The Selby is a voyeuristic pleasure to peruse.
Its a glimpse at the interiors of artists, actors, writers, designers, etc — many are darlings of the indie scene who are barely mentioned by the mainstream press.
The muses of The Selby are the creators in the real world. The site [...]
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Bloesem has been posting lots of photos and links to lovely home-y stuff this week. These amazing pillows by Lama caught my eye.
I love cushions and floor pillows and ottomans… they are the crucial elements of coziness. I’d love to get or try to make these:
I have hard tile floors in every room of [...]
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Wow! I just bought these lovely prints at allposters.com for $20 a piece. They are having a special until 11:59 PM tonight (Wednesday) of 20% off your order (which will basically nullify your shipping costs if you have a big order). Strike while the iron’s hot… I mean, allposters frequently offers [...]
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Sometimes I buy old French Vogues for the photo spreads from the local Market. I picked up one from 2002 that included lovely photos of the maison du Johnson Hartig, co-creator of the Libertine clothing line. Together with Cindy Greene, they create clothes refashioned from thrift stores and silk screened with retro inspired [...]
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I recently scored a few great purchases in the most unlikely of situations. There was a tent pitched next to a local supermarket although i figured these vendors were probably hawking the usual cheap wares, I wondered in. I was so pleasantly surprised when I discovered that a further away antique shop was [...]
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(Source: French Vogue Novembre 2007)
I thought it worthy to post some links to my fav knit/crochet/sew blogs, shops, resources, & websites:
Adventures of JR
Knitting Iris
Built by Wendy
Needle book
Amy Butler Designs
See Eunny Knit!
Simplicity Patterns
Learn to knit
Yarn Harlot
Streets and YOs
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Domino did a feature on the building of Linda Aldredge’s treehouse (pictured above)– its a great little slideshow– from beginning skeleton of wood planks to the amazing finished home-y interiors and exteriors. She also gives a link to her blog dedicated to time spent in the treehouse. This is no tiny [...]
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I love that wallpaper is back– but, no, not your granny’s bonnet-wearing goose wallpaper (literally my grandmother’s wallpaper– in her kitchen), the modern wallpaper trend features large graphic 60s inspired prints and bold color.
Domino Mag has a massive slideshow feature of wallpaper rooms from bathrooms to kitchens, study rooms, and bedrooms (the following photos [...]
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I love Julia Rothman’s designs and her Book by Its Cover art book blog. She’s student of the month at Reform School and featuring two super cute milk jug designs ($65 USD). The images on the jugs are very similar to drawings from her sketchbook pages, which she shared on the Book site. [...]
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