Home Tour: Elephant Props

One of my favourite posts on Bright.Bazaar this year was back in September when I wrote for the first time about Elephant Props. I've since been utterly gaga for their beyond awesome sense of style and use of colour. It was a delight to discover that owners Michele and Patrick continued the colourful essence of their brand within their homes in Brooklyn and Maine. I was instantly drawn to their living room; the coffee table painted a shade of green that would look perfect in the world of Kate Spade. Flooded with natural light, clean lines and interesting accessories in blue hues make for an interesting yet refreshing space. I'd snap up the coffee table in an instant (and I'm not usually a green kinda guy) and the stag and dots print in the dining room has my magpie-like eyes all a flutter!

Elephant Props via design*sponge

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Styling Inspiration: Elephant Props

Do you ever fall upon a blog, website or creative space and instantly it connects with your aesthetic? Well, this very experience happened to me when I turned the first page of Sweet Paul's fall issue, whose inside cover was dedicated to advertising Elephant Props, a full-service prop house in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood. Ran by Michele, a former prop stylist, and Patrick, a former set designer and builder, you can just imagine the visual delights within their prop house. Discovering Elephant Props was as exciting as winning the golden ticket was for Charlie.

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