Birch trees are most likely my favorite tree species. Growing up my grandparents had a huge one in their front yard. I spent hours under its lofty branches, peeling the paper-thin bark off and destroying it of course.These days I have a much higher level of respect for nature in general, especially when it’s cast copper sheathed in silver and takes the form of a vase.
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Sometime in the past 24 hours I’ve turned into a person who likes decorative gourds. Particularly tall white ones.
Posted In accessories, halloween, holidays, house and home
This rad kitchen conversion print, from none other than Jenna of Whimsy & Spice, just jumped onto my Christmas list. I love the little silhouetted shapes and the color palette she used works perfectly with my soon to be gray kitchen.
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+ I’ve been munching on Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts over the past month, now I’m tempted to make my own (decidedly more healthy) version.
+ These velvet pumpkins are a luxe twist on Halloween decor.
+ A few more October desktop wallpapers 1, 2, 3
+ I want to visit this cafe that looks like it’s been flipped on its side.
+ Crazy about this modern crepe paper lantern project!
+ Knitted graffiti on a bridge in Australia.
+ I kill everything, including succulents, but I still want to make a terrarium.
+ What does your Facebook portrait say about you? (I’m possibly balding, among other things.)
+ In love with this raggedly striped bathroom.
+ I want to plan a road trip based around roadside motels.
+ Who doesn’t need a trapeze in their home?!
+ Have a writing deadline? Check out Write or Die.
+ I want to move into this beautiful gray space. Or at the least, paint my living room and main hallway.
Some people want a bar, I’d settle for a bar cart. (That costs almost as much as an entire bar.) More specifically, this art deco-y Modern Metropolis Trolley from Ralph Lauren. It was love at first gleam, I tell ya.
Posted In entertaining, furniture, house and home
+ I love these DIY flower bulb favors.
+ Yesterday I shared some out of the ordinary wedding rings over on Oh, hello friend.
+ I also answered a few questions for Annie at Poetic + Chic.
+ More Halloween cards + invitations.
+ I’ve been wanting to paint some Mason jars, so this DIY is perfect timing!
+ Sad I didn’t think of this idea when I moved into my first apartment.
+ Every designer, actually every human, needs to read these words from Milton Glaser.
+ Wowed by these courtroom sketches.
+ Web designers rejoice and meet the Gridulator!
+ I can’t wait to pick up a copy of Baked’s second cookbook.
+ WANT: these Maple Candied Apples in my face.
+ One more reason I need to my ass to NYC: FoodParc.
+ Did you know you can visit illustrator Edward Gorey’s house?
+ Looking for a reason to make + wear a fall leaf mask.
+ New garb for your desktop 1, 2
You see, I have this thing for dinnerware. Well, more like all things kitchen in general but that’s a different story. I only have one set – Fiestaware – but I lust, oh how I lust, after at least one new set a week. I live for the day when I can have a few sets that can be switched out to my little heart’s content. Here are a few that have made little blips on my radar recently.
Catherine Hamilton’s Bottle Garden collection. There are only cake plates and muglets(!) available, but I think they would make for a perfectly acceptable Special Occasions collection. Choose from rosy pink or sea blue or go the mix and match route and make it your own. {via Design*Sponge}
Dik Scheepers. Although only conceptual at this point, I love how the seams are left alone instead of being smoothed out. And white gets me every single time. {via Shiny Squirrel}
Marimekko Siirtolapuutarha & Räsymatto. So many lovely patterns and just the right splashes of color here and there. Of course we’ve come to expect no less from Marimekko. The collection was designed to take the viewer through a tale of country life in an urban setting. {via Design Love Fest}
Anatomica. Old timey, sideshow looking dudes overlaid with internal systems of the body? Sign me up yesterday. (The fact that The New English, the overhead company, is striving to be the Vivienne Westwood of dinnerware doesn’t hurt either.)
Tric. The designer in me loves this collection for its simplicity, the other parts of me love it because it would be so easy to mix it in with my Fiestaware pieces. Completely fun and refined all at the same time. {via Creature Comforts}
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I try not to repost what 845 blogs have already put out there, so consider this one on IKEA’s new 30 page cookbook for my benefit only. Photographed by Carl Kleiner and styled by Evelina Bratell, the recipes are artfully arranged overhead shots of the required ingredients painstakingly arranged just so. Sadly it’s not yet available in the US, but rumor has it that it will be available for free in limited quantities in the kitchen department once released. Plotting out ways to snag one as I type.
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My couch has asked for these Man and Woman pillow covers. So have I. {via That’s Happy}
Posted In accents, create, house and home, illustration, textiles
Every serious cook would love to have a double oven, but in this day and age multifunctionality and storage space mean a lot. That’s why most of us love a good oven-to-table piece of cookware. And with the holidays looming these pieces by designer Christian Bjørn are spot on. Three stackable sizes allow for countless configurations in the oven or on the table. The scalloped cut-outs allow air to circulate while in the oven, ensuring food is evenly heated, heat-resistant silicone feet protect surfaces, and you can keep dinner warm by placing tea lights in a base dish beneath a serving dish.
Posted In grand design, kitchen