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Wallpaper Whenever: Yes, I'm totally filled with indecision about my TV room

via www.hyggecooperative.com

Another weekend, another lack of resolution on what to do with my TV/karaoke/piano room of awesomeness. I thought I had it sorted, but nothing seems quite right. Erica Wakerly's Angles Wallpaper is now a leading contender. The geometric black and gold print screams 70s/80s to me in a good way, but I am not to be trusted as I am the sort of person who is excited to own neon pink shoes.

Samples of this and a couple other wallpapers will soon be on there way from Hygge Cooperative. Here's hoping I can finally make up my mind and get this room done!

Wallpaper Whenever: dwell Tours Cole & Son Factory

via www.dwell.com

This tour of the Cole & Sons Factory is great fun if you're a wallpaper lover. You get a glimpse of all sorts of techniques for creating beautiful wall coverings -- ancient printing equipment, new digital gear, screen printing, flocking, block printing. It's great fun. I only wish there was a Mister Rogers-style picture picture film to go with it.

Sampler: Birchbox October 2011

I used to buy a ridiculous amount of makeup. It was especially silly because I don't exactly pile on the product. When I bought my house it became more important to buy a gallon of paint than a tube of lipstick so I kicked the habit. However, my interest was recently rekindled when I saw a video about Birchbox on YouTube. For $10, you get a box of samples delivered to your door each month. I whipped out my credit card and this box of goodies arrived today.

Here's what my October 2011 Birchbox contained:

1. Ahava Mineral Foot Cream
2. colorscience pro sunforgettable mineral powder sun protection (this will go to my sister because my skin doesn't like mineral powder products)
3. Erno Laszlo TranspHuse Night Serum
4. Kissable Couture Lip Gloss in Eric (a sparkly brownish color)
5. Tea Forté Minteas

All of this is definitely valued at more than $10, but none of it seemed like a real score. I totally wish the false eyelashes it appears some people got in their haul were in my box. I kind of worry that they look at a person's age bracket and make assumptions about the sort of products you might like. Maybe November's box will be a bit more exciting.

Wouldn't it be fun if someone translated this concept to home decor? I'd love to get wee sample pots of paint and other fun things. Someone should make this happen!

Obligatory Missoni Post

 

The hype about Target's collaboration with Missoni was certainly something. It surprised me to see bloggers who are normally hyper critical about quality getting into a frenzy over it all, but I guess I remember the same thing happening with their Orla Kiely collection.

The hype got even worse when the collection went live and their website couldn't keep up. You wouldn't know it from most of the ridiculously effusive articles out there, but the story wasn't really that the Missoni collection was SO popular; all of these big collaborations sell out immediately by design. The issue was that they went live with a new e-commerce platform and site redesign just weeks before. I imagine there was more than a little schadenfreude over at Amazon (their previous e-commerce partner) when all of this went down.

This is not to say that I'm immune to the allure of cheap chevron prints. So, I bought myself a little something for that thorn in my side -- the TV room of doom. The Pentagonal Pouf was an online only item that I ordered a day or two after the Target website debacle went down. My previous experiences with Target home delivery weren't so great, but this time it worked out. My pouf in the form of an ottoman arrived safe and sound and ensconced in a tyvek ottoman cozy. You can tell it isn't exactly real Missoni quality, but it will make a great pouf/ottoman/coffee table/dancing platform. It's chilling in my living room until I get my act together and finish my TV room. When will that be? Soon I hope!