Chair love

I'm loving this Eames inspired collection of handmade furniture from New Zealand. I'd love to come home after work, plop down in this chair and drink a martini. 

Finally

I've finally got around to buying a few prints from one of my favorite go-to blogs, little brown pen. I can't to hang the market photo in our new kitchen. Don't Nichole's photos make you want to skip town and head to the city of light? 

p.s. this was another heartsy deal! 

Smaller and smaller

Friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend. It's a smaller world than I thought, at least when considering all of my overlapping connections in South Africa.  There's such amazing craft and design there right now, it makes me want to go back in a heartbeat!  

Wall dreams

As I'm sure many of you know and feel, one of the bummers of being a renter is the nail-in-the-wall dilemma.  I've always wanted to buy up a bunch of different frames and hang them on a big, open wall, kind of like these gorgeous photos above show.  I've never gone through with it because I fear my landlord's response when he or she sees all the spots in wall when we move out.  Have you had this dilemma?

In the meantime, I usually just tack on a frame to the nail left behind from the last tenant.  It works; but I'm eager to put nails wherever I want.  As usual, I see this type of nail-in-the-wall dilemma as a microcosm of a greater existential desire to plant roots and create a safe, constant space for me and mine. Makes sense, I think. 

Dream space

Looks like a nice place to get something done.

Rocker

This modern chair print makes me smile.  My fave is the powder blue rocker; what's yours?