We just got back from our second day at the New York International Gift Fair and have lots of exciting things to share with you. If there was one theme of this show it was COLOR. Everyone seems to really be embracing it this season and that makes us happy! Want to know what else makes us happy?! Getting to hold our book for the first time! We stopped by the Abrams booth to find our real, live book sitting on the shelf. What a thrill! We can’t wait to share it with all of you when it hits stores on May 1st (Good Bones, Great Pieces: The Seven Essential Pieces That Will Carry You Through a Lifetime is available for pre-order now on Amazon).

But back to the Gift Fair. The NYIGF is where all of the best home design, gift, craft, and accessory companies come to show off their product for the coming season. Everyone from store owners to interior designers to Joan Rivers (we saw her in the parking lot!) attend. It’s a great way to see what’s new in the retail world as well as get inspired for Spring. Below are a great collection of butterfly prints by Missouri art company, Longstreet Collection.

More of our favorite finds from the Gift Fair after the jump. Click Continue Reading to see more!

One of our favorite home trends right now are horse hoof stools (made of wood, of course!). These stools have been made for decades, but they’ve become quite popular in the past few years, popping up in contemporary interiors in all of the major shelter mags. They are a favorite of interior designer Celerie Kemble whose gorgeous room is below. We love how this stool brings an eclectic feeling to such a feminine bedroom. Check out the best horse stools available right now after the jump! – S & L

Room above decorated by Celerie Kemble and featured in Lonny. More after the jump…

One of our favorite decorative-arts dealers, Liz O’Brien, has recently launched her own line of furniture and accessories inspired by all of the beautiful pieces O’Brien has seen and found over her career. Her line, Liz O’Brien Editions, was influenced by legendary tastemakers from Babe Paley to Syrie Maugham. We’d love to get our hands on any one of her gorgeous jewel-tone dressed love seats or fabric-wrapped tables. Of the Pamela Settee, below, O’Brien says, “Inspired by the style of 1930s cafe society, this graceful beauty harkens to another time yet fits in a contemporary interior.” A piece like this could be the start of a truly inspired room.
See more Editions pieces after the jump. – S & L

Take a look at this week’s guilty to get-able pieces. You can thank us later!
GUILTY: Spoon back slipper chairs circa 1950 at 1st Dibs. GET-ABLE: Spoon back slipper chairs on eBay. More great steals after the jump. – S & L

After chairs, lamps are our second favorite thing to collect. In fact, our basement is overflowing with all sorts of lamps we just couldn’t walk away from. On a recent trip to the New York Design Center @200 Lex, we stopped into the new 1st Dibs showroom. What did we find?! Some amazing lamps that we are probably going to dream about for the next week! 1st Dibs has so many great furniture pieces on display, but their selection of lamps was really what got us excited. Below, a pair of baby blue glass lamps by Vitosi on custom marble bases. Don’t forget you can buy all of these pieces online at 1stdibs.com.

Click Continue Reading below to see some more absolutely stunning lamps. – S & L

Accessories like a great statement necklace or a printed scarf can amp up an outfit in much the same way as a couple of colorful pillows on a sofa. But finding unique and affordable accessories isn’t easy–that is until Boticca came around. Boticca.com scours the globe (its founders came up with the idea while shopping at a market in Marrakesh) for high quality pieces that you can’t find anywhere else. Take a look at some of our favorites from designers around the world!

1. Arctic earrings (England) 2. Pink quartz stud earrings (Turkey) 3. Set of 3 18 karat gold rings with diamonds (England) 4. Miroir scarf (France) 5. Tia Necklace (England). – S & L