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Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to Dear Alice. Today we are going to be talking about books.
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Yes. Yeah. I mean, as you can see if you're viewing this, we have a ton of books on our table.
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Yes.
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And, yeah, we did an episode like this. It aired in September of 2022. It's called our Favorite Design Books. And so this is kind of like a part two to that.
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Yeah.
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So if you. If. Yeah, you haven't listened to that one, go back, listen to it. You would. You have to listen to that one, too.
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New books come out all the time. So we just felt like it was time again to tell you what we're obsessed with, what we're styling with. And we just recently got featured in this issue of Utah Style and Design as a really great resource to buy books. We always have a big book run in the store, those of you that haven't experienced the showroom. And it's just one of those principles that we fully believe in. When sue and I go to install a home, we can't go without selecting books that we know that the homeowner would love, that would look great on their shelves, that they would love pouring through, that we could leave open on their cocktail table books or on that entry console. And we just honestly can't style a house without books. So we carry. Carry so many of them. And this is a really short. Very few favorite must haves. Sue and I tried to limit ourselves each to three, but we ended up each with five.
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Yeah.
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There's really so many more. So go back and listen to that other episode for what our favorites were about two years ago. And then this is what we're going to be talking about today. So I'm super excited and passionate about today's topic. Yeah.
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Before we get into it, I wanted to know what is a book that has sparked you guys? Like.
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Yeah, I think.
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Oh, that's a great question. Um, right now, I'm sure you guys get the feeling sometimes when you're just like, I'm feeling dull a little bit. I just need to just, like, ignite it. Like, especially, like, we work. We work a lot, and we're always in the design, like, mindset. And so I usually have a few of. There's a magazine called Frederick, Frederick Magazine. F R, E, D I C. And it's just a beautiful, beautiful magazine. And I usually have several of those stacked up on my desk. And if I'm feeling dull, I usually can just grab one of those, start flipping through it, and I Find something that I needed to inspire something else. And so that sparks me. But I can do that probably with most of my design books. But right now, I would say Frederic magazine, as well as the Frederick book, which we're going to talk about.
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Yeah.
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Or later.
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That made the list.
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It's just. It's fun when you do see. We love publications as far as in magazines, we love seeing new design projects. Um, and we. We take in so much digitally now that it's fun that there's a new magazine in town. Can you believe, Beautiful in a beautiful format, when all the magazines are starting to taper off and fizzle out and people are like, are we still wanting to get published, like, in hard copy? Yes, you are. Because I still think that's the gold standard. And it's just so fun to fill the pages of a magazine. I still love it, and so I'm so happy that they're around.
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I would say that's. I think scrolling Instagram is in Pinterest. Instagram, whatever you're on is great. To me, there's something like, you know, tactile about it. And I notice the artistry of the photography more, I think, when I'm, you know, going from page to page, rather than just kind of scrolling on Instagram, if that makes sense.
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And you appreciate, like, the typing and the format and just, like, the graphic layouts of things when you have, like, a page that bleeds from one side and ends on another. And so you really do appreciate that whole format and composition.
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Yeah, you do. You get composition, you get storytelling. It's really special. And you do slow down with a book because I think you always find a comfortable place to sit. Right. You've got a little lamp on if it's in your favorite chair or if it's on a chaise or maybe you like to pour over beds in. Or books in bed. I just think you're in a slower rhythm and you can really stop to appreciate the details. So I'm excited that we're talking about books today.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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It does make you want to just, like, make sure I carve out time to appreciate them, because they're all so good when you start to open the pages.
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Yeah. So definitely. Okay, cool.
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Well, really, Alice Lane's book club.
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Yes. And really quick, I wanted to say, check us out on Instagram. We're at Alice Lane Interiors. That's where we are working on all of the big design projects. And you can kind of see our process, what we're working on, what we're. What we're finding what we want to talk about, we want to teach. And. And also part of the Alice Lane Instagram account is what are we talking about on the podcast this week? And how do we illustrate that in Instagram posts? So, like, if we're talking about bedrooms that week, that we'll really be posting bedrooms and bedding and. And principles we want to teach about the bedroom. So it really holds hands so beautifully with Dear Alice. The Alice Lane interiors page and then Alice Lane Home on Instagram is our store side, where we're selling the products and showcasing the new things that we're making, how we made them, what the story we're telling. So it took to really bust out. And they're doing different things, but they're both super fun to follow, so follow along if you'd like. And we also have an online store, and you can go there and see what's new and shop the products that we talk about on the podcast. And you can even sign up to be an insider. And insiders are going to get all that exclusive early access sales, product drop, storytelling, styling tips. So you can sign up for that@alicelanehome.com Amazing. Yes.
