In Search Of: Non-Revolting TV Stands

Sometimes dudes can be such stereotypes.

When my boyfriend and I moved into our new place last month, he insisted on buying the giant-ass TV of his dreams. He selected a 55-inch model, probably because he wanted to get something roughly my size in case I ever left him. Instant replacement!

Anyway, we didn’t own a piece of furniture large enough to support the television (it weighs SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS), and I couldn’t find anything I liked. So, right now, we have it rigged up in the crappiest way possible. I have this old storage cube from Pottery Barn I got in high school that is strong enough to support the TV’s weight, though not wide enough. So we found an abandoned plank of wood to set on top of the cube and added a folding table from Ikea to put the cable box on. It looks AWFUL...and crazy...and will certainly fall and kill me or my dogs at some point.

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Mad For Plaid?

Chic plaid, does it exist? After seeing this post on the Inside Source about plaid-y trends for fall, I decided to investigate.

I personally have a bit of a love/hate relationship with plaid. I feel like I mostly hate it, but also I think that's because it's often used in boring and expected ways (I'm talkin to you plaid shower curtain in a boy's bathroom with matching plaid hand towels and a bag of potpourri with a plaid ribbon). Oh and because people are using the cheap plaid shit instead of the chic plaid shit.

HOWEVER.

When someone does plaid right, I actually think it CANNN be super chic.

Here's what I'm talkin bout, Willis:

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[REVIEW'D] Designer Visions @The Setai

BREAKING: Real estate in NYC is ridiculously fucking expensive.

So, there's now this "thing" where new luxury apt bldgs team up with famous Interior Designers to zhush up model apartments and help potential buyers realize what is possible in their spaces. The WSJ wrote about this phenom last week (Designers Enlisted in Sales Wars). Basically this goes down becuz:

A. Buyers have no vision...EVER.

B. There's a prestige factor.

C. More people are likely going to come traipsing through the building and hopefully/maybe buy more apts.

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[LINKED] We Get Around

Here's some links to lots of cool shit all over the interwebs, cause, well...sometimes we're too friggin lazy to just write our own:

+ My blogging BFF @DecorDemon has a new killer DIY vid on @HGTV with instructions for how to make your own fab photo collage backsplash. A. LOVES IT! and B. Doesn't his hair look good? [HGTV]

+ Here are 5 Workspaces We Love From Famous Designers. My own isn't included, of course, cause I'm not at all famous and also my "workspace" is a couch. [Unplggd]

+ Things Organized Neatly? Not in my apt, but still...[Lemondrop]

+ Not really surprising, but apparently I really like painted ceilings. I realized this after clicking through this entire insanely annoying slide show gallery: Painted Ceiling Inspiration Gallery [Apartment Therapy]

+ Charles & Hudson needs a Fall intern to help out in their LA office...and Emily Henderson, former Design Star contestant and current HGTV Secrets From A Stylist host superstar also needs some interns for her show (and also in LA)  [Charles & Hudson and Style by Emily Henderson]

[AYFKMWTS] Mountain-Top Estates

So remember how I'm kind of obsessed with getting a weekend "country house" up in the Catskills?

Right, so this obsession manifests itself probably once a week or so, and when it does, it generally results in one to 9 hours (oopsie...I couldn't sleep that night) of online real estate research. During my latest real estate porn bender, somewhere between drooling over a cute little cottage in Phoenecia within walking distance of Sweet Sue's and a cabin in Woodstock that was only 45k but had no bathroom, I came across this place.

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