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more mugs...

as if i actually get up early enough to make coffee before driving to work.  but if i did, i would rotate between my "i love ny" one and one of these with a classic penguin books cover.

i heart ny!

i almost added a couple of these mugs to my magazine pile at the newark airport on monday.  a little hometown love to replace the scary mugs we have now (giant photo of an old roommate from a mall kiosk and one with a puffy heart on it)
then today i saw this awesome snow globe on design watcher...

in an effort to cut down on clutter i think i am going to order the mugs.  but i may have to get a couple snow globes for gifts.

tina barney

i have been mildly obsessed with tina barney's work since i saw it in a friend of a friend's house a couple of years ago.  her work looks like family snapshots, but are actually staged compositions.  they are so evocative of the world they present.  try to see one in person (thanks josiah!) b/c the large scale makes them even more compelling.  tina barney is represented by janet borden in nyc.

cool fireplaces

it is cold and rainy here today and it got me thinking about the cool fireplace i saw in living etc. this month.  so i tracked it down to euroflues in santa fe.  below are some more pics... i love how the bottom one looks like a porthole!

yesterday i posted about sub-studio's awesome prints.  they also have a cool new blog where i saw this amazing vase made out of a spool of yarn by lorraine brennan.  it reminds me of my brief career as a freelance knit designer when my bedroom was full of spools like this one.  would of been a much nicer working environment if each spool had its own flowers!

sub-studio

this print by sub-studio is so appealing,  the black ground really evokes the feeling of going into the deep!  and i love the unique size, (8" x 20").  it reminds me of the great bbc series the blue planet.  if you haven't seen it it is  7 hours well spent.

polish movie posters

we have had this polish poster of gremlins hanging in our house for a few years.  i just had it re-framed and it looks so good! polish posters shop has tons of great ones, i had the hardest time picking which to post.  they are all so graphic and it is fun to figure out what movie they are from.

i couldn't resist crocadile dundee 2!

clockwise, saddle the wind, coming home, the sting, tom thumb

oh my cavalier

i just bought this print from oh my cavalier.  it is so cute!  and i love to buy anything from etsy.
below is another fun print from etsy shop ink & wit

david hicks part 1

some friday inspiration to get through the weekend...
all from the david hicks archive.

stumps

i loved these petrified stumps when i saw them at abc over christmas.  you can get them online at jayson home.
the home & garden section of the ny times had a collection of other great looking stumpish side tables.  see below for my favorites...

more faded colors...

i want mary mulcahy's company to be mine!  les indiennes is a hand blocked textile company based in tuscan.  they use traditional block printing techniques to make fabrics that look like they have been around for ever.

  i am so inspired by all these small textile designers existing outside of major cities, like seacloth in connecticut and raoul textiles in santa barbara.

more images from les indiennes...

printed rugs

I am so psyched that i found these while browsing the urban outfitters site.  i love anything  printed.  I am so happy to find a low cost option for one of my favorite current trends, they are only $28 each!  now they need to make more patterns in bigger sizes!

betterwall

i read about betterwall back in december on silkfeltsoil and i haven't stopped thinking about it.  they sell recycled street banners from museums around the world and donate a percentage of the proceeds back to the museum.  it always makes me so happy when there is a good exhibit at an LA museum and i get to see little bits of it all around town.  i am also a sucker for giant wall hanging...

wire basket

i saw this wire basket on the last page of the current elle decor.  i love that it looks like chicken wire.  i wish i had a fireplace so i could store logs in it, magazines will have to suffice for now.

rusty culotta

the paper 15" x 20" acrylic, oil and enamel on panel
thanks to amy for turning me onto louisiana based rusty culotta. i love how each person depicted is a fleshed out character.

baggage 48" x 36" acrylic and oil on panel

waiting on carrollton 36" x 48" acrylic,oil and enamel on panel

stephen wilkes

i heard photographer stephen wilkes on npr talking about his experiences shooting an abandoned hospital on ellis island.  i then had to sit on the freeway for another hour until i could get to a computer and look at the images.  i was not disappointed when i saw them.  the colors in the flaking paint are so inspiring!  the project has been made into a book.

wary meyers

a recent post by sf girl by the bay reminded me of one my favorite design teams, wary meyers.  the above mural is from a shed to cottage renovation they did in maine.  that would be a dream project!
the table below is from another project they did.  the mix of the butcher block top and saarinen base is brilliant!  the perfect mix of clean and organic.  i wonder if i could recreate this from the ikea knock off...

ecosphere=cool

i just saw this on love made visible and had to add it!

aid to artisans

i think aid to artisans is one of the coolest organizations ever! it is a dream of mine to work with them in some capacity. i kick myself when i think that i spent 4 years at school in hartford and never knew they were there. that would have been a fantastic internship!
i quite like these little baskets available on their site.

sean mahan

i don't know very much about sean mahan, but i love his work. the paintings are graphic, but have an old fashioned quality that sets them apart from so much that is out there.