Portland, ME

Our sister's new living room after a quick re-arrange.

Jielde giveaway at Apartment Therapy!

HORNE is giving away a Jielde Signal Desk Lamp as part of the super-awesome Apartment Therapy Holiday Giveaway. Make sure to sign-up to win!

Tuesday Musings...

We have found a new, fun way to spend our Tuesday nights. Last week, we checked out movie night at the Old City Cheese Shop. We watched Bleu (of the trilogy, Troi couleurs, by Krzysztof Kieslowski) ate a huge cheese plate with bread and crab apples and drank red wine. Every Tuesday night, they pull down a screen in front of the cheese case and play a movie. Unfortunately, we will miss tonight because we are packing for Thanksgiving in Maine. Tomorrow Ryan and I will head our for Portland. This is the third year our whole family will meet up with my sister to celebrate Thanksgiving. I am so excited to see everyone. Oh, and I can't wait to check out this store!


p.s. Have you guys heard about DailyCandy DEALS? I jumped on their deal today for hansel from basel and bought myself some cool new tights. I can't wait to get them!


Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!
alissa+ryan

KOI Furniture

We are incredibly excited (and honored) to now be offering furniture pieces from the design team KOI. Based out of the UK, KOI combines leather with nickle plated steel to create amazing pieces that will undoubtedly last the test of time. Could your house use a little KOI?

GOLDEN IDEAS...

Check out the fun new ad campaign we created for the design blog Remodelista (the campaign will launch Nov 27). Ryan came up with the playful copy and I designed the layout. I think we make a pretty good team!



p.s. We just added a furniture section with the most beautiful small leather chairs I have ever seen! The K:5 model would be perfect in front of a fireplace.

Enjoy your weekend!
Alissa+Ryan

Fog Linen Work Aprons

We absolutely love these new aprons from Fog Linen Work.

Who is the cuter baby?

Ryan's First Birthday enjoying his Winnie the Pooh Birthday Cake

In celebration of HORNE's first birthday, we thought it would be fun to post photos of our first birthdays! Even though Ryan swears he was a much cuter baby than me, I must say that in these photos I have him beat.

Alissa's First Birthday with her parents, Tim and Cid

In these next photos I'm not sure if it is my first or second birthday- but I couldn't resist posting them because I am just so darn cute!

Alissa's Birthday

Proof that Alissa was totally a cuter baby than Ryan

Have a great weekend!
Alissa+Ryan

Birthday Sale!

I can't believe HORNE has been up and running for a year! And what a year it has been. According to our blog we officially launched HORNE on November 10th (although I swear it was the 11th), we got married, attracted some major blog love from our favorites, had the awesome experience of being guest bloggers on Design Sponge only to become regular guest editors of the Behind the Bar Column, took an amazing honeymoon and saw HORNE grow and evolve during a very interesting time. We are so happy that people have responded to our on-line boutique. It has been a wonderful year and we have all of you to thank for that. As part of that thank you, we are having a Birthday Sale on some of our favorite and most popular items. Be sure to check it out here!

A huge thank you to all of our amazing customers,
Alissa+Ryan

Jielde - Signal vs. Loft

We get a lot of phone calls and email inquiries regarding the difference between the Jielde Signal series and the Jielde Loft series. Both are stunning and come in your choice of 18 colors, but the two are, in fact, quite different. The people over at Jielde were nice enough to take a picture of their entire collection of floor lamps so we can compare the two different lines. For your reference we have listed the type of lamp for each light on the right side of the image (see below - we don't sell all of the lamps on the left side so we decided not to bother with those).

[From right to left: Loft Zig-Zag, Loft Zig-Zag, Loft Zig-Zag, Loft Floor, Loft Zig-Zag, Loft Office, Signal Floor, Signal Zig-Zag, Signal Desk Lamp]

The first thing you probably noticed is that the heads, the poles and the bases of the Loft Series are all bigger than those of the Signal Series. The Loft Series can also be much taller and with the addition of each arm you gain more flexibility in positioning the lamp. One difference that you can't see in the picture is that the Signal Series will accept up to 40 watt bulbs while the Loft Series can accept up to 100 watt bulbs. Each is beautiful in its own way and each has its own purpose and function. If you need help choosing which Jielde lamp is right for you and your space, please contact us.

Paper faces on parade...

For Halloween, Alissa and I went to a masquerade ball/wedding in Milwaukee. Above is the illustration created by the talented Rory Kurtz which was used for their invitations and programs. It was a great event topped only by the fact that we got to dress up in fun masked costumes!

Plum and Green Tea Martinin on D*S

Stop by Design*Sponge and check out this month's Behind the Bar column. Its a good one :) Have a good weekend -- Ryan and Alissa

John Pawson for Demeyere

We are very excited to be offering the complete cookware line created by John Pawson for Demeyere. With 7 layers of heavy stainless steel hermetically sealed around a copper core, these pots are not only absolutely beautiful but will impress even the most veteran of chefs. They are the perfect gift for anybody who loves to spend some quality time in their kitchen.