clean

sometimes, i like it clean.

i like the idea of introducing those

beautiful antique or ethnic (or whatever) pieces

into this really clean, modern space.

i also like the idea of having your

bathroom in the bedroom.

i better get off of my laurels now

and get celaning.

pics from nuevo estilo.

two things

two very different but equally intriguing small tables.

1 _ folded felt table. li-rong liao, via home decorating interior.

2 _ some semiprecious stone top plus antique brass base table.

matthew studios new york, via nelya's head over heels.

(been working rather hard in the office

in the last few days... even on saturday.

i'm totally not used to it! eeek.)

i like the idea

pet piggie... will readily double as a chair...

or is it  but a piece of artwork?

i've long been toying with the idea

of making this dog for myself.

so cute. can be used as a pillow, too. 

 another delectable space with

a nice pet elephant.

i really like the idea of having a pet

waiting for you in your home.

but for me it should be one that

doesn't need feeding. :P

1, 3 _ via open house.

2 _ snapped by me from marie claire idées, issue may 2010,

i like the idea

i like the idea of these scatter pillows,

printed with very cool photos by

clinton friedman.

(available at weylandts, south africa.)

(different but really nice ones are also available

here in europe, too... e.g. at hviit, norway.)

digital printing technology makes it so easy

these days to make your own

cool pillows with your own cool photos...

just imagine the possibilities!

found this on kelly's

very nice (!) blog, oh my heart.

i'd give you the moon

i really like the idea of these.

1 _ the 'full moon odyssey' floor mattress

2 _ the 'nocturne by moonlight' glow-in-the-dark cushion

designed by lily suh of i3lab.

see more here at designboom.

found at black & eiffel.

click images for a closer look.

a little tile show from sicily

casa talía is a b&b in modica, sicily,

created and run by milanese architects couple

viviana haddad and marco giunta,

and it's all about slow living.

i love all those tiles!

all pics scanned by me from

elle decor italia july-august 2011.

photos by andrea ferrari.

i also found some more pics

and an interview here on dezeen.

click pics for a closer look.

(side note: yes, i'm doing my daily drawing challenges.

i quite liked it yesterday, but the previous three days

they felt more of a drudgery.

i feel totally untalented, of course,

 but i'm going to get thru this, i know.

i also decided to break out

betty edwards'

drawing on the right side of the brain,

that is really a love-and-hate book for me.

it's smart. very smart.

but if you take a look at the cover, you instantly know that

it has nothing whatsoever to do with art.

you know, to be a great artist, you don't

necessarily have to be able to be a good draftsman...

take cézanne or van gogh.

on the other hand, it has everything to do with

seeing... that kind of seeing that is my goal

in this 30-day challenge, so i feel

that i might benefit from reading it and maybe

doing some of her excercises...

of course i never did those excercises before...

i'm lazy, you know...) 

oldies _ yellow touch

house and universe

nice colors.

i like this kind of still lives.

especially if the objects are ones

i'd love to touch.

the surface of these bowls

reminds me of the breads of my childhood.

nice leaf bowl.

nice box.

i like petals.

lights play.

just nice everything.

i have long been thinking about covering my books...

hehe... like in school, we used to do that...

well, we had to do that.

i like thinking and dreaming about various things.

styling by house and universe