Meg Braff on One King's Lane Tonight

So I was just browsing the posts from some of the fabulous bloggers I follow and I spotted the best scoop ever (for me) at The Pink Pagoda.

Meg Braff is going to be featured on One King's Lane tonight as part of the Tastemakers Tag Sale.  I've given Meg lots of lovin in my posts lately because I'm considering her awesome Up in a Tree wallpaper for my sunroom...(read here and here). 

Meg Braff's Designs in East Hampton (courtesy House Beautiful)

Head over to  The Pink Pagoda for more scoop on Meg's sale on OKL!

 

Tag You're "IT"-Tastemaker Sales

There are so many specialty shops that have

cropped up online that offer seemingly great values on

high-end designer items for a limited time... 

 

One Kings Lane, Gilt, Joss & Main,
1stdibs.com, fab.com to name a few.  These sites
offer sample sale type offerings usually
for 24-48 hours of time.   They create a
sense of immediacy.  And obsessive urgency.  

Over time, I have developed 
a love/ hate relationship with these sales. 

(Check out my conflicted thoughts about OKL here). 

Sure, they're supposed to

offer 50-70% savings, but I know

that's not always the case.  I know because

I have tracked their offerings religiously. 

And sometimes I have found these

super sales are not that super. 

(One King's Lane-left; Restoration Hardware-right)

After a brief hiatus, I am reevaluating

the way these designer super sale

sites should be coveted.

I still love to peruse the sales, but

the hidden pearl is with

the Tastemaker Tag Sales. 

A tastemaker is a visionary (a person) that has the

ability to influence styles in decor. 

Sort of like, they say it's cool.  Then it is. 

This is where you'll find the

truly unique, vintage, one of a kind! 

Check out some of the Tastemaker finds below:

Love the kelly green lacquer

dresser and trellis chairs!

Danish Woven Rush Seat
$309 vs. $550  Fab.com

Jay Jeffers Murano Blue Glass
$449 vs. $1850 One Kings Lane

Celerie Kemble Lacquer Standing Cabinet
$3999 vs $6200 One King's Lane

yes, sometimes vintage, one of a kind means a higher price tag

Windsor Smith Tastemaker Tag Sale

Milo Baughman Dining Chairs
$412 vs $850 Fab.com

Tamara Kay-Honey

Of course, for those of you that

read my Massimo Vitali OKL post yesterday,

you know that I had mass hysteria over the OKL sale yesterday. 

This is what I used to experience on a

weekly basis.  Lately, not so much! 

I can only hope that I will be proven wrong with more exciting features like that one!

Massimo Vitali OKL!

I can hardly contain my excitement.
I now own a Massimo Vitali!




Here I was, sitting at my day job. 
Minding my business. 
Actually working. 

Suddenly I happened to
notice the daily One King's Lane email
sitting in my mailbox. 

Massimo Vitali Photographs... 

I have literally been tracking

the Massimo Vitali prints for
the last year!  I have
been stalking OKL since their last sale.

These prints retail for $5000 and up. 
The only way I would ever buy one is at this sale!!!

How could I have missed this!?

I am completely and utterly obsessed with
Massimo Vitali!  Proof here

By the time I jumped on the site
to carefully select my print,
most of them were already SOLD OUT
or in another member's cart.

I haphazardly grabbed what was left
for my basket. 


(Not to buy multiple, but to claim
them and then be able to decide the best). 

At one point I had 5 prints in my cart with a value well above $10,000--gulp. 


I frantically called
my husband into my office (we work together, remember). 




I told him the time is NOW! 
(He looked at me in confusion)

"Remember when I told you the next time these
Massimo's are available on OKL, I'm just
gonna have to grab one??!!! 




Well, that time is now!"




He uttered something that sounded
sort of like, "No way we're not buying that now."  




And at that moment, I risked everything and in my desperateness, replied:




"I'm sorry you feel that way, and
I'm sorry about this, but
I'm going have to buy one anyway." 

Those familiar with OKL know your stuff only stays in the cart for ten minutes and you have to continually replenish your cart with more items to get the timer to restart.  I was determined to purchase the print no matter what the cost (my marriage. my pocketbook.)  Game on! 




I had butterflies in my tummy with excitement.  I know there is medication for people like me.  Who does this over a print!?




(Read about the Trina Turk incident here) 

Well, in the end, I managed to juggle the Massimo's in my cart for 30 minutes.  


Enough time for me to get my marriage back on track. 


Enough time for him to say "Yes" to the print. 
And enough time for me to envision
that Massimo on my sunroom here:

I am spoiled.  But I know it. 


Ironically, my post tomorrow discusses
how these sample sale sites have
lost their luster in my
mind...how I now really only see value in
the Tastemaker Tag Sales...


well crap, I may have to revise that one after today!

Update!
For those that have inquired about which print I got:
Here it is below.  




Bagni Lido Verticale


Click here to see what I love about Massimo