Rima Suqi

Is actually not a waste of time at all — it’s site launched in the U.S. two days ago called My Deco and while the name isn’t great, what the site does is pretty fabulous. One editor at the preview said “oh, it’s like Polyvore, but for furnishings and interior design.” Yes, you can use the site to search for any category of home furnishing and further break it down by price, color, etc. BUT the feature I find the best is the ability to create not only mood boards, but to-scale layouts of any space. That’s a first, as far as I know, in an easy-to-use consumer site. You can drag real pictures of product into your space to see how it will look and position the “camera” so you can check it out from different angles. And you can send that layout to friends via email, facebook, etc. Kinda genius.

I could see this being very very addictive.

By John Houshmand.

This sale got cut my from my NYT column this week, so I thought I’d share it here….

Since her departure from Me + Ro, the jewelry line she co-founded, Michele Quan has been making ceramic garlands that will be discounted this weekend at Bowman Bloom Gallery. Garlands range from single beads to double beads to full strands, assembled with hemp rope and finished with hand-dyed cotton tassels. They can be used indoors our outdoors, and most feature her hand drawings of Buddhist imagery, nature-inspired images or text. Single 5-inch diameter bead garlands that were $350 – $600 are now $100 – $300; double garlands were $500 – $900, now $350 – $600 and full strands of handmade 3-inch beads that were $3,000 – $6,000 are $500 – $1,250. Bowman Bloom Gallery, 95 East 7th Street (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A).

Saturday, May 1st from Noon – 7 p.m. and Sunday May 2nd from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. www.mquan.com

The silver necklace, above, is made from stainless steel which is 75% recycled material and 100% recyclable, and is $74.95

The gold necklace, below, is made from brass which is 100% recycled material and is $94.95. Both by Polli.