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October 15th, 2007
paperweight roundup

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i’m a paperweight girl. ok, my house isn’t covered in them, but if i had more counterspace, it would be. i love the way they let you play around with color and pattern, injecting a little “pop” of liveliness into any room. i use them to hold down napkins, mail, recipe pages, stacks of magazines and well, paper. i’m pretty partial to iomoi’s paperweights because of the incredible array of trend-conscious patterns they offer but i thought it would be fun to do a roundup of my favorite paperweights on the market (with plenty of options for every price range). just click “more” to view the full selection of 30 paperweights.

[image above, clockwise from left to right: island sky paperweight $68, a to z paperweights $12 each, lucky break paperweight $140, dandelion paperweight $60, harry allen paperweight (part of $90 set), cast iron rabbit $18, set of three weights $72 (in stock shortly), woodgrain paperweight $30]

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[image above, clockwise from left to right: vasa column $175, dove script paperweight $95, colorcubes (splurge set of 10 for $1,185), the stags paperweight $42, architect's blueprint paperweight $22]

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[image above, clockwise from left to right: heart paperweight $60, broken wing paperweight $140, fawn bank ($18, can be used as paperweight), vasa cube $95, 'what would you attempt' paperweight $35]

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[image above: glass bird paperweight by deadbird at etsy, $17]

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[image above, left to right: palm paperweight $68, love paperweight $68, iomoi pattern paperweight $68]

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[image above, left to right: amy ruppel paperweight $28, faceted 'diamond' paperweight $78, 'birds in a cage' paperweight, $10 at paperflowers etsy shop]

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[image above: gold nugget paperweight by atypyk, $140]

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[image above: monogram paperweights, $60 each]

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[image above: ocean desk set, $65]

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[image above: emerald jewel paperweights, $14.95 each]

7 comments
kate said:
October 15th, 2007 - 4:46 pm

This is a great feature (although I am sad that none of the p-weights we carry were featured). I think the first grouping is my favourite. Those colorblocks are a biiiig splurge but they are just beautiful. The iomoi paperweights are always fab!

Monica said:
October 15th, 2007 - 5:58 pm

I love the bird print/Anthropologie paperweight in the sixth grouping; and better yet I saw it on sale in store last weekend!

G said:
October 15th, 2007 - 7:53 pm

The dove script paperweight is nice, but I can’t see paying $95 for something that completely lifted from the book Hill’s Manual of Social & Business Forms. Maybe if it were original.

October 16th, 2007 - 12:33 am

hello,

i found wonderful paperweights at etsy, made by Julian Lievano.

phoebe said:
October 16th, 2007 - 12:48 am

love these, grace! cannot. get. enough. of office design and office accessories these days.

my top three favorites of your picks are john derian’s woodgrain; the wish bone “lucky break,” and the gold nugget….

xp

October 19th, 2007 - 10:29 pm

just got the amy ruppel paperweight on sale. i love it!

maison21 said:
November 5th, 2007 - 3:09 am

thanks for this great feature- just went to the iomoi site and i will be giving custom coasters this christmas! awesome!

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