If my budget was unlimited…
I would totally be after this Chinese apothecary chest. I would use it as a TV stand and try to ignore the fact that there is no useful storage space in here, except for all my desk supplies, which could go in individual drawers!
And these Danish club chairs…so comfy and midcentury modern and perfect for bold colorful pillows!
These were fun! I really enjoy english muffins but to my tiny little budget they seem like a bit of an extravagance, so it was cool to have an excuse to make them! Found out later that this dough is the same as white bread dough, so I’ll have to make a loaf and see how it tastes. Instead of baking these in the oven, I made them in two batches on my panini grill, and I agree with Nicole that it was neat to watch them puff out and cook! I thought mine would get a bit flatter like commercial english muffins, but they ended up quite tall! Used the fork splitting technique so I got all the nooks and crannies when I toasted them with butter and jam…and all in all a success. Next up in the BBA Challenge: foccacia and french bread.
How adorable are these accessories from Old Soul, New Heart?! I just love them, and I love that they’re made by a mother-daughter team! My friend Laura and I were discussing the other day that there’s just something about moms…as a daughter, I always feel like I’m talking to a smarter version of myself when I talk to my mom. It’s nice.
Okay, back to headbands and necklaces 
A few months ago Drew and I went to the Art Institute in Chicago and we both fell in love with this painting, called Eis 4.
It was in a set of 4 of the same style, including the one below, and they were all brilliant. It’s hard to tell on a screen, but he scrapes on different layers of paint, so they’re really 3-dimensional up close. They are really really cool.
We thought hard about getting a print of Eis 4 while we were there, but it was kinda expensive for a impulse buy and we didn’t have a good way to get it where we were going. But months later and I can’t stop thinking about it! So I went to Gerhard Richter’s website and took a gander at what else he’s done. Here are my favorites…which do you like?
[all images via gerhard-richter.com]
