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Martha Stewart
Inner Happiness
What's the polar opposite of cabin fever? Homebody heaven. And it can be yours wherever you live when you outfit your place with goods that invite everyone to get comfortable -- and diversions that offer hours of indoor fun. The next time the temperature goes down, your outlook will be up.
House Beautiful
These Chic Faux Botanicals Look Real—And They're the Very First "Green" Line to Hit the Market
It can be costly to constantly refresh the flowers in the vases throughout your home. And the alternative, faux botanicals, doesn't leave behind the greenest footprint, either. Now Bloomist has made history by becoming the first maker in the industry to introduce "green" faux botanicals.
The Wall Street Journal
Things Go Better With Smoke
Soothing incense duos to help shut-ins burn off stress.
Gardenista
New & Noteworthy: The First Ever Eco-Friendly Faux Flowers, from Bloomist
Bloomist, an online store that opened last year, announcing the launch of their new collection of eco-minded faux flowers. These faux pieces are so artful and au courant that I would happily welcome them into my home.
Bobby Berk
Bobby’s Bookmarks: Our Favorites That We’ve Been Bookmarking This Week
Winter is in full swing for most of us, and that probably means you’re spending more time indoors (or all your time during a snowstorm). Why not let us bring a little inspiration into your life? We’re giving you another helping of the best bookmarked interiors, design and products of the week.
Martha Stewart
These Cabin-Inspired Décor Ideas Will Turn Your Home Into a Cozy Retreat
If you want to invoke that charming cabin vibe in your own home—Zach Klein, co-founder of Vimeo and creator of the Cabin Porn blog, has a few pieces of advice.
House Beautiful
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Leanne Ford is unquestionably a serial renovator: Just when this HGTV star finished her own quiet escape in Pittsburgh, she got the itch to do it all over again. “I just wanted to simplify,” the designer explains.
Architectural Digest
A Pretty New Paintbox Location, Plus 4 More Clever Finds
The faux-plant game keeps getting bigger and better. The latest on the scene: Bloomist. Not only is it presenting us with beautiful fake flowers, but it's doing so with eco-friendly and responsibly sourced materials. No more craft store plastics for your bouquet.
Martha Stewart
Field Day
When you’re decorating for fall gatherings, nothing looks fresher than dried botanicals, especially when they’ve been preserved and tinted in chic colors. Take your pick at the flower shop or crafts store—these sprigs, sprays, and pods look delicate, but they’ll give your home lasting style.
Architectural Digest
Terra-cotta Is Having a Moment
Designers and artisans alike can't seem to get enough of this earthen material’s warm hue and gritty texture. Can a material used for centuries in classic design ever really have a comeback? We think so.
Southern Home
On Trend: Gifts for Giving
Southern Magazine's favorite stylish gifts for everyone on your list. Included on the list is Bloomist's Pale Wood Chain, carved from salvaged wood and whitewashed.
Better Homes & Garden
Passion Project: Natural Beauty
With her new venture, Bloomist, Alex Bates sources simple hand-made ceramics, recycled glass cases, dried botanicals, and organic textiles that give homes an earthy, natural look and feel.
Magnolia Journal
Bringing In Autumn
Part of the fun of creating a floral arrangement in autumn - when blooms are fewer but the turning leaves present new colors - lies in getting creative with what you collect and what you include.
Luxe Daily
Bloomist’s Eco-Chic Decor Heads To This SoHo Store
We love it when two great aesthetes team up to make consumers giddy. And this fall in downtown Manhattan, two particularly hip players have aligned. Come September 19th, Michele Varian‘s SoHo design store will play hostess to Bloomist, an online garden and decor destination.
HFN
A New DTC Décor Site Begins to Blossom
Being small batch oriented, Bloomist aims to offer a non-mass-produced line, said Bates, working with makers that have the ability to scale production down the road. The line fills a void, offering “unexpected decorative accessories that are not big box.”
Business of Home
Green Light
These brands raise the bar on material provenance, from cotton fiber DNA and rapid tree replacement to resourceful repurposing of scrap metal, invasive plants, and more. The new, hyper-targeted e-commerce site carries artisan-made decor inspired by the natural world.
Apartment Therapy
10 Easy (But Cool) Ways to Style Your Dining Table, According to Designers
"For entertaining, we love long communal tables with a mix of nature down the center. It’s easy to create a wild landscape with our rustic pots, beach stone vases, recycled glass cloches and jars filled with nature, moss, succulents, elements foraged from the garden. Our rustic pot is especially great for this!” —Alex Bates
The Farm
Farmer Profile, Alex Bates and Michael Zung - Bloomist
Meet your fellow Farmers, Alex Bates and Michael Zung. Together, they are Bloomist—an online retailer aiming to reinvent online retail. The Farm sat down with them (in their email livingroom) to ask a few questions about Bloomist.
Gardenista
Anne Sage Reveals Her Home Office Makeover
Bloomist is a fantastic resource for found handmade objects, all of them inspired by the natural elements. I incorporated pieces like a stoneware tray to corral Ivan’s desk accessories, and a chunky wood chain that I’ve since become obsessed with.
Remodelista
14 Women Ceramicists with Cult Followings
We’ve admired Tracie Hervy’s delicate, perfectly proportioned ceramic pieces for a while now; but we hadn’t seen her work in person until this fall’s Field + Supply in Kingston, NY (it was worth the wait).
Sight Unseen
20 Design Objects and Ceramics That Prove Chains Are Trending
The up-and-coming New York studio Trueing gave us a sneak peek of their Cerine collection this past February, which culminated in an official search for the best examples of the chain trend.
Apartment Therapy
The Little Luxury That’s Striking Our Fancy
Who can resist this made-in-Maine piece? Formed from beach stone found in New England, this match strike will fit in nicely with coastal-inspired decor. Since each stone is slightly different, you’re guaranteed a one-of-a-kind piece that will last forever.