Why We Need Color in Our Homes Now...And the Joy of Kacey Musgraves Merch

Yes, we like white walls and pale wood, but our eyes need some *excitement* these days, and we have a whole bunch of ways to give ‘em what they require (without going full Gigi Hadid maximalist). Also worth adding to your “Hues You Can Use” moodboard: just about everything in Kacey Musgraves’s merch shop.

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The linkage:

• More where this came from c/o Secret Menu! (Click-y name, right?!)
  

• All hail Merch Queen Kacey Musgraves! This longsleeve tee, this velvet poster, her Boy Smells collab Slow Burn candle (and companion Burn in a Hurry lighter), the Lonely Weekend Self-Care Kit, High Time rolling papers, an ugly Christmas sweater, and faux snow (but of course?).
  

• Breaking August news: Kacey’s Christmas album really is so good (and can we talk about this Dolly Parton holiday album announcement?!).
  

• Some of the places we’re getting our colorful interior inspiration: Tina Seidenfaden Busck’s The Residence, Matilda Goad, Justina Blakeney, Ellen van Dusen’s Brooklyn home, Beata Heuman, Laurel Broughton’s Echo Park house, Luis Barragán, and Tony Duquette.
  

• Claire has a green couch! That she loves! It’s the Clad Home Dawson Sleeper in Klein Emerald.
  

• Erica has one (1) wall of wallpaper! She’s obsessed! It’s Josef Frank’s Paradiset.
  

• Tabletop stuff! Wolfum trays, bright taper candles, Opinel steak knives.
  

• Colorful glassware! Lateral Objects, R+D.Lab, Estelle Colored Glass, Keane.
  

• Furniture! The Inside, Inside Weather, Hay, Eric Trine / Amigo Modern, Interior Define.
  

• Ceramics! Studio Hecha, Raina Lee, Concrete Cat, Russel Wright, Fiestaware, Year & Day, Massimo Vignelli for Heller, Raawii.
  

• Lights! La Veste, Eo Ipso, Casa Cosima, Commune.
  

• Textiles! Hillery Sproatt, Dusen Dusen, Aelfie, Tantuvi, Cold Picnic, Society of Wanderers, Marimekko, Bolé Road Textiles.
  

• Paint! Clare, Backdrop, Farrow & Ball.
  

• Related: the Farrow & Ball New Yorker story.
  

• If you want more on colorful home stuff, check our ep with our trade-show recap.
  

• We’re here for your thoughts: DMs to @athingortwohq, voicemails at 833-632-5463, or reviews of this podcast are always welcome.

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Listen to this episode from A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica on Spotify. Yes, we like white walls and pale wood, but our eyes need some *excitement* these days, and we have a whole bunch of ways to give 'em what they require (without going full Gigi Hadid maximalist).