i love strong details, especially strong cephapodian ones. this lovely octopus vase is $40 at feel more human.

want

i'm seething with jealousy. please feast your eyes on this "labyrinth aquarium," which goes for a mere $5500 at opulent items.

for the wall

these ready-to-hang "lak hooks" are pretty sweet .... on sale at urban outfitters for $4 a pop (down from $6), you can't actually pick the colour you get, so i'm gonna buy two and hope for the best.

what was i thinking?

so these photo albums are absolutely genius, albeit (as many nice things are) quite pricey at $25 a pop. the fake book covers have the following titles ... Friends and Family (in forest green), Travels Near and Far (brown), Memories (brown), Our Grandkids (maroon), Top Dog (maroon), What Was I Thinking (forest green), and I Can't Remember (maroon). from bas bleu.

By Order of the Management

When I have kids, I might just have to invest in this poster set for $32 by John W. Golden. Who knew there was such a stylish way to help remind your kiddies to follow the rules?

Shady

Wake up to the fresh faces of June Carter and Johnny Cash every morning with the Johnny Cash, June Carter Window Shade Set by Etsy seller DrinkAndDream. At $150, these custom window shades certainly add a little edge to your decor.

Wanna Make Out?

For just $975 including shipping, you too can cuddle up with your honey on this Studio 65 Bocca Sofa from CSN Stores. As if a kiss shaped couch is not cool enough, this smacker is built to withstand the elements so you can keep it inside by the fireplace or outside under the stars!

side a: come back to me / side b: you're like bad crack

mistape pillowcases! $25 at modcloth. god i love cassette tape-based design. i really can't get enough of it.

i wonder if something might be wrong with me.

accessory to dinner

has anyone seen aeon flux? these salt & pepper shakers remind me of those things she had in the tunnel. either way, i think these are modern yet tasteful. $30 for a pair at scandinavian design center.

a second elsewares post ....

i just found this innovative vase/candle-holder ($95, but only $80 if you use the coupon code from my previous post) on elsewares and had to tell you about it. it would be complemented by this coat hook ($76, but $65 with the coupon) below which incidently is right-handed while the vase is left-handed ...

records & mustaches

so these bowls ($26) made from recycled records and this clever lewd card below ($3.50), along with everything else at elsewares is 15% with coupon ELSEWARES15. tip courtesy of bargainist vis consumerist.

urban heirlooms

brilliantly designed, i love the concept of this wallet ($60) from urban heirlooms at etsy. the leather and the stitching is great, but especially the use of the antique key. my only problem is that it consists of a single compartment, and while i use a billfold wallet, i don't like i'd be content to just have everything jammed into one pocket. because of that i think i'd reccommend it to folks who either just want a few things to carry around, when they go out to dinner or to a club for instance, or to folks who carry their wallet in a bag or a purse. there are three other colour/leather options for those who prefer black, tan or caramel. at present, the only other item in the shop is this adorable "parlour pillow" ($45) :

accidental interests ...

ever since i lived with my tea-pot obsessed aunt, i've had a fondness for the varied ideas that dedicated teapot crafters come up with. i've seen teapots made of an absurd number of different materials and shapes, the concept integral to each being the marriage of form and function. the above teapot ($400) combines a whimsy with colourful practicality that i can definitely sign on for. for those looking at a realistic price range, you can sample the wares of sideways studio through these containers,which run a paltry $30-$36 in comparison. part of craftboston.

a little birdy told me ...

i'm not sure why i don't already own a cuckoo clock like this one, because as soon as i saw it i had a pretty immediate need to have one. i think it stems from how prominent they always were in old cartoons ... i'm not off-base, am i? i feel like they were featured in all those tom and jerry style saturday morning cartoons. so this one from stacks and stacks is only $175, which seems to be pretty low considering other models are upwards of a grand, and the care indicates "the clock cuckoo's once on the half hour and counts the hour on the top of the hour. the german all brass weight driven movement should be wound once a day by raising the two pinecone weights." so i guess being required to wind it is a downside, but if all you need to do is say, remember to raise the pinecones when you leave for work in the morning, i think it'd be okay.

the wash cycle

these napkins have a lovely sketch of a bicycle with the parts labeled ... like the natural history of bicycles. from the new spring wares over at indie fixx. $18 x 4.

on the cheap

so after posting those wastebins yesterday, i've spent more time on the sale section of chiasso's website and i really like these nesting plates they have on sale for $10 from $38. the 12" x 12" marylin chopping board below is another interesting purchase, marked down from $28 to $18.

forward march

this is an egg cup, and she looks pretty badass. like an egg cup warrior, if you will. she gonna roll up on you and hit you with her spoon the pour boiling egg whites in yer face. yup. $35 at pylones.

timewarp

i've found the new hotspot for retro accessories and homewares methinks ... if you don't believe, look a little longer at these 90s florescent floppy disk coasters (don't think about the €27 price tag, dollar to sterling conversions hurt brain cells as well as wallets) so for €11 you can get this mad kitsch gold cassette pin from supermandolini. i especially love the satin substitute for tape reel ... if there isn't a beautiful drag of dense 90s irony in a ruined tape you'd lovingly dubbed "greatest ballads ever" i don't know what is. because we remember those ballads, and them shits were so not great with hindsight. right? right. (i might have taken this too far, but hey)

odi et amo

wow. these $10 bandages are from a website specializing in fake food, donna marie's fake food. add them to your cart when picking up fake wedges of cheese and slices of juicy plastic looking $12 watermelon.

brought to you by the color orange

i have to put out there that the allure of this piece might be due to the stems we have on display here, but overall i think its quite fetching. $55 from wrapables. they also have these dish/napkin sets from mudlark ... as a rule, i think its a bad idea to pair disposable items with permanent ones like dishes because it makes you debate when to actually "use up" the disposable pieces, but these mudlark sets (you may have seen their stationarybefore ) are reasonably enough priced (on sale for $15) that you can think of the napkins as "free" to avoid fretting: