More eBay Finds

Midgard Wall Lamp

Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg Berså Saucepan

Saarinen Womb Chair & Ottoman New Replica

Kaiser Bauhaus Stilnovo Desk Lamp

Charlotte Perriand Barstools Les Arc France 1960s

Ericsson 1951 Rotary Telephone

Tufted Bench

Marimekko Onnen Apila Green White Floral Fabric

Machine Age Theater Spotlight

Antique Blanc de Chine Lamp

Vintage Hollywood Regency Slipper Chair (its mate is listed here)

Camelback Chippendale Sofa

Vintage Raymor Jar With Lid

Pair French Armchairs

Two Hans Wegner Wishbone Y Chairs

Exceptional Uzbek Hand-Embroidered Silk Suzani

Danish Modern Teak Tea Cart

George Nelson Boltabest Tray

50s Modern Expanding Slat Bench 8 Feet

Florence Broadhurst Black-and-White Fabric

"Swimming Vacation" Cuban Movie Poster

The auctions all end between Saturday afternoon, April 4, and Monday evening, April 13. Happy bidding!

Cool Stuff: Flatweave Towels at Toast

While everyone else is slobbering all over the clothes in the new Toast catalog, I'm slobbering all over the towels.

The U.K.-based retailer's bath linens this season are mostly flatweave cottons and linens -- so unlike the fluffy terry towels I'm used to, but with an understated elegance that evokes seaside summer cottages and feels deliciously crisp and cool against sun-warmed skin.

They have a practical allure as well: In addition to looking pretty, imagine how little space they'd take up in the linen closet, and how easy one would be to toss in a weekend bag for a quick warm-weather getaway.

Clockwise from top left: Fringed Hammam Towel, £25 (about $36); Hammam Towel, £18 ($26); Stripe Hammam Towel, £25 ($36); Large Khadi Bath Sheet, £35 ($50); and Linen Sauna Towel, £32 ($46)

Check out all of Toast's tasty new offerings right here.

The Artful Home: Franck Juery

These images from French lensman Franck Juery have a dreamy, nostalgic quality -- but they're brash and sassy, too. I love how they seem to offer a child's-eye view, and thus a different perspective of an oft-photographed setting. They're a little like childhood itself: Full of possibility and adventure, but tinged ever-so-slightly with danger and strangeness. Above: Les Petites Princesses

Erdeven

Marie-Kong

Jonville

Manga

Each photo is available as a limited-edition print from French fine art e-shop L'Affiche Moderne. The 20-by-20-inch prints are 59 euros (about $78), while 12-by-12-inch prints are 29€ ($38).

(This week only, the entire L'Affiche Moderne catalog, which includes more than a hundred photographs, illustrations, and graphic art prints -- is an additional 20 percent off. Just enter coupon code spring2009 at checkout between now and Monday, April 8.)

See more of Juery's work right here.

Monaluna ad

Cool Stuff: Stain Cups

British designer Bethan Laura Wood's clever Stain Cups are designed to become more beautiful with each use. Wood treats the inside of each porcelain teacup so that, over time, certain areas pick up more stain than others. "The more the cups are used, the more the pattern is revealed," she explains.

The cups are £35 (about $50) each. Contact Wood directly to order, and check out more of the young designer's innovative wares right here.

(Via CribCandy.)

Jennifer Judd-McGee ad

More eBay Finds

Russian Avant Garde Female Oil Painting

Schmid Porcelain Espresso Cups and Saucers

Vintage Thonet Bentwood Chair

Ib Kofod Larsen Penguin Chair

30s French Tufted Chesterfield Mohair Sofa

Modernist Marble Birds

Signed Raymor Bitossi Harlequin Lidded Jar

1970s Ingo Maurer Big Pop Art Bulb Ceiling Lamp

1940s Stylish Bauhaus Modernist Scissor Wall Lamp

Rare Pair 1950s Kalmar Stilnovo Cone Lamps

Pair Midcentury Modern Sphere Hoop Chairs

Vintage Brancusi Marble Occasional Table

Wooden Manequin Head

54-Liter Green Glass Demijohn

Long + Low Selig Sofa and Loveseat Set

Midcentury Modern Wall Sconce With Twin Metal Shade Diffusers

Rosenthal Orientalische Nachtmusik Bjorn Wiinblad

Note: These auctions all end between now and Thursday evening, April 2. Happy bidding!

Objects of Lust: New Florence Broadhurst Rugs

Thirty two years after a still-unsolved murder brutally ended her flamboyant and controversial life, Florence Broadhurst's dramatic designs are still as heart-stopping as the day she dreamt them up.

Broadhurst's intensely colorful, geometric and nature-inspired patterns are available as indulgent fabrics and luxe wallpapers, and British firm Knots Interiors came out with a line of Broadhurst rugs in 2007. Now, several more of the Australian icon's timeless designs have been reproduced as handknotted wool-and-silk rugs by the U.S.-based, high-end carpet company Woven Accents.

A few of my faves from this new collection:

Honeycomb in cornflour

Floral 300 in scarlet and ivory

Kabuki in olive and brunette

Solar in saffron and navy

Japanese Floral in tangerine

Horses Stampede in noir and steel

Siam in cream and aqua

The rugs are available for order through L.A's Woodson & Rummerfield's. (The cost: Most likely more than many of us can afford. But let's all just indulge in a collective swoon anyway, OK?)

P.S. For more on Broadhurst, pick up a copy of the gorgeous book, Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives.