zara home

I really hope Zara Home comes to Canada. Pronto.

I know these images from their spring/ summer catalogue have been floating around the design blog scene for months, but Apartment Therapy's blog about their new London location reminded me of them - and how much I loooooove them. Good images for the e-mental scrapbook of decorating ideas...

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pattern bonanza at urban outfitters

I'm digging these party-worthy paper cup-inspired martini glassses at urban outfitters right now. They're a fun addition to their current overindulgence in pattern. And if pattern on a large scale isn't your thing, these cocktail cups might be easier to swallow.

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Style File- Urban Country Style

Found a great new book over the weekend called Urban Country Style. Above are a few pictures from the book. Urban country or modern country, is probably my favorite decor style. Mixing old with new is very cool! I have a link to the book under favorite books.

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FLOR's carpet tiles

Now this is an interesting concept: carpet tiles. FLOR gives consumers a large amount of ownership in the design, size and colour of their carpeting. Considering how much space and influence carpets have in our homes (and how often some of us change our minds about our interior decor look), these carpet tiles are a really flexible (and pretty affordable!) option.

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baby shower power

I think this HELLO May Print by Ashley Goldberg is adorable and a GREAT option for people looking for baby shower gifts (read: me). It would look very sweet framed on a nursery wall.

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back to school cool for the school-less

It's definitely back-to-school time. The weather has changed from lazy heat to crisp mornings and freshmen students have practically laid seige on the city - they're everywhere! I'm not a student anymore, but I loved being a student in the past and that start-of-semester feeling of excitement is so enticing I was (almost) tempted to go and hang out at the nearby University campus on the weekend just to get caught up in it. So, in the spirit of back-to-school cool, even for the school-less, here are some seriously cheeky supplies from SUCK UK...

A notebook & pencil in one (for the chronic pen loser), the dead fred pen holder (okay, that's kinda sick), mugs that help your brew come out just right (for early mornings when thinking about cream levels is just too much), alphabetized cd dividers (for the geeky overachievers), and a mixed tape usb drive (for crush-worthy compilations)...

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my sister won!

My sister won the Vancouver HBC design competition!!! Way to go Steph - you ROCK! Time to break out the celebratory cocktails...hot, new, up-and-coming designer hits the ground running :)

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