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I was poking around a local thrift store today and spotted this Dansk style cast iron candle holder and snapped it up for R15.00 ($2USD).

It’s Japanese made and clearly inspired by the late Jens Quistgaard who founded Dansk International Designs with American entrepreneur Ted Nierenberg in the 1950’s.

The design has become known as ‘The Spider’ and I own one of the originals, as seen in the pic above in the background.

This Japanese one is a little more angular in form, but I love it and for R15.00 I’m not complaining!

I plan to collect a few more as budget allows and display them one day as a collection, much like many do over the much lauded Dansk Kobenstyle pots.

Image courtesy of Marcus Hay

Then of course there are Jen’s classic teak coolers. They just scream ‘party at your place’.

Image courtesy of ClubModerne on Etsy

Perusing the magazine racks at CNA I spotted the January ’12 issue of Elle Decoration UK, the cover floored me.

While it could easily be mistaken for a styled advertorial, it isn’t, it’s the home of Australian born, NYC based Stylist, Marcus Hay.

As I paged through the article I fell more in love with his eclectic style and enraptured with his vignettes.

His home has been featured in several international publications and the pics below are from various mags, all shot by photographer Jonny Valiant and collected from Marcus’s Fluff ‘n Stuff blog.