It’s a new year. That means new furniture right? If like us, you think the new year or the upcoming Chinese one is a perfectly reasonable time to start afresh, you should start dreaming big. And by that, we mean spending big over at Dream Interiors. They’ve brought in new brands for 2014, and we’ve picked out 5 pieces that we think you should pay attention to.
Ladies & Gentlemen Studio’s Aura Ring Chime
Combining sound and kinetics, The Aura Chimes is made of metal, wood, and leather components. Painstakingly put together by Seattle artist Nicholas Nyland, each chime varies in size and colour. All chimes emits a soft, delicate, metallic ringing when activated by wind.
Not only is it aesthetically pleasing, we love that it’s a contemporary take on the traditional linear wind chimes. A single 10-inch ring retails for $330, and 15-inch for $370.
Ladies & Gentlemen’s Hand Mirror
Now, this is worth Instagramming. This beauty is basically a thick mirror is backed in brass and mounted on a metal cylindrical handle (brass, copper, or aluminium with a wood core). It’s a gorgeous way of displaying your favourites. The round mirror retails for $550, and the tall for $650.
Spell’s Amarant Coffee Table
This coffee table is the result of combining two necessities – the side table and the magazine holder. Inspired by blooming flowers, this coffee table lets you arrange your favourite magazines in an elegant, mess-free way. It will no doubt be eye-catching addition to your living room. Available in White, Black, and Champagne, a table retails for $2310 each.
Mineheart Poetry Plate
These fine bone china plates, with its gold lustre edgings and romantic cursive verses, look like something out of a charming romance film. The texts, taken from Jane Austen’s collection of work, are even written in the style of an old love letter complete with dips of ink and imperfections.
“I love the way you look at me, and the way you use your knife. I love the way you eat your food, you give meaning to my life,” one reads. They retail from $80 to $126 depending on size. Plates can also be customised with a special message on the rear of the plate.
Mineheart Portrait of Lady and Portrait of a Gentleman
American Artist Chad Wys plays with our perception of art with his re-visitation of classic masters’ paintings. Whether you see it as destructive vandalism or a cheeky way of introducing two different types of art together, it’ll keep you and your guests thinking.
‘Portrait of a lady’ features a brutalized Gainsborough painting in a frame, while ‘Portrait of a gentleman’ features an image brutalized portrait of Napoleon mounted backwards in an old picture frame complete with woodworm and nails. Both the frames and the artworks are printed on to the canvas and made in England. They retail for $490 each.
All products can be found at the DREAM Flagship Store 456 River Valley Road Singapore 248342. Opening Hours are 11am – 7pm Mon-Fri and 11am – 6pm Sat & Sun.