Some fun finds this week in many a blog, notably this stairway with built-in storage at Swiss Miss! Amazing! Now if only you combined that with a secret room hidden behind a panel in the library, you’d really have something.
I’m also loving LuLu’s Vintage Blog this week — she did a post on retro aprons. How could I not love her? She rounds up the best vintage online (heavy on the clothes, I admit) and also sells vintage patterns for the sewing-capable among us.
Lauren Alane’s felted birds are just the cutest. (I can say “the cutest” on here, can’t I?) They’re not cheap, but when is anything worth having? I love their little stick legs. This felting thing is something I intend to try; more on that later (much). Update: You can buy on her Etsy site. (She promises new birds this week.)
I found Lauren Alane through Chris Glass, whose photos of his day-to-day life never fail to inspire me. Chris and friends recently started the online store Wire & Twine and got some press for their delightfully affordable Momergency Kit, a bag full of surprising life-savers — a balloon, a carabiner, a flashlight, and googly eyes among them. I can attest to the flashlight; my three-year-old nephew obsessively entertained himself by turning ours on and off for hours one weekend, to the point where I had to hide it when we went to bed. Great gift for a new mom, or to secure your status as Coolest Aunt or Uncle Ever.
Have a great weekend! - Mary T.
Seattle firecracker real estate agent Marlow Harris and her artist husband JoDavid take a look at the unusual ways people live around the world at their site Unusual Life. Marlow, in fact, specializes in helping locals find strange and unusual dream homes. The couple’s own house served as a church for many years and features their extensive collection of fine “outsider” art, and some not-so-fine but just as fun, like their entire room filled floor-to-ceiling with salvaged paint-by-numbers. - Mary T.
