Entries in The Love List (28)
Vintage measures
The drawers at my grandparents homes were always filled with a hodgepodge collection of tools, letters, rubber bands, eyeglasses--you name it. In particular, I remember wooden folding rulers, used to measure the height of ever-growing grandkids. At RE, you can buy all sorts of vintage rulers, dents in the soft wood guaranteed. And at Viva Terra, a completely charming chair made out of vintage rulers.
April
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EmailTaxidermy: the new centerpiece?
I've seen a couple of mentions of taxidermy in fashionable places lately, and it's wholly intriguing to me. It's very Victorian, very macabre--sort of Edgar Allen Poe and Norman Bates sharing a flat. Would you put a dead animal in your home? In my fantasy world I would, but real life? I'm not sold.
On Decor8, Deyrolle Paris is mentioned as a source for scientific/botanical illustrations ... and also stuffed animals, large and small. These things don't come cheap, let me tell you:
The March issue of Elle Decor (UK) featured the work of Polly Morgan, a serious British taxidermist with a flair for darkness:
I love this ... cloches have come back into fashion as decorative objects, and I see them popping up all over the place. Morgan frequently employs bell jars/cloches in her still lifes, but quite differently than Martha Stewart does! I love the one on the right; it's very Hitchcockian.
Nancy Drew is immortal
June 15, 2007: Nancy Drew movie drops.
Why didn't someone tell me about this? And why didn't I do it first? Nancy Drew Review Book Club at Fred Flare.
Also at Fred Flare: Nancy Drew's Guide To Life, Nancy Drew mini notepad set, Nancy Drew address book, Nancy Drew note cards. You never saw me whip out my credit card so fast.
L'orange
In our bedroom, this striped quilt is on the bed. Above it hangs this painting by Angela, with lots of bright color:
In the kitchen, this colander from Reston Lloyd is a decorative element as well as a functional piece.
I've got a few of these bowls in orange and turquoise from the Global Bazaar line (now on clearance) at Target:
And my most recent orange purchase, this bag by Rafe for Target. Oh, I'm in lurve:
