Oh Christmas Tree!

Every year, I put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. It was a tradition that we had while I was growing up - and it's a tradition that I am upholding with my family. This year I did something a little different with our tree and added peacock feathers to the mix! The tree itself isn't much different than last years Christmas tree, as all the same ornaments were used again this time

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Two New Modern Architecturally Inspired Dollhouses, The Dylan and the Edward.

Just in time for the holidays when a new dollhouse makes a wonderful gift for children and adults alike, brinca dada, manufacturers and designers of some of the most beautiful modern dollhouses have released two new products. Like their Emerson House and Bennett House, these modern toy houses have been inspired by well-known architects as Richard Neutra and Tadao Ando.The Dylan House:Inspired by

Fab Feature: Mim Design

 Day view- iSpy an Osorom bench by The Future Perfect Night View- great lighting is essential to maintain your residential aesthetic when the sun sets! Dining area Living room in calming grays accenting the bright painting This DMH Residence by Mim Design exerts freshness and charm with its sleek surfaces, clean and calming colors, and play on geometrics. Its minimal, with

Opaque Decor

Wall Mounted Teardrop Vase $4.95 via Cb2Belle Epoque via Marie Claire Maison3.14 Bookcase via Cb2I'm absolutely in love with these black and white- fabulously executed, opaque-based interiors as it's very daring to go there! All but the Belle Epoque are images of Berkley House-a Georgian Country Townhouse in Tetbury, England! If you're willing to try the opaque look- remember to contrast with

10 Deadly Beautiful Bed Design

With the popularity of graphic design, looking at pictures is one thing we do best. We recently went around the room boot images. And while you're doing, we were. Not literally, but fell in love with some of these wonderful beings we have found.Each room, which is featured below is a different story to tell. You turn in the Victorian era, another takes you on a walk through the rooms in a house

From Our Family To Yours...

Four Fun and Fabulous Finds For The Family This Holiday Season.

A selection of new items that would make great gifts for everyone in the family, even the pet. Cigar ashtrays, pet bowls, glasses holders and a very cool ride on toy for the toddler.The Ashtray Factory:Ceramic cigar ashtray designed by Ramon Middelkoop and Chris Koens for Invotis OrangeModern Pet Bowls:Phorm Dishes by Unleashed Life are great looking dog bowls of cast resin with a stainless steel

Light Emitting Doors for Your Home by Marisa Richter Turn Utility into Design.

Doors & Style is a young label from Cologne headed up by designer Marisa Richter. They focus on designing unique stylistic doors as their work. Rather than looking at a door as something to open or close, they look at 'connecting' two rooms as their focus.With minimal modifications of a typical door, Doors & Style adds new functionality to the ordinary door and transforms it from a piece of

Caring for Your Overhead Garage Door

An overhead garage door is one of the most-used items on a home, yet we pay very little attention to it until it begins to have problems.There are several maintenance tasks you can do to keep the garage door operating smoothly. At least once a year, lubricate the rollers and tracks with WD-40, lightly spraying the center of each roller and the inside of the tracks. If you have an automatic garage

The Marcel Wanders Bathroom Collection for Bisazza Combines Modern & Antique.

Marcel Wanders' new collection of bath furnishings for Bisazza was unveiled at this year's CERSAIE. The collection is typical Marcel Wanders, combining modern whimsy with traditional elegance.The Soapbath collection of wash basins and bathtub are modern rounded ceramic pieces and the New Antiques collection of tables, mirrors and consoles combine modern materials with antique silhouettes.

Back From Mexico!

Last Sunday we left for Playa Del Carmen {in the Riviera Maya in Mexico} and spent all last week enjoying paradise!! The resort we stayed at was absolutely AMAZING and we did exactly what we intended to do...we did nothing but relax!! The weather was perfect - in the upper 70's and as it turned out, we were there just at the right time...there was a hurricane warning issued the week before we

The Designer's Balls. CMYK Christmas Ornaments From Veinticuatrodientes.

Since we have to wait until next year, 2012, for the Pantone Balls, here's a fabulous alternative for Christmas ornaments designed to make designers drool. The CMYK Balls designed by Veinticuatrodientes are a set of four ornaments in the four process colors used for printing - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black - and labeled as such. Glossy plastic and 7cm in diameter, the ornaments are available as

The Cielo de Bonaire. Just A Little $70 Million Hilltop Villa in Mallorca For Sale.

This jaw-dropping luxury villa is for sale in Alcúdia, Mallorca, Baleares, Spain, listed at $69,127,610 USD (50.000.000 € EUR)With 8 bedrooms, 8 full baths, 2 partial baths, a guest house, tennis court and even a helipad, this 26,425 square foot (2,454.963 square meters) single family residential home in Spain is to die for. The Cielo de Bonaire, offered by Sotheby's, is a hillside villa is

Modern Concrete & Steel Ping Pong Table Doubles As Indoor/Outdoor Dining Table.

