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Note er milieu demonstrates the kind of stylish discipline that earns appearances in Architectural Digest and Elle Decor, but thanks to her most recent collaboration with Arteriors, designer Laura Kirar may soon be hanging from ceilings everywhere. Well, okay, maybe not literally, but her eponymous Dove Chandelier — part of a 21-piece collection of lighting and wall decor inspired by the Yucatan — is sure to inspire flights of fancy. $3,450 at Napa Home; napahometx.com. Amy Adams FOUND If your version of nirvana includes horn boxes, handmade baubles, cowhide chairs and breezy clothing, then consider Shannon Van Beber's BelAir Home a little slice of hippie-chic heaven. The interior designer moved her lifestyle boutique from Greenville Avenue to West Lovers Lane earlier this year to be closer to loyal customers and like-minded retailers (think Merry Vose's Cabana). Tucked BelAir Home inside the charming five-room cottage, BelAir Home offers up coveted boho-luxe ikat pillows, custom upholstered furniture and contemporary lighting — and Van Beber has added an edited collection of women's fashion and jewelry to the ever-changing mix, such as washed linen skirts by Maine-based Nuthatch, Jakett's washable, feather-light leather jackets (they've already reordered to keep up with demand), and handmade chunky stone rings and earrings by Dallas' Lexie LaRae. Melani McDougal, Van Beber's sister, helps source the shop's indie fashion labels and recently uncovered Bali-based leather-goods company Elf, whose camelcolored handbags and braided wedge sandals are snatched upon arrival by fans. Nesters, don't fret: Home furnishings still dominate most of the space; the shop also offers interior design services and a to-the-trade consideration. 4715 W. Lovers Lane, 214.827.7420. Brittany Cobb A Woven WONDER Concentric square table Advanced Vision Pagoda bench W Bronze table We love designer Celerie Kemble's new collection of rugs for Merida, which reflect the art of bleeding color as seen in ikats, water colors and nature. Shown is Catalyst in Pink Grapefruit, 100 percent wool, made in Massachusetts; order it in any size up to 10-feet wide without seaming. 5-by-7 $4,200, 8-by-10 $5,900, at Interior Resources. The HOT Seat If BUtterfield 8's Elizabeth Taylor needed a place to rest her slip-clad self, we'd recommend the lavishly tufted velvet Claudette sofa, scheduled to hit the floor at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams next month but available for preorder now. It's part of the designing duo's fall collection, which they say is inspired by fashion, film and photography from the '60s and '70s. Proof comes in the form of Upholstered All Over, a mini collection that includes the fully upholstered Victoria mirror, a top-to-bottom fabric-finished Victor console, and the aforementioned Claudette, a new take on the Chesterfield. Each piece is available in 350 fabrics or more than 50 leathers. At Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, 4519 McKinney Ave., 214.753.8700; mgbwhome.com; a second location arrives at The Shops at Willow Bend August 1. Jessica Elliott ith a rigorous sense of restraint, couturier Ralph Rucci has developed an 18-piece home furnishings collection for Holly Hunt. Rucci, known for his sumptuously sophisticated womenswear, employs the same refined modernism and inventive materials in his furniture, which brings to mind another man who bridged the gap between fashion and furnishings, Charles James. The walnut frame of the Pagoda sofa articulates a striking silhouette with subtly adjustable arms. The Concentric side table reverberates with geometric perfection in the seamless way the wood is manipulated into interlocking squares. The collection includes carefully considered tables (side, cocktail and dining), chairs, sofas and benches, as well as a sole folding screen. To the trade through George Cameron Nash. Seth Vaughan Claudette sofa at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams PC Acquire S Gnu & Improved MARK ANTHONY NELSON he's a modern-day Ophelia who completely caught our eye and garnered the first-place prize (and a significant cash award) at the Visual Arts Alliance's 30th Anniversary Show this past fall in Houston. So we bring you this image's creator, July's PC Acquire talent: Talya Arbisser, a bright light and rising star of the photo firmament. This 20-something Cornell alumna did post-grad work at the influential International Center for Photography (ICP) in Manhattan. She turned her lens on the developmentally challenged child Noa, embarking on a 10-year study of the luminous moments and challenges of a special-needs young lady. Three years into the project, Arbisser's image, Floating, June 28, 2012, highlighted a spark of soul and incandescence that revealed the sensitivity and intelligence of the then seven-year-old as she floated face up in natural springs at her mother's feet, seemingly basking in a pure moment of reverie. Noa typifies Arbisser's talent for capturing the spirit of her subjects, depicting more than surface and transmitting nuanced psychological states. This is not perhaps surprising for the granddaughter of America's original mother of media psychology — Dr. Joyce Brothers, who was the authority on topics from the familiar and familial to the HOLLY HUNT Ralph Rucci's EVERETT TAASEVIGEN H Dove chandelier by Laura Kirar for Arteriors Paradise MARK ANTHONY NELSON A High Talya Arbisser's Floating, June 28, 2012 taboo long before Dr. Phil. (Arbisser is the keeper of her grandmother's flame, maintaining her Facebook page and answering queries from fans and followers after Brothers' passing this May.) Watch for Arbisser's dual turns at FotoFest 2014, including new works recording her paternal grandparents who reside in Texas — portraits that will be shown at the Jewish Community Center in Houston come next March. Discover the limited-edition works in the "Seeing with Hands: Noa" series curated for PaperCity collectors at papercitymag.com. Archival 11-by-17-inch pigment prints on luster paper, offered in an edition of 18 plus two artist proofs; $350 unframed. Inquiries Seth Vaughan, seth@papercitymag.com. Any furnishing moves to the top of the food chain when it's upholstered in wildebeest. We envision this particular bench migrating to the end of our bed. $1,335, exclusively at Nest, 4524 McKinney Ave., 214.373.4444; nestdallas.com. Amy Adams