Second Chance Ceramics puts some of my favorite vintage images on mugs and other ceramic household items.
These first two are going on my wish list.
I love how there is usually a compatible image on the inside of the mugs.
See more here.
Category: home
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I have a bit of a thing for renovated church houses. Practicality aside, the architecture, spaciousness and design…transformed into a place of residence…can be quite a sight to behold.
Here is a particularly nice one.
A nondescript exterior and a yard dominated by headstones give no indication of the residential nature of this historic church in Kyloe, Northumberland. A couple decided to purchase and readapt the structure, investing nearly three times the purchase price into renovations over the course of several years.
Restoration is more prevalent than renovation, with original stained glass windows throughout, and repurposed church fixtures abounding. Much of the original seating in the church was refinished and placed throughout the home.
The outside:
See a few more images at the source.
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I never considered myself much of a doily person until I stumbled upon this series.
Doilies is a series of computerized machine embroidered doilies. The design of each doily is based on a different viral structure.
The lace doily has traditionally referenced designs and motifs from nature. Furthermore, these decorative objects would be heirlooms, handed down from one generation to the next.
The work explores the “domestication” of microbial and biomedical imagery. Many recent events, epidemics, and commercial products have brought this imagery into our living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms.
Bio-terrorism, SARS, and antibacterial soaps alike have all heightened our awareness of the microbial world. Doilies serve as a metaphor for the way we have adapted our everyday lives to these now everyday concerns. Here domestic artifacts and heirlooms manifest the psychological heredity of our cultural anxieties.
This is exactly the kind of veiled piece I love having in my home. Beauty to the untrained eye…worlds beneath to the knowing observer.
Another wonderful piece is the Brain Doily, of course.
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Here’s a cute little product for people who actually still use pens and paper in the digital age (I happen to be attached to the antiquated written list).
Wonderland sticky notes! You can’t see the one in back very well, but it’s a “While You Were Down the Rabbit Hole” office memo. How fun…
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Sometimes I just have to swoon over things I cannot afford on a grad student budget. Case in point: Magnolia Hall.
I can’t even venture back into the fireplace section of the site (it’s all just…too stunningly painful). So let’s just look at some lamps, shall we?
Gorgeous (dare I say luscious?) Victorian style lamps and lamp fixtures…
What an amazing accent in a study, library, den, or what have you.
Pink and black, ooh-la-la!
See more here (this post will get an “antiques” tag even though these are only reproductions because these items have such an antique feel).
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It’s only July but Pottery Barn has some Halloween items in stock. Anyone else as excited as I am about bits of impending autumn?
Candles:
Bat string lights:
And my favorite…the subtle skull vases:
What’s your favorite item?
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I’ve had a mild obsession with “pizza cones” since I saw a picture of one a year or two ago. My favorite food in a novel new shape…how could I not be intrigued?
Now there’s a kit to facilitate the pizza cone making process. Here’s the demo:
I know it’s an impractical purchase…but I’m tempted. I imagine there are plenty of creative recipes one could make with this.
Has anyone had or made a pizza cone?
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I am a grown woman, but I very much want this.
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I have no space for wall decals, but these geeky designs from Cut N Paste made my heart go pitter patter.
This one is my favorite: “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.” An inspiring quote by Niels Bohr together with an image of particles’ collision inside a bubble chamber.
Oh, to have my walls speak in equations and schematics…
See more here.
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GalenaLarkin created this fabulous alien in the style of Lisa Frank (boy, that brings me back!).
How about some valuable instruction from yesteryear?
I have a feeling even if I read this book, it wouldn’t work.
Oh, this is dangerous territory.
And speaking of…
Let’s start with the myriad pathologies of the cover model.
Love this.
…and this.
So THIS is how wives are made!
Speaking of, if I ever get married, forget those cheesy “Bride” T-shirts girls wear at wedding showers (etc.), I want THIS shirt (ironically, this level of geekiness probably diminishes my chances of “pair bonding” in the first place).
And if marriages don’t work, there’s always this guy.
Let’s get our Jesus on, folks! No…I meant literally.
Failed sales pitch for DoubleMint Gum:
All I have to say to this sculpture: get out of my dreams, get into my house!
So let’s look at other lovely home goods (I wish I had more info here). Nice little accent piece:
For the china cabinet:
While an amazing illusion, I suspect this wall decal could be mildly terrifying to some children:
Outdoor trimmings for my fellow introverts:
Why wasn’t this mass produced?
Does anyone have info on this piece? I find it fascinating that conjoined ceramics exist.
More soon…and remember:
SheWalksSoftly 