October 8, 2007

The Edge of Reason

Fringe Studio Housewares

Your living space: the final frontier. Vast, empty, and completely untouched (save for that Restoration Hardware sale back in ’98).

Time to set course for Fringe Studio, a line of home goods that can update your pad at the speed of light.

Transform a tablescape with glass candles and light bases with tree branch designs and mini topiary murals. Flip the script with four-sided vases that yield chinoiserie prettiness from one angle and stark geometric motifs from another.

And, of course, there are plenty of antiquey entomology- and nautical-themed tchotchke vessels and doodad containers, which are sure to make your less-exotic household goods (grocery store flowers, spare change, chintzy jewelry) look a bit more out of this world.

And finally bring your decorating mission back down to earth.

Available at Heliotrope, 248 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur (404-371-0100 or heliotropehome.com); Providence Antiques, 1409 North Highland Avenue, Virginia Highland (404-872-7551).