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Okay, well, to start us off, we. We have a listener question, which we always love. So if you ever have any, like, good topics or questions that you want us to talk about, send them on in. But we're gonna start with a listener question from. Do you love to travel on Instagram? She asks. I love collecting books and don't have many on interiors. I would be so grateful if you could do a quick list of must haves. So very good. Here we are.
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Yes. Okay. So, sue, what are. Give me your favorite. One of your favorite must haves.
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Okay. One of my favorite must haves haves that we recently got in the store is from a designer, Rose Tarlow. We love her product. We love. I love all of her spaces, her. I don't know, her whole ethos. Like, when you go through this book, there's a similar tone as you're going through each page, but just the angles and the dimension of everything are so beautiful. And there's such a history lesson, I feel like in each page. Not to mention when I first just saw the book without even opening opening it, I was like, I need that color. Yeah, I need that color. It's earthy, but it gives saturation and color to a tabletop, which I just love. It's this beautiful linen. And again, back to as far as the graphic face of it, it's beautiful on the front. And I love the spine, too, as I stacked it on my coffee table. But the interiors are just so lovely. Like, I. We did one of her. The first time I used one of her products was in our Lovers Lane project, and it was a table lamp in his office. And you can look at that on our portfolio. It's just left of the orange sofa. And just the way she, like, formats her product and the materials and everything, I just. I love her. I love her scale. I love her attention to detail. And you feel that in the book. So I've been loving this book. It's called Three Houses by Rose Tarlow, and it goes through these houses that she's worked on and have such a crush on it.
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I also think the edit of this book, I think Rose Tarlow in general, for me, I think of the edit, like, the lamps aren't overcomplicated, but they're still so sophisticated and still interesting while being very simple in form. And they're in all the best projects. And if, you know, you know. And so this is a really fun book, but what's beautiful about it is it doesn't come with a jacket. It just is what it is, which is very Rose Tarlo. It's a slightly odd size, which looks really good on your cocktail table, face up. Yeah. Or on your entry console or your center hall table. But this is one that you really want to have in your stack because the color of it is so sophisticated. It's a less orange than an Hermes orange, a little bit more earthen. But the typeface, the borders, the embossed center panel, it's so good.
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Like, Hermes got sun bleached in the English sun.
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Yeah.
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On a field somewhere. I just.
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It's great. Yeah. The material inside is beautiful. The outside is beautiful. I highly recommend this for somewhere in the home.
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Yeah. It's absolutely beautiful. We're going to start opening them, and then we're not going to get through this podcast. So go get yourself Rose Charlo. It's amazing.
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Yes.
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And we'll have all this on a collection for you on our webpage.
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Yeah. Yeah. These. All these books will be online unless we say that they're no longer available. But yes. Yeah.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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My. My next favorite. I just want to say that I've been. I've been redoing my living room. I. I know. So exciting. As you guys all know from listening to the podcast, you hear Suzanne say, I feel nothing in a room that's not colored. And I. We recently had my house tour come out on Homewort, and I was looking at my living room, and I was like, I feel nothing. I really am so bored.
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It is amazing. But I can. I mean, you've. How long have you been in your.
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It's been a decade.
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Okay.
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It's just time. It's time I felt something when we first moved in and when we chose it all. But I'm just ready to add a lot of color.
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I was actually. This is good. Getting a little off off topic, but I saw your post over the weekend about, like, the color, like, swatches that you have chosen that you chose and kind of, like, taped up, and I was, like, pretty shocked and, like, this is, like, go, Jess.
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This is so exciting.
