Category: Honor Roll

• A look inside the Replacements, LTD warehouse.
  It’s where dishes go to run away with the spoon.

• What caught your eye, Keiko? What do you see, Natalie? They’re busy, stylishly looking away.

• Frere-Jones is suing Hoefler for his half of the type foundry company.

• Spotted these new rugs from IKEA as a preview image on the site, but there’s no further information or individual photos yet. They look promising though, right?

• It’s OK to change your life list.
  I’m certain there are some things on my list I can reevaluate!

• Beni Ourain rugs are everywhere these days. Do you have one? Want one?

• The paint color trends for 2014 might be a good reference if you’re looking to update a room (or a whole house). I focused mainly on neutrals that are going to work well in a variety of spaces, but that are still beautiful and interesting.

• The making of the catchiest bad song. One second, please!

• Annie Mohaupt found out she was “a serial failure and a bad businessperson.”
  And her shoes are amazing.

• Settle in for the all of The Baby-Sitter’s Club’s outfits, definitively ranked from worst to best.
  Claudia Kishi was always the coolest, but I’d forgotten how excellent Mary Anne’s post-makeover haircut was.

• Mistakes were made. “For I am not a barber. I know this now.”

• Wake up, gorgeous! A collection of my favorite alarm clocks to start your day in style.

• Get the look: kitchen cabinetry in a bold, bright hue.

• You will like Soppy.

• What would be a draw for you, to move to a new subdivision? A golf course maybe, or a cul-de-sac? How about your share of a working farm?

• Gmork figured pretty heavily in my childhood fears, and he’s no less terrifying in this reimagining of The Neverending Story, perhaps as it would be made today.

• Sidle up to The Minimum Wage Machine.

• If you were/are a Slayer fan, this will be pretty funny to you! If not, probably best to avoid that one.

• I’m intrigued by these Tibetan tiger rugs.
  (p.s. I ordered a runner for the entryway. Sadly, no lions or tigers are present.)

• Cathrineholm lotus bowls are in production again, in ceramic this time instead of enamelware.

• Join me in welcoming our robot overlords!

  *giggle*
  “What? No, I am a real person!”

• Malcolm Gladwell had a measured response (Being Nice Isn’t Really So Awful) to Scocca’s Gawker post On Smarm that’s worth reading.

• Living Online: What I’ve Learned.

• This was a really cute, colorful house tour.

• There’s a whole lot that goes into the making of a t-shirt. (If you want to pick up a book on the subject, Overdressed is a good one.)

• Little Failure.

• Get confident, stupid!

I will no longer be posting five times a week for Babble, though I may freelance with them on an occasional basis. This means that my “writing elsewhere” portion will be much shorter each week, with probably only one or two links. I may restructure these Honor Roll posts moving forward, but for now the format will remain the same. And now, onward! Things I wrote, but not here!

• Get the look: A neutral, natural Christmas.

• Do you have a painting uniform? I’ve had a couple over the years.

This week on my Facebook page, enter to win a personalized children’s birthday book from Fabuloos Dreams. Good luck!

• The Beauty of Mathematics and Symmetry.

• It’s here! Pantone’s Color of the Year! 2014 is set to be filled with Radiant Orchid.

• Add some shine around the house with metallic holiday decor.

• Looking for an advent calendar that leans more minimal than cutesy? Here it is.

• Sea Salt, I can’t stay mad at you.

• Kid-friendly Christmas decor. ‘Unbreakable’ never looked so good.

• Shelves that hang from picture rail! Such a clever contraption.

• I’m signing off for the week to enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend, feeling very thankful this year. Summing it up in a couple of sentences sounds trite, but please accept a simple and heartfelt thank you to all of you.

• These Finnish Eyes as Big as Plates photos by Riittai Konen and Karoline Hjorth are stunning. Beautiful. Inspiring.

• The 7 word autobiographies of famous creatives (Joan Didion, David Byrne, Madeleine Albright, and many others) are pretty clever.

• Feel the fear.

• Hey, after Thanksgiving, people no longer think you’re nuts if you have a Christmas tree up! Here are some fun alternatives to the traditional tree this year.

• Hello, pretty little brass pencil case.

• Get the look: wicker and woven texture in the bedroom.

• Think outside the box with these cute geometric picture frames.

• I love the card series of furniture in Animal Crossing, but ZOMG this table exists IRL!

• Modernica didn’t design the Eames-style shell chairs they sell, but they do produce the most authentic versions today.

• Cozy up on the couch with a movie and a good throw blanket (or two). Perfect for family movie night, or post-turkey napping.