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This weekend I will be climbing every mountain and forging every stream until I reach the rainbow that is the complete office of my dreams. Did that work? Did you get that I will be gutting the pile of boxes that is my office space this weekend to make it look like a real life room. In honor of my mountainous task, I give you the waterfall sofa by Gaetano Pesce
image via the world's best ever
See you dudes Monday
Did anyone see this article on the New York Times site? Not one to be slowed down by reading, I cruised the slideshow first and was pretty delighted by what I found. Then, well, then I read the story. It was gross beyond gross. While I maintain full respect for the occupants of the homes profiled, I kinda want to barf all over the "reporter."
We start with an introduction of the Hovey sisters, who can be found on their blog here. The reporter drools all over them and single-handedly credits them with starting the Ulysses S. Grant fashion trend in, wait for it, Williamsburg. Am I to believe that I am watching the initial match spark that will ultimately lead to the full blaze that is the tipping point? Oh to be so lucky.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm digging their taste - remember, I swooned when I first saw the pictures - I just can't stand by an article that notes that the type of collecting the sisters and the others profiled "requires a lot more engagement than a similar passion for midcentury furniture"
WHAT WHAT WHAT?!
I am insane about interiors. I have spent nights fighting sleep since I was four laying in bed imagining my dream home. Every spare penny I have goes into my house, I don't even try to justify the expense, it's as necessary as food. Can someone honestly try to tell me that this taste and commitment to collections requires more engagement than my own? Or yours? Come on readers, you've taken the time to find my measly design blog. You probably have at least 20 more in your RSS feed. We live for interiors. New York Times: give me a fucking break.
Ok, I'm over it, let's just spend the rest of our time together looking at the nice pictures that sparked my interest in the first place. Above is a couple that also collects things. That's all I'm saying about that.
I think this room is awesome. Again, all I'm saying.
Their collection of arcane liquors, which I don't even pretend to understand and I certainly don't think is pretentious at all, oh no.
Ryan Matthews, his house is a 24-hour taxidermy party.
I can't get behind that stuffed dog, but the rest is fine, although it seems a bit dusty.
So, there you go, now you've gotten the lovely slideshow in it's entirety and you didn't even have to read the stupid article.
Hello Crisis-devotees, I'm Nath of le petit oiseau fame and my collection and obsession with birds is pretty much what got me into blogging, see here and, oh here. So, fittingly, I'd like to show you lots of beautiful birds. How does that sound? Right-ho, then here we go... We've established I like birds and so it seems I'm not alone, birds are all over the interweb like, erm, bird flu.
Owls - the bird du jour, or is the owl a bit over? Not for me, I love 'em. George Nelson designed this owl Zoo Timer clock in the 1950s, inspired by a night of doodling with Noguchi, you know, as you do.
Ostensibly for children, but I say why should they get all the fun? One of these would add a quirky graphic touch to any room.
Or how about one of these owl money boxes by Carlton Ware, designed in the 1960s.
Isn't he super-groovy? I can't think of a more deserving place for all my small change. Three in a row would be so dandy (and expensive)! And, I'd sure like to get my hands on one of these owl mugs, by John Clappison for Hornsea in the early seventies. Try H is For Home or ebay if you'd like to sip your morning herbal out of an owlish mug.
Looking around I came across this place, they sell 'fused light with a naturalist curiosity'. This owl nightlight would make a sweet and soft addition to any child's room or nursery.
For your walls, why not try Able, a design and branding firm outside Philadelphia who also design these handsome posters - here's Edmund - A Passionate Owl.
Perhaps you'd like your owls a touch more realistic, but still with vintage credentials? Look no further than this incredible resource. Ladybird book were a staple of my childhood, they covered a wide variety of topics from hobbies and crafts to travel and represent a social history of Britain in the 50s and 60s and now you can buy these beautiful illustrations as prints of all sizes.
The barn owl here is taken from A Second Book of British Birds, published in 1954. Is it possible to do a post on birds and not mention the mighty Charley Harper? It seems criminal not to. His work has received a lot of recent attention, but it doesn't diminish the power of his work for me. In a style he called "minimal realism", he captured the essence of his subjects with as few as possible elements. And boy, did he.
Birch Bark and Birds - Nuthatches - print available here
We were given this reissued 1974 classic book for Christmas and love it as I do, it's all I can do to resist tearing all the pages out to stick up all over my walls. (I never would actually do this, it would be totally sacrilegious wouldn't it?)
Speaking of walls, wallpaper can be a good way to add an avian accent to a room. We have this in our bedroom.
Weirdly, I didn't realise that they were peacock feathers at the time of purchase. I know, wtf? But, it's okay, I do now.
I like this paper too, it's Daydream by Julia Rothman, it's been doing the rounds in blue, but I rather like the muted softness of the pinkish grey.
This would work well in a bedroom, transforming it into more of a dark and sultry boudoir.. Available here for a very reasonable price.
So, did you enjoy that little fly-by posting? If you're hungry for more, why not follow my blog or check out my shop? Until the next post, then, I'll leave you with a little best-of compilation of some other birdy treasures around my home.
Thanks to Erin and Karly for having me over - it's been a lotta fun!
