things i love

1. kountry kitchen kute! what's not to love. first of all, let's be clear, i love a themed room. LOVE.
sort of like a costume for your home. and it makes decorating so, so easy. cows? chicken? geese? home is where the heart is? light me a pumpkin pie, yankee candle and call it a day! loving this canister set. see the speckled glaze? love that. really inspiring for my next trip to 'color me mine' just a little touch of americana......
makes your whole world that much more special.
2. decorative room fragrance covers. this might be new to you. but i've been admiring this great little crafty invention for years. how can you not want to look at that baby doll face turned old southern belle? purple is the hottest color in interior design right now. and we know why!
here's another version. most likely one inspired the other (chicken or the egg?) this one covers a box of tissues with a beautiful little mother of chakka face.
3. the toilet trio middle of the night,nature calls, half asleep, eyes at half mast, you shuffle your feet onto the cold ceramic floor and without thinking, have a seat (girls) isn't it great not to be made aware of your mistake by the coldness of the closed toilet lid? but rather the lovely, plush of your toilet seat. equally nice, for you men, is the catch-all affect of the little matching rug. like a big bacteria sponge, just soaking it all up.
what's so super great is that really, the sky's the limit on color and design. you want to match that new wallpaper border? not a problem. and what's also really fabulous, it appears that an entire cottage industry has arisen around this brilliant and beautiful concept. these seem to be created out of polar fleece. which is always nice. synthetic is a good thing. very durable. go pack!
4. the negative look no i do not speak of that 'look' worn by petulant teenagers. i'm talking about this great styling trick: see? like a filmy photo negative (pre digi cam) so pretty. really makes a tan face look....tanner. i'm pretty sure that adorable, lizzie grubman inspired this classic, time-less look. i've always wished i could get away with white eyebrows like she does. looking like a neanderthal can be really misunderstood. thankfully we have lizzie to show us how it's done, right! to this look i say, 'white on!'
5. the wind needs socks.
we all so love a windsock. this is probably an obvious. who doesn't like a spinning, brightly colored (sometimes even holiday festive) tube of nylon hanging out front. maybe a 'mom's number one' for the up coming day would be nice. but if you can't swing that, a nice butterfly will carry you through spring summer and even fall (dont' worry, nobody can see the grey, mold from the street. these guys are meant to hang 'till they fall on their own)
6. a themed throw
i think i may have a theme theme going on here! but my list would not be complete without mentioning one of my favorite things to wrap up in when i sit down to watch "idol".
aren't they sweet? and really quite reasonable. 7. the art of thomas kindkade some call him 'the profit of light'. masterful at his execution of all things fuzzy, romantic and ethereal. although i do like a house that's christmas all year around (think themed house)....i think this one of fenway would be a wonderful memory for me (as i lived a few blocks from here) but if i couldn't have that (or maybe if i was fortunate enough to have an entire collection) i'd go for this happy, lilac hazed piece of dreaminess.
oh....and by the way. april fools.

Comments

Sarah's Fab Day said…
Honestly I was beginning to wonder...good joke. I forgot it was April Fool's nicely done!
Leah said…
Oh God, you don't even want to know how many of my relatives actually have this stuff ...
72 and sunny said…
i'm sure i've stepped on some toes! i can't wait for the first finger wag, tsk-tsk.
Anonymous said…
I believe you've found the Best-O-The-Worst, BB8!!

Good one!
Anonymous said…
I was starting to wonder it you hit your head! Good April Fool joke!

Jaime
Courtney said…
Oh my gosh - love this! Nice one, Megan.
xx
Anonymous said…
Boy, you almost had me going with this one. Good job. Thanks for the laugh!
Mrs. Blandings said…
I knew it was tongue in cheek from the start, so was only marveling at where you came up with the images! I have received themed throws from my folks. And, poor Mr. B, they know he likes golf and hunting, so he is forever doomed.
Anonymous said…
Yes, I really love all those things too! Pause. Not.
Anonymous said…
ACK! I thought you had gone bonkers, forgetting what day this is.
You really got me!
AJD
Richie Designs said…
I totally knew by the second image! HA!! too funny
simply seleta said…
I sat there on the first image really concentrating and trying to find the style somewhere in the room. No joke I was scratching my head thinking I was crazy. It took about 20 seconds of pondering then I was like, "ah-ha! She got me!"
SGM said…
What a great use of Lizzie Grubman! Funny funny post. :)
Anonymous said…
HA!! It took me a second to realize that you hadn't gone completey batty.

