Barbara Barry at ABC

Inside ABC Carpet and Home is a Barbara Barry boutique...and as per BB style, it was beautifully laid out........

ABC Kitchen

Posting from my iphone is a bit tedious, so I apologize for how all of theses posts about ABC Carpet and Home got out of order. So on our last day in NY we HAD to go to BC. Mecca. It is such a beautiful store. Great merchandise. Great merchandising.....and now...a totally kick-ass restaurant! YIPPEE!!!! In the basement, across from Pipa (the AMAZING tapas bar filled to the brim with ABC chandeliers, live flamenco music, killer sangria and the best paella EVER) is the new and lovely ABC Kitchen. ABC has a farm to table concept and is the newest release by Jean Georges Vongerichten. It has a very local feel about it.... The interior is stunningly simple and elegant and the food is fab. I especially loved the vintage plates at each place setting! We had a prix fixe (my favorite) menu for $25 with the most delicious roasted beets with home made yogurt - more like sour cream, really - an amazing portobello mushroom grilled sandwich and salted caramel ice cream dessert. Dear God! Run screaming over there next time you are in NY. You wont regret it!

The Conran Shop

Also inside ABC is a lower level Conran Shop - an homage to all things modern....... I love the table of crinkle cups. I brought some home from Paris and use them in the shop - so cool!!!

Moroso...M'Afrique collection - AMAZING!!!

So there is another boutique inside ABC that totally knocked my socks off. Moroso is an Italian company that has asked Tord Boontje (my FAVORITE Dutch designer and who is behind the Midsummer Light) to design a line of outdoor furniture. The influence was based on African patterns, colors and textures and it is an unbelievable sight to see! I have never seen anything quite like it.......I have been thinking (plotting, really...)of how I can work one of these lovelies into my own garden..... The curly hooded chair (I want the black and white one) really seems like a collision between a classic French capucine chair and a scorpion... don't you think? Crazy!

ABC

more photos from ABC.......

ABC

..last of the ABC photos.....

ABC Carpet and Home

So we were in NY last week for the gift show and I totally forgot to post my photos of ABC Carpet and Home. Their merchandising is amazing! Such a great place for inspiration!