In Praise of Blankets

So, I didn't even realize this shit until I read this Remodelista post, but I'm officially over duvets. And this is all because I like blankets....A LOT.

I think duvets look messy and floppy. Also my dog gets em REALLY dirty. I mean, I guess if I had a full-time housekeeper who could launder and iron that shit like whoa it would be ok. Cause it's not that I *dislike* duvets...but I just think blankets look neater. And also less fussy, I guess. We happen to have an upholstered bed, so yeah: they also look really nice tucked in.

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[COOL OR NOT COOL] Baby, You've Got Me Over a Barrel

I often wonder how I can combine my love of typography and booze into a semi-classy decor idea, and BAM: here it is.

McKay, a Scottish flooring company takes old whiskey casks, disassembles them, and turns them into reclaimned flooring. 

I vote cool, but I'm probably an alcoholic, so I'm not sure that I count.  What do you think?

[Via Details Magazine]

[WHERE I BLAHG]: Badder Homes & Gardens

We'll pull back the curtain, and give you an insider's look into the lives of some of your favorite bloggers with 'Where I blahg.' This week: Krista Hogg, one of the fab bloggers from the srsly FUN-NAY Badder Homes & Gardens!

In case you haven't noticed, funny-assed, foul-mouthed design bloggers are not exactly a dime a dozen...so us btchz gotz to stick together! If you've never checked out Badder Homes & Gardens, you're totally missing out on some insane shit that you can't believe anyone would actually buy (a photo re-enactment of the battle of Iwo Jima with a meat flag), some cool shit that you'll totally wanna buy (like a scratch-n-sniff moon poster!), and choice design advice like this: "don't pay $547.80 for a pube catcher!" This site needs its own damn laugh track. Go there now.

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[REVIEW'D] New York Mag's Design Issue

As soon as the annual New York Magazine's Design Issue hits newsstands, you can basically hear the tornadoes of jealousy whirring up all over the city.  Because unless you have a job where you make mannny millions of dollars a year, you're basically guaranteed to live in a way shittier apartment  than any of those shown in the mag.

Featuring seven unaffordable apartments that are all like 1500-6000 square feet (my first apartment was 280 square feet so I'M NOT JEALOUS OR ANYTHING), this magazine that allegedly covers all five burroughs could apparently only find acceptable apartments in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Go fuck yourselves, other burroughs!

For some reason, they decided to give this year's issue a theme (families!) even though they almost completely ignore it.

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Online Design Mags: Some Thoughts

1. Holy shit I miss Domino Mag SO VERY HARD.

2. Here are some things that I enjoy more than the experience of reading an online mag:

• Getting a pap smear.
• Reaching my hand into Oliver's mouth after he's picked up a random, nasty-assed chicken bone on the street and I gotta retrieve it.
• Preparing my tax returns.
• watching the Nate Berkus show.

You get the picture. I'm sorry, but it's just true: the format of that shit does NOT translate online. Reading a magazine is FUN! Reading an online magazine is ANNOYING (though, I will say, I do not feel this way on the iPad. That shit is dope). That pdf flippy thing just sucks a dizzle. And if I'm on my little laptop at home its impossible to see anything. And that page-turny mechanism makes me suicidal. And that weird thing that goes down when you zoom in and the page shifts in the opposite direction makes me want to stomp on a baby's face. I just H-A-T-E the format.

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