Lately I’ve been flooded with fond childhood memories of slurping up bowls of spaghetti and meatballs while watching Little House on the Prairie or One Day at Time. Served up on folding, painted tray tables, that familiar sound of the tin top snapping into place reminds me of a time it was still acceptable for kids to eat dinner in front of the TV. These days I’ve been coveting some grown-up versions and recently acquired a set of four vintage ones on brass bamboo legs with painted doves. Some standouts I’d love to get my hands on:
Hermes
Vintage Tray Table Top
Ralph Lauren
Vintage Tray Table
Antique Regency Chinoiserie Tray Table
Custom Chanel Tray Table
Love these antique shoe lasts with the cobbler’s handwritten measurements over them… not sure for what… Maybe a towering stack in a massive glass vessel or something…
Loving:
1. Heavy brass paperweights
2. Old worn tennis raquets
3. Little gilt-edged plates
4. Wicker drinkware
5. Old manual clock radios
6. Limited issue bourbon bottles
7. Antique schoolhouse chairs
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I hate electronic equipment. Or rather, the way it looks with all that black and silver and those rubbery cords everywhere. So I’m dying over this ceramic FM kitchen radio by Israel-based design team studio-lama. Love how it’s all weird and awkward looking, and that sound actually comes out of it…
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James Lileks chronicles the hideous homes my generation grew up in with Interior Desecrations. I hate dating myself, but this may explain certain psychological issues children of the seventies are prone to. You just can’t have an accurate grip on reality when you’re surrounded by stuff like this. Lileks’ commentary that accompanies each shot is absolutely hilarious…
Note how the drapes coyly admit a view of the outside world, which is substantially less yellow than your room. You might be able to go outside some day and see this strange non-yellow world for yourself.
I actually dig the kitchen.
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(Feeling quite green today.)
What a perfect idea! I love home stuff made with old burlap cargo bags, but these pillows made of recycled rice sacks should be way more comfy. Each one is an original and is faced with sacking on one side and soft cotton on the other. So so so cute. Twenty bucks a piece at Urban Outfitters!
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I can’t decide whether I love or hate these Japanese dome homes. Apparently they are quite eco-friendly, natural disaster-resistant, and egalitarian. I kind of like the sauna and watering hole executions…
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I love these beautiful melancholy paintings by Holly Farrell. The Canadian-based artist’s images are less still-life and more intimate portrait minus people. The vacuum cleaner in particular seems to have something to say. It’s kind of like she sneaks up on objects and catches them unprepared. The soaps are great too.
I keep a little of file of great rooms I’d like to sit around in for a while. Here are a few.
Christmas always makes me think of needlepoint. For the dexterously challenged among us, this is a simple alternative to knitting that can yield equally homey (and chic-who knew?) results. Some great pieces here… (above: Frank Lloyd Wright Hand-painted Needlepoint Canvas) Other great pieces below…
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