Flipping through Grace Bonney’s newly-released Design*Sponge at Home book tonight mining for inspiration. Everyone keeps asking about the progress we’ve made on decorating the apartment and I keep having to embarrassingly repeat that there is nothing new to report. I don’t know what my deal is… but between this summer’s job hunt and now our commitment to fall weekend trips, I have zero motivation to paint, upholster, or construct a damn thing. The disorganization and provisional methods are really beginning to take a toll on my mood at home though, so it’s probably time to start tackling a few projects.
Who IS that giant dork at Grace Bonney's book signing?
We are in need of new media storage, badly, immediately… like, yesterday. I’m digging this “faux-denza” made by The Brick House out of Ikea cabinetry. Ideally, I’d love to find a rosewood or teak mid-century modern credenza for under $200. But, ideally, I’d also like to own a yacht and look like Heidi Klum. Ain’t gonna happen. This seems like a decent substitute and the cabinets would provide us with some much-needed storage and hopefully not dominate the room since it floats.
While I’m flagging a bunch of pages in D*S at Home, there are quite a few house tours included that are really not my style. *I just had an epiphany.* Wouldn’t it be great to compile your own curated design-inspiration in bound-book form?! Yes, yes – it would make more sense to just tear out the sheets I want from decor books and use a binder… but I find demolishing books sacrilege, and it just wouldn’t be as pretty (duh). I’m basically talking about taking all my Pinterest boards and uploading them to somewhere like Blurb. Digital just can’t compete with bound books. Sigh, only I’m sure the photo quality from the web shots will be pretty poor when translated into print… wish I could get my hands on all the original hi-res, cmyk source photos. Might still be worth the shot.
Well, wait… maybe it would work better than I thought! Here is a link to turn your blog into a book! Hmmm, but again, what photos are they using? This may require further investigation…
Rambling: I generally get all these great ideas for posts during the day and then after the commute and nightly routine I have no energy left to write, edit, image-process, etc. Going to try being more fluid like this and not over-thinking posts… see what forms as I begin to type. Apologizes in advance for annoying-as-hell typos, but my boyfriend is ordering me to start going to bed at “real people time” and proof-reading is boring...
