4UDECOR - Prendas de Natal

Dezembro está à porta e já faltam poucas semanas para o Natal, epoca de oferta de prendas aos seus entes mais queridos e amigos. A 4UDECOR tem uma vasta quantidade de artigos / gifts para si. Venha visitar-nos e ofereça uma prenda especial.

Encomende já:
geral@4udecor.com
Telf: 214 867 378
Tlm: 966 312 602
Cascais/Portugal

Pair of Art Deco Benches ( France c 1930's )

I think these are beautiful.
They are soooo Palm Beach.

You just never know who's bottom sat on them.

I would sandblast them and leave them in a natural iron finish.

Imagine this pair of Art Deco Fireplace Benches recovered and sandblasted.

They would really be a show-stopper , and would enhance the fireplace as the focal point in a room.

Pair of fanciful wrought iron 1930's fireplace benches.

The motif depicts maidens dancing before the sun, while Pan plays his flute.
Price$3,800

height: 40.64 cm (1 ft. 4 in.)

depth: 30.48 cm (12 1/2)

width/length: 106.68 cm (3 ft. 6 in.)

Dolce

3700 South Dixie Highway #8

West Palm BeachFL, 33405

Phone: 561-832-4550

E-Mail: dolceantiques@bellsouth.net

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Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her blog of her Adventures in Design

4UDECOR - Ron Arad em Paris

No Discipline

Uma exposição a solo, Ron Arad no Centro Pompidou em Paris, abriu no passado dia 18 de Novembro de 2008. O espectacular designer mostra a sua criação com inumeras peças da Moroso entre outras. Victoria & Albert, Ripple Chair, Bookworm, Void, etc. A exposição irá depois até terras americanas, onde estará no MoMa em Nova York.
No Discipline, CentroPompidou, 18 November 2008 - 16 March 2009.

4UDECOR - DARCO ONLINE

A 4UDECOR está agora também presente no directório Darco, ferramenta de grande utilidade para os arquitectos, não deixe de visitar este blog direcionado especialmente para profissionais.

Gallotti e Radice

Mesa Rocky

Mesa Lord XL / Candeeiro Vertigo

Espelho Dream

Vitrine Andy

Porta CD`s

Gallotti & Radice foi a primeira fabrica italiana a experimentar e promover o vidro no sector do mobiliário. Usado com muita elegancia o vidro é combinado com outros materiais tais como a madeira e o metal. O seu design avangarde, as formas harmoniosas e mais importante atenção dada à qualidade e segurança dos artigos são o seu cartão de visita que lhe permite competir tanto no sector domestico como nos contracts. A colaboração com designers famosos tais como: Luigi Massoni, Andreas Weber, Davide Pizzigoni, Maurizio Duranti, Nanda Vigo, Carla Venosta, Gabriele Moscatelli and Italo Pertichini, são uma mais valia para esta empresa. Com artigos muito variados desde, as mesas a mobiliario escritorio, de espelhos a candeeiros, a Gallotti e Radice tem uma grande variedade de artigos em vidro. Dê um toque de classe ao seu ambiente adquira estas peças de design e seja mais um dos nossos inumeros clientes satisfeitos.

Encomende já / Order Now:
geral@4udecor.com
Telf: 214 867 378
Tlm: 966 312 602
Cascais / Portugal

Bemelmans Bar

Nowhere is the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie more palpable than in this bastion of post-war decadence: think white-jacket waiters, 24-karat gold leaf ceilings, and nickel-trimmed glass tables splayed around the ivories. Settle into a leather banquette and order something strong and adventurous—perhaps with champagne and cognac or fresh mint and muddled lemons. Murals of frolicking animals painted by bar namesake and former Carlyle Hotel resident Ludwig Bemelmans offer a whimsical counterpoint to what might otherwise be suffocating sophistication (and they repay a close viewing—can you spot the armed rabbit stalking its brethren'). Feel an extra boost knowing you're enjoying pretty much the same thing as the folks across the lobby at Café Carlyle, for a fraction of the cover. — Julie Mehta and Andrew Yamato

At 18 years old I moved to NYC and fell in love with it. I will always consider it my home.
I still am and regret my move to Florida , for the most part everyday since.
Except that I had my beautiful daughter in Florida.
I came to Florida for a mini winter vacation (while still living on E 58th. St), and I ran into my childhood sweetheart (we both grew up in Miami Beach on Palm Island – next to Star Island ) , we became inseparable, had a child, and the rest is ……

I never wanted to up-root her from her home town ( Boca Raton ). Her father and I are divorced. We remain very close friends today. But now, all these years later, she is in her 3rd year of college and I haven’t been able to move back.
I talk about it , think about it……
And given an opportunity , I would be back in a heart beat.

