design casa de luxo

Who's moving those books? The spirits from within the walls of your house have decided to come and read, but cannot make up their minds about which book to read.
* Made of paper, plastic and metal.
* Measures 6" long x 6.5" wide x 8" high.
* Books slide in and out.
* Makes eerie sounds.
* Motion activation.
* Requires (4) "AA" batteries.
buycostumes.com (includes video of books in motion)

We just received a short but very nice email from Nadege Fougeras, the Web Editor of Marie-Claire Maison who kindly wrote to us out of the blue:

Each season, one of my favourite French fashion labels Comptoir des Cotonniers organises a casting nationwide to find real mothers and daughters as the new faces for their advertising campaign. The casting in London for the Spring Summer 2010 collection is happening tomorrow: Wednesday September 30th.
So tonight, tell your husband that you will spend the evening in the bathroom and lock yourself to come out truly stunning so that you can take your gorgeous daughter and yourself to the casting tomorrow.

Finally the wait is over.....the NYC map by Famille Summerbelle is now ready! Whether you are a die-hard Sex And The City fan or have already got a few NYC marathons under your belt (or your boyfriend has…that counts too), the NYC map print is one of these designs that are going to make a great Christmas’ must-have for everybody in search of cool designs for the home, great wedding present or birthday gift.
The NYC map is available in two beautiful colours: Plum (just saying the word sounds gorgeous) and night blue and BODIE and FOU will receive the prints next week but you can pre-order yours now.
We will also get more stock of the Paris in hot pink and London map in turquoise - which keeps selling faster than we have time to eat a chocolate muffin and god knows when it comes to chocolate eating, we're fast!
I'm so excited for Julie, the French Designer of Famille Summerbelle (read interview here) and us of course, because it's a great success for our little company to find beautiful designs that so many people love. Julie did a lot of research on NYC before starting to draw the different areas and decided to focus on the lower part of Manhattan where you find most of the tourist attractions and the Brooklyn border.

Patrick Gavin

Stainless steel
Nicola Zanetti

When bookshelves aren't giving away our deepest secrets or providing browsing or boasting opportunities, they can be decor essentials in their own right, says Ms Geddes-Brown. In fact, bookcases occasionally have nothing at all to do with reading. (pictured: Peter Sandico's bookcases)
BBC

Happy Birthday BILLY! These playful limited edition bookcases were created to celebrate 30 years of the BILLY bookcase. Designed by Annika Bryngelsson, BILLY JADER is decorated with Shakespheare's love poems, while BILLY BJASTE was inspired by Japanese manga. Make sure you pick one up on the 28th of September before they become collectors items!
IKEA

Kayatine is a new label launched by the young (only 24) and obviously very talented French designer Julie Lepage-Chartier.
In France, 'un Doudou' is what we call the first soft toy, a baby will take a fancy to and this a toy that your child is likely to keep forever so choosing the perfect Doudou is no mean feat!
The first time we saw Julie's 'Doudous', we felt in love straight away...I mean look at this one called Poppy. Even if you haven't got a child, wouldn't you want something as cute and friendly in your home! I love it!

Doudou Poppy is one of eight brothers and sisters. Each one has little ears that are easy for tiny baby hands to grab (or suck as babies do!). Its bottom is embroidered with a cure little heart and the fabrics Julie has picked (for instance for Doudou Bobi) are just beautiful and cheerful.

Poppy is also available in violette here.

We will add more gorgeous designs from Kayatine in the forthcoming months as Julie has also designed uber cute babygros and bath set for babies and I can't wait for her to do her Doudou as cushions!
For more inspiration on how to create gorgeous children bedrooms, check out the amazing collection of Japanese books from Paumes.

After weeks of silence, mainly because most of us went either on holidays or working like busy bees on the launch of our new website, we're finally back on planet blog with a bang and a gorgeous, user-friendly new website....

The new bodieandfou.com is as ever very stylish and chic but more minimalist, simple and closer to what truly inspired us. Although solely online, we really wanted to create a haven of inspiration and creativity. A website with a real boutique feel, exceptional customer service and the added value of being incredibly convenient and stress-free.
In a nutshell, we want shopping with BODIE and FOU to be a friendly and enjoyable experience. BODIE and FOU is open 24/7…no crowd, no noise, no parking ticket, no heavy bag to carry…pure bliss.

As Elodie put it... “We live and breathe BODIE and FOU. It's our name and our reputation on the line and we genuinely care about our customers and their shopping experience...”
So what’s different?

