Design Blog Recommendations March 2011

These are well-known, but I love them so much and must share.1.) The Brick House
Morgan's taste may not always fit my sensibilities, but man, does she make weird thrift store art look good. Not to mention her writing is too funny.

2.) So The Brick House led me to the Emily Henderson's blog. She has a show on HGTV that - be still my heart - reminds me of how much fun "Trading Spaces" could be in its prime. I watched her show and then I read the blog and it was even better. She is adorable and her taste is exactly my taste. She loves disco balls, for goodness' sake!

Jeffrey Campbell Climbers

I better write about my new 2010 boots before it turns into sandal weather. I'm always drawn to accessories with buckles and clips and hardware and a lot going on. Well, check out the hardware on these shoes.

Image from Solestruck

Intense, huh? I saw this image and that was it. I thought they were fun and tough and whimsical, all rolled into one four-inch heeled package. And surprisingly easy to walk in.

There was the one day, however, when I was walking briskly in my boots to the bus stop and I realized something was dragging from my shoe.

Somehow, impossibly, a tree branch had lodged itself into one of the buckles on my shoe.

The branch was larger than this but I had to snap it off in order to get on the bus...

Moosey

I bought my friend a cardboard moose for a wedding gift. Specifically, this one:

West Elm Safari Kraft Moose

I was hoping that it would be the weirdest present she received, but another friend shipped her a 2.5 foot high ride-on walking triceratops kids toy. Darn it! That takes the cake.

I liked the little cardboard moose, and I figured if anyone could make it work, it would be Roxanne.

Here's her awesome flat from when she lived in Scotland, wish I had taken a picture of the floor boards painted varying colors of acid green.

And here's the moose in his new home in Denver, in a built-in wine rack (they don't drink, so seems like a good place for a cardboard moose).

Tsunamii

Rainboots are the most practical of shoe purchases. I bought these Steve Madden rainboots this year and wondered why it took so long to buy a pair. It's a gamechanger. I can stomp in puddles gleefully. And the orange stripe is super cute.

But there is a problem. The longer I wear them, my feet seem to conform to the boot and it's nearly impossible to take them off. Even with the zipper! Yesterday I had both boots halfway off, but neither would come all the way off, which was debilitating, and I was starting to fret that I might have to call someone to help. After some persistence, I was finally free. Phew!

So pluses and minuses to rubber shoes. Are Hunter boots any better?

Look, I got a shelf to get more organized. This is good and bad because now I have room for more shoes.