2010 has arrived and we are wishing you all a fantastic New Year! Let’s continue to look forward and focus on the positive aspects in each of our lives. Take time every day to be thankful and grateful for the people in your lives – family, friends, loved ones, colleagues and those that help to make your lives better. Remember that a smile and the words “Thank You” go a long way!

One person Brumby and I are so thankful for this year, is our newest addition… our son Brogan. Brogan Tosser Broussard joined us on November 4th at 11:41am. He weighed 7lbs 10oz, and was 21 ¾” long. He has filled our days (and nights) with love, smiles, cuddles and amazing wonder in his big, blue eyes. We hope you all get to meet our new little man.

-Misti & Brumby


Let’s support one another this year so that we all come out victorious. Please remember to shop the local stores that support your community and to support small businesses. Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic innovation and prosperity, and small businesses need your support. Here at Mixture we love to see familiar faces. And while we’d love to fill your home with our furniture, original art and interior design services, we also love being your “go-to shop” for cards, candles, books, jewelry and gifts. We want to thank all of our loyal customers for continuing to support us!

Out with the dull grays and all white rooms… 2010 is the year of color. I've noticed that we're all excited and optimistic and so are the colors of the season. Be on the look out for bright purples, chartreuse, yellows, pinks and blues with subtle tones of mint, peach and cream to ground us. There's also a huge hand-made movement with an arty atmosphere, giving new life to otherwise typical interiors, it's giving everyone the opportunity to own a one-of-a kind piece at any level. We have handmade art pieces starting at only $40, not to mention the incredible art collection we currently show. Motifs and prints are also big, you can add this fun surprise in a flamboyant wall paper or a colorful piece of local art. I love " Juliet" by Tim Caton! And if you can't commit, try throw pillows or a colorful vase - it'll brighten your day. - Rachel


Bowl Carpet "Model 1" design by Marcel Wanders for Moooi
The carpet represents a traditional Delft Blue tableware piece. The Moooi Carpet collection is a creative chic way of decorating your floor. Have as much fun with the floor as you can with the walls, improve your style, impress your guests.

7' 8" Round ($1503)
Designer Marcel Wanders
Material: Printed Nylon thread
There are 11 more to choose from!


Cajun White Bean Soup
1 pound smoked sausage
2 smoked ham hocks (for a nice smoky flavor)
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 Jalapeno chopped (if you’re like me)
3 cloves of garlic chopped
1 can collard greens
2 cans chicken Broth
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1 pound white beans soaked overnight or 3 cans white beans strained

Slice smoked sausage down the middle and then slice thin half circles. Start to brown sausage and ham hocks. After a few minutes add onions, bell peppers and celery (jalapeno too if you want). Cook for about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and garlic. Saute’ for about 15 minutes. Add chicken stock, white beans & collard greens (and some water if needed). If beans were dry and soaked cook for at least 1 hour. (If using canned beans, cook for 20 to 30 minutes). Add water to get desired thickness.


When you’re inside your home, your walls define you. When you’re outside, where do you want to be? MAMAGREEN furniture allows you to enhance the spaces outside your home, embellishing the beauty around you. You’re not taming the world around you – rather adapting a small part of it. From the 15 collections and more than 180 different pieces, you can fashion your own casual living space.

In 2007, two Belgian guys with a world of experience in all facets of the furniture business, CEO Erik de Winne and designer Vincent Cantaert, launched the MAMAGREEN outdoors luxury brand. Immediately the MAMAGREEN experience and eco-fabulous designs created a buzz in the casual furniture market, winning a devoted and ever-growing number of passionate fans. MAMAGREEN, incorporated in Belgium, targets the high-end spectrum of leisure lifestyle products and is currently being sold worldwide in most European countries, The Americas, Australia and Asia.

The MAMAGREN Eurasian design team, winner of various design awards, operates out of its manufacturing facility in Indonesia. The 300 dedicated artisans working there use only top of the line materials in the leisure goods they produce, thus making it possible for you to choose furniture whose materials enhance the value of your space and life – recycled teak, stainless steel and the best and most durable of outdoors fabrics, slings and coverings.

The pursuit of excellence at MAMAGREEN goes beyond the product itself. Major commitment to eco-friendliness shines through with the recent attainment of FSC certification for recycled teak products, a sure sign that the company is fulfilling its vision of excellence. A fusion of good business sense and ecological responsibility proves that the making of the finest furniture and adherence to principle do go hand in hand.





Since childhood Michel Andrade remembers being inspired by colors and texture. After a short stint in the fashion industry she felt a call to paint. With very little formal training, she began to experiment using her hands & other applicators, layers, chemicals, and compounds to get color and texture. She discovered her unique voice through this process and has continued to mix mediums, oil, and now wax on canvas. Her colorful and edgy work has brought about an exciting new career and quickly growing following.

MDF Italia Spa is a Milan-based furniture designing and manufacturing company. Since its foundation, the company has been characterized by an innovative and dynamic business and product strategy. Efficiency, internationalization, identity, are its distinctive features which have led to its entrepreneurial success.

“The removal of what is not essential, and the intense search for simplicity has resulted in the creation of functional and visually pleasant products: simple is nice. The end result of this continuous work of research can only be a hard-to-reach but dynamic balance between the tension of subtraction and the need to add to products only what is essential to be understood. Great is the effort to imagine the space where our clients live, and strong is the intention not to invade it, to respect what exists with the awareness that slight interventions mean quality of life. Thin is the thread connecting objects, rhythms and pauses in neutrality.”


Spanish designer, Patricia Urquiola's creative flair, innovation and confidence in her designs are just a few of the many reasons her work is critically acclaimed.

Patricia Urquiola was born in Oviedo, Spain and now lives and works in Milan. She graduated from Madrid Polytechnic in 1989. Between 1990 and 1996 she worked for the new product development office of De Padova and with Vico Magistretti. From 1993 to 1996 she had an associate practice with architects de Renzio and Ramerino and was engaged in architectural design. In 1996 she became head of the Lissoni Associati design group, working for Alessi, Antares-Flos, Artelano, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Kartell, and others. At the same time, on her own, she designed for B&B Italia, Bosa, De Vecchi, Fasem, Kartell, Kettal, Liv’it, MDF Italia, Molteni & C., Moroso and Tronconi and designed stands and showrooms for Knoll, Moroso, Sag 80, and Somma. Her products were selected for the Italian Design 2001 exhibition and for International Design Yearbook of 1999 and 2001. With such a crowd clamoring to have her work with them it's little surprise she's such a force to be reckoned with. At the 2006 Design Awards she was crowned furniture designer of the year. She is currently conducting her professional activity in her own studio in Milan in the fields of design, exhibitions, art direction, and architecture.

Here are a few of Patricia’s great designs available here at Mixture:

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