On our radar this weekend: Merci’s new shop in Paris, a play on Shaker style, and more. Also, March is Sleep Awareness Month, so may we recommend a good nap? Read on:
Above: In a Le Corbusier-designed Paris apartment, redone, a slim ledge and a window are all that’s needed for a sunny writing spot. Photograph by Mary Gaudin from A Poetic Echo: A Restored Apartment in Le Corbusier’s Molitor Building in Paris from RREEL.
- Spotted by Margot. We’ve never coveted a coffee table more.
- Merci 2—the shop’s newest outpost—is now open in Paris, “located at the heart of the Palais-Royal quarter in the 1st, in a former post office.”
- Need a glimpse of spring? The Floral Society’s doors are now open in Beacon, NY.
- Is delft having a moment? We think so.
- Julie’s hoping to stop into Vintage20: Design for Living at Tina Kim Gallery in NYC (designed to “unfold as a series of domestic vignettes…and reflect Vintage20’s signature pairing of design and fine art, with works by Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more”).
- To be filed under Dream Trip: The Nordics, featuring stops at iconic studios, after-hours museum tours, artist visits, and more, led by Heath Ceramics.
- A new collection of Danish pouffes, inspired by pastries.
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Gardenista friend and florist Louesa Roebuck and holistic healer Dina Saalisi will be leading a “Spring Equinox Extravaganza” on March 22 at Lotusland in Montecito, CA. Included with ticket purchase: a floral arrangement demo, oracle card reading, and a curated gift bag.
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On Gardenista contrib. Laura’s must-watch list: Floret’s three-part documentary on flower farming.
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Know a kid obsessed with plants? We found the perfect book for them.
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Like everyone else we know, we’ve been researching sauna kits. Here are 10 to consider.
- Calling all Brooklynites: Think your block is the greenest in the borough? Time to enter the annual contest and win bragging rights.
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Growing season is just around the corner. Here’s how to prepare.
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P.S. We’d love to hear from you! If you haven’t yet, please fill out our survey to help us plan our design dispatches for the year ahead. (Many thanks to all the readers who’ve weighed in!)
