[OH YES I DID] Shopping With Eddie Ross

True confessions: I've *still* never gotten over the fact that Eddie Ross didn't win season two of Top Design. I mean, I'm pretty sure he's fine with it, but I'm just not. Eddie was sooo meant to win--he was the most talented, creative, and if we're being really honest: totallyfuckingadorablicious one on that entire season. But, whatevs... as Jennifer Hudson has since handily proven: you don't necessarily need to be in it to win it.

I've continued to stalk follow Eddie over the years--I love catching up on his blog and I follow him on Twitter (duh). And yeah, he's done pretty well for himself: His country home was featured on Lonny, he designed a GAW-gous window display at Bloomingdales for Elle Decor, and he's shooting his own pilot this Spring!

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To All My Fellow Fallen Apartment Therapy Small, Cool Comrades: We Salute You!

So yeah, we had our brief moment under the spotlight, and I'm not gonna lie: I loved the shit out of it.

On a whim, I decided to enter our aparment in Apartment Therapy's Small, Cool contest. From the seconds in between when I hit that "submit" button until the moment our place got posted on their site, I was completely convinced that we'd never get picked. But then once we did, I would have bet you a million dollars that we would have won the whole damn thing.

And yeah...we so didn't.

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[9 BY DESIGN RECAP] Episode 3: Major Work Out

Holy shit I can't get enough of this show.

First of all, can we just talk about how hot Bob and Cortney Novogratz are? I mean, RIGHT?? I'm not even exactly sure what it is about them that's so hot, but these two just ooze sex and coolness. It's like you can't decide if you want to fuck them or be their best friends.

We're only three weeks in and this might be my favorite Bravo reality TV show of all (ok, not more favorite than Real Housewives, but no one fights or backstabs on this show, so its not really a fair fight).

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[THINGS IN HIS HOUSE THAT MAKE ME SAD] Low Beds

There are many things in his apartment that make Anna Goldfarb from Shmitten Kitten sad (sometimes glad, but mostly sad). She's promised to tell us all about them (yay!).

If I roll over and am eye-level with your shoes, it's a problem. I hate this low bed. It's useless! I am not a fan of kneeling down to go to sleep. I like a normal bed at least a few feet off the ground. That's just me. If you can't stash a plastic bin from the Container Store under your bed, it's too low!

I'm not sure if you have something against box springs or have a fear of heights or what, but this low bed is bumming me out.

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Cool or Not Cool: Pets on Furniture?

It's kind of fascinating when you start to uncover all the different rules people have for their pets:

* "Minnie is allowed on the den couch, but not on the Living Room couch. And she can go up on the kids' beds but not on my bed."

* "Smoky can rock out wherever he wants...EXCEPT for our bed. That's a no fly zone"

* "Luna isn't allowed on any of our furniture. Dogs used to sleep on the ground in the cold...he doesn't need to ruin my Chesterfield."

Whoa...Luna's mom is kind of a bitch.

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