FORMER: Portland-New York love on PONYtales (currently abandoned)
I want to live here:
It’s a London couple’s apartment that was featured in the New York Times (with a title like Design on a Shoestring: High, Low, Eccentric, I couldn’t resist the click). And I’ve scrolled through the slideshow probably half a dozen times by now. Ideas to take home to the studio I can’t figure out what to do with:
- Dark walls. Gray, brown, burgundy - all colors I’ve wanted to paint my walls over the years. “Dark paint really cozies up a space, making rooms look far more luxurious and sophisticated than they really are.” I couldn’t agree more. Like living in a big, sexy hug.
- Shelves. They create little tableaus here and there, scenes that divide up the rooms and create interest.
- Stacks of magazines, books, records - it’s art to me!
- Walls lined with art. Makes your home feel like your own personal gallery.
- Bookshelf wallpaper! Brilliant. I haven’t lived long enough to collect enough books for my own library, but I can pretend.
- Mixing styles. Stark modern with curvacuous vintage. The best of both worlds actually complement each other, believe it or not.
I’m a Girl Who Talks About Poo
I’m a girl who will shamelessly announce the need to visit the bathroom with some reading material. I’m a girl who has “What’s Your Poo Telling You?” by the toilet. I’m a girl who considered starting a blog called 365 Days of Poo, a photo documentation of my, well…you get it.
I am not obsessed with poo. I don’t have a freaky scatalogical fetish. I just think it’s funny. And since we know everyone does it, let’s just make some fun of it!
Naturally, I laughed my ass off when I discovered a book from the Sprinkle Brigade, a team of merry pranksters who create mini-scenes around disgarded dog poo. Not sure I’d have the stomach for it, but thankfully the photos aren’t scratch ‘n sniff.
