Sweet jiminy… my student work did not look like this! But then again, I didn’t attend Beckmans College of Design in Sweden. Maybe if I had, I would be sitting in my cozy/crazy knit chair {Anni Arnefjord}, a stylish donkey head mounted on my wall {Hanna Billqvist}, while I read by the light of either my very sweet tent table lamp {Fredrik Andersson}, or my insanely cool pendant slide lamp {Joel Sandelius}. Alas, Beckmans was not my alma mater, so the only Swedish design that I own is from a little shop down the street. It’s called IKEA… have you heard of it?

{Thanks to Design for Mankind for featuring Anni Arnefjord’s chair… which led me straight to Beckmans’ site, and all of this other amazing work! Thanks Erin!}

Sigh. Oh my word. I love these intricate, amazingly beautiful wooden textiles… wait… what?! Yep, that’s right, wooden textiles. German artist/designer Elisa Strozyk has figured out a way to make wooden fabric, and I could not be more jealous. So smart, and so stunningly beautiful. Um, Santa, if you’re reading this, I really, really want that lamp for Christmas. Thank you!

I’m in the middle of redecorating my office… literally {there is a drop cloth on the floor as we speak}. You’d think that would mean that I have a clear plan, but since I’m starting with a pretty clean slate, the possibilities are endless! Enter Lonny. The newest issue of this lovely online magazine just hit the virtual stands, and it’s full of great ideas. So, I started clicking, and clicking, and clicking, until I wound up on the “work spaces” and “book shelves” sections of their site. Perfect. I’m redecorating a work space, with book shelves ~ this will be great. Ooh, I love the first one with that Warhol print, and what appears to be a Rachel Denny trophy in the fireplace… oh, but that black wall in number five is gorgeous… and don’t even get me started on that chair in number four. You see? This is my problem. Too many amazing / inspiring things out there to confuse me! Help me Lonny. Help me. I can’t look at this drop cloth much longer.

{…well, I may be a little lost on my office plans, but at least I know what I’m doing in the basement! That’s right, spin the bottle and a whole bunch of wood paneling in the house that jealousy built over at sfgirlbybay today!}

For those of you who don’t know, I’m in the middle of decorating my very own imaginary dream house {filled with fabulous art} over on sfgirlbybay, in a series titled The House that Jealousy Built. Well, it turns out that Canadian writer & artist Douglas Coupland is doing exactly the same thing… oh, except for one tiny difference… he actually lives in his dream house {filled with fabulous art}! Giant detergent bottles, spools of coloured thread on the wall, and white Lego around the support beams. Hm… I wonder if he’s looking for a roommate? No? Oh, ok.

{via The New York Times}