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I'm just shooting a full. A full syringe of steroids into this room because I'm ready to really feel something. And I'm. I'm just. I don't know. I'm in a place where I'm ready for it. It's going to be bold for me. I don't know if it will be bold for everybody, but I can't wait. But in trying to get to that feeling, it was like what Suzanne was saying where she's trying to just get inspired really quick before going into a collab with one of our teams. And I have just been pouring over the books in my house to just to feel a feeling. Right. I'm trying to feel something, and it's been so lovely. We sell these book cradles where you can keep your book open. And we have a large walnut one. It's the biggest book cradle we make. But what's so fun is you can pile multiple books open, you know, and so their spines are just piling on top of each other. And I'm just using that as such a directory and a tool as I flip through different scenes, different designers that I know are going to make are really going to challenge me and challenge my mindset so that I can go in, like, all juiced up. I imagine, like, if you play sports, you probably get pretty hyped up in the locker room before you, like, run out on the field and you're screaming and there's a certain song playing. This is my version of that super.
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Bowl for Jess right now.
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Yeah. This is me listening to Eminem and talking about palm sweaty and that whole thing. Yeah. So this is my version of that is like getting those books piled up on the book cradle and just really trying to challenge myself. Um, so anyway, having. Having said that, a favorite book of mine I have. I always have it face up on my. In my office. And this isn't a new book, but I just want. I didn't talk about it in the last round, so I wanted to make sure you guys knew. Those of you guys watching on YouTube, we're. We're holding all these books up, but this is John Darien. It's a picture book, which is really fun for designers because I heard that a lot of us don't like to read. We just like to see the visuals and we study the visuals because we know what it takes to build a house.
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It's a different type of reading is what we do because it is still, like taking in information and like, processing.
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It all, but totally. Anyway, really good looking spine. I tell you, if, if and when we do our own book, we know exactly. I'm gonna say what makes a great book, actually. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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It's time, guys. We could have.
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We could have done five by next book club episode. Ours needs to be on that list.
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Oh, that's a good question.
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Oh, boy. That's a tall order. Anyway, John Darien is just this amazing, big picture book. No matter how you put it, it's gonna look really beautiful cradle. It's going to celebrate, you know, seasons. It's going to give you feelings, but really, really stunning. Just face up with that huge eyeball. This looks so good on your cocktail table, on your entry table, on your center hall table. Do not cover it up. Have this be the top of your stack, which is hard because it's huge. But I just think John Derrien gives in such a big way in a scene. So depending on what you're looking for in a book, again, this isn't something to read or learn about design. It's just something that's like, big, huge visuals.
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Eye candy.
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It's eye candy. Thank you, Corey. Yeah.
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Okay, on Darian for the win. Okay. All right, next up, we talked about Frederic. Here is the book, which I feel like is a recent release for this book. And it's just.
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It just came out, like, at the end of the year.
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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And it has, like, whenever we. So Schumacher is a fabric house that we just, like, love and pour over. And I feel like they hold hands with Frederic in a really beautiful way. So whenever we get a visit from our rep from Schumacher, she always brings us new Frederic magazines, which is so fun. And all the designers get so giddy because, again, to the size of the magazine and to the size of the book, they're a little bit larger than, like a normal magazine that you Would just, like, see on, you know, in the grocery store, which makes it special. It's like when someone hands you that business card that's like a prettier, like a thicker stock, and it's odd size and it's colorful, and you're just like, there's something special about this. It's the same thing with books when you, like, get a special one. Frederic is one of those two. This is called the last word in chic. The spine is so beautiful. It's a black spine. And a lot of times, just in styling in general, we're looking at, like, stacking, like, darks with darks, lights with lights, colors with colors, and kind of integrating, you know, breaking the rules even there. But I just think this is such a beautiful, like, at the bottom of a stack, top of the stack, open. The interiors are just ridiculous. And they're all really original interiors. Out of the uk internationally, you just get a really beautiful, I don't know, storytelling. They do a beautiful job storytelling a space where you look at a room and you're just like, I want to know who lives there. Which is, like, the goal of anybody's portfolio is, like, the interiors are so fascinating that you know that the human that occupies it is also fascinating. So that's what I feel when I look at Frederic magazine, when I look at this book. So then should be a goal for all of us. Like, it's just. It's just stunning. Right now I'm. Right now I'm opening and flipping the pages of the frederic book, so 10 out of 10. 10 out of 10.
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If you guys love interiors, you've got to get this book. It's so gorgeous.