James De Wulf of DeWulf Concrete has created a modern new usable ping pong table that also makes for a beautiful indoor or outdoor dining table.Made to regulation size, the Ping Pong table dimensions are 9’ by 5’ by 30”; and can actually be used for Ping Pong, with acid etched lines that will last as long as the table and a smooth surface that provides a great “bounce”.The table is also ideal for

The Nest. A New Smart, Savvy, Sensing, Stylish Thermostat For The Home.

This modern looking, smart thermostat, the Nest, has been getting a lot of coverage on design blogs and in the news recently - and with good reason. In addition to being great looking, the technologically advanced thermostat saves energy, learns from your behavoir and is wi-fi connected so you can even program it from a downloadable mobile app when away from home.NEST PROGRAMS ITSELF AND SAVES

Pinning Away on Pinterest

I've been "pinning" away on Pinterest and have come across some beautiful ideas to execute during this fall season. Here are a few:Fall WreathSource: decorchick.com via Jessica on PinterestSpanish Chicken with Chorizo and PotatoesSource: pickyin.blogspot.com via Jessica on PinterestDecorSource: google.com via Jessica on PinterestPretty Fall OutfitSource: polyvore.com via Jessica on PinterestMini

2012 Typographic Wall Calendar made with 2,012 Computer Keys by Harald Geisler.

The "2012 Typographic Wall Calendar" is a project to produce a large (70cm x 100cm / 27.56in x 39.37in) printed wall calendar for the year 2012. The calendar is made of two-thousand and twelve used keyboard keys. The keys are arranged manually by German typographer Harald Geisler to write out all days of the year 2012.This is a real, usable calendar. The Typographic Calendar makes finding dates a

KAWS and Hennessy Release A Second Cognac Bottle Design Exclusively for Colette.

Hennessy, the cognac house founded in 1765 collaborated with artist Kaws for limited edition "collector" bottle (shown below) which you might have seen on such culture blogs as Hypebeast and Nitrolicious.Now, a "special" version made specifically for Colette, published in 213 copies exclusively for 213 rue Saint-Honoré.The Special Kaws X Hennessy bottle for Colette (shown below) will be available

iPlates by Todd Borka. Software Editing Interfaces With Food in Four Fun Plates.

French illustrator Todd Borka invites you to play with your food.. or more specifically, edit your food, with his iPlates. Utilizing the interface from popular editing software like Photoshop, Todd has decorated four different china plates with recognizable tools and key commands.iPlate "Import Food":detail:iPlate "Edit Food":iPlate "Image Size":iPlate "Ctrl Z":Not unlike kickstarter, Todd's

Next Year's Halloween Costume for Ilah Already Purchased!

While we were at the mall over the weekend, I stopped in to Pottery Barn Kids to browse...but ended up leaving with a little something ; )Ilah's Halloween Costume for next year was purchased! When I saw this adorable cupcake costume hanging on the rack I just couldn't pass it up! Look at how cute it is!!!.....What makes this Momma love it even more is that it was regularly $59.99....and I got it

The LEAP (Living Ecological Alpine Pod), a Prefab Modular Hut for High Altitudes & Mountain Living.

A new modern bivuoac for mountain living. Designed in Italy by Luca Gentilcore and Stefano Testa, the Alpine huts are modular, highly sustainable and complete with a comfortable interior. The LEAP (an acronym for Living Ecological Alpine Pod) is a technologically sophisticated shelter, prefabricated and assembled offsite, that does not alter the environment in which it is placed.This type of

Ilah's First Trip to Build-A-Bear

Over the weekend we took Ilah to Build-A-Bear for the first time!! She about leaped out of her stroller when we passed the "workshop" window. So naturally when she got inside, she was amazed!Once inside, we went to the wall where you choose your bear - or your monkey, dog, koala, sheep, etc. - Build-A-Bear doesn't discriminate ; ) Ilah reached in and grabbed her choice....Here she is hugging the

A Prescription For Art. 'Meds' by Psychotherapist and Sculptor Jon Harvey.

above: Big Pharma Meds, 2010 by Jon HarveyMaking a commentary on politics, government, crime, society, the internet, business and cultural stereotypes, artist Jon Harvey has encapsulated -- literally -- icons and elements in oversized clear pill capsules for multiple series of sculptures.His "Meds" are constructed with clay, hard vinyl, wood, leather, steel, liquid, found objects, acrylic paint,

Superhero Sneaks! Converse Introduces DC Comics Kicks; Batman, Flash & Superman.

Converse has teamed up with DC Comics for a collection of special hi and low Chuck Taylors for Men. The collection consists of 6 different pairs of kicks; three Batman, one Flash and one Superman.Take a look:Prices range from $55 to $60 USD.Buy them hereConverse- Free Shipping on orders of $75 or more or $4.95 flat rate shipping

Funky Find Of The Week: The iGrow Hair Rejuvenation System.

