I got back from NYC yesterday morning, a great little extended weekend trip that I needed very much. Sometimes we all need a break from reality, am I right" When I'm in NYC, which quite frankly isn't often enough, I like to take it all in. I walk nearly everywhere and pop into little shops that look interesting along the way. I also, of course, make lists of places I want to go, including thrift and consignment shops, and those swanky 5th avenue joints.

Friday was my thrifting day on the trip, and I think we popped our heads in to no less than 20 of Manhattan's finest, thanks to some expert guidance. When we walked into Housing Works in Chelsea, the very first thing I spotted, was this:

Does it look familiar to you" The very second that I saw this monstrous chaise I knew it! It was like seeing a celebrity, or a friend from high school that had aged along side you - but was still so familiar you had to run up and say hello.
I apparently felt the need to take pictures of it from every angle, as if I were some sort of paparazzi of interior design and furniture. You see, if you don't know this piece of furniture you're about to. And if you do know this piece of furniture, you know that it was like one degree of separation from one of favorite interior designers, Jeffrey Bilhuber.

Bilhuber has a luxury design firm in NYC with clients that dot the city. This chaise, which is down filled and uber plush, was designed by Jeffrey for a children's reading room, feature...