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That's my lip color. You open the very first, like, the COVID and it's just like, this bright, unapologetic cherry red, and I just. I love it. It's such a beautiful edit. Definitely an editor's eye in this space and in all of the. All the rooms that they. They show. Anyway, Frederick definitely should be adding to.
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Your style and chic.
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I know.
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Very good. Ooh, love that.
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Chills. Cold chills.
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So good.
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It's a good thing, you know, you're a fan when you get chills. Like, when you look at a book and you're like, that's good. That's good.
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Yeah.
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So, okay. All right. You're up.
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So good. Okay. This book, I don't know if I mentioned this in the last one, but this, I feel like, just came out last year, the end of last year. This is by Architectural Digest. And it's called the most beautiful rooms in the world. Cover is a stunning olive green room with a huge window looking out too. It looks like this little Greek home. It's stunning on. On the coast. This is definitely somewhere in Europe. What's so fun is you go from olive green to this, like, fuchsia hot pink spine, and then the back is an electric orange color. This looks so good. We. We buy this probably by the dozens for the showroom, 12 at a time. And these evaporate out of the showroom. And then every inventory meeting I go to, they're like, we need to buy more of that book. Like, people just pull it off the shelf because it's gorgeous. And they're like, I just need that somewhere in my styling because it does so much work for you. It's also a slightly smaller cocktail table book, so it will be top of stack. It's going to get the attention. And green has been such an awesome color in fashion, in nature. It's going to look great with your plant on your table or anything else, your landscape out your window. But then you get that really beautiful little pop of color, which is irresistible. And of course, it's ARC Digest, so it's all of the best projects. Anyway, this is a must have.
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Since this was released, I haven't, like, changed. It's been in my cradle. I have the pink acrylic cradle.
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Oh, you should just grab a cradle. Yeah. So we've been making the clear acrylic book cradle for so long. And then we were like, you know what? We should just develop a little Black Friday moment. Just a limited edition in a slight, slight pink. But what's so fun on the edge of acrylic is it feels like that color's amplified by, like, 100%. And so it looks like pink neon. This is it. If you're watching YouTube. And then go ahead, sue, this is what you have on your cocktail table right now.
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Table right now. And again, it's so pretty. The fun thing about the cradle is that whatever the mood is, like, I'll flip it to whatever I'm feeling. Then the next day, I'll see my son's flipped it or Tom slipped it, you know, to a new page. And it just allows you to just showcase a whole new mood dependent on the season. So rad and dependent on, like, the color that you're trying to accentuate in the space or just be inspired by, you know, I just love it. And it looks that orange, and the pink against that cradle is ridiculous.
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It really is. I'm sitting on my editorial moment.
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See my fluorescent yellow Frida. I'm just like, what, like, happy pill did I just take? Someone has injected me with something really, really good. So I love the cradles so much.
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And you feel something.
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I feel something. Gosh dang it. And if I don't feel something on the page, you just flip it to the next one and.
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Yeah.
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So good. Love that.
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So I was gonna say this about the book cradles. If you're not watching on YouTube, you can go to alisonholm.com. they're there to look at, but also purchase if you'd like.
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I think because we're like, right going into spring and summer, you gotta get the pink one.
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You do.
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It's so fun. I mean, you know who you are. But because we're like in such this mood of like, let's feel something this year, let's bring more color in. This is a fun, very simple way to bring it in. Because you're not actually seeing the cradle unless you're sitting down on a sofa looking into the end. You're mostly seeing the book. But then it's like that pocket square moment where all of a sudden that little bit of pink just gives back to your scene.
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Yep.
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My. So my 9 year old even noticed, he sat down, he's just like, did you paint it? Did you paint that pink? And I was just like, oh, no, son, there's a new.
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There's a new colorway.
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But I was just gonna like, puppy pile. Your comments on all the 80 books, they're so great. And I think as designers, we love seeing inside designers homes. A lot of times it's designers homes that are featured in these. Not just. Not just claims, which is really fun. Fun thing about this one in specific is that it goes through like each continent and goes through like the most beautiful homes in Europe, the most beautiful homes in Asia, the most beautiful homes in the us. So it really is this like, globe again, feeling something. You're feeling like you're traveling somewhere. That's the beauty of a book as it pulls you into a different world. And 80 does it the very, very best. They really, really do.
