there’s a local newscaster in san francisco who likes to say, “if you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own”. well, i don’t like the weather around here right now, so i’m gonna make myself my very own swim club. i’m going to embrace the deep blue pools of water i wish i were lounging about, and share some summer color... 
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Stephanie from N.E.E.T. here! Now the mornings are sunnier, treat yourself to homewares in soft blues and golden yellows and enjoy the best meal of the day…here’s today’s N.E.E.T. Finds for Your Nest. Clockwise from top left: Cloud Breadboard €19.90 snug-online; Crochet Hemp Table Mats £14.50 toast; Alphabet Coasters $24 art lauren; Bread Box $27.50 feather... 
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i just love these very clever typographical maps from tüt. these prints are hand-screened on recycled paper in the United Kingdom, in two very handsome colors – a slate blue, and a pale eggshell blue. makes geography oh so much more fun! choose from the us of a, and the british isles!  
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*cinnamon, vintage green and reflect /refract. i am still under the weather – it just keeps shifting illness gears – what’s up with that? anyhow…today, i spy a little tea & sympathy. something to soothe my achy head and bring some calming comfort. be back tomorrow (i’d better be better!) with more get and up and go. vtwonen. honey &... 
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i saw this amazing image above of an art installation at the milan led light festival, via design boom, and it reminded me how much i love black and blue. that really dark, midnight blue, or soft shades of deep aqua, combined with black, and some natural wood furnishings can be really striking and dramatic, but kind of soothing, too. even a bit nautical looking – like... 
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