Deck the Walls

I used to think wallpaper was for mental patients and grandmothers, but I have since come to appreciate their sometimes-claustrophobic qualities as a divine madness. I have listed some of the best wallpapers I could find, and am always on the lookout for more for my own dream-madhouse walls! As a New Yorker, I don't have walls I can tamper with, so cracked white plaster is what I spend my days trying to conjur shapes and patterns from! (I currently can see a ghost-man and a chipmunk.)

1) Ostrich by Beware the Moon; 2) Girlie paper by Beware the Moon; 3) Fornasetti "Forbidden Fruit"; 4) Romo Fabric's flocked wallpaper; 5) Walnut Wallpaper's "Anemone" paper; 6) Walnut Wallpaper's "Corallo"; 7) Walnut Wallpaper's "Jewel of Spring"; 8) Walnut Wallpaper's "Deerly"; 9) Cole & Sons "Hickory"; 10) Cole & Sons "Istanbul"; 11) Cole & Sons "Lilac"; 12) Cole & Sons "Hummingbirds"; 13) Walnut Wallpaper's "Birdtree"; 14) Cavern's "Tigerlace"; 15) Cavern's "Casa"; 16) Claire Cole's stitched wallpaper; 17) Claire Cole's "Roomscene"; 18) Palace Papers' "Fossil Fuel"; 19) Rockett St. George's "Fish" embroidered paper; 20) Hannah Werning's "Eye" stickers; 21) LLB Private's "Couple Divan"; 22) "Lily"; 23) Ella & Sofia's "Urban Seahorse"; 24) Ella & Sofia's "Tic Tac Toe"; 25) Hannah Werning's paper; 26) Damien Hirst's "Butterfly" wallpaper; 27) Lisa Bengtsson's wallpaper; 28) Wanneke's "Damask" (look carefully!); 29) Curio's wallpaper; 30) another Curio paper.

License to Kill!

I am a HUGE James Bond fan, and based on yesterday's posting about my dad, this is also one for him - the man who turned me on to Bond. We were living in Lyford Cay, Nassau when Thunderball had just finished filming, and the one movie theatre on the island, the Shirley Street Theatre, was Bond-obsessed. We saw every single one made up to 1973 there, and in its dark depths and cockroach-laden seats, my dad would talk about how much he wanted to be Bond with his Astin Martin and fabulous gadgets. But the best thing of all about the Bond films are the credits and decors - unbeatable. So, today is Bond day (at least, my vision of Bond)...(and we all know Sean Connery is the ONLY Bond and his chicks are the best.)

Playing cards from NPW; suitcase fireplace by Atria; Spectre-like medal by Laura Pregger; "diamond" necklace by Laura Pregger; "Prepare for Combat" necklace by Miansai; "Seaplane" necklace by Miansai; "Arabesque" mobile by FCS Design; British fighter plane silhouettes; "Girly" wallpaper from Beware-the-Moon; flocked Skulls wallpaper from Beware-the-Moon; hand grenade oil lamp from Unica Home; Tom Dixon's copper lights; Moorish arch from Just Morocco; "Pin Up" Tea Set by Lighten Up Design; mink hammock from Bless; camera by Superheadz; lawn chair by Pedlars; Union Jack bunting from Pedlars; Lizzie Allen's wallpaper; magnetic world-domination map; silver wellies from Pedlars.

Now go serve King and country!

I Heart Cows!

My father just had open heart surgery and valve replacements, which were swapped out for cow valves, and so today, in honor of my father's life, I celebrate cows and hearts and all things that brought him back to earth! Ah, the mighty and underappreciated cow, grazing quietly until someone harvests her organs, and yet she lives on in a man who, after surgery, saw purple lights flashing and a smiling cow looking down on him. They are saintly creatures, and I for one will never eat another cow.

Wallpaper by Steves; stuffed animal by Peculiar Pets; broken heart ring by the astonishing Solange Azagury-Partridge; Hearts by the same genius as before; Flaming Heart by Solange Azagury-Partridge; candy dish available at The New Museum store; cow tote by Strand Redesign; cow bib by Strand Redesign; wallet by Mibolsa; pillow by Go Buggy Go; Battered Heart necklace by Recycled Rings; vase by Art Decadence; sugar shaker by Art Decadence; dish towels by Girls Can Tell; heart card by Farouche; necklace by Laurel Hill; plate by Folded Pigs; silk scarf by Crrysstall; card by Carly Bodnar; another card by Carly Bodnar; Vena Cava ring by Nanopod; necklace by Nanopod.

Take care of your heart - break it, repair it, grow it, thump it, but at all costs LOVE it!!!