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I was going to say, as you were just like flipping through a couple of the pages, it was very eclectic as far as, like the different spaces that they show it was. It's not just a book thing. It seems like.
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Yeah. And because they do it content by content, you can kind of see similarities and like a cultural thread running through each space, which I really love. I think that's really appreciative, and I love that you can appreciate not only the spaces, but the people that create them and why that's important for them in that culture. I think it's beautiful. It's like going to a new restaurant that came out that's a food that you might not be familiar with, but you're excited to try to try.
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It's traveling. It's like traveling in a book. Yeah.
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Yeah, exactly. So also the cheapest ticket, y'all.
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I love seeing. I also love seeing what designers buy themselves for their own collections, because designers are exposed to so much everything that's available within their marketplace, within their continent that they live right. And then maybe and then some if they travel a lot. So it's fun to see what that designer's eye picks up on and what they live with. And I. And I'd say most designers, it's not that they're wealthy. It's not that they're wealthy like their clients, but they are really good shoppers, and they are exposed to a lot, and they have relationships, and it's just so cool to see their homes and how they actually live after getting to craft homes for so many people. Yeah. These are really, really thoughtful pages. And this book is a 10 out.
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Of 10 and out of 10.
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Yeah. So good. Tell them the name of that one again.
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Okay. This one is 80 the most beautiful homes in the world. I think the most beautiful rooms in the world. Architectural Digest.
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So good.
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It's such. And this one also is a fun one to give to anybody, like, your best girlfriend, because there's something in there for everyone, which is really fun.
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Cheers to that.
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Okay, good. Okay, what have I buried? What book is next, you guys?
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Yeah, here, we'll put. We'll stand this one back up. Perfect.
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Jess, Valentine's Day is coming up, and I have no idea what to get for marijuana.
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Oh, I know what you could get her. Have you tried Cozy Earth's bamboo sheet set?
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I have not.
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Okay. She's gonna die. The sheets are so silky and foxy. They have this little bit of a sheen to it, and they just redefine what it means to relax together. So even though you're giving her a gift, you're really getting a gift for yourself at the same time.
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That's amazing.
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It is amazing. You're gonna love it. They're the smoothest, softest bedding. And here's what I like about it. Adam sleeps super, super hot. I'm always cold, but because of the sheets. These amazing bamboo sheets. They are like four times cooler than cotton. They're the only, only sheet he'll sleep in. So it keeps him cool. I can put an extra layer on and we can both sleep together. It's like a mini vacation right in your own bed. You're gonna love them.
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We need that. We've been needing new sheets for a long time. And the best decision I've made for my sleep has been the cozier sleep mask that I got just over a year ago.
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Oh yeah.
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Can't sleep without it. Now I take it with me when I don't even wanna open up my eyes in the morning. Cause it just makes me feel so relaxed and has changed the way I sleep. So I'm stoked to get the.
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I love that thing. Yeah.
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So to get the sheets.
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It's so silky and yummy. I'm so happy that you have that. Well, here's another idea too. I love the Cozy Earths bamboo pajama set. They're silky yet breathable. And she's never gonna wanna take em off. So if that's another idea too, you could get her shoes for both of you.
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Okay.
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You could get her the pair of sheets and she can wear em to lounge or just wind down. I honestly run in the door, take off my work clothes, put these on.
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That's gonna be a game changer for.
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She's gonna love it. Okay, good. Yeah. So if you guys want help turning your Valentine's Day into something really special. I strongly suggest surprising your valentine or anyone you love with Cozy Earth. And you can get 40% off right now at Cozy Earth if you go to cozyearth.com dearalice and you can use our code. Dear Alice. That's Cozyearth. Cozyearth.com Dear Alice. And don't forget, if you're asked in a post purchase survey, let them know you heard about Cozy Earth right here.
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Okay. All right, it's my turn.
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Yep, your turn.
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Oh my gosh. Okay. I'm going to. Should I'm just. This one's right in front of me.
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Yeah, do that.
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Okay. You guys, this is actually one I went through. I think we both did the same thing. We went to our cocktail tables and we're just like, what are our favorites? Because usually our favorites are on our living in, on our cocktail tables and then, you know, kind of like stacked everywhere else. This is one I just got. And I don't know if we can still get it. If we can, we should put it on the website. We should look it up.
