3 posts tagged “home design”

hello world! i have returned from the land of moving and vacationing. mostly there haven't been many new condo updates recently because we've had very little time to do a lot of unpacking. but we are beginning to settle in, and the living room is starting to look great. we finally hung the iron wall art i got at pier 1, and i am completely in love with the inhabit fabric window panels i just bought from velocity. i think velocity may be my new favorite place to shop. now all i have to do is become a billionaire and i can buy everything from them. anyway, on to pictures:

living room, shades of green

i put down the rug for the picture, to give the complete effect. in reality, however, we are still in the midst of cat training to prevent them from destroying it. i've been buying them other items to scratch, and once we get a gigantic tower for them i'll try putting the rug back down with this nifty motion sensitive air sprayer thing to keep them off it. hopefully it will work, because i do love it so. also, disregard the current throw pillows. those belong downstairs and SO do not go with the room currently.

new window panels

the inhabit window panels, in their full glory. i can't describe how much i love these suckers. from the fact that they let light through in the day, to the fact that they turn more opaque at night, to the fact that i hung them in about 5 minutes and they are easily machine washable - they are truly awesome. AND they weren't even all that expensive. i'm tempted to get some similar ones for the bedroom now, but i don't want to get too crazy clashy with this marimekko wall hanging i've got for above our bed.

door open to the front balcony

did i mention the window panels fit perfectly? so perfectly that i can still open the door to the balcony and let the breezes drift in through the screen door. well, not today because it's getting up to 88. but in general. YAY!

sometimes i think the only reason i continue my subscription to dwell magazine is for the ads. most of the aesthetic in the homes they feature is too modern and cold for me, but i really do like learning where to get cool stuff. most of it is out of range price-wise, but is good to keep in mind for when i'm rich and famous. here are some finds:

food map container

how cool is this??

(from the food map container website)
"the food map container is a growing space for an edible garden (it could also be used for non-edible plants). The curvillinear form of the container base is specifically designed to let water drain quickly and evenly...the food map container has rubber casters so one could move the container easily to the best growing space as weather and sunlight conditions change...the hdpe used in the food map container is 100% post consumer recycled content hdpe, and the frame is 40-100% recycled steel."

man, i'm really going to want these for growing my mini-gardens on our 2 new balconies.

self-adhesive metal tiles

i have no idea where i'd put these, but the self-adhesive metal tiles from interior 51 make me want to come up with a place.

egglings

definitely my favorite find of the day is the romp store. are these egglings the cutest things ever or what??

birdhouse lamp

oh...if only the birdhouse lamp weren't so expensive and out of stock. also, notice the cool wall decal behind it. romp cuts all sorts of trees, animals, and other objects out of vintage wallpaper and sells them. once again, when i'm rich and famous. or...maybe just a splurge for a kid's room some day.

lock box & blocks

speaking of kids someday...in my fantasy world i want them only playing with simple wooden toys, like this lock box & blocks from romp, for as long as possible.

OK...i think that's enough fantasizing for one day. :)

i am a magazine whore, it's true. i have attempted to cut down on the clutter over the years by tearing out the pages from magazines that are interesting to me, which has succeeded in getting most of the leftover issues out of the house. but now i'm left with a box titled "magazine clippings" which is getting rather...large. so, now i'm going to attempt a further step in de-clutterization by making a list here of some of the things i have found interesting and then recycling the pages themselves.

recycled aluminum tiles

these things from eco-friendly flooring are just cool. maybe someday when i have a house built for me, i'll use these as a kitchen backsplash or something. that company also has a bunch of neat reclaimed wood flooring and recycled glass tiles. OK, that's one magazine page for the recycling bin! next up:

walking family

OK, these are pretty much the greatest tables ever. who knows what type of room a cluster of tables like these would actually work in, but it's fun to think about. i tried to check them out on the maoli website (an extremely irritating adventure in flash), but couldn't find them. oh well.

oompa

just daydreaming about a kids room someday - and this stuff from oompa is sooo adorable. remarkably affordable too, not like all that "designer" kid stuff. finally:

shantou bunching trunk

well, at least this goes to show that i have consistent taste. the distressed trunk and bench i'm considering for our bedroom (see earlier post) are both very similar to this clipping from pier 1.