This bloom pillow from Z Gallerie is gorgeous. The combination of colors and textures created by the different flowers really keeps your eye moving. Grab it quick, it’s on sale.

While ultimately the Saarinen Marble Tulip table would be our table of choice, we know it’s WAAAAY out of our price range. It may be a temporary solution since other things will be more important (a bike for me, a larger bed for us) but it looks like we’ll be going with the Ikea Docksta table. For under $200, our biggest issue will be getting it to the house with just the Mini.

There are a wealth of dining chair options out there, and while there are definitely more than these three, I like these the best.

The Tabouret Chairs are my favorite, I think. The juxtaposition of the white table to the cool steel is great and I think they would work perfectly with the industrial style of our new place. Just think about it with those cement floors. Drool.

I really like these Wishbone chairs as well. They keep things light over all, provide a bit of back support without being bulky and aren’t overly modern. My biggest beef with them is where the front legs jut up at the edge of the seat. The boyfriend is a big guy and I imagine those would be uncomfortable. Sad trombone.

These were my first choice, knock off shell chairs with the dowel bases. Love them. Sadly, we went by DWR last weekend while checking out the new CB2 that just opened in Georgetown and they are too small for the boyfriend’s frame. I was really sad about these, since I’ve had my eyes on them from Day One. (whenever that actually was)

Overall, I think our hunt is still on, but my vote is currently with the Tabouret chairs that resemble the Tolix chair quite a bit. We’ll definitely be waiting until we actually move (June 24th!!) but I’ll be keeping an eye out in the mean time.

If you had a choice, which ones would you choose?

Uh, yea that’ll work. Except, yanno, BIGGER.

I looked around and priced large canvases – but in the size I wanted, at least 5′x5′, we were looking at spending at least $300. Yea, no. So I dug around a little more – lightbulb, ding ding! You can stretch your own canvases with stretchers and linen canvas, but even then you were looking at spending at least $120 on a roll of canvas. I don’t want a pretty painting on it, I just want a modern blank canvas for the wall!

That’s when I thought back to painting the dining room a couple weekends ago – the canvas I used to cover the floor is only about $10-$20 at Home Depot and are at least 5′ wide! Add in the stretchers for $7 a pop and we’re talking under $40! Ding ding we have a winner! I already own a staple gun and staples, it’s just time to decide if we should do it now or later. I’m torn.. I really want to try it out now, but we don’t have a place to put it. It would just be good to know if it will turn out right. What do you think?

We are moving in June to Alexandria (hopefully) and I would love to ride a bike to work everyday. This one in particular is calling to me. Maybe ’cause it matches the Mini. :)

Found a great little etsy shop today! Jan Skácelík of the Czech Republic runs a great little shop that carries wonderful mid-century modern inspired prints. I’ll let the prints speak for themselves.

Mid Century Modern Modernist Print

Nordic Tea Print

I like to Rock Print

Stig Lindberg Bersa – Swedish Tea Time Print

Some Like it Hot Print

As you can see, Jan is a talented designer and while I haven’t had a chance to totally dive into her blog just yet, it looks promising form the quick scroll I gave it. I’m definitely bookmarking her etsy shop and subscribing to her blog posts. :)

You can learn more over at her site.

Some of my favorites:

That mirror would be perfect in my dressing room!

She’ll be at the Arlington Flea Market from 7am to 1:30pm Saturday August 7th (that’s tomorrow!!) so be there or be square! I’ll be the short one with the extremely tall, bored out of his mind boyfriend. ;) Say hi!

Graphic black wall. Cowhide under your toes. The Sputnik and George Nelson lamps. That blanket is to die for. The simplicity is amazing. And the butterfly chair is a good place to toss your clothes. The Brick House succeeds again.

One of the ways I plan to accent in yellow is with the fantastically graphic plant known as Craspedia. Craspedia, also known as Billy Buttons and Woollyheads, is part of the daisy family. While they are indigenous to Australia and New Zealand, they can be grown in most areas. But once dried, boy, are they a gorgeous little decorating accessory!

I’ve ordered up a batch of them on Etsy, and can’t wait to add fun punches of yellow all around our space! In the mean time, here are some lovely images featuring the bulbous bud.

What do you think of them? Aren’t they adorable? Would you use them in your house, or are you already?

Yellow and pale blue work so well together. I love round mirrors hung by cords. Perhaps this would work? The curves of the lamp juxtaposed to the hard edges of the cabinet put a smile on my face. The ash-stained wood is amazing and unexpected; and the brass feet finish it off perfectly.

Love.

While I’m busy getting the new place set up, I wanted to share some recently found inspiration with you. We are working on our bedroom right now, and it’s very cozy, neutral and nice. But we were looking for something with some contrast, a black sculpture or something — so I headed to Jonathan Adler’s site, knowing he had some amazing black sculptures! Little did I know, they had an area called “Show us your JA style“.

Upon further inspection, I happened upon these lovely spaces. Shall we take a look?

What do I love about this space? The openness of it! This entry has made this place perfect (well, except for the mail sitting on the Nelson bench in the foreground..)! Those bookcases in the background are amazing, and they have been carefully edited for perfect balance. Love it!

WALL COLOR. WOW. I mean honestly! If I could get away with painting a room or a wall in this house that color, I would! I am in love with those inky wall colors right now. But I really don’t think I would get away with it here! (Mostly because we don’t get a lot of light in the house..)

Pattern, pattern, pattern. All the different patterns make this work! Not to mention that LCW chair in the foreground. ;)

Perfection. Balance, color, depth, contrast. It’s just perfect. And hello, Nelson bench! I’m still trying to convince the boyfriend we need one. ;)

So go check it out for yourself! If you’ve got a piece of Jonathan Adler in your home, why don’t you enter!