Gold urchins

Gold urchins are popping up everywhere.  I first started noticing them styled on coffee tables and fell in love.

via Everyday Girl

The trend credit goes to Jonathan Adler.  They are actually wall sculptures which were originally made by C. Jeré in the 60′s along with other very sought after collectable varieties.

 Photo CasaSugar

Recently, Jonathan Adler partnered with the C. Jeré studio and reissued their most iconic mid-century designs. For $1250 you can get these signed and dated sculptures.

I don’t have anywhere to use them on a wall but I love how they look as a decorative accessory.

via Style At Home

On a side note..I’ve been seeing coffee tables styled like this a lot lately.  Where the heck are you suppose to put your coffee?  Isn’t that why it’s called a coffee table? It looks pretty in a picture but it sure isn’t functional in my opinion.

I was so happy when I came upon a knock off version of the gold urchin locally.  I picked up one small gold urchin for $30.

I just set my gold urchin on one of my side tables for now, until I find that perfect spot. {looks like I need to get a Channel book after looking at those two styled tables hehe} I’m already loving the visual texture it has.  I might go back and buy the other two sizes, I like how they look clustered together.

When I brought my new gold urchin home, I asked my husband if he liked it.  He said “Heck yeah!  It reminds me of my new issue of New Scientist and the picture they have on their front cover”

I had to snap a picture of the two. It is a perfect representation of who I am, an interior designer, and who my husband is, an inventor.  We see things so differently yet like the same things.

If  your loving the knock off version of the gold urchins and can’t find them locally, I found them on line at Furbish.

I also wanted to let you know that I been updating our family room. The family room was a sea of browns for 7 years, and now we have lightened it up with soft greys and blues. I can’t wait to show you how it turned out.  It’s a good before and after, and we all love those right?  The new colors give the whole room such a fresh new look.  Here is sneak preview

Greys and blues and lots of tufting and nail heads

You can always follow any new projects I’m working on my Facebook page.

So I’m curious,would you buy the gold urchins for your wall or to use as a decorative accessory?  Do you like the look of them or am I crazy?