Haiku Wednesday. On Saturday. Before Easter.

Mangled joy of Spring: The Texas Chainsaw Bunny [Go now! Run, kid, run!]   A Pink Floyd rabbit… if The Wall had a bunny. So terrifying.   Before he finds that baby’s head’s not chocolate-filled… this photo was snapped.   Black Easter deadlights hypnotize one and frighten the other white meat.   The look of [...]

Hints of Autumn

Autumn in my favorite. The weather has just started to hint at the end of summer and beginning of autumn, so I am swooning. I love everything about fall and wish it would last…this is my official welcoming:… … Three Pieces on the Smoke of Autumn by Carl Sandburg … SMOKE of autumn is on [...]

Haiku Wednesday: Dream Parlors

You southern charmer! Like Sooki’s home from TrueBlood. Multi-textured warmth. … My medieval lust flares hot at this chamber’s sight; a fortress-sized “want”. …… I dream of woodwork: of ornate oak filigree… and Persian rug fields. … A room with a Clue. I’d study you all day long, Nirvana of tomes. … Frosted angel cake – the Marie Antoinette [...]

A Piece of Wedding Cake Chandelier

I have obsessive tendencies over objects of grandeur. I think I was born in the wrong era. You’ve met my clawfoot tub fetish. Now meet my wedding cake chandelier fetish. I actually do know where my love of this object stems from (through careful self-analysis). My parents’ home has a wedding cake chandelier hanging in [...]

What You Don’t Know About My Kitchen Could Hurt You

When theoretical design concepts and practicality collide, it can be ugly. Our kitchen is a fine example of this. We bought our Chicago loft two years ago and the lady who lived here before was apparently into “novelty”…and pain. The cabinet pulls in our kitchen are knives, forks, and spoons and which one of our friends refers to [...]

The Art Of Clawed Feet

I have a thing for clawfooted furniture. It is oddly escapist for me. It is in my remodeling plans, but I lust over the idea of having a clawfoot tub — a single slipper bisque beauty for my bathroom that I can sink myself into with a good book. Like the one pictured here: I [...]

My Dryer is a “Hottie”

We got a new washer and dryer set recently.  The curves and sleek cherry red paint job and chrome detailing remind me of a classic car.  Instead of “start” buttons, both units have large “play” and “pause” buttons that light up when pushed. They look like remediations of later generations of portable CD players. And, for example, when the dryer is done, it alerts you [...]

Decorgasm? Yes, Please!

Some people you come across in life are effortlessly hip. Some people you know may communicate purposefully. And some could even belong to that rare tribe of industry professionals who are just …cool as hell. But I find that few people are all three.  However, Laura is. An Illinois senior interior designer by trade, Laura’s aptly titled [...]

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

Jan van Eyck’s painting, The Arnolfini Wedding, (c.1434, Oil on oak, panel of 3 vertical boards, 82.2 [panel 84.5] cm × 60 [panel 62.5] cm [32.4 in × 23.6 in], National Gallery, London)  is long believed to be a portrait of Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini and his wife Giovanna Cenami in a Flemish bedchamber. In [...]

My Winter Project: Pulling Art Into Life

Over the winter I decided to make my bedroom into a Witchery, a castle-like chamber full of textures. However, I didn’t want to “pay alot for this muffler” so I got creative through bargain-hunting and DIY skills. The ceilings in my room are pretty high as we live in a loft building that was once a paper factory [...]