Fail blog: a witty decorator just launched a blog dedicated to Design Failures. See if you agree!

Cake not a wreck: an amazing Red Sox birthday cake at Dozen Flours.

Plastic is beautiful: look at plastic bags in a whole new light at Curbly.

People who live in black houses, and they look great, at Door Sixteen.

Sit down and read: modular seating with a very cool lamp attached, at Contemporist.

Impressive: a visit to Hammerpress at Mrs. Blandings.

Things that go bump in the day: remedies for birds bumping into windows at Apartment Therapy.

Let’s dance: 224 food songs — and you can listen to all of them! — at publiccollectors.org, via Trendscaping’s Twitter.