kelly green walls and wallpapered ceiling complete with framed vintage natural curiosities prints.

Brunschwig & Fils wallpaper covers the room with the pops of yellow. The wallpaper was used to hide some architectural quirks such as a sloping ceiling.

Neutral Schumacher sea grass wallpaper used as neutrality throughout the house to showcase the owners works of art. The texture of the sea grass is forgiving masking nail holes easily as the owners moved the art around.

Love the painted architectural details and the dark wood flooring.

Pop of pink from the small ottoman draws your eyes down instead up to the tv above the mantel.

Coral chair pops against the grasscloth

Beautiful outdoor pool

One of my fave pictures! Wallpapered entryway. I hope the bike always stays there.

Great use of smaller hallway

Accent table with assorted oil paintings propped up. Notice the same wallpaper from the walls is on top of the desk under the glass.

Using empty Diptyque candle jar to hold pencils/pens

Metal Sea Urchins

I have seen sea urchin type accessories popping up from my brass lighting, to decorative accessories for a coffee table or book shelf. Here are some of my fave images using the urchin shape!

Thom Filicia

Lonny

Alex Papachristidis at Elle Decor

The Decorista

Amy Morris

Susan Ferrier at Atlanta Homes Mag

Scherr Design

Cuban In My Coffee blog

Assorted brass urchins from Furbish

Assorted gold sea urchins for table or wall from Number Four Eleven

Urchin DIY-styrofoam balls, wooden sticks and gold spray paint from Make Them Wonder blog

The Real Deal- A sea urchin with it's spikes!