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But tell them the name and the publisher.
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Yes, this is the 20th century art book. And I actually, you guys, it was just my birthday.
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Happy birthday.
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A
Thank you. And I actually bought this. I've seen this when we've gone to market on tables as we've looked at. I've admires other people's styling. I know I've taken pictures of it. And so I was actually at a store on my birthday and I saw it and I'm like, I'm going to grab you. That's my. I'm going to get a little market or a little prezi for myself for my birthday. And this is what I bought. And I love it so much. I love the thickness and the size of it. There's just so much good content. And it goes alphabetically through all the famous artists and the ones I haven't heard of because there's just so many. And it has just like highlights pieces from their. Their body of work. And it says a little bit about the artist, which I love that it's not too much, but I get to learn on each page and it's just like exposing me to more. And it's just like an art history lesson. And I think it's really important that whatever your interest is, whether it is. I love art. So, like, I have a lot of books like this, but if you're into sports or anatomy or anything, there's beautiful books, honestly, on any topic. So I just wanted to like express that, that if you love something, look for a beautiful book about it to include in your collection. Because I do think that these books, they just add so much, I think, aesthetic dimension as well as intellectual dimension to your home. It says a lot about you and the people that, you know, you live with. When other people walk through your house and like, oh my gosh, I need look at this beautiful anatomy book or, you know, whatever it is, you know, or this collector's baseball edition. I think that there's something to really be said by the art on the walls and the books that you have. There's always money in the bank for those two. For me, it's a problem, but it's that important to me. And so I was just so excited to get this book. And so it's definitely on the top of stack right now.
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B
Oh, it's so cool too. It's very pop art on the exterior. The Typeface is a 10 out of 10. So good.
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A
And we're always looking for that. So whatever. When you are looking for whatever your hobby or interest or loves are just like, look for that the artistry in the composition of just, like the graphic and the fonts and anyway, there's a lot to be added to an interior just from that.
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B
So. Good. Okay, I'm going to do a very simple, very pretty one that I think you've got to have in your stack. It's really hard to not bring this to every house that we're styling. It just works for everything.
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A
It has gone in every house.
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B
This is kind of a pocket, a pocket knife of a thing. It just works everywhere. This is the Authentics, and this book is actually by Porter, which is not as well known of a beautiful cocktail table book, but it's just. It's so pretty. Do you know the story of the Authentics?
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A
It goes through all these different, like, artists, designers again. This is a compilation of artists and designers homes and. Oh, it's. It's so good, you guys. This is one too that I've had in my cradle for, like, a long time. And, like, the pages are torn because, like, my kids are playing with it, but it just, like, is added to. Added to it. I don't know, just because we love it so much and it's opinionated and it talks about the human, which I love. I think we've. We've learned that in photography, there's always needs to be like, a slice of life. Like, people love to look at humans, and I love that they've included the human in the space because the space makes more sense when you see the human that, like, you know, helped pull it together.
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B
You designers that are shooting projects, if you can get your client to just sit in. In, like, their home office or be behind the counter in their kitchen or have their pet there, the images are so much more beautiful. And it was. I went to school for advertising, and the number one rule in advertising was just that people like to look at people. And it's. It's so. Which is also why when we're doing photo shoots for the product that we're creating, we hire a model to. To be part of the lifestyle shoot. It shows human scale. It shows a person sitting in it, how they sit in the sofa, how deep it is. You just understand the product better in the human dimension by seeing somebody interacting with it. So anyway, that being said, that you get to see the humans in their spaces, and they're all just so dynamic and interesting and great for the book. Cradle.
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C
Yeah, I love that. That's top down, too. Yeah, that's so cool.
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B
And things become gorgeous.
