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  • BH+WL No. 3 April 06, 2023

  • An Artful Home March 26, 2021

  • An Artful Home September 28, 2020

  • Introducing...An Artful Home August 05, 2020

  • The Friday Five March 30, 2018

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  • BH+WL No. 3

    Our third offering in our By Hand + With Love series is a small curated collection of the most beautiful handwoven textiles from West Africa. I've been gathering these for a while (honestly, almost every time I've sourced glass beads over the last 20-plus years from my longtime friend and vendor of African designs who hails from West Africa himself, I added a textile or two to my own collection) and I'm thrilled to share a few with you here! 

    Most of this collection is vintage, though some are more contemporary examples of African fabric. Each is entirely spun, woven, or sewn by hand and dyed with organic materials, all in an ancient tradition by richly talented craftspeople, the result of which is honored and celebrated for its beauty, quality, usefulness, and meaning. Some of these cotton creations hail from Mali, others from the Ivory Coast, and still others from Burkina-Faso. The texture, colors, details, imperfections, and hand-crafted character of each textile tell a remarkable story and bring an authentic artistry to any setting.

    A few ways I enjoy them:

    They can also be turned into pillow covers (with the help of someone who sews!) or even used as upholstery fabric (I have big plans to cover my great-grandmother's sofa with a few of them soon...) hung as a tapestry, or stitched together for a bed coverlet. I'm hopeful you'll appreciate and adore them as I do, and I can't wait to see which ones catch your eye.

    SHOP TEXTILES HERE


    Posted Apr 06, 2023 by Emily Maynard
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    • africa, BHWL, design, fabric, gifts, indigo, interiors, mudcloth, textile
  • An Artful Home

     

    1. Collage - Elva Fields

    2. Soap - Claus Porto

    3. Sconce - Joss and Main

    4. Mirror - Signature Hardware

    5. Rug - nuLoom

    6. Sink - EcoDesigner Concrete

    7. Flowers - Johnny Seeds

    8. Tile - Clé Tile

    9. Wallpaper - Caitlin Wilson

     

    Posted Mar 26, 2021 by Emily Maynard
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    • an artful home, art, design, interiors, original art
  • An Artful Home

     

    1. bedroom - Studio McGee

    2. fabric - Virginia Kraft

    3. chairs - 1st Dibs

    4. book - Taschen

    5. collage - Elva Fields

    6. rug - Wayfair

     

     

    Posted Sep 28, 2020 by Emily Maynard
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    • an artful home, art, house, interiors, original art
  • Introducing...An Artful Home

    After seeing a thoughtful customer's placement of one of my hand-painted and cut paper collages in her home, I realized how much fun it is to see how people incorporate art into a living space. It led me to do a little daydreaming, imagining spaces that might be a fun setting for my creations, and before long I'd dreamed up a few interiors with textiles, vintage elements, and even some furniture that might be a fit with my original art. I'm calling these gatherings of interior design goodness "An Artful Home" and hope to share them here on the blog every once in a while. Enjoy, friends!

    1. bedroom - Sarah Sherman Samuel
    2. collage - Elva Fields
    3. fabric - Schumacher
    4. wallpaper - Molly Mahon / Schumacher
    5. fabric - Dorothy Shain
    6. plates - AERIN/Williams-Sonoma (similar)
    7. lamp - vintage Murano glass


    Posted Aug 05, 2020 by Emily Maynard
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    • an artful home, art, design, interiors
  • The Friday Five

     

     

     

    Five things we've seen, heard, loved, stumbled upon, or been inspired and delighted by this week on Instagram:

    1. mural / Who What Whit (Whitney Robinson)

    2. print (fabric) / Christine Alcalay

    3. salad / Bon Appétit

    4. roses / Haskell Harris

    5. yarn palette / Design*Sponge

    [all images linked to the original Instagram post where I first saw them, credited in those posts by the account owner]

     

    Posted Mar 30, 2018 by Emily Maynard
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    • fashion, flowers, food, friday five, interiors
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