Archive for August, 2009

OMG.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

love love lovvee lovvvvve love love LOVE.

Quite possibly the first house tour that NAILS the exact style I’d love to somehow accomplish on my minuscule budget. The depressing thing about the article is they list the prices for everything the couple picked up on ebay and 1st Dibs. And yes the costs are outrageous for us normal folks – but I guess “Low-Maintenance Living” for the fabulous.

F*cking rich people.

“We didn’t want to come to a getaway home for a weekend away and have to worry about nicks and scratches,” he added. “We wanted something compact, efficient and casual.”

Casual at $700,000 for a “getaway house” with a $1,300 Hermès blanket and $3,500 wall sconce. Ugh. Casual my ass.

I COVET this house and the expensive vintage objects inside it. Poor people can imagine their rich life so readily – and I can acutely imagine myself partying down there, totally unconcerned about the $5,000 floor lamp.

FILED UNDER: 1st dibs, ebay, inspiration, links

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Globes

Monday, August 10th, 2009

By the fireplace – in case I want to set the world on fire.

How are we all feeling about the globe as decor thing?
I fear my interest may be waning.

FILED UNDER: decorating, living, question

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Thrifty!

Friday, August 7th, 2009

I found a little Swedish Dala horse at the thrift store for $2.35. I think he used to be sold at Ikea and had the worst paint job ever. Oh, and a cheap pair of wire rim glasses, he was like an emo math nerd Dala.

He got a makeover with a fresh coat of glossy black paint and now kicks it in the den with my little ceramic viking dude. Is it me or is it getting so very Euro around here? Well, Euro via thrift store – not because I’m actually worldly or anything.