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A
Things become, like, really usable and livable when you do see a human, like in their space. Because like, I think often we'll look at my mom, for example, Provogramma. She'll open up one of my books. She's like, well, that's beautiful. They must not have kids. Oh, that's really lovely. But, but when you see like it's supposed to like, we all live in our homes, it. There's like this, this idea of like being perfectly imperfect, that like when things are, you know, the pillows laid out, like you're gonna go sit on it instead of being like karate chopped or something. That's not livable. And like these books, I think all have that same thread where they're very livable spaces. They're beautiful, but they're meant to be lived in and meant to be inspired by. So good. I love all the quotes too. I feel like this one does the Authentics does this, the AD100 does this, and the Vogues do this where they have a really beautiful, like in great type, a quote that's just like, you want to leave that open in the book cradle? Because I'm like, oh, that's a good lesson. My son needs to read that right now, you know, or just it reminds you of something and it like words spark something in you. And that's like the amount of words, like I like to just like scream out to my room. Yeah, you know, it is.
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B
It's a screamer on the inside. But I have to say, the COVID is actually so still and quiet. It's a linen book, white type. The typography is really beautifully arranged. So this can be quiet on your table if it's closed, but it will be a party in the book cradle and give back to your room in a big way. And this is always like a top, a top three for me when I'm grabbing books for install or for my own home or opening it up for the cradle. It's just awesome.
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A
I'm curious, do you know, like, is this the one that does have a book cover? Or we just take it all? We always take it off. Isn't it like a girl, like it's white. A girl like, right. She's walking through it and it's beautiful and it's beautiful. But I'm like, I was trying to remember. I'm like, does it always come linen like Rose Charlotte? I think we. It's just so pretty. So if, maybe if you don't even like some of your book covers, like unleash them.
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B
Yeah.
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A
See what's happening on the interior.
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B
Honestly, there's always the question of to jacket or not to jacket. And hopefully they really did.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Yeah.
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A
High five.
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B
Yes. We pulled the jacket off on this one. It's just so stunning. Okay, sue, you're up next.
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A
Okay, I think let's go. Stephen Gambrel. This one's called Perspective. And again, I just have to say to you listeners, these books that we're showing on YouTube, all of them have, like, again, back to that kind of linen cover, just that really quality binding. They all have that, each one of these. And Stephen Gramble Gamble, of course, that he. He put a beautiful cover like this on here. We're looking at the front face of a really interesting mantle and over mantel in one of his homes that he's designed. And he's an architect and a beautiful designer, and I just love his spaces. It's fun when you do have an architect like Stephen Gambrel, like Ray Booth, like McAlpin and Tinkersley, where they have everything considered from, like, the framework, you know, to the overall styling and vision. Right. And Stephen Gamble has such a wit to his spaces, where, again, they feel perfectly imperfect. They feel like they've been doused in history and in tones that, like, aren't, like, in necessarily a fashion magazine, but just that have lived on forever.
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B
Yeah.
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A
I think the way he, like, forms things is beautiful. I just. I love studying his spaces. And so this is a really easy one for me to be inspired by when I'm working on projects for you designers or just people that love homes and interiors and architecture, really. And again, this is called Perspective, and it has, again, a really beautiful binding on it. So it's an easy one to stack. It's in, like, this really light gray dove color, and it's just. It's not a yeller on the front, but it's quiet, and it's a super thoughtful interior. So, anyway, I love Stephen Gambrel. His work's great. Follow him on Instagram. Honestly, all these people, whether it's. Yeah, of course. Architectural Digest, Stephen Gambrel.
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B
I'd honestly pick up all his books.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Stephen Gambrell's like, a Thomas O'Brien of a thing where there's this vintage, modern quality to them. I'd say, Stephen, that's great. Yeah. I'd say Steven takes more choices or takes more saturation, for sure. What do you call it? More risks. Yeah. And. And you definitely get color. Yeah.
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A
Stop it. But even, like, his proportions, his, like, material selections are so thoughtful and interesting that he doesn't have to, like, douse the place in neon orange or anything like interesting and fast. Fabulous enough, you know.
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B
Yes.
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A
The way he forms it. Anyway. Go Stephen Gambrell. High five.
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B
He's a real true north for me. So good. Last book that we have on the table is houses that we've dreamt of. This is by Rizzoli and it's the interiors of Delphine and Reed Krakow. It is so stunning. This is definitely like that top of stack book. I think a center hall table, cocktail table, even a bedroom. This is a lovely scene of a mantle. Beautiful finish work on the wall. And then they just have like a herd of these sheep statues in it. We kind of sell sheep ottoman with Mongolian sheep hair on it. These are some of those and collectors and very expensive.
