
As part of our Best of 2008 polls, you
named Target as your favorite home décor chain store this year. It's no wonder: this year the Bullseye introduced some fabulous designer pieces by
DwellStudio,
Cynthia Rowley,
Sami Hayek,
Graham & Brown, and
John Derian, and as always, charmed us with affordable prices. I must agree to disagree with you on this one, though.

Target recently sent me the
Thomas O'Brien Small Crackle Glass Lamp ($29.99), which is part of O'Brien's "Vintage Modern" line for Target's 2008 Fall Home Collection. When it comes to luminaries, I don't take things lightly. I have a mild obsession with light fixtures, and I like to have an eclectic mix of lamps, sconces, pendants, chandeliers, and candles in my home.

Target has launched four limited-time-only stores, pegged
Bullseye Bodegas, throughout Manhattan to celebrate its pioneering designer partnerships, during one of the biggest design bonanzas:
New York Fashion Week. Today through Monday, Sept. 15, those of you in Midtown, SoHo, the East Village, or Union Square can shop fab deals on home items (as well as fashion, accessories and beauty) from Target's team of design partners.

On Sept. 14, home accessories dynamo
John Derian will introduce a collection for Target based on the découpage pieces that made him rise to shelter world fame. The collection will feature antique print imagery like the fruit, flower, and animal prints that Derian typically layers and pieces together under his glass accessories, but instead they will be printed on melamine.