I always look to Pantone to provide the best overview of color inspirations for each fashion season. Those of us know that fashion dictates the palette for interior design as well. Below are the colors for Fall 2010 as presented during the shows last February. Now that summer is officially over, I am looking to add splashes of these hues throughout the kaarskoker studio with, of course, a change of candle covers!
I am doing my best to stay relevant to all the social media outlets available to me as I spread the kaarskoker word. I am active on Facebook and twitter. Last week I finally introduced kaarskoker.com into the 21st century with the addition of LIKE and TWEET buttons on every product page! This allows lovers of the decorative candle covers to share with their friends easily. If you are on this blog and ‘like’ our product, tell all you know with a simple click of the mouse.
All I can say is, “OMG!” Before I launched kaarskoker, I sourced replacement candle sleeves on chandelierparts.com, which has the largest selection of candle covers, chandelier crystals and various other- you guessed it- chandelier parts. I have tried to place kaarskoker sleeves on this site since the launch nearly 2 years ago. On Wednesday, the email arrived and yesterday I saw my product featured on the site: the only product available under ‘DECORATIVE CANDLE COVERS’. I am going to take the exclusion of all other sleeve styles as a confirmation of kaarskoker as the exclusive source for decorative candle covers!
Today between meeting I stopped at my favorite haunt for fab decorating finds, Pacific Galleries at 4th and Lander in SoDo (South of Downtown, Seattle). On today’s list was a pair of pendants for the kitchen above the peninsula. Imagine my surprise when one of the vendor stalls featured a chandelier for sale and a pair of sconces each of which were adorned with kaarskoker candle covers! Who is this mystery retailer?
The black bamboo chandelier was paired with kkHOUNDSTOOTH in Black & White.
The white tole sconces featured kkFRETWORK in Red.
I have always loved a good mani/pedi and used the time to catch up on magazines and girl talk. This summer my once guilty pleasure has become a bi-weekly must. I am obsessed (and my bank account is black & blue from all the ‘lucky lucky lavender’)!
As I look into what’s hot for Autumn/Winter 2010, I cannot help but marvel at the colors in the kaarskoker candle cover collection that correspond with the hot palette as chosen by refinery29.
I am fresh off a trip to the East Coast to meet with the Fashion Lighting Buyers of a large chain of Home Improvement stores. They absolutely agree that the current offerings of socket covers, or candle covers, could use some updating (see below).
kaarskoker is here to help! Please note, the prices displayed are for other products as this is a mock-up shot.
Although the trip was only 36 hours, I made time for a quick visit with Kat Mulford (and her littlest man, Hobbs) of turq jewelry. Here’s the shot of me in the rental she got!
When I was putting together the original kaarskoker collection of candle covers, peacock prints, jewelry and art were all the rage. I have quite an affinity for the romanticism that the peacock represents: from the Victorian Era and Whistler paintings to bellbottoms and floppy hats.
The True Peacock pattern is designed with the eccentric colors found in the eye of a peacock feather.
Pink Peacock is a little punk rock as it is hot pink detailed with black and a little baby girl.
The colors of Export Blue Peacock are inspired by my love of Export Blue China.
Any feathered bird brings autumnal thoughts to mind. Autumn Peacock is a celebration of feathered motifs so loved in the fall and the pattern and colors remind me a bit of a candy corn. Love this for a chic Thanksgiving vignette.
*Images courtesy of flickr, Christies, edopter.
I came across Coleen & Company about a year ago just browsing the web. Based in Los Angeles, they sell vintage furniture for home and garden that is so clearly salvaged from a great Southern California estate. Each piece looks as though “if furniture could talk…” Well edited and styled and not Hollywood Regency just vintage glam, which is why the handmade/painted Tented Tole Lanterns offered exclusively by Coleen & Company seem a bit odd. That is until you see how a perfectly the lanterns fit in a contemporary interior- just like a perfect vintage piece. Coleen & Company also offers vintage lighting. Both the tole lanterns and the vintage pieces pair perfectly with kaarskoker candle covers!
Ashton Harrison of Shades of Light appeared on a NY station shortly before Christmas to offer products that transform your existing lighting. She discusses new product such as lampshade slipcovers (I am NOT a fan) and decorative lamp pedestals as well as kaarskoker candle covers (at the end!). Follow this link to see her lighting makeover tips: Shades of Light Makeovers
I think I came across Avid Home on twitter. Most of the lighting is from Arteriors and Avid’s pricing is well below many other retailers. kaarskoker candle covers look fab on most of the fixtures featured on Avid as many kkRETAILERS also offer Arteriors lighting and have replaced the covers with various kaarskoker patterns.
