Thou Shalt Not Covet a Closet

To end today’s en FUEGO barrage of posts (someone will be working all weekend) on a happy and superficial note, this closet is so pretty. As compared to the feeling one gets when gazing into the parade of neutrals otherwise known as my closet, I can’t imagine facing this color explosion every morning with anything other than sheer glee. This person must be independently wealthy. Or have the best job in the world.

Un Peu de Chaleur

Ahhhh, that's better. I'd swear I can almost feel the warmth of this Tord Boontje garland light through the screen. Almost.

Holy Steal!

I've admired DWR's cubitec shelving for ages, mostly drooling over it in shops and cafes and the like. They're euro casual, sturdy, and I just love the foggy appearance. Well, right now you can buy a set (6 cubes) in white or orange for 60% off with free shipping. Originally $250, now... (drumroll pls)... $100 all told! I reckon you best order speedy gonzalez style b/c these babies will fly right off their own shelves.

A Thing for Chairs

I've got one. My taste runs the gamut, though lately my thing seems to focus on mid-century and colorful contemporary designs. I thought of said obsession after resting eyes on this beaut by William Emmerson. Ever.so.lovely. Animalistic. Yet graceful. It sort of looks like a giraffe to me, with its long narrow top, hyperextended legs and gorgeous stable paws. Not that I could ever afford a two thousand dollar chair, but it's a good thing there's no room to walk in my place let alone place another chair. I'm resigned to window shopping and mental noting for when I win that lotto. Goooooooo TEAM!

c/o notcot

Takin' a Dive

"...'cause you can't halt the slide, floating downstream."

beautiful painting by insanellamagirl via VV.

A Thing For This Room

I've got one. Can you blame me? So simple. So cozy. So vaulted. So nooked. So paneled. So textured. So sky blue. So splashed with red. Oh, to have a little guest room like this in my nonexistent house. Is it weird that I can't stop looking and pretending I'm in it?

My only request: kindly remove those paper scraps out from under the bedside table. Pronto. You're messing with perfection, people.

Vintage Veneration III

Random but cool retro trees found on ffffound.

Juxtapose

Gorgeous pics from "Evolution," by Rune Guneriussen c/o ATEOTL.

Eponymous

AND speaking of East by West's recommendation #5 to juxtapose, here's a lovely renegade umbrella. In a swamp.

Sublime Walk

And speaking of 20x200 scores, I also got one of Beth Dow's photos from her "In the Garden" series many months ago. Since then I've seen the whole collection online, and I'm really taken by how gorgeous the photos are. I'm guilty of growing to love mine all the more now. There's a certain mystery to them. It's trays hard to pick a favorite, but I do love Lime Walk, above.

Lunar Clepto

I can't read a thing off the Russian site of origin (D?), but these are fantastic.

Update: D tells me the project is called "Private Moon and Visit to the Star" by Boris Bendikov and Leonid Tishkov. Veddy nice.

Holy Scarf!

Now this is what I'm talkin' about. Utilitarian runway fashion. Sure, you'd struggle to breathe, you couldn't see a damn thing (all the better to ignore the pointing and laughing), and your commute would be pure hell what with all the cramming into crowded spaces. But you would be toasty warm. Pass-out warm (with no fear of head injury!). Where can I get me one of these? Very subtle. And slimming too. Imagine how small this would make you look. Like Lily Tomlin in that big chair.

Happiness is a Pair of Stove-Warmed Boots

The superficial and fleeting variety. The kind that wanes after a blister forms or you accidentally wear them a few times during rainstorms and/or blizzards, and the ends turn an unfortunate water-stained shade of salty white.

But still worth it I daresay. They're adorable, have a perfect heel height, and aren't all that expensive compared to some of Anthropologie's wears.

A Thing For Ampersands

I've got one. I know they're pretty, but what I never knew was that an ampersand is a "ligature" of the letters e and t in "et," which is Latin for "and." The word itself (ampersand) is a combination of the phrase "and per se and," meaning "and [the symbol which] by itself [is] and." Whoa. Good thing they came up with the pretty squiggle. Otherwise, what's the bloody point?


Ampersand by House Industries and c/o Cheetah Fight.

Happiness is a Lacquerware Cupcake

Or nine of them in every available color from Rose and Radish. P.S. They're totally affordable.

My friend, Craig

I've been on the prowl for new kitchen chairs for awhile now. My furniture friend, Craig Slist, has almost single-handedly hooked me up over my years here in Chicago, but nothing I'd seen there recently was quite right, and all the new options I've been eyeing are too expensive to justify. Just when I'd decided to hold steady with my red IKEA hand-me-downs, lo and behold, I lucked out and scored these tulip-like chairs for practically free. They're not Saarinen and obviously have a propellor bottom instead of the tulip's classic circular bottom, but I really like them all the same. They were made by a Texas company called Burke around the same time as tulips, so they're not exactly a knock-off either.

Now I must figure out how to reupholster the seats, which are currently covered in an unfortunate black vinyl. I wonder if I'll need much more than a choice fabric and a staple gun, since the seats easily remove via bolts on the bottom? If anyone out there has any tips, I'd be most grateful!

Finale on the Photo Front

It's a photo kind of day. And this one just screams "Don't Look Back." As in, this was the chick smoking a ciggy in the background while Bob toiled away on his typewriter mumbling nonsense. Lurve the style.

Shoo, Joan Baez, shoo. Was she (and all her facial contortions) annoying in that or what?

photo c/o ffffound