Flor for the people

Wha??? When did Target start carrying flor carpet tiles? That is downright exciting! Now my parents have absolutely NO reason to avoid these most convenient carpet tiles because they can acquire them right there at their neighborhood Tar-jay.
Via notcot.org

Shelf lining paper

Yesterday in my bumblings on the internet I uncovered this awesome Mexican Papel Picado resource (bottom photo) and an example of how to use the paper (top photo) here. I hope I don't go crazy and paper every shelf in my apartment, it's tempting!!!

Charting design

Cool chart from Ebay

Chinese face reading chart


German charts from Decor8

Aaron and I have been on a quest for instructional charts to be used as art lately. I guess it must be in the water or something because over at decor8 today they have a great blog entry about German instructional charts and resources for acquiring them. Also I found an interesting resource for the Chinese face reading chart above (which would be truly fascinating bathroom reading), and a cool anatomical chart being auctioned on Ebay.

Let the sun shine in!

I know all the design blogs are all hot under the collar about yellow this season, so I will throw a little yellow in today to feed their fire. I present this sunburst pillow from Hybrid Home that could brighten up even the greyest and rainiest of days. Available at designpublic.com

Gummy de-light

The only issue I can see with hanging this beautiful gummy bear chandelier in my apartment is the temptation to eat the darned thing...especially when it gets warm from the light bulb and emits that delicious fruity aroma. Mmmmm.

What a headache!

I love the idea of these origami pillows with space to hide your special treasures...although I'm not too sure you want to store your books or other items with hard edges inside your pillow. Ouch! They sure are cute though.

Wow-paper part 2

Last week I was lucky enough to meet rug and wallpaper designer John Mahoney, and I am delighted to share his designs with you. I especially love the sort of industrial looking paper shown above. The pattern is Mota Shang and is available in several colors...the "pistol" color is to DIE for! Be sure to check out his rugs too, there are some beautiful pieces there as well.

I am a lamp nerd

I have to admit, I like lamps...like a lot. This new collaboration between the delightful folks over at Agnes & Hoss and lampmaker Stonegate has me wanting to drop my next paycheck on one of these beauts.

Breakfast decor-yum

Oh boy, there is a lot of breakfast food excitement a brewin over at notcot.org today...from the breakfast food pillows (shown above), to the alarm clock that awakens you with it's sound and smell of sizzling bacon...I'm getting really hungry. Might have to hit Waffle House on the way home!

Art on a budget, part deux

Ooh! Look at these new wall hanging kits by Marimekko for CB2. I especially love the black and white print, it's so NYC. These would feel at home in the living room, bedroom or just about anywhere that could use a little scandinavian pizzaz.

Apple of my eye

I think I need this apple container from the moma store...I could keep stuff in it...important stuff...like kosher salt. Yeah, that's right I absolutely must have this little dish for salt...that officially makes it a practical purchase right?

Dividing made easy

Hmm, I can see lots of possibilities with these room dividers made by dVider. You can order them plain white, or they can custom print the screen for you with your own artwork or photographs. Personally I think it would be a lot more fun to decorate it yourself.
Via notcot.org

Kids have to dwell too!

Many of my favorite sites have been blogging about the gorgeous new bedding from Dwell, but they've all completely missed the Dwell Kids line which has some of the coolest sheets and duvets I have seen in some time. I am seriously considering getting a twin bed just so I have an excuse to get these cowgirl and cowboy sheets. The hard part is choosing between the "boys" print and the "girls" one, but an inside source tells me that the cowgirl who is on the girls print is none other than June Carter-Cash so I say GIRLS WIN!

Slink to slink

I know a lot of my readers come here via apartmenttherapy.com, but I just had to post about these stained glass tables they linked to. These tables are made to order from byGabriella. Aren't they the absolute coolest tables ever? Granted I would probably drop a brewsky through the top within the first couple of days of ownership, but I still want one! I might suggest putting a piece of clear glass on top of the artwork to protect it from the Mrs. Butterfingers like me in your life.

Nightmare fodder

Although this chandelier is supposed to be for a child's room I can see this being somewhat frightening for a wee one. The dolls are super scary right?
I would love to have it hanging in my bedroom though! It is kitch to the MAX. Available from nonewstuff.com.

Look...books!

Wasn't this a clever idea? These posters were created by a company out of the UK called Bookish Design UK. They are large scale posters of the great book covers of all time, and are certainly nice enough to be framed. I could see these gracing the living room of any avid reader or aficionado of graphic design. How smart...like literally.

Clay play

There are so many pieces from the Art Department website that I wanted to post here, but my site is already taking too long to load all the photos...sorry! Art Department is based in Boston and makes some of the most imaginative pottery wares I have seen in a great while (that is except for my father in law...hi Pat!). Please be sure to click on the link to check out all their super creative houses, jewelry, tiles and other goodies.

Great minds think alike!

I was working on a post yesterday that just wasn't turning out right...I was just having the worst time wording and getting the photos to sit correctly. All the time I was feeling guilty knowing that this just was not going to work because the items I was trying to post were from a woman I met at the gift fair that was just terrific. Fast forward to today where I am clicking through my favorite blogs and voila! There in the new design sponge shop for February are the very lamps that I was trying to post about. They are created by artist Donna Brady and the shades are photos of scenes in Brooklyn. She even hand creates the ceramic bases that are on the ones for sale at design sponge (not the one shown above which is from the Re-surface website). Cool stuff!

Spring Amenity

Amenity's new Spring line of textiles is out, and the extra great news about it is that it is not only gorgeous, it is organic for the first time.
I wish I had room for the large stretched canvas piece above, but may have to "settle" for the lovely duvet instead...poor me...*wink!
All available from Amenity.

Glassy eyed

This handblown glassware from Juliska was so fabulously gorgeous at the gift show that I was afraid they wouldn't let me into their booth. Look at how delicate and feminine these pieces are. Straight up my alley for sure.
I was able to find several places to purchase these online, and I was suprised at how relatively inexpensive the pieces were. I hadn't had access to their price list at the show and was expecting them to be far more expensive. Shop at msn shopping and bsl home.