I'm baaaack.

Well, we made it home alright last night after entering the cluster f*** that is LA. Every time we travel up the coast there's simply no way around it. Thank goodness the weather was wonderful all day yesterday. I'll post highlights of our trip. We made it all the way up the coast as far as the Washington border. So many cool things to do and see in this country before we leave it. But for now, some highlights of the internet world of design since I've been gone. I always feel like I am going to have a heart attack trying to catch back up with all the blogs and websites I love.
O.C.D to the max, man. Ahem, okay. Here goes it:

Loving this sink and how deep it is. It reminds me of my great grandmother's sink and how every one of my cousins spent time in it bathing. The wood counter top vies for my affections as well.



These magnetic black bread bags are really chic. Plastic sucks and paper turns bread stale too quickly. You can serve bread in these as a bowl, then stand it upright and let the magnets close to make a seal, keeping your baguette all the fresher.
These tissue paper dahlia-esque birthday hats make me want October to roll around sooner. My mother insured all of our birthdays were magical growing up and I can only hope to do the same for my little ones. I'm bookmarking these hats cause they're so special.

I want a giant one of these Japanese inspired foldable playpens for Philipp to carry to the park for me to nap in! These look so comfy and great and come in cool designs.
This amazing home tour with so many elements I like. Sitting in my nearly bare apartment now that we sold all our newly acquired furniture on craigslist makes me excited to create an all new space (more on that later).

These super cute and functional stackable lunch boxes from bento.
This great use for chicken wire; an inspiration board. I have loved the idea of these for quite some time: a place to keep all the little clippings or collections of design to refer back to. For the time being, mine is virtual.