Color, beautiful color

Nothing beats a nice spash of color, and some of my favorites in our store are the fresh green of a Niels O. Møller chair and art work above it, a pair of sweet cantaloupe orange Knoll chairs, the translucent beauty of a small glass display, a watery turquoise blue Belarti table top, a cheerful collection of orange, turquoise and white wire chairs and the bright blue, orange and red in a piece of art in a neutral corner. Each vignette creates a cool visual oasis in the middle of a white-hot Texas summer.

Model 65 armchair by Neils O. Moller

Pair of orange Knoll chairs

Geometric brass dining table with assorted glass display

J. Belarti chrome and ceramic coffee table

Bend seating

Colorful art with a Gus*Modern Carmichael bed and a Robsjohn-Gibbings chair

Belarti! Bellissimo!

Another new piece in the store is this gorgeous 1960s tile and polished aluminum table by ceramist J. Belarti. As a visitor to our Facebook page said, this piece is "a lot of statement." This piece is for the free-spirited and the wild at heart who want a home to shout style rather than hint at it.

The top is made up of 40 handmade tiles by the artist. The aluminum frame is incorporated into the top of the table, creating an interesting contrast of materials.

The only scant attributions/biographical information I've found, which I have not confirmed, is that the artist was a Belgian ceramic artist Julien de Covemaeker using the alias of J. Belarti in the 1960s and 1970s. Several sites attribute the same tiled coffee tables to Belgian ceramist Juliette F. Belarti.

Tile and chrome table by J. Belarti

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