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A
And They've got like OG artist edition.
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B
4 in a room just like crowded around this open beautiful fireplace mantel area. And it's just absolutely dreamy and breathy and so gorgeous. So really pretty on your top of stack. And then the interiors are just really smart. Some black and whites, some real historical moments. They always take risks in it. And it's a really beautiful one for the book cradle. And for this one, I think. I mean, let's try it. Let's try it in the book cradle. I was gonna say. I think I'd use our brown one. We make the book cradle in this really beautiful dark chocolate which feels really smoky and sophisticated.
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C
It's acrylic as well.
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B
Yeah. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Because we make a walnut book cradle out of wood.
- [34:19]
C
Yep.
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B
And then we make this one which is just so sophisticated. Stunning. Sue, put that on there.
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C
Yep.
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A
You got. Was fun. We did Jess versus Sue's when we first introduced these and Jess was the smokey and that was the pink one. But I think we both love them equally.
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B
Yeah, we do. There's really a.
- [34:36]
A
Hear anything I'm saying because I am walking around.
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C
It's okay.
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A
Corey, our sound engineer is like, what? No.
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B
No microphone. Put a headset on sue like Madonna.
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A
Yeah.
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B
This is just really smart. I think he plays a real this. They play a really good high low game where you've got some humble and you've got some formal. And I think it's the way that we really live. But they obviously go to Paris flea markets and markets to find some really gorgeous like statuary really pretty. Taking risks and styling is top notch. Photography's beautiful. Their selection of gorgeous curated things is just a 10 out of 10. I find this book very inspiring to try and not choose the obvious choice and to challenge myself.
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C
Yeah. It has some like really cool, like contemporary furniture with like traditional millwork and stuff. It's yeah. Super cool.
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A
So pretty beautiful.
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B
Yeah. We've got really some nice neutral books in the pile for styling with. But the interiors are all a 10.
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A
Out of 10 complete screamers.
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B
So, so good. So also beautiful books to have out. I think you said your, your mom does this too. But we love any books on travel, fashion, interiors and gorgeous cookbooks I think also are great in, in there. Whatever your hobbies are, you need to tell your story on the, on your table. But these are just like our top, top recommends of what's out right now, what sells all the time. You're not going to lose on any of these. And I'd for sure go out and buy a book or two after this to just sort of reset your cocktail table and discover new things. Yeah. Yep.
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A
And honestly, homes absorb these so quickly when we go to style with them. So you can never have too many. Tell your significant other you can never have too many books.
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B
That's so true.
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A
Make beautiful books.
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B
Yep. So good. Well, if you guys have any podcast ideas you'd like us to cover, please send those to Dear Alice, alicelanehome.com We'd love to hear from you and if you don't mind, we'd love for you to leave us a five star review that helps others find the show better. Corey, how do they leave a review?
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C
So if you go to our if like on Apple podcasts, if you go to our podcast page and you scroll down to where the reviews are, there's a little like either purple or blue icon above it that says writer review. That'll if you click it, it'll take you to a link to write your own review and then you can post it from there.
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A
You guys, provo grandma finally figured out how to do it. That's amazing.
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C
Was it, was it from my.
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A
Oh, I still had to go with it. I mean she's 79. But anyway, she was really grateful that you did the people, so good job.
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C
Thank you.
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B
That's great. Well, you guys, if you want a book cradle, one of our other favorite things is the Harper hand. We didn't show them.
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A
Oh, this. Oh this Harper hand?
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B
Yeah, Harper hand is all brass. It's an open palm on one end and a closed fist on the other. This is the ultimate bookmark. If you have a book opened in a book cradle or even just opened flat. And we even will use this to save a page while we're flipping to others, it's really beautiful adorning the open spine. I've even been known to throw a pair of beads down it or calligraphy brush. But do dress the interior of your book cradle Harper hand is a great gift. Also just a stunning if you have a great book collector in your life, a book cradle and a Harper hand is really fun for them to dress up what they already love. So if you want to get these things, we have a special code for you on our for the listeners, it's Dear Alice 20. Dear Alice 20. Yeah, go get 20% off and get some of these. Thanks so much for watching, guys. We'll catch you next time. Hey, thanks for listening. If you like our show, please leave a five star rating.