New Blogs on the Block

This month has been insane in the membrane:  In addition to starting my new gig, I'm also preparing for the onslaught that is SXSW.  Not only am I helping a client plan the free booze and music party of the century (more info to come on that), but I've also been asked to speak on a panel during the interactive festival.  The gold all-access pass I receive in exchange for 55 minutes of discussion almost makes the anxiety worth while.  Needless to say, between working, planning, and biting my nails, I've not had much time to do the thing I love most:  catch up with all you dudes.  Luckily, I was able to set aside some time this weekend to sift through everyone's design blog posts and to discover some new ones. 

Our good friend, the Nerdy Fashionista, aka NerF, has set fire to her previous blog of the same name, and from the ashes Designers Brew has risen.  NerF (sorry, you're not shaking it) has separated the wheat from the chaff and is now zeroing in on interiors and decor.  Every post to date has left me drooling, especially the one above, which featured a CRYSTAL HORSE in a restaurant restroom.

P.S. How cute is that little pot with all the designy stuff a-brewin in her header?

Another DC favorite blogger, Raina, of If the Lamp Shade Fits has managed to find a bit of time between dishing out snark, chasing around a 2 year old and keeping the peace down-under in order to start up a SECOND blog:  The Daily Bed.  Raina has made a promise, disputed by me, to keep her mouth shut and only post pretty pictures on her bedy-by blog. It's sad, but I tell ya, the pictures she's been posting are more than good enough to make up for the lack of verbage.

Cassie's blog, Roseland Green has only been around for a couple of months, but in that time she's managed to post some of the loveliest rooms online.  Pictured above is my vacation home.

The curated blog, trend.land, has much to do with fashion, music, art, and, oddly enough, lots of nudity and very little to do with interiors but I am almost always guarenteed to adore the things they post.  Very rarely do I see goods sourced from other blogs on this site, their content is always totally fresh and cohesive.  Bonus:  unlike Erin and I, they actually send out a really good newsletter.  We'll send ours out... someday.

The new-to-me blog Les Carnets Du Design is filled with lovely interiors and art posts, and, as a bonus, each post is written in both French and English.  Seriously, I have enough trouble crankin this stuff out in one language, I think I'd jump off my roof if someone told me I had to type up each post twice.  I do enjoy pretending to brush up on my French, however:  Ou est la biblioteque?  J'mappelle Karly!  Ouvrez la fenetre!  That's really all I've got.

Speaking of blogs across the pond, Swedish artist, Sandra, posts daily images of her life and work on her blog, Smosch.  Following the photo essays of trips to New York and Berlin makes me want to uproot myself to stow-away in her suitcase.  Not only does her life imitate art, it exceeds it.

I suspect that Pink Wallpaper has been around for a while (hello, Washington Post and New York Times mention), but I've only recently discovered it.  I spent an embarrassing portion of my weekend trying to track down the swan pictured above.  If anyone has a clue where to find it, pretty please let me know... I really don't want to have to make my own.  But I will.

Red Hots

It's that Hallmark time of year again, time for a heart shaped box of cheap Russel Stover candies and a bouquet of overplayed red roses, perhaps even a stuffed teddy bear if Cupid has really shot your significant other square in the ass. I have to admit I sort of like the cheesiness and predictability of Valentine's Day. It's kind of a comforting ritual that celebrates the icky schmaltziness of luuuuuuv. So I'm here to help you get into the mood with a post on red interiors of varying intensity, from full on hotness to a little dab will do you. Crank up the Barry White and let's get sexy with it.

Steve Giralt

There is a very naughty joke somewhere in here, but I'm going to restrain myself. You, however, are free to play, "Title That Picture" in the comments section.

Light Locations

Alexander Van Berge

Roger Davies

Edina Van Der Wyck

Steve Giralt

Richard Powers

M Design Interiors

Tom Clinch

Uli Schade

Nicolas Matheus

Per Ranung

Rebecca Duke

Edina Van Der Wyck

Desire to Inspire

Light Locations

If the Lampshade Fits

Desire to Inspire

Redmodelista

Light Locations

Edina Van Der Wyck

Whew! Did you see how many pictures and links were in that post?! So, don't go expecting me to write something witty under each picture. But I will say that: 1) Fuchsia and red is a hot color combination 2) The Poltergeist Mirror in the black walled picture from Light Locations is trying to eat my soul 3) A little touch of red in a room adds polish, but too much red veers towards the Redrum end of the spectrum.

Ellmania

What are you peeps still doing here? Step out and get your groove on!

Back in Business

Last night I suffered the most horrible trauma that one can imagine:  my internet went out!  My survival was touch and go for a while but luckily I pulled through.  Now I'm back in business and can continue my never-ending quest to find animal furniture.  I'm sure you all imagine that after our week long coverage of all-things-animal, I would have become desensitized to the seductive ways of horse-shaped lamps and alligator sofas, but that would be a false-hood.  I still have fantasies of filling every square foot of my house with animal-themed goods.  I'm certain that I could find a nook or two to squeeze on of these Distant Origin Photo chairs into: 

Admittedly, that hand on the seat cushion is pretty lame.  I don't really see how it relates to the rest of this dreamy wingback.  I also have an aversion to anything with a hand on it, as it is, unfortunately, my last name and I am concerned that a hand-motif will look like cheesy branding.  

Words can not describe how much a adore the horses on the back panel of this chair.  I would either a. shove it backwards into a corner for all to adore, or b. purchase 6 of these to have around my dining room table, again, so guests could admire the back.  Like the first chair, I'm a little disappointed by the way each photograph interacts with the others.  I feel like they need to be all-horse or all-deer... I would happily pass on the pile of ties in the seat.

That ferocious kitty is beaming sweet nothings directly to my soul, he most certainly wants to come home with me.  I believe the angry scowl on his face is the result of his own confusion and frustration at being paired with a sexy deer and ugly dots.  Come on people, let's all-cat this chair up!

Ok, so, no animals here, but I think this set manages to be the most cohesive of the bunch.  Yes, nature chair, you may come home with me.

Wait!  THIS chair is the most cohesive, and there are cows.  Mama like.

So what do you say, which chair would you take home?