What I'm Shopping for This Memorial Day Sale

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Happy Monday, dear friends! I hope you’re well! It’s been a while since our last chat and my blogging schedule has yet to catch up with all the projects we’ve completed behind the scenes, but I wanted to check in and share with you some great deals this Memorial Day. A bit of sunshine after rain…

If you’re in a creative rut and/or are looking for new sources of inspiration, Create Academy never disappoints. With a constant stream of high quality content, their classes are designed to help us dive deeper into the art of creating beauty at home and tap into our inner playfulness, whether through interior design and gardening courses, or through lessons on color, decorative painting, upholstery, lampshade making, and more. Make sure to check out their marvelous course offerings below (if you haven’t already), something will surely spark your interest:

Create Academy offers 20% OFF all courses & subscriptions

In case you’re on the market for some lovely light fixtures that will stand the test of time, and the assault of trends, Visual Comfort has a 20% OFF site-wide sale. Some personal favorites I’ve used in my projects over the years:

French Library Sconce (Single)

French Library Sconce (Double)

A versatile light fixture, this swing arm sconce adds timeless appeal to a range of different style interiors, from modern to traditional, and any room happily stuck in between.

Below is a list of inspiring interior design books for collecting or gift-giving. Some of these volumes have been recently published, while others have been around for quite some time, but they are wonderful all the same.

English Houses: Inspirational Interiors from City Apartments to Country Manor Houses, by Ben Pentreath (26% OFF)

“Eight years have passed since the first edition of this book. It’s wonderful to see it being reprinted again, not least, I think, because it proves the adage that while nothing dates as quickly as fashion, nothing stays in fashion longer than timeless design—which is really at the core of what I try to do.”

In this timeless and beautiful book, now reissued complete with a brand-new introduction, renowned architectural and interior designer Ben Pentreath presents an insightful overview of the classic English style. The classic English interior is a timeless one, characterized by richness of color and texture, a mixture of old and new pieces and a generous layering of books, paintings, cushions, and flowers. In English Houses, Ben visits 12 classically English homes divided into three sections: London, Country, and Country House. The interiors featured range from a 1930s pied-a-terre in London’s historic St James district to a townhouse in North London to designer Veere Grenney’s tiny Palladian folly in Suffolk to Wardington, a 16th-century manor house in Oxfordshire. Ben’s own homes, an apartment in London and a farmhouse in West Dorset, are also included. These homes vary greatly in architecture, size, shape, and age, but they all have in common the English style—richly-layered rooms that deftly intertwine color and pattern and a mix of old and new furniture to create timeless and comfortable places to live.

Home at Last: Enduring Design for the New American House, by Gil Schafer (49% OFF)
British Designers at Home, by Jenny Rose-Innes (50% OFF)