Sid Dickens Is Here!

The long-awaited surprise has finally arrived!

Well, everyone, it’s time for us to announce our “tremendous surprise.” Yes, it’s our big reveal: The Blissful Home is honored to be the new, exclusive retailer in this area for Sid Dickens Memory Blocks. Behold our new Sid Dickens wall, below. I encourage you to double click all of these pictures and view them up close.

If you have never seen the work of Sid Dickens, you must come in and check it out. Sid Dickens is an artist from Vancouver, Canada, who along with a team of up-and-coming young artists, creates handcrafted, handpainted, 6x8 inch decorative tiles, called Memory Blocks. Made of painstakingly-detailed plaster, each tile is hand-finished either to a porcelain-like quality or cracked with the look of weathered stone.

Heavy and substanial, these tiles are surprisingly easy to hang. Each one is pre-drilled in the back for a nail or screw; simply install your nail or screw into the wall and hang. Our grouping of 42 took a relatively short time to hang once some easy measurements were taken and marked off.
There are so many ways to display these blocks. They are stunning in a large grouping on a wall that needs to make a statement, enchanting in a smaller group of 2 or 3 or 5, and just one tile can be a magical addition tucked into a shelf with a small collection of objets. From your entry hall to your living room, dining room, kitchen, powder room, studio, office, or bedroom, Sid Dickens can be a fantastic complement to your existing décor, or can provide the inspiration for a redecoration of grand proportions. Each tile bears the Sid Dickens imprint and comes with a poem or insight on the back side to give the owner a window into the story, impulse, or moment that inspired Sid himself. Each tile is finished on all four sides as well as on the front, so no matter what angle you view it from, it’s a thing of beauty and a true work of art.
We are particularly enchanted by Sid Dickens’ work because of the storytelling aspect that is so part and parcel of his Memory Blocks. In Sid’s own words, “there is magic in the past. People like to feel they are an integral part of the story of humanity, and my tiles have the weight and feel of another era, a time when things were more permanent and long lasting. I think it’s this aspect of the tiles that make people want to reach out. In essence, they want to touch history.”

Romance, mystery from times past, fairy tales, ancient Art and Music documents, mystic and mythic symbols, references from board games and botanical books, and historical motifs from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods—these are just some of the influences upon each unique image that comprises the Sid Dickens collection.

Sid Dickens Memory Blocks have received international acclaim and now decorate fine hotels and restaurants worldwide. They have also found a following with celebrities, including Liv Tyler, Hilary Duff, and Vanessa Williams. But this is not a reason to fall in love with Sid Dickens.

Come in and see for yourself and you'll know what I mean.