ps- I'm pretty sure that wallpaper border in the kitchen is the same one that was all over my house. That came down very quickly.
72 and sunny said…
who knows, maybe kountry kitchen is the new boho mod.

when looking for shots of a good old toilet seat rug, i came across an AT posting giving it the thumbs up. are they smoking crack over there?

has anyone seen lizzie grubman lately? it was all, "pdiddy's white party, reality show, my daddy's car, blah blah blah' and then *poof* off the radar. i'm thinking she and heidi fleiss need to start collaborating on something. what a great team that would be.
Pigtown*Design said…
I was really beginning to worry!
Themed throws are the worst of worse...esp. when people think they're being all clever and cute, and go and get their wedding picture made into a blanket!! I know you'd never do that, and thanks for this post...I needed a good laugh!

~Kate
72 and sunny said…
shu-UP. wedding photos on the throw? LOVE IT. that's so bad i LOVE IT. i need to add something else i just thought of. back lit glass shelving to show off your laadros. presh!
Anonymous said…
For just a minute I thought you had lost your mind! You got me!
Angela said…
I'm dying about that disembodied head with a giant buffont. I don't know if I can go back to pulling my tissues out of a normal box after seeing that.
Pink Wallpaper said…
don't you just love the way that thomas catches the light in all of his paintings....good one!
cotedetexas said…
the three piece bathroom set! love it! the throws! omg - you are the cutest - this is the best April fools I've read today.

Joni
city pretties said…
Oh. My. God. I actually thought you were serious for a minute. The K's in the first title should have been my klue. You really had me going. I was going to say the ONLY thing I didn't totally hate was the pinecone plate.

By the way, did you notice last time you were here that there's still a Thomas Kincaid store on the Plaza? Shows you how much the Plaza has declined. Remember when it was cool little boutiques and a national chain only every two or three blocks? Macy's, Sears, Woolworth's. Kaplan's, Harzfeld's, Adler's, Halls, Swanson's? Remember the bowling alley and movie theaters?

I guess I'm old; those days are gone. Now it's Cheesecake Factory and GAP. There are only a few surviving local boutiques.

Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Drek.

Way to go, you fooler.
city pretties said…
AJD, you shouldn't comment as "Anonymous"! That's BB8's least favorite (or most favorite) commenter!

Besides, you should have YOUR own blog, lady!
annechovie said…
Ok, first off, you should win some sort of contest for exactly pegging all that's wrong with American bourgeois decor. It was truly hilarious, Megan. I still can't decide what was more disturbing, the wild-haired tissue cover or the Lizzie Grubman look-alike model's eyes (like a horror movie!)Touche'!
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Unknown said…
This was the funniest thing I have seen in a looooong time. So glad I didn't escape before the punch line! I was really, really scared at first.
Anonymous said…
The kountry kute hurts my eyes...please make it go away!
Anonymous said…
All this is awful but your taste is quite awful too. Don't fool yourself. We have a blast looking at your blog and laughing. Nothing worse than someone who thinks she is class and sophisticated and is not.
72 and sunny said…
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72 and sunny said…
hit a chord over there in provo, utah did i 'anonymous'

something you may not realize:

the blogs have eyes

is that the queen's we? you're too fabulous
barbara said…
Okayk I bit, but was a bit worried,oh so funny!
Anonymous said…
Try again. We are far very far from Provo. And, seriously, get some class. You are certainly old enough.
Anonymous said…
My eyes, my eyes.

Wow. Anonymous is a miserable, hateful little shrew, honey.

I love you to bits.
72 and sunny said…
eh. i see anonymous comments that are meant to be hurtful, the way i see a homeless person on the street:

sitting in their own urine, talking to themselves, yelling profanities at passerbys: briefly interesting but nothing personal.

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