This hands-free hair rejuvenation system for both men and women, the iGrow by Apira Science, is so hilarious looking it's hard to believe it's a real product. But for $695, it had better be. Developed by industry professionals, the funny looking helmet provides you with the ability to listen to music while employing low level lasers along with high output LEDs to promote thicker and fuller

How About A Green House For Your Dog or Cat? Modern Indoor Kennels / Planters.

The Kokon Kennel and the K-Bannette Kennel are indoor homes for small pets that are modern, ecologically friendly and double as decorative planters for flowers and greens. Created by Sebastian Haquet and Thomas Lanthier of Pousse Creative, the small pet homes can function as stylish modern hideways for dogs and cats or as litter boxes hidden from view. They come with flower pots or planters in

A Year In Caps. 2012 Typographic Calendar printed on Sustainably-Harvested Birch Wood.

Heather Lins, whose unique pillows and homewares I have previously featured, has designed a calendar for 2012 which celebrates typography.Each month is printed on sustainably-harvested wood veneers and makes a great gift for any graphic designer or typophile.• Twelve 5" × 7" birch veneer cards• Tied with a pretty ribbon.• Gift tag and reusable gift bag included.• Digitally printed.• U.S.

Updated: A Full-sized Hot Wheels Camaro From Chevrolet Is Unveiled at the 2011 SEMA Show.

It's Mean. It's Green. And it's modeled on one of the original die-cast Hot Wheels from 1968. The Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Concept Car, unveiled at the 2011 SEMA show re-creates one of the original Mattel toy car designs from 1968.above: the original Custom Camaros from Hot Wheels and below: A reissue of the 1968 Classic Custom Camaro Hot Wheels toy.Inspired by the “Custom Camaro” – the

iPhone Photo Cube Printer. No Software, No Computer, just pop in your iPhone and Print.

Despite the fact that most of us are digital photo people and share many images via cyberspace, they do still make picture frames (remember those?) and people still like to place an actual photo upon their mantel or shelf. For those folks, the iPhone Photo Cube Printer by Vupoint is the perfect gift for this holiday season.The iPhone Photo Cube Printer.This is the first printer that produces

Homemade Fried Wontons {w/Recipe!}

Last night we didn't feel like anything too heavy for dinner. I made Teriyaki Chicken with Brown Rice for lunch and I ate a little late, as did Dele, so I went a somewhat simple route for dinner and made homemade fried wontons.It was my husband's first time ever having them. He's not a fan of them at Chinese restaurants, but these style of wontons are WAY more delicious. Once he tried one...he

A Different Way To Set Diamonds. And Your Dinner Table. Diamonds In Glass.

Way back in February of 2008, I blogged about DIG, Diamonds in Glass, an Austrian company that came up with a way to suspend genuine cut diamonds in borosilicate glass.The high quality faceted diamonds appeared in stemware, napkin rings, keychains and jewelry items for both men and women. Since 2008, things have changed at DIG. The shapes and silhouettes of their stemware are different and

Dot to Dot to Divine. Incredible Portraits by Thomas Pravitte.

Melbourne, Australia based illustrator, graphic designer, artist and typographer Thomas Pravitte dabbles in many unusual forms of art. One of his most impressive and unique projects is that of labor-intensive line drawings connected by thousands of dots.Take a look at his dot-to dot Mona Lisa, which consisted of 6,239 dots and took over 9 hours to complete.He sells limited edition prints of his

Franck Muller's "Sparkling Models" iPhone Jackets with Swarovski Crystals for $2,134 each.

above: two of the six Swarovski Crystal- embellished Frank Muller iPhone 4 cases costing $2,143 USD eachWhen Swiss watchmaker and jeweler Franck Muller created an exclusive case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s as part of their 20th anniversary celebration in early 2011, blogs like TechCrunch and Trendhunter reported on the very expensive ($1,340.) limited edition titanium iPhone cases inspired

Ilah's Fun-Filled Halloween

We originally planned to go to our church's Trunk-or-Treat night last Friday night but unfortunately it rained and even though they didn't cancel it, we passed on going. I was bummed for Ilah {who didn't even know we planned on taking her there}; I really wanted her to have a fun-filled night, being out and about with other little kiddos. But I was determined to find an alternative...so I was on

Twenty Limited Edition Snow Globes by Ligorano/Reese Celebrate the History of Art.

Designer and limited edition snow globes certainly have their appeal to the art world in addition to collectors of the shakeable snow-laden water-filled round glass objects.I've previously featured the limited edition snow globes and c-prints by artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz, the 14 Architect-designed snow globes for the Dansk Architectural center and a series of Seven Deadly Sin Snow