Bought at Christmas from Habitat in the UK and shipped to the US at vast expense. There are some shops I just can’t live without.
One day that wall and wood trim will be painted a different colour. However, I really wouldn’t hold your breath.
The Jesus Lamp
By designer Ricardo Garza Marcos. {via Kanye’s Blog}
I want to work in an office again so I can have one of these behind my chair. Apparently it gives the perfect light for reading or working.
Anyone got any good ideas?
My jewellery is a nightmare of disorganisation which I’ve been meaning to sort out for ages. But, I’ve been held back by not having a nice jewellery box and the Husband owes me a Christmas present.
I’ve tried searching on eBay and Etsy but most vintage ones are too frilly and kitsch or look like they’d be a bit icky and musty inside and make me think of incontinent old ladies wafting cheap perfume.
I’d like it to be simple and with lots of compartments but beyond that have no great preferences. Here’s what I like so far, but I’d love to know if you’ve seen anything else.
This Muji one is great, but too small really.
I would of course not say no to one of these from Smythson’s, but at $1,650 (!) they seem a teensy weensy bit overpriced.
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I love these modular boxes from Rare Device but even these seem pricey once you’ve bought a couple together with the inserts.
Or else there’s these ones from Crate & Barrel
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Or this one from Pottery Barn, but they all look a bit Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn respectively (though the Pottery Barn one scores highly in the ‘lots of compartments and look, even a cute little travel case’ department).
And then I’m trying to decide whether these mirrored ones from Marks & Spencers are worth the trouble of being shipped from the UK.
Finally this white lacquer box from Conran is almost perfect AND it’s on sale, but the compartments don’t look very practical.
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Any more ideas? I am in a dither here. (There was a great discussion of this topic over on Apartment Therapy, but it was some time ago and most of the links are out of date).
One day, when I no longer have to ferry a child and all her attendant stuff around, and when I have a housekeeper to do all the shopping (I realise this may be quite some time in the future), I shall tie a Hermes scarf around my head, put on some huge sunglasses, sling my Birkin bag (gently) on the passenger seat and pootle off into the sunset in one of these.
The Hermes Smart Car, full of little Hermes accessories and available in a variety of colours to match all your Birkin bags.
{More images here. Found via the ever fabulous designers block.}
Speaking of Jean Pelle, I absolutely love her stunning wooden candle holders (also in the roomset below). Made from hand-turned Douglas fir and 24 carat gold leaf, they’re treated with a flame retardant and then finished to a smooth polish.
Available from her Etsy shop, at $115 a pop. (She also has smaller, darker, not gilded, cheaper versions, but obviously Mrs Expensive Tastes here doesn’t like those ones so much).
Miniature Knitting
{via Abigail Percy}
Fun in Bed
Video for Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie {via Uncle Beefy}
If your daughter is as obsessed with bright colour as mine is then I suggest taking a look at Little Overcoat on Etsy.
Made by a woman living on an island in Puget Sound, just a short boat trip from Seattle, these tees and dresses are patched together from vintage and recycled materials, with some new European prints added to the mix.
There are also some boys’ designs and some women’s tees and skirts which I am VERY tempted by.
Look, look, look! I’m so proud of my little self.
Remember I knitted this last year?
Well the original green bowl was swiped by the Minx as a hat (though I may swipe it back again as she never wears it) so I knitted up a white one instead. And yesterday I finally plucked up the courage to have a go at felting it by hand.
Following instructions in the Alterknits – Felt book I put about three inches of very hot water in the sink, pulled on my washgloves, added a teensy bit of Woolite and then rubbed and scrunched the bowl together with a very old clean facecloth for friction. And it took me about an hour. Never, NEVER, again. I literally have a blister on one of my fingers.
But it does look good. I’ve got a couple more bowls lined up all ready to go and have decided to treat myself to one of these little babies, which is essentially a motorised washing bucket, which comes highly recommended by experienced felters. They’re currently doing a great deal on Amazon and there are also some good deals on Ebay.
I’ll let you know how I get on with the next couple of bowls.
So I can’t work out whether this living moss bathmat is really, really cool or would really, really freak me out when getting out of a nice, hot shower with nice, clean feet.
Please advise. {Designed by Nguyen La Chanh. ViaYankodesign}
