clean slate..

 

Oh how nice it is to feel that you have a clean slate.  A great place to start from.  That is the feeling each new year brings for me.  It is a time of cleaning out, planning ahead and making wishes for the coming year...  

What are you wishing for this year?  

Me... I am wishing for..

1. time.. more time to do what needs to be done and then relax.
2. travel.. I have many plans floating around in my head.  Maybe the south of France this year??
3. cleaning out.. time to clear out the clutter and start to focus on what is the most important in family and business this year.
4. change...this year promises to bring about some wonderful changes for me and my family.
5. wishes.. I wish to laugh more this year and enjoy the gifts that I have been given.

Happy New Year- Here's to wishing in 2012..

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Tolix grey and white..

 

I am still completely and totally in love with tolix and this mix is so clean and just so perfect!

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Vintage in gray and white

I love the shabby chic feeling in here...

With the clean white and touches of vintage gray..

and of course the tolix chairs...

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Styling by  Nina Hartmann
Photos by Maria-Isabel Hansson 

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Greige and the lovely Tolix chair

I know it has been awhile since I posted about the lovely Tolix chair but one must return always to their first love....  I am pretty sure that my first post on this blog was about the Tolix chair...  This room is amazing!  

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Tolix or Tabouret?

(House Beautiful)
I really love industrial style pieces mixed in with my decor. One of my most popular posts last year was on industrial kitchen stools, if you missed it click here. Perhaps its because they look wonderful mixed with any decor.
(Alimesh)
One of my favorite items are the industrial stools from Tolix. What appeals to me most is their small size, wonderful lines and how I can tuck them under the center island to create a clear walking path.
(Apartment Therapy)
Tolix is a French company that makes extraordinary metal furniture. I wanted a change in the kitchen, but budgets being as they are I really couldn't justify the price when I had perfectly fine wood stools.
The Tolix stools are available through Melissa Edelman Antiquaire, a Chicago-area dealer who represents the full line of Tolix or above from Sundance catalogue. But at $245. plus shipping per stool I had to pass. So imagine how thrilled I was when I found a copy at Overstock.com. The "Tabouret" stools are very close to the wonderful original Tolix stools and at 2 for $99.00, I thought they would be worth a try.
(overstock.com)

I have had them for several months and I am very impressed with the quality. The are wonderfully versatile and since I purchased them, they have been moving all over the house. They have been in the Butler's pantry, the basement playroom and even as our primary kitchen center island stools. Here is the link to them at Overstock.com. When I first found them they were out of stock but I signed up for a notification and when they were back in stock I purchased them.

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Tomorrow I'll show you our center island with the current wood stools and then the Tabouret stools and you can help me decide which we should use in kitchen.

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Enjoy your Saturday!!

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