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TROPHY LIFE
No animals harmed when assembling laser-cut recycled cardboard deer, moose, rhino and buffalo heads from Cardboard Safari. $20-$65. Carbonstok, 1235 Barrington, 404-7288.
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NESTING INSTINCTS
Keep it warm and cool with a screenprinted Dupioni-silk tea cozy from Vancouver’s Smoking Lily, and Lala & Gleen’s wooly French-press cover, from Wolfville. $34-$39 for French-press, $52 for cozy.
Love, Me Boutique, 1539 Birmingham, 444-3668.
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A CUT ABOVE
John Derian’s old-school decoupaged botanical plates and trays have appeared in Vogue, Elle Décor and New York Magazine. $78-$360.
Bellissimo!, 2743
Agricola, 423-6014.
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FLOWER POWER
Summer blooms come early to the rainy city with the Carlyle chair, from Rowe Furniture in Virginia. Prices start at $1,106 (depending on fabric).
Thornbloom, Spring Garden Place, 425-8005.
This article appears in Apr 16-22, 2009.
I know someone who needs that owl tea cozy.