Interior Design in New York City

Temporary Wallpaper
My husband and I rent our apartment in NYC and I’m always looking for ways to change things up without the commitment. Sherwin Williams carries a wallpaper called Easy Change that is a temporary wallpaper. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. The other benefit is that it’s NON VINYL – so none of those nasty VOC’s to breathe in after installation.

Some selections are “paste the wall” while others are pre-pasted – and all are guaranteed to go up and come down effortlessly.

• Environmentally friendly non-vinyl wallcovering
• Dimensionally stable – wallpaper won’t expand or contract, no more seam separations
• Breathable – prevents moisture from being trapped
• Fully washable
• Remove simply by pulling off the wall – no special tools or solvents needed

You apply the prepasted paper to your wall and when you want to take it down you simply grab the corners at the top of the strip and pull it down. The wall does not need to be repainted or anything.  They also have wallpaper with different textures that is designed to be painted on. That way you can paint any color you want and when you move you just take down the wallpaper.

The bad part is that most of the patterns are horrible. Skip weeding through the junk and go straight to Damasks and Prints, or Dahlia collection for a few diamonds in the rough. Maybe we could convince Osborne and Little to get on the bandwagon with Nina Campbell?

Sitting here sort of half watching the Olympic closing ceremonies, I happened to notice one of my favorite chairs gracing the Olympic Stadium.

The chair is the iconic cantilevered stacking chair (1960) by Verner Panton. I’ve had these chairs for over 10 years now, and have never gotten tired of them! This cantilevered chair was first single-material and single-form chair to be made and has been produced by Vitra through three decades of development in plastics technology.

This version consists of a single piece of strong, flexible polypropylene with integral color that will not fade over time. As striking as modern sculpture, this classic piece is appropriately durable and easy to clean in cafés or restaurants, and is comfortable enough to use as an occasional chair in an office or residence.

And in case you want your own gold medal this year -

To commemorate the opening of the Panton Chair exhibition at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 500 limited edition miniature Panton Chairs were created. The iconic chair now comes in a new gold metallic mini version. The chair, a mini version of the real thing is 1/6th the size of the original chair. The chair is handmade and produced using the same manufacturing process like the original one. The elegant gold chairs are considered to be the crown jewels of this exhibition.

Champion style!