Eat on Wood

Or knock on it - however your superstitions work!

Cute placemats from Design Public.

-XO

Sometimes it's the little things that matter.

Cute online store Neest from France!

-XO

How is a raven like a writing desk?

One of the things I've always loved having is a small desk on which to write and draw silly things in my life.

I used to have a fold out top desk that was my grandmother's. She passed away when I was only seven so I had it all the way up to high school when I stopped even attempting to do homework and it became a spot that just collected the random junk that seemed to endlessly flow into my bedroom.

In any case, I haven't had a nice writing desk since then (now that I actually enjoy writing again, of course) and I saw this one today from Rothlisberg Kollektion, and now I'm really wishing I had something like this desk.

The answer, by the way, is: Both are complemented by blackened quills.

-XO

Who Says Mathematicians Don't Have a Sense of Style?

I have always believed that science and design go hand-in-hand. We get much of our design aspects from nature - usually the oddities tend to make things seem less organic, but they still exist naturally. Not to mention the fact that most of what we design wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the engineers behind the machinery and technology that we use to create art.



That said, I would love to have this Raimond Suspension lamp designed by a mathematician for Moooi that I found at Dwell. The electrical current that lights the LEDs transmits through the frame itself where each light connects to another piece of the the stainless steel frame. Don't you feel smarter already? I definitely do.

-XO

Benched for the Season.

Moving into a new apartment for me is exciting, liberating, and kinda a little bit intimidating. I haven't moved in seven years and for the first time ever I really have a chance to decorate a living space the way I want to decorate it (as long as the boyfriend likes it too of course - we're so lucky we have the same tastes!).

There is an entryway to our apartment that will be perfect for coats and shoes and boots and umbrellas. I want to put a bench underneath a wall-hanging coat rack. The problem is, I've never really looked into benches before and it seems they are a whole lot more expensive than I could have anticipated. In any case, I may just end up building my own (thank you electric drill!) but I ran across a few that seemed like a design I would like to follow. This was one I liked a lot from MASH Studios that was on the medium expensive side (I saw ones up to $4,000... it's just a bench for chrissake!).

In any case, making one doesn't seem so difficult, after all, it's just a top and two wide legs right?

-XO

Layer Cake House

Lately, I've been intrigued by a lot of Japanese interiors. There seems to be a nice attention to angles and interior flow, plus a lot of nature influence. I found this cool tiered hillside house from Suppose Design Office and I think the way they utilize the vertical space by having each level of the house connected to the others by layering them on top of each other is really fun. It gives it a loft sort of feeling while retaining it's composure as a house. It's a great way to maintain the awesome view from every room as well!






-XO

Balanced Interiors

I found all these amazing interiors over at Trendir.com. All the wood and concrete and lighting mixed together really gives a balance to these rooms. It's all about the balance. No one wants their place coming off as too woodsy, or too cutesy, or too industrial. I think these places captured it all perfectly.

-XO

Baxter Residence

I love texture from different woods when it comes to interior design. I also have an adoration of wide mid-century style chairs; they're easier to curl up and sit in with a book or a dish of mint-chocolate marble soy ice-cream.

-XO

Found over at Bestor Architecture.