http://aesthetictyranny.com "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"- that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:03:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For a little Friday fun, I thought I’d find some pretty baubles to celebrate summer and sunshine. After all, tomorrow is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. What gem could possibly evoke summer and sunshine more than the citrine?  I’m just so, so fond of citrines.  Many people ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=16 Because I am very busy and have no time to compose a post for today, I will let a picture say a thousand words. . . . Behave yourselves while I'm gone. http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=17 I love books.  I've always loved books.  I think that every house should have at least one bookcase displayed semi-prominently in an appropriate location.  I'm not even very picky about what kind of books it contains.  Some people would turn up their noses at a shelf full of Grisham, Binchy, ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=15 I was Googling for something which I can't recall at the moment and ended up at the blog, desire to inspire, where I saw photos of work of design firm, S. Russell Groves.  While mid-century modern isn't my style, I definitely have an appreciation for it.  It looks like S. ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=14 A big fat Pottery Barn sale catalog arrived this weekend.  Like Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn’s style doesn’t general really speak to me, but I like to look at the catalogs to get a sense of the zeitgeist.  Moreover, it will frequently have some clever gadget or item that I ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=13 In 1997, I saw an article (or maybe an ad) in Town & Country that featured beautiful Cartier rings made of chocolate and champagne diamonds.  It was love at first sight.  I tore out the page and posted it on the fridge where it stayed for ages.  The picture has ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=11 Reader, cj griffin, commented on My Dream Bed post as follows: We do not share the same taste in furniture — I like mine plain and unadorned — but I am very enamored of the idea of a bed that has a little sofa back built into it so you can ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=12 Ballard Designs, one of my favorite catalogs, arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I just had a chance to sit down and go through it.  It consider it my idea book, and I frequently dog-ear pages and hang onto them for future reference. I don't know whether it's ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=9 Forty-five pieces of Christina Onassis's jewelry were auctioned yesterday at Christie's in London.  The vintage jewels auction took place almost 20 years after Christina Onassis died of a heart attack at age 37. The highlight of Christie Jewels: The London Sale was a pear-shaped, 38-carat diamond pendant necklace owned by Ms. Onassis.  ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=10 I picked up a 1973 edition of Know Your Antiques by Ralph and Terry Kovel in an antique store a few years ago.  I took it out the other day to look up the style of a friend's dining table and was struck by the following passage: Furniture designing is much like dress designing; ... http://aesthetictyranny.com/?p=8