‘Andi ‘ is my daughter’s name, and
when she was 3, 4, 5, and 6 years old she
was obsessed with the children’s book Madeline. ( so was I )

She used to dance around on the cocktail table top singing the song from the story....

"I'm Madeline, I'm Madeline..... "

Which brings me back to the bar at The Carlyle Hotel,

and when I first moved to NYC. ……

I was married before I married my daughters father. I was very young, he was
11 years older, a doctor, "yada yada yada"

'The doctor' came to NYC and stayed at the Carlyle. It was there that I became engaged.
…….By Mistake .
What can I say ? I am Jewish from Miami Beach, I thought it was what I was supposed to do.

And here is how this all ties together; there are amazing murals at the Carlyle. One mural is in the Famous Carlyle Café where you can spend an evening with the likes of Bobby Short, Ertha Kitt, etc etc.

And the other ( and the subject of this post ) is in Bemelmans Bar.

In exchange for lodging, Ludwig Bemelmans painted murals of central park on the walls.

Hence , the name of the famous/landmark bar, Bemelmans Bar.

Just in case you've forgotten, Ludwig Bemelmans was the author and illustrator of the Madeline series of children's books .
He even put a group of the orphans in blue hats from the Madeline story in the mural .

I love that !!!

They offer a beautiful High Tea for the little ones

And someday maybe, I will take my grandchild there and bore her to death telling her Dorothy Draper stories, along with showing her fabric swatches and paint chips.

Madeline's Orphanage in Paris

Sites to go to :
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/dining/02tea.html

http://www.thecarlyle.com/dine4.cfm

Ludwig Bemelmans with his daughter Mimi and wife in Munich.

If you want to go, here is a map.

BTW, it just happens to in my favorite area in Manhattan.

I would just love to have my kitchen / family room painted with a mural just like this one..

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...great idea for a wallpaper.

It could be done,

because today you can get anything made.

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Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her blog of her Adventures in Design

4UDECOR - Cadeira Hero

Para os dias de sol, cadeiras versáteis e resistentes que podem ser usadas no jardim, no terraço ou na varanda. Práticas e ecléticas, como a nova Hero - Calligaris. Desenhada por Archirivolto em polipropileno estampado com a técnica airmoulding. As cores disponiveis são branco, laranja, vermelho, verde e fucsia.

Encomende já / Order Now:
geral@4udecor.com
Telf: 214 867 378
Tlm: 966 312 602
Cascais / Portugal

The Only Russian Tea Room In NYC

Before heading to The Russian Tea Room, perhaps a bit of food for the heart and soul.

The Carnegie is next door.

The City. I love the contrast , constant contrast, and beautifully choreographed.

I can't help showing so many awning shots, I get all excited with anticipation.

This shot shows what it really looks like at night, when the lights are lowered.

The Russian Tea Room is such a spectacular place. If you go to NYC, and are with anyone you want to show a good time, take them there.

I promise they will never get it out of the heads. It will be permanently filed on their ' Chip '.

I took my daughter there when she was about 6 years old and we had brunch.

We were both dressed up and she was consciously testing her very best table manners.

The waiters were so lovely, and needless to say the presentation of the meal was elegant & amazing to a little girl from Boca Raton.

It was such a memory for me as well.

She will never be that same innocent, beautiful, big eyed little girl again.

We were both so happy that day, we were all smiles, hugs and kisses.

Unfortunately, sometimes money can buy happiness and on that day

The Russian Tea Room contributed to it greatly.

When I was little my parents took me there...........it was nothing like this.

It was a landmark of course, and they did take me.

But I remember it being done in the dark maroon-ish reds. It was dark and dingy feeling.

It really does look like this.

The ceiling is gold leafed. They spent something like 6 million dollars on the interiors the last time they restored it. ( within the last 15 years or so )

Seriously, try to get there.

Especially if you have an innocent, big eyed , beautiful little 6 yr old girl .

The Russian Tea Room NYC: http://www.russiantearoomnyc.com/

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Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her blog of her Adventures in Design