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Cool New Designers' Toys

We plan on ripping out the carpet on the first level and replacing with either ceramic tile or hardwood flooring. When we do so, we'll need throw rugs. I thing these will work well.

Tickle My Feet: Cartoons to Wiggle the Toes In
Dan Golden, a New York cartoonist, has teamed up with Ford Lininger, an interior designer, to produce six hand-tufted designs in New Zealand wool, including “So Long, Suckahs!” far right, and “Keep Dogs Off Grass.” The rugs come in four sizes, from 4 by 6 feet to 9 by 12, and start at $3,000. Available from Qui.


No real reason, I just gotta have it. A thing of beauty is a joy forever, and just imagine all the shadow puppets you could create.

A Glow To Tease The Shadows
Leo Scarff, an Irish designer who specializes in atmospheric mood lighting, recently introduced a collection of four lamps at the NoHo showroom of Clodagh, the Manhattan interior designer. Lightweave ($1,550), above, a cylindrical maple-veneer floor lamp, casts a basket-weave of light and shadow on a wall. (Hanging versions are $1,200 and $1,925.) Clodagh’s showroom, which is open to the public, is at 670 Broadway (Bond Street); (212) 780-5300.


Do you have the same problem I do? You can never get those vacation pictures in order. Well there's someone who will do it for you. All for a small fee, of course.

Endless Summers, All on the Wall
Ilevel, an art consulting and installation service, offers an easy solution for those who return from vacation with lots of new photographs. For $240, it will send someone with a trained eye to advise how to create a wall of framed photographs that can expand with each successive vacation. If you like, the consultant will hang them, too. Most projects are done within four hours, said David Kassel, the owner. Each additional hour is $60. Ilevel works mainly in the New York area, but its consultants will travel for an additional fee.

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