Making it Lovely

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  • What’s Your Type(face): Romeo

    What’s Your Type(face): Romeo

    Here’s something fun. I’m letting a typeface inspire me to pull a few goodies together!

    The Font

    The Goodies

    1. Avocado/Turquoise Salad Bowl
    2. Draper Stripe Rug
    3. Tower of Boxes
    4. Visor Table Lamp
    5. Bixby Clutch
    6. Ogee Pillow
    7. Positano Large Chevron Pillow
  • Missoni for Target Bicycle

    Missoni for Target Bicycle

    I want one.* And if you want one too (you do), I suggest you buy it the day it comes out, which is September 13.

    Fair warning, be prepared to pay a lot for shipping. Also, these tend to be pretty bikes, but perhaps not of the highest quality for heavy use.

    * Yes, I know I already have a Target designer collaboration bike from Liberty of London. But come on. This is equally, or perhaps more amazing.

  • Alpaca Afghan

    Alpaca Afghan

    This is the afghan I would make… if I knew how to make an afghan.

    • Amenity

  • We’re Back from NSS

    We’re Back from NSS

    The National Stationery Show is over and we’re back home. Yay! Next week, I will be sharing photos, talking about the experience, and also getting started with a series of business posts. We just got back today though, and I need a little time to rest, upload photos, and really process everything.

    First things first… Paul – you wanted some more home talk, yes? I liked your bitchy comment.

    People, did you know that Madeline Weinrib rugs come in other colors? Besides the ones listed on the website?

    Behold. It is PINK, and it will soon be here.

    Pink Madeline Weinrib Zigzag Rug

    Brandon and I bought it from ABC Carpet and Home as an anniversary gift to each other (we’ve been married for 4 years now). I like knowing that we’ll see the rug for years to come and remember that we bought it in New York, on our anniversary, after doing the National Stationery Show for the first time. Um, I also like the fact that the rug is pretty much perfect. For me, anyway. Pink? Zigzags? Oh yes.

  • Ritzy Stripe Chair

    Ritzy Stripe Chair

    I upholstered one chair as a test in Amy Butler’s Ritzy Stripe fabric.

    ZigZag Chair Fabric

    It looks great, but I’m not sure what to do for the rest of the room. Creamy white walls and a green ceiling? A green rug?

    Photos of Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films offices (in the April ’08 issue of Domino) have been making the rounds on the design blogs recently, and I love the curtains in Nancy Juvonen’s office.

    Nancy Juvonen’s office

    Perhaps I could do something similar, but with green or black trim.

    I’m also still obsessed with the black and white rug I saw during my recent IKEA visit. Is it too much with the chair pattern? I know, it probably is. Maybe I’d use the rug and then go with a solid chair fabric.

    IKEA Stockholm Rand Rug

    Amy Butler’s Ritzy Stripe Fabric

    Yes? The colors go better together than they appear to in the photos above. I think the different scales of the patterns might work together (maybe?).

    Why is this the one room where I can’t make a decision? Meh.

  • Currently Coveting: ZigZags

    Currently Coveting: ZigZags

    ZigZags

    1. ZigZag Pillow, Design Public
    2. ZigZag Brown & White Rug, Madeline Weinrib
    3. Mimas Wallpaper, Romo

    I’ve ordered a sample of that wallpaper, which is my new favorite. Not too feminine, not too masculine, dark but not overwhelming, no flocking or foil, graphic but timeless… it may just be perfect.

    I have, of course, created a mockup.

    Yet Another Wallpaper Mockup
    It looks even better when you look at the larger version.

    It looks great, doesn’t it? I’m just hoping it will work with the color of the wood trim. If not, then I may just have to comfort myself with the pillow.