L-R: Nilsson Dinnerware, Julia Rothman's Neighborhood Bedspread, Set of 2 Bird Hooks, Bamboo Serving Bowls, Live Wire Timber Hooks, Bird Wallpaper Prototype by Natalie Wright
In lieu of New Years Resolutions (my only one insofar being to chuck my mascara after the recommended three months on a regular basis) I am going to focus on my 2008 design wish list. I have been maintaining a long standing love affair with greens and am now going steady with browns & blues as well. I think I'm going into a more intense nesting phase. I want all branches and plants and birds and deer and pine needles and dark woods and sunkissed leaves. I want big windows with big trees right outside, so big you can't see anything else. As we are limiting our interior design budget due to a hopefully upcoming move into a new (but old) house, I'm currently focusing on the little things I can add that make me happy but don't break the bank. Think: Textiles! I could swim in textiles. Is it a sign of aging that you begin to find deep happiness in linens? I have a retirement investment account now and so I love tablecloths? I don't know quite what happened but I can't get enough. I spent nearly an hour in Anthropologie looking at their napkins, tea towels and aprons. And I enjoyed it so much I left smiling with only one tiny towel. In addition we've vowed to be more DIY together and Erik has started using his various belt sanders, jigsaws and things. He's restoring the wood and I'm adding the cushions to a couple of chairs we have in addition to refinishing two of our living room tables. I've signed up for an upholstery class at Pacific Fabrics and will be recovering a chair that I have meant to reupholster for years. I think I am more excited about picking out the fabric than the final product though. But I digress. We're happy, we're anxious (this has to be the year we actually buy our very own home!) and we've managed to be fairly productive project wise (see: refinished tables and home sewn clothes) and I have a whole stack of fabric designated for dresses and pretties that I can't wait to cut into.
