I heart robots

So I went into CB2 to get this.



It's a shower curtain with pastoral scenes of robots. Totally up my alley.

Anyway, CB2: it's such a dumb name (sorry Crate&Barrel - but your regular name is dumb too) and that stopped me from being interested in it before. But there were some things that appealed.



But my favorite was in the theme of "things that look like things that are those things but not really":



I am just the right age for this. I remember how fun it was pulling tape out of cassettes, and how delightfully wrong it felt. Now it's right!


POSTSCRIPT:

I think CB2 spelled Verity Freebern's name wrong...

One hand in my Poketo

I had a bag from Poketo that I loved. (Still love. Unfortunately a toddler dragging it down the sidewalk didn't really make it any better.)

But I digress from my main point, which is that Poketo has fun stuff.

Goodies from the new IKEA catalog

I really like IKEA. I mean, yeah, it's not heirloom quality but there have been many, many times in my life when "saving up for an investment piece" was really not advice I could take.

And I like the design. Not everything (hate their florals) but many things. I like IKEA green! I like that the children's toys are cheap and conform to EU standards for chemicals.














I also secretly wish an IKEA room planning person would come to my house and show me how to fit a family of sixteen into my living room.

What's on telly dear?

Saw this decal in one of those flash sales - by RoomMates. I like the idea of putting it right over a table.

Not the Dewey decimal system

Now, there's no way in the world I'll be able to afford this, but it's not just about possible, right? We've got to celebrate the covetable.




This is by Finnish-Ugandan designer Lincoln Kayiwa. I adore the way it makes a mish-mash seem purposeful. I mean, this is sort of what my bookshelf looks like anyway, only boringly flat.

Also...baby.

So there's a lot of nice stuff out there. But sometimes I see something that just makes me go ding! And it's often not the cutest thing or the design-y-est thing or the most on-trend-y-est thing out there.

It's just something that I, Maya, love.

Like this.



Even though it's from Urban Outfitters and I have nowhere to put it, I am vastly tempted.

For those of us who can't afford a chair...

Fab-tastical new posters from Blue Ant.

Love, love, love.

Round bracket

So yes, IKEA is IKEA...but for 10.99 where do you find shelf brackets this nice?

5-7-5

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i like these shakers



fred

Hose off

Another cool thang by Ray Fenwick, available at Faucet Face.

This is Radiolab

I am a huge Radiolab fan. I also like great neato prints.

So I am very bummed that I missed out on this sale. (And, Jez Burrows, a whole new set coming next year doesn't really make up for not getting these!)



And if you haven't heard Radiolab yet, get over to there now and download the podcast for Choice. Or Placebo. Or Memory. Or any of them!

Window dressing

I got this catalogue in the mail. CB2. I've seen the stores around, but never looked into one.

The catalogue, though, entrances me, and this is why - I've become fascinated with the pretend reading matter scattered through the scenes. I don't even know what it's supposed to reflect - is it an aspirational lifestyle to read the New Yorker, the NYT and Twilight? The bathroom has National Geographic (currently laying people off, apparently). There are also the inescapable Large Design Books and, of course, everyone uses a Mac.

There is some ok stuff in the catalogue but it's very IKEA and I'd rather just go straight to the funfair land of slides and macaroni and cheese (most people think of meatballs, but a family member is addicted to the mac).



Added: Those reviews are totally fake! CB2, in my book you are busted. There is no way a pitcher can have that many good reviews because real people are picky and grumpy. Also, take note, real people don't spell well and use poor grammar. Especially in reviews.

And back up, too

Holy moly, more awesome posters by awesome Amy Martin! At 826 in LA, of course. (I always feel funny writing that, because it's not the address of the LA place, only the SF place...whatever, I'm just trying to edit reality.)

Anyway!

This one is my favorite but they're all awesome. We own three from series one and might need this one, too.



Check out Amy's site - the Tiny Vaudeville posters are great.

Whoo

I know, I know, owls as a "thing" are a few years out of date. But I still like this. Plus, it's a piggy (owly) bank. Ah, function!

I took a crappy picture of itthe other day with my blackberry, but I might post it anyway just because you can see how big it is. But for now, this:

Inch by inch

I like the little photos on the Etsy site of feaverish. Some of these would be great for art in a kid's room.

Update

That thing about cups? I meant these.



(Kitt's keeping me honest.)

Mushrooms and elephants

So also I was pretty psyched by this new series at IKEA in the kitchen department. It reminds me of my 1970s childhood. Even the colors call it back.

These are place mats. Pretty small.




This is a tray.



There were also glasses, smallish ones, but there's no picture online.

Pancakes, oh pancakes

I think I just found the next present for my hard-to-present-with-presents friend Joe. (Hi, Joe.)



I'm not saying I'd want a whole houseful of Mosser glass, but I do love restaurant ware in the home (hello, Kamei on Clement Street).

You can actually buy this lamp.

I'd buy this in a second (in the imaginary monopoly money world). It would be like having your own Claes Oldenburg sculpture in the house. The photo is pretty hilarious, too.



(I have to add -- Anglepoise needs to polish their web copy a little. They're not doing themselves any favors.)

AM/FM

OK, so nothing beats a Tivoli, as we know.

But I do like the way this looks, although I suspect it's (like those Target ones) pretty cheap in construction.



This one totally looks like a Tivoli knockoff -- but, you know, I'd prefer people found inspiration in awesome-looking stuff rather than making more of those radios with the funny lights.