A blog about real estate, interior design, and the home in the Washington, DC area.
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Design Deals
By
Molly Lehman
Published Friday, November 06, 2009
Airline meals and security checkpoints notwithstanding, travel—or at least the idea of it—can be glamorous. Bring some of that class home with these pieces.
Get a cool taste of the coast with these chocolate-and-cream chandelier lampshades. Each six-inch parchment shade features a map of San Francisco in amber and slate-blue, and they’ll fit any Pottery Barn chandelier. The three-shade set is on sale for $23, down from $29.
Vintage postcards are the inspiration for this porcelain tray from the Rain Collection, marked down to $12 from $19. Use them for keys by the front door—or add worldly décor with a handful of foreign coins. You could even pick up a few trays: Two more styles (for the same price!) are here and here.
Add some whimsy to your walls with a travel touch from closer to home—like this reproduction of a DC travel poster from RetroPlanet. On Amazon you can get $2 knocked off the original $14.99. Or consider this stylishly rendered DC map, printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink. (We like the red-and-blue version.) At $22, it’s a fast, inexpensive way to dress up a room—and know where you are.
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