battle of the stairs

I have learned a hard lesson. Cute old houses come with cute narrow stairs. OK, so I might have known that part, but I didn't realize that it would make buying a new mattress & box spring set so difficult. My poor box spring had to be shipped back to the warehouse, and alas, I am currently on my mattress, on the floor. GRRR. In honor of this tragic experience, I have collected an assortment of "unique" beds for your perusal. 








 

my favorite chair friends

Le Corbu, Mies, MacIntosh, Aarnio, Jacobsen, Eames... I will probably never be able to afford one of their chairs...ok I may not even be able to afford a reproduction of their chairs...but thanks to Chiasso I can have miniatures... which are still a bit pricey for "dollhouse furniture." 

But I could afford this "Chair Eye Exam" poster by Blue Art Studio. I have a deeply rooted fear of eye exams, I can't really explain it other than that I panic before them and am convinced I am going to fail. This might be the perfect way of getting me over that fear...or helping me practice with some beautiful designer chairs on my walls. This poster would have come in handy in college when I had to memorize all of these designers. 

But where is the Rietveld chair? 

under the bar

Check out this clever bar/sideboard solution from Southern Living. Make a basic frame out of wood and give it a skirt and voila! They used it as more of a sideboard, but it would work just as well as a bar. 

With the skirt down its an elegant party solution. 

Underneath there's plenty of room for all of your entertaining necessities! 

Think Pink

When I was decorating my dorm room in college my heart was set on finding a bright pink comforter. Well, I was just a bit before my time. My mom and I searched the entire city in search of a pink comforter, it had to be just right - not baby pink, not fluorescent pink, more like a petunia pink. Alas we could never find one, and I settled in on white comforter with  madras-style center squares [perhaps be beginning of my obsession with white?]. Anyways, now pink is EVERYWHERE. It seems like everywhere I look I see a perfect pink comforter and it really drives me nuts. However, at no time is this abundance of pink more apparent than during October - also known as National Breast Cancer Awarness Month and in honor of this month, I've compiled a bunch of pink furnishings and rooms. 

Windsor Smith Home Collection

Windsor Smith Home Collection has some really nice pieces. They are traditional but have a flirty feel to them. Make sure and check out the found objects! 

This is probably my favorite! How adorable is this pink Chloe Sofa? 

So remember my quest to find my dresser, well here is a pretty close match... although slightly out of my price range... 

This chair is pretty adorable too. 

This fabric comes in different colors and my mind is already racing about what I could cover with it. 

must. find. dresser.

I want this dresser for my new room: 

Must find it. 

[image via brilliant asylum]

lebello chairs

How comfortable do these Lebello summer chairs look? I know summer is over, but my new house that I'm moving into in a week and a half will have a deck...maybe next summer... 

restoration hardware: child size.

I have a secret. I adore Pottery Barn's teen and baby products/stores/catalogs. I am over the age of 21 and have no children, I just think that they have the cutest stuff. Why didn't they have this stuff when I was little?! Anyways, I have found a new children's store to obsess over: Restoration Hardware: Baby & Child. Behold the cute and girlish items I have found: 

And that was in just 10 minutes on the site... 

what is old is new

I love this chair. I love the lines. I love the colors. I love the shape. Doesn't it just look like it would be so comfortable to curl up in or throw your legs over the sides?

And I love the fact that it used to look like this: 

An original 1950's Sears and Roebuck lounge chair re-done by Kyle. 

[via the love list]

Yuppie Decor

So I found Yuppie Decor online a while ago and now that I am moving am even more excited about being in their neighborhood! They are a husband-wife team located in Washington, DC and I can't wait to start incorporating some of their stuff into my new apartment. I love their style - they mix bright colorful fabrics with traditional, classic styles to create very fun, one of a kind, pieces. Here are a couple of my favorite chairs... 

I heart yuppies. 

pink lily pads

Lily pad table by nervous system. I'm pretty sure I would love it even if it weren't pink. Although the pink color definitely seals the deal for me. 

[via design milk]

it's not easy being green

I love these green striped couches. Adorable. 

(I don't really like the rest of the room though)

[photo from country home via the inspired room]

Coach purse or sofa?

Squint Limited features furniture that looks remarkably similar to the patchwork series of Coach Handbags... 

Squint Limited's Chicago Sofa

Coach Weekends Hamptons Tote 

2 steps forward, 1 step back

Television sets used to be considered a piece of furniture. It started with the invention of the radio when families would all gather around the radio at the end of the day to hear the news. As television grew more popular (and affordable), the sets were often displayed prominently in living rooms. Televisions were an important piece of furniture and rooms were centered around the set where families could gather or entertain people to watch their favorite programs.

While families (maybe?) still gather for shows (although with the thousands of channels and multiple televisions per household it is far less common), most people try to conceal their television or make it as unobtrusive as possible. T

elevision sets are stowed away behind cabinet doors, disguised to look like picture frames, and hidden in hidden compartments that raise up or swivel out at the touch of a button.

But what if you want all the modern HD, flat screen technology, but miss that comfortable, substantial old set you used to watch Mr. Ed on? Check out the m21 Flat TV Console by Wilkerson Furniture. It can be built to your size specifications, and exudes that warm, shag carpet feeling of another era.