Maybe it was the snow or the sudden cold snap, but, I’m suddenly really looking forward to the holidays this year. Cookies and lights and greenery and being together.
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<<Three>> Holy black floors! PS: Happy Weekend!
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I could spend my whole life in this Union Square loft. All those books and that cozy reading nook. Found via 16 House. Originally posted on At Casa.
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Over the last five months I’ve been lucky enough to contribute in some small way to the exhibition Crafting Modernism at the Museum of Arts and Design. The show opened on October 12th and got a glowing review in the New York Times last Friday!
MadBlog.org: Crafting Modernism Opens! (a mini tour of the show with the show’s curator Jeannine Falino).
NYTimes.com: Hewn, Spun, Joined, Sandwiched, Cemented
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(For the next six weeks I’ll be posting gift ideas whenever I come across them. )
These ghost chocolates from Burdicks get me every year ($18 for 5). This is the kind of thing I don’t think people ever buy themselves. Or, at least, I wouldn’t.
A magazine just for kids ($24)! Alex (2.5 years) is just at an age where he’d love to get something in the mail (we check it together every day — he gets to put the key in the mailbox and pull out the mail). Also, he’s starting to develop an attention span for reading longer stories.
Personalized aerial map jigsaw puzzle ($50) It sounds like this is a really hard puzzle, but, I love the personalized aspect!
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This morning we ran out of coffee chez Nova necessitating a very early morning walk to resupply the house. Alex brought along his tool box and I brought my iphone — we both did some work! I sighed a little at this townhouse with seasonally appropriate window boxes. PS It was a dramatic night on the UWS with a shooting at 91st and Riverside — we heard the helicoptors for hours last night. PPS: @NYScanner is my favorite breaking news Twitter feed.
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<<one>> I can’t get these neon drapes out of my head.
<<Two>> I bought these sneakers ($50) earlier in the month and have been living in them.
<<three>> Now I need to go spray paint all my ratty baskets neon pink.
<<four>> I can’t shake how awesome that bouquet is. Oh, and I love the shoes, too. On my list for summer shoes for next year.
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We headed to Storm King last weekend and Alex, while a little puzzled by the sculptures, had a great time running around and rolling in the dirt.
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I’m throwing two parties for pregnant friends in the next couple of months; these balloons are going to make an appearance at both! $36 for 25 Found in this month’s House Beautiful.
PS Love the 1980s/early 90s styling on the model!
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1. Moss Terrarium, $38 This is so simple, affordable, and pretty, too.
I’m terrible at putting together gift guides; I always collect fun items (the Christmas catalogs have already started arriving!) and then I forget about them until well after Christmas. So, this year, I figure, what the heck, I’ll just post things when I see them.
Dr. Drip Organic Coffee ($9 for five). This would be a good stocking stuffer.
This marble wall coaster toy made me smile ($30); its a little advanced for Alex, but, I know he’ll love this in a year. I have a friend with a four year old who would love it!
Tim and I were at odds over this scratch off map ($24); I thought it was cool and Tim thought it was lame. I could see it being fun to use the map with Alex and scratch of places we’ve read about in National Geographic or in novels or wherever. Well traveled friends and relatives could scratch off places they’d been.
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Goat’s Beard found on >> Katy Elliot’s amazing blog >> and the photo from the MacGarden’s blog.
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I’m filling this tool storage/part storage away for our next house. I’d love to use these in a pantry or a children’s room. It’s about $240 for the blue unit pictured. Which is expensive but I’ve spent more at Ikea on storage stuff.
Then, I love these red part bins ($3.50 each) for toy storage in Alex’s room. An 8.5 inch and a 4 inch bin will sit side by side in our Ikea shelves. I particularly like that you can add inserts to customize the storage — so a section for matchbox cards; a section for various play tools.
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<<1>> Blue walls, mercury lamps, old wood. Oh, and vintage postcards. Country Living had me at hello.
I’m spending lots of time on Pinterest these days. I only wish that Google Reader and Pinterest could make a beautiful baby together.
<<2>> I can never get my cutting boards to look so well aged. Love the faucet, the window and the rug.
<<3>> This is a kitchen to feed an army! Side by side ranges! Kind of like the Downtown Abbey kitchens, modernized!
<<4>> I love this color scheme for a boys room.
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