Serene Sheer Linen Bed Spread

We clipped another lovely, doable idea from the idiotic New York Times T Magazine article a few weeks ago about the Axel Vervoordt-designed “wabi wabi” penthouse at NYC’s Greenwich Hotel.  A sheet linen bed spread. We thought right away of Rough Linen’s lovely Summer Cover, made of lightweight linen. We used one as a bed skirt and it…

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hanging wine bucket keeps chilled wine within reach

We found this bit of unexpected brilliance on Rough Linen‘s slideshow of reader’s applications of its lovely linen products. A rustic zinc bucket hung above the table serves as an easy to reach wine cooler: practical, charming, fun. It is the very inspired improvisation of Austalian stylist Kara Rosenlund. We also love the bunch of…

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rough linen’s clever ideas for tabletop + home decor

(Video link here or on YouTube.) We spent part of this weekend poking around Rough Linen, an online store and information resource for fine affordable linen products made by proprietor Tricia Rose. (We are mulling using one of her Summer Covers as a multi-configurable/multi-purpose bed skirt but more on that in another post; we’re still figuring…

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