11 March 2009
march newsletter
Dear friend of furbish,
Spring is here! I can't believe it, but I've actually done some spring cleaning at home. And we have been working to bring extra color and pieces with a lighter feel to furbish.
I've always felt that living the good life means acknowledging the change in seasons with rituals and making changes in your life or environment. Planting pansies, taking your first warm weather outing (like I did here with Aadi at the zoo), clearing out the attic, shopping for some items for our wardrobe or initiating a home design project, these are all ways in which we give ourselves the opportunity to acknowledge the passage of time and celebrate changing seasons.
To be honest, I have let many seasons pass without notice or acknowledgment, even though it is something I value, because I've been too busy or caught up in my own stuff. But right now I feel in the moment. My little son Aadi, who is 16 months old is helping to keep me there! I hope this note can be a welcome reminder for you to notice too. The buds are up on the trees waiting to pop! How will you celebrate this?
This month I have written about generosity in interiors. You'll see that nature plays an important role in my personal philosophy of design. Plus I provide some tips for bringing a generous feel into your own space. I hope they inspire you!
Be well,
Uma Stewart
in this issue
quick links
spring into furbish
Spring is surely making its way into furbish. Be sure to stop in this month to see! Coming soon:
- the moroccan poufs you called in about!
- more round mirrors
- colorful bud vases for spring flowers
- new artwork
- a spring perfect gallery event we will be hosting
Are you considering our design services? For a limited time we are doing FREE estimates for design projects and custom window treatment projects. Take advantage of this great opportunity to get a real handle on what it will cost to make your dream room come true!
here's what you picked
Once again here are the items that were HOT at furbish this last month, featured here in case you didn't get in to see them in the real!
Morelia Cubes
These great pieces are accent tables that provide relief in wood-heavy rooms. Durable, fun, kid-friendly, a great spot piece for almost any space in neutral silver-tone metal. Etched with moroccan motifs.
$195 to $267 each
Aurum Wall Mirror
The round mirrors we bring in just keep flying off the walls here! This month we got these small little gems in and they were here for maybe two days! It must be the fantastic price! A lovely little accent for a wall between two windows or other small space that needs some interest.
$95
Golden Braid Long Wall Mirror
Get some glamour going! This tall rectangular mirror is a GORGEOUS statement piece, and was far and away the furbish staff favorite this month. It is ultra-slender and tall and can work as a leaner-mirror or be hung vertically or horizontally.
$597
Order Now
All featured items were in store during the last four weeks, and are now available by special order. Please call us at 973.761.0311 for more information or to place your order today.
feature article: living with generosity
I am sitting in the Millburn Public Library, which is just a few blocks from furbish. I just left a busy, noisy café in the area where I tried to sit and write and think, but it didn't suit my mood or the level of introspection I needed at the moment. I came here on a whim and I am more than pleasantly surprised. The library, while not glamorous, is blessed with magnificent arched windows that stretch two stories from floor to ceiling. Seven of them sit in perfect symmetry with brick-laid panes of glass adding more geometry to the effect. The view outside these windows is an expanse of trees: the foot of our very own South Mountain Reservation. As of yet these trees are bare. But they are still beautiful in every shade of gray-green to grey-brown one can imagine. And there are thousands of them. THOUSANDS of trees! Right here outside these windows! All of them preparing to send
out their first buds for the spring. The wonder of this profusion of trees. The generosity of it. The pure generosity of nature.
The best interiors always have an underlying element of generosity, like these towering windows. I always find that nature is the clearest sign we have that we are meant to live in beautiful spaces and live generously too. Think fields of flowers in an unimaginable array of colors, oceans with such depth of color that stretch for as far as the eye can see. Skies that grace us with a kaleidoscope of colors at every dawn and dusk. Mountains so tall we can see them from a hundred miles away.
Windows, light, and space fundamentally give a feeling of generosity. But even the simplest interiors can be generous. Being generous is about giving to us what we need to live and feel our best. It is about celebrating abundance, which we have even when we think we do not. Think richness of color, collections of treasured items well-displayed, a house filled with things we love, or one done with masterful detail. All are shows of generosity. A bowl of oranges on a dining table, a vase of gerber daisies by the bedside, carefully selected pillows, glasses, and tableware. These are all details which add generosity. Paintings and accessories which give us great joy. Spaces which function exceptionally well. Soft comfortable fabrics made of natural materials. Comfortable places to sit or breaking a room up into a variety of sitting areas is generous. How will you add a feeling of generosity
to your home? Consider some of the tips below.
introducing our new website!
We finally did it! We built a new website to reflect the redux we gave the business with our move to Millburn Ave. Portions of the site are still under construction, but we hope this site will become a resource for you, as we will be featuring new product, posting events, promotions, special offers, and sales!
Click to the website NOW to learn about a special promotion we are advertising ONLY on our website! You will find the offer on the far right-hand column of the site, where we will regularly post news. Enjoy!
3 tips for making your home feel more generous
Make accommodations for the things that make YOU feel like you are living the good life. If you love to read, set up a nook with a comfortable chair, a good reading light, a spot table, and a nearby bookshelf. Get some nice tray tables so that you can have breakfast in bed. Make storage space for the baby's toys in every room in the house so you always have something on hand to entertain them. Buy beautiful glasses for the wine you love to drink. Get storage custom-built for your record collection. Whatever you love, whatever will make your life function more smoothly, or make you feel like you are being treated, make a special place for it.
Find a design element you love and repeat it. Maybe it is a bright accent color repeating itself in several places in your room. A row of three matching bud vases sitting on a window sill. Matching table lamps in a striking shape flanking each side of the sofa or the ends of a buffet table. A series of black and white photographs. The repetition makes the accent more of a key element and it looks intentional rather than accidental. Make it about giving yourself MORE of something you really love anyway.
Be prepared to entertain. Have a game plan ready for when well-loved visitors are in the house. Is spare seating readily available or is there an easy way to rearrange furniture to facilitate conversation instead of TV viewing? How about keeping a tea tray and snacks on hand. Or wine and nuts and a block of cheese. Impromptu entertaining always feels very generous, and it is fuss free! Here's the cool thing about how others view your home: If you have taken the above steps, your home will naturally feel generous to others because you have already been generous to yourself.
gen-er-ous adj.
1. Liberal in giving or sharing.
2. Marked by abundance; ample: a generous slice of cake.
3. Having a rich bouquet and flavor: a generous wine.
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