I put together a couple of guides to mixing and matching throw pillows last week. Many of you requested a few more affordable options, so I gathered a collection of great black and white patterned pillows under $50.
• stripes • floral • funny • graphic • monogram • rad
That dog pillow cracks me up! He’s so serious.
'D' for Decorating, Filing Cabinet • 14 Comments • October 6, 2011
October in Chicago is funny. The temperature is in the high seventies this week but we could just as easily be thirty degrees colder, so we’re spending some time outside and enjoying the warm weather while we can. Wouldn’t one of these rattan chairs be cute on a porch or patio (like Jaime’s below), or in a sunroom?
Such a sweet chair.
• Photo by Raya Carlisle for Prudent Baby. Rattan chairs from Anthropologie and IKEA.
'F' for Furniture, 'O' for Outdoors, Filing Cabinet • 9 Comments • October 5, 2011
More music I’ve been loving lately. Mates of State played a show in Chicago last Friday, and they played every single song I would have wanted them to. (Thanks, guys! Just for me, right?) Palamino is the opening track on their newest album, Mountaintops.
'M' is for Music, Filing Cabinet • 6 Comments • October 5, 2011
I have two new flights of stairs to decorate. Yes, they’re for the dollhouse. And yes, I may be obsessing over getting them just right.
I’ve saved a ton of inspiration photos to my Pinterest board. I won’t post images to my blog that I can’t source (even though I really love some of those images), so go check them all out on my Stairways to Heaven board if you’d like to see. Below are just a few (the ones that I could trace back to their sources).
Jonathan Adler Beach House Stairs
I painted the stairs to our basement green, and now I’m thinking I should add a little something to them. For now though, I’ll stick to the miniature stairs. But what to choose? Pattern, a faux-runner, numbered stairs, quotes, stripes, fun colors…
Although it should be noted that our resident luchadores don’t mind the stairs being plain.
I’ve seen Jens Lekman a couple of times, but he’s playing a show again tonight in Chicago for which I was unable to get tickets.
Sad face. But this song is making me smile. It takes place here:
Heads up: there is some profanity.
If you like Jens Lekman, perhaps you’d like to check out his Facebook page? Also, buy his albums of course.
'M' is for Music, Filing Cabinet • 22 Comments • October 3, 2011
