Oh . My . How . Pretty

The cold weather is finally here, and I've just settled into the idea of enjoying it. Our house takes on a new cozy feel that it has at no other time of year, and I get to wear my insanely-1960's-ish faux shearling coat.

But then I saw the SS 09 collection from Basso & Brooke and instantly wanted to be somewhere warm (preferably tropical) spending each new day traipsing about in one of their loveliest.prettiest.most vibrant dresses:




(In fact, ahem, that dress in the middle would make an excellent Christmas gift!)

Pretty . Little . Coats

If a designer ever wanted to take a big gamble, the surefire way would be to design a whole collection with only one type of item. For most this would be a quick path to obscurity, but designer Cecilia Hammarberg manages to pull it off with aplomb.

Her AW 08 Collection (of only coats & jackets) was a mix of structured blazers and swingy coats with high funnel-neck collars:

Have . a . Picture . Perfect . Sunday

Collections...

...and some cute ways to display them:

OBAMA . WINS!!!

Change we voted for!! Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States!!

My . Dream . Ceiling

So does that phrase sound a bit odd? I guess when I imagined my perfect house, I'd never given much thought to what the ceilings would look like. This was true at least until I saw artist Lisa Bengtsson's gorgeous.amazing.must have ceiling wallpaper:



You can order this custom wallpaper from the Swedish site Bjorklund & Wingqvist for about $115.00, which seems like a crazy bargain if you ask me. The site is all in Swedish, so you have to click around a bit to find things, but it's worth it - there's loads of other gorgeous wallpaper available on the site as well!

Have fun clicking!