Flannel and Plaid.

Flannel. flan·nel. a warm fabric of various degrees of weight and fineness, usually made from loosely spun yarn.

Plaid. plad. is a Scottish word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woolen cloth. a cross-hatched dyeing pattern. The wearing of it by males was forbidden by parliament, under penalty of transportation from 1746-82.




The Bonfire Shirt by ELIZABETH & JAMES

Irene Suchocki.

www.irenesuchocki.com
find her on etsy and flickr

Rainy Day Boots.

The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rainboot.

from TRETORN:

1. Ballena Lace-up Rubber Boot
2. Ballena Zip Rubber Boot

(more colors available)

Fingerprint Trees.

i love this graphic by vermont woods studios.

handcrafted solid wood sustainable furniture.

Amazing.

NO EYES

by Pocket Paul.

I Like Them Just The Way They Are.

Pinchers
(recycled wood and metal)

Caravans of Curiosities.

free people's blog.

don't like the clothes. like the design.

My Blog = My Wish List.

from matte art:




books:

from onegoodbumblebee:



from luxedeluxe:

Chest of Drawers.

DECADES. from wis Design.

"Chest of drawers made out of discarded drawers, found and rescued at flea markets. A mix of different styles from earlier decades, with woods and knobs of various kinds, in a single piece of furniture. The old drawers are enhanced by the new frame in white lacquered MDF."

No Distractions From Sleep. Like your favorite t-shirt washed a million times.

(quatrefoil quilt and due vintage cotton sheets.)

Matteo was founded by Matthew Lenoci in 1996 to create "simple sheets from the most luxurious textiles in the world". Every piece is woven in Italy from natural fibers, including cotton, flax, alpaca, and cashmere. Another drool-worthy summer find from abc carpet and home in nyc. Expensive? absolutely. I searched on ebay with no luck, but I finally found design public carries their DUE line which is not only cheaper than their original MATTEO collection, but they list it at an even more agreeable price than on Matteo's website. And if you're lucky enough to catch design public when they are having an outlet sale (their latest just ended in october), you will find prices anywhere from 50-75% off.

There is a vintage "loved and lived in" look and feel to the bedding that i love. No burlap potato sack-stiff linen, these have a luxury that linen has only after being washed 100 times... nearly falling apart like your favorite t-shirt. Same goes with the vintage cotton, which is 100% cotton but with unique stitching that gives it a linen texture. it's all very simple. with amazing eco-friendly materials and the look and feel like you discovered them in some medieval hill town in Italy that no one else knows about. most important: it's machine washable. who in their right mind would purchase dry clean only bedding? I never understood it.

Perhaps my favorite. Keith Carter.

KEITH CARTER says he photographs "the ragged edges of the human psyche"...those small askew moments of the ordinary. His selective focus and mysterious rendering of form creates timeless and EXTRAordinary images. I LOVE them.










How can you choose just one?

My Vocabulary.

Rendering.
an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part. a translation. a representation executed in and from a perspective. to arrange. to express in another language or form; translate. to cause to become. to reduce, convert, or melt down. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious. inspect. distill.

distill.
to extract the essential elements of; refine; abstract. exude. separate to concentrate fundamental form. dissect.

dissect.
to examine the structure and relation of parts. to examine minutely part by part; analyze. break down into components or essential features. anatomize. segment. intersect.

intersect.
to cut or divide by passing through or across. geometry. lines. wires. overlap. traverse. interrupt. a choice. ruptured landscape. broken. pass through. branch off. perambulate. traverse in order to examine or inspect.

4 Photographers.

SCOTT IRVINE.

(mine metal art, brooklyn, ny.)

SUZANNE CLEMENTS:



(suzanne's blog)



TDBERG.



(flickr)



ALICIA BOCK.



(alicia's blog and etsy)


atmospheric, nostalgic, and brilliant palettes. if i could i would quilt my wall with these images.