oh, how i long to be smeg-worthy. i mean, i think i’m deserving of a smeg refrigerator, but perhaps my pocketbook is not up to its hefty challenge. a smeg is worth saving for though, as anna at door sixteen recently reminded me. a smeg is ‘the’ refrigerator and i mean to own one of these babies one day. but perhaps unlike some, i do not long for the ice-cream... 
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i just love this geometric gullfuglen bedding from funkelshop. the folks at funkelshop tell us that the Gullfuglen collection tells the tale of an important time in Norwegian industrial history, when Hydro began producing artificial fertilizer, and the factory worker became the industry’s ‘Golden Bird’. i’m not certain what that means exactly, but i do... 
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i have yet to visit stockholm, sweden but i can assure you, it’s very high on my list of must go there’s. the city seems to be a hotbed of creativity and really, really good design. i think what i admire most is that the swedish aesthetic is never flashy, most often than not quite practical and modern, but all the while so cozy and so naturally beautiful. their... 
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isabel amyo. lately, i keep discovering the most stylishly unique and affordable fashion designers on etsy. maybe it shouldn’t surprise me, but it reminds me that there are a ton of talented designers out there, without a big brand label behind them, that could perhaps use our support. this tuesday’s girl, i’m excited to share some interesting etsy fashion... 
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fog linen work. i love the look of chalk writing on an old blackboard. smudged, erased — a soft history of something once said, or at least written. black and white. old and the new, right there all overlapping each other. so today, i spy chalkboard black and the chalkiest white. i spy the simple elegance of black & white. placenamehere. silvia song, via halcyon... 
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