· A new and simpler, easy-to-navigate layout. For instance, you can now browse directly into our most popular product categories such as the Art & prints category and see how great our best-selling London (turquoise) and Paris map (hot pink) prints look in new colours: red and sage green.

· All our product page and key customer information are now available in English and French..et oui! Cela faisait longtemps que nous avions envie d'avoir BODIE and FOU en francais et de retrouver nos racines...

· You also have now the options to tell your Friend about your favourite product but also to bookmark it on your preferred social network....Facebook (where you can join us), Twitter (where you can follow us), Stumbleupon, Delicious, etc...
· You can also see all the designs from one same designer so if you love Kathleen Hills' new pendant lights in black (real lust-have), you can either click on the link from the product page to see all the gorgeous designs by Kathleen or go to our Designers A to Z page.

· The B&F Gift Guide: Yep! A whole area dedicated to unique gifts for her, gifts for men, eco-gifts, for mother & child, ‘petits’ gifts up to £20, vintage/retro, handmade, inspired by nature, wedding gifts.
· BODIE and FOU Gift-wrapping Service ...oui....because there is nothing easier than buying your present online and get it wrapped by someone else (US!) and if you want, we will also hand-write your message on one of our chic gift cards.
· Monthly competition: Each month, BODIE and FOU will also offer one of our best-selling designs to one lucky participant! But the GREAT NEW is that from October to December 2009....we will offer 3 lucky people each month the chance to win one of our best-selling Paris map print. Click here to participate
· New affordable, flexible delivery options to suit everyone’s needs starting from as little as £3.50 for orders up to £15....and standard delivery is still at £4.95 whatever the weight and size of your order so that's a pretty good deal..

And of course, along a new website, we have added lost of gorgeous new designs and gifts for the home...
Our favourite are all the books by Edition Paumes. If you haven't heard of Paumes, you are really missing something....Paumes is a little family business that put together gorgeous series of books about children rooms, Designers' studios, flats, Flea markets in Paris, London, Stockholm, Copenhagen.....they are a goldmine of creativity and inspiration. The only thing is that they are all written in Japanese so unless you're fluent you won't get a lot out of the text but you will definitively be inspired by the imagery and the gorgeous layout of the pages...
Don't take our word for it...give it a go, there are only £20 each and they make wonderful presents but we are pretty sure that once you get one, you will come back for more...

We are also in love with the beautiful eco-friendly wallpapers by Swedish Designer Camilla Diedrich and we have dedicated a whole area to eco-friendly, sustainable designs.....

Anyway, we could go on all day about all the beautiful things we have added to B&F but instead we will do dedicated posts later on...In the meantime, have a look yourself and let us know what you think....
Thanks again for all your support and feedback

Designed by Peleg Design. Printed cardboard boxes for elegant storage on book shelves. Looks like books but stores those little things that have no where to go. H25 x W17 x D20cm
Monkey Business

Bed makers are manning up.

After years of catering to women, manufacturers are setting their sights on men. The new macho mattresses they're introducing have "muscle-recovery properties" and cooling technology, on the theory that men are more likely to feel too hot in bed. The bed frames feature built-in TVs, iPod docking stations, wine coolers, safes and other guy-friendly gadgetry.

Dave Shapiro, a 33-year-old real-estate investor in Philadelphia, paid $30,000 for a Hollandia International adjustable bed that offers a built-in 32-inch Sony flat-screen TV, surround-sound speakers and outlets for laptops. "The best thing is the TV," he says. "You don't have to get up."

Mr. Shapiro admits his wife was less than enthusiastic when he picked the bed out six months ago. He delighted in showing her that the TV could be lowered into the footboard via remote, and he let her pick out the color and pattern of the mattress fabric. His wife declined to comment.

here's the one with the retractable TV

Hector Esrawe

Hand-crafted in Iowa of birch hardwoods with a protective clear lacquer finish, the capacious desktop bookcase measures about 13' square and rotates on ball bearings. Use each quarter section as a mini-bookshelf--each quarter holds six or seven books. Woodform

Why do I have to use such a huge shelf if i don’t need so much space? is the question behind b.shelves. The main idea was to create a system which would only take up as much space as needed. It is a shelf responding to the books it is carrying.
b.shelf is an elastic sheet between two poles. By putting a book on the shelf, the elastic part will sink. The more books you put on the shelf, the more they are going to sink. Combining three or four b.shelves together will create unexpected shapes.
Tolga Soran

Bookcase with steel plate frame and sheet metal shelves. in finishes: galvanized zinc, matt white and matt black lacquered. the panthograph frame allow a free bookcase position on the wall, to satisfy aesthetics or space required.
Desalto