So this is the sofa we bought from Urban Outfitters about a year ago-it’s a little squeaky, and not the most comfortable for extended sitting, but it’s been fine.  It looked better than the designs at Ikea, and was a comparable price.

However,  I just saw this one while hunting around on the U.O. site, which is almost an exact knock off of the vintage Danish Modern style ones that we really love- and it matches the style of the Danish Modern chair my husband picked up at a swapmeet for $20.  C’est la vie.  Someday maybe we’ll find an authentic one at another swapmeet for a song… haha probably not here in LA though!

Since my blog is mostly comprised of things I like, I thought I’d do a post about things I really don’t like!

Trends I can’t (and probably never will) get into:

• Towering high-heels and boots

• Leather shorts (this trend makes no sense at all..)

• Mukluks

• Half-shaved heads (you know who you are, *ahem Alice Dellal*)

• People wearing leotards and tights in public (with nothing else), when they are definitely not coming from a dance recital.

• People wearing tops as dresses (don’t think you’re pulling that look off) with no leggings or pants

• Drop-crotch/Harem pants (aka Hammer Pants)

• Metallic leggings

• Beige lipstick

• Crotch-high boots: they DO NOT replace pants.

I am loving this commercial shot by Jeunet for Chanel, with the ever adorable Audrey Tatou (soon to play Chanel in a biopic).  Il est tr?s romantique, n’est-ce pas?

Erin is someone I discovered while searching through Etsy.  She is working on an MFA in fibers at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.  Her shop contains beautifully woven scarves and this dress which I adore.

I was then led to her site which contains the most beautiful and rather heartbreaking woven tapestries, frequently dealing with car accidents, trauma and death.  I’m so glad to have stumbled across her work.

These are not my size, but I think they’re so amazing.  I would totally try to win them if they were!  Liz Claiborne used to make some rad stuff.  One more day left…

I added Brandi to my Etsy favourites sometime last month, then completely forgot that I wanted to revisit her shop and do a little post about her (this happens to me fairly often). Oops.  So here it is… I love her work.

Such beauty and intricacy.

(via here)

Love this photo.  Apparently she is the author of this book.  I love the Library of Congress Flickr stream.  Some real gems in there.