Now here's some serious form + function perfection. This rocking chair is sure to nix any granny-style images that your brain conjures up upon hearing that old-school furniture term. This creation right here is old-school meets new school of design... and it rocks! Sway Rocking Chair, by Markus Krauss
*You can get your hands on one here.
I was recently directed toward an old New York Magazine feature called Room to Work. The captured office spaces of famous working folks sparked my interest. It's so imperative to what we do; the space we produce from. I think it is so important to have some space to call your own. Someplace that you can keep it all together - a more 3D version of a daily planner. A personal home office can truly be created from any void space (think: wall, corner, closet, cabinet!). I thought I'd share the joy in my little desk; it went from empty niche to energetic nook in a matter of minutes (with a husband + a hammer). We had an (almost non-existant) niche in the space between the bedrooms in our apartment. A wicker laundry hamper occupied this spot for almost a year, until I finally decided to it was time to upgrade from the dining room table; I needed some serious space of my own, and it would just have to fit in that little walled-up corner! I ordered the Sloan Leaning Desk from Crate and Barrel (the dimensions read a perfect fit), and once installed, the fit made it look like a custom built-in (it's all about the actual space, the circumference). I found the vintage Singer chair in my mother-in-laws garage up-for-grabs (it was her grandma's sewing chair!), and the industrial-style drawers in the alley up our block. I installed a hook from Anthropologie directly into the side of the wooden desk beam - I love having my bag and it's (otherwise missing) contents at hand, and slowly personalized with some (but not too many) desktop objects and colorful journals. I keep the family filing box underneath, and have one drawer dedicated to user guides and manuals, making this a teeny-tiny, one-stop, drop-box office.
Bottom line, you can create an "office" almost anywhere! I especially love working from this desk because of it's location directly outside and facing Freida's room; lending me the ability to give her the impression that I am watching her play. :)
(Credits: Pixie poster. Freida's birthday invites. Beautiful painting of the Rebbe.)
Also, here's a peek at some famous American desks:
JFK
Martha Stewart
Albert Einstein
Tina Fey
Marc Jacobs
Woody Allen
Your home is your own, and your bedroom may be personal, but there is something special to be said for having a little office-zone all your own. These images make me wonder... What about you? Do you think your workspace expresses who you are?
I'm currently obsessing over these free and flowy tunic designs from a new little shoppe called Two. I think these pieces are so freshly ethnic, and I'd love a few of these as summer loungewear.
Plus, they seem to be as versatile an investment as a good tee shirt (I'd love to belt a caftan and add a pair of strappy summer sandals, or slouchily tuck a baggy tunic into a skintight bondage skirt with sky-high heels)!
Also, their line of kids tee shirts feature the cutest graphics ever!!
As any of you avid FreidaFroo followers are bound to already know, Freida and her Uglydolls are inseparable. She's been dragging little Moxy around with her since she was 6 months old; holding her by the ear while sucking her thumb, and Uppy (who resides in the honorary spot in the corner of her crib) is never absent a tea party (while all the other "friends" seem to rotate). :)
Well, it appears the little uglies have made their way to a rather kitschy kitchen invasion via ceramics!
Luca & Company have become well-known in the baby industry via their FunPod (seriously? step-stool, anyone?) for which they have won numerous awards, but their fame has just grown throughout the design blogesphere due to their IVI Carpets; a play-mat - revamped. So revamped in fact, that it is likely unlike anything you have ever seen. It's what happened when dollhouse and Brio crossed the road...
And it's available today at a reduced rate ($112) via the Gilt Groupe.
