All photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY
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| A hot pink jade lamp finial from designer Hillary Thomas at her Los Angeles store. (above) |
Popped by a nice store party last night at Chic Shop in Brentwood…the darling little home furnishings store owned by Los Angeles interior designer Hillary Thomas.
Darling darling darling store. I was immediately charmed when I walked into the small space. So many wonderful vintage design finds and much more lining the shelves. A very cheerful space.
The piece de resistance (besides seeing my COCOCOZY pillows on display…Hillary bought them at the New York Gift fair and we shipped them to her last month…she bought pink and peacock blue which go so well with her design aesthetic…)….so as I was saying before my parenthetical, the piece de resistance in the store are Hillary’s stone finials. I had done a post on them once based on only seeing pictures. I’ve got to say…after seeing these beautiful pieces meant for the top of lamps, I was really in love. Makes you think…why go with the standard finial that comes with any lamp…a colorful or carved stone finial is a must!
It was also so great meeting Clara Hendon, Hillary’s best friend and business partner. Clara and I have emailed a few times so it was great finally meeting! Clara moved to Los Angeles to help Hillary grow her business. So cool! Of course, all things revolve around me…so as soon as Clara told me she moved to Los Angeles, I got to thinking. When I hopped into my car, I frantically dialed a number… immediately calling my best of friend AM to tell her she needed to leave her high powered finance job in New York, pack up her two kids and husband and move to Los Angeles. Best of friend AM didn’t answer her phone, but her husband JE did…I explained to him my plan for their family and he is on board. Now just need to talk to AM this morning and see whether I can just get her to drop her whole NY life and come live in Los Angeles to hang out with me! Logical thinking right?
Anyhooo…here is the shop!
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| A well edited selection of vintage finds is neatly displayed in Chic Shop – a little design shop jewel. (above and below) |
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| A colorful blue, green and white striped settee sits in the store window with a cute ceramic fish dish on top. (above) |
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| COCOCOZY Pillows in pink and peacock blue are among the new and vintage finds in the store! (above) |
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| Love this gold banded blue glass carafe! (above) |
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| Wonderful vintage orange glass dishes – there’s even one in the shape of a swan! (above) |
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| The Finial Touch by Hillary Thomas is an assortment of colorful and intricately designed stone finials that add the necessary finish to the top of any lamp. (above and below) |
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| A Chinoisserie inspired dragon finial carved out of green jade. (above) |
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| A stone finial in action atop a vintage lamp…the light illuminates the stone! (above) |
Anything you see here you like? Have you ever thought of changing out your finials to spruce up a lamp? I’m now thinking I need to!
If you are in Los Angeles, you should definitely stop by this adorable store…!
Chic Shop
11973 San Vincente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(in Brentwood)
877-287-9708
Happy Wednesday!
xo
Coco
All photos in this post by Coco of COCOCOZY
your pillows look great in the store! and hillary’s lamps are gorgeous, i’ve never seen lamps so unique and chic!
I got there a little late and didn’t see you. Great pics. Bummed I missed you :(, We need to catch up!!
xoxo
Emily
little details like those finials make all the difference in the world, don’t they? like our hardware…we are in LA so will have to stop in and take a personal look…thanks for sharing
I have only seen her pieces online… so glad to get a confirmation on how AWESOME they are!!! Your pillows look fantastic in her shop too, she chose great colors.
Coco – Thank you SOOOO much for coming and doing this amazing post! We actaully just had a customer come in because of reading this TODAY! (And our finials truly have never looked better!) You are the BEST…XOXO – Hillary
Shops like these are soo much fun!
Gorgeous pink lamp shades! The eclectic use of items is great in each of the spaces here.
This store looks soo amazing and glamorous!
I am soo going there soon!
Love your blog!!
XoXo
Amy Witt
wow, the finials are fantastic!
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So fun to see pictures of her store. I want that pink finial as a necklace.