etsy shop love

since i'll be decorating a new apartment soon, i've been scouring etsy for cool finds. this is my mantra for our new place: intentional, happy, inspiring, peaceful. i would love if any new things could be from a small shop or craigslist. and i'm dreaming of a rug from Frances Loom. but for the purpose of this post, here are some interesting items from my bff etsy.com!

Heddle and Needle

Red Raven Studios

Bath Style

Highland Hardware

grown up posters

aren't all these posters so cool? i stumbled on the poster club through pinterest (what else...) and i fell in love with so many! i think they would be great for a gallery wall, or for one single piece that needs to pack a punch. and the best part is, they are aren't super expensive...unless i am terribly converting euros into dollars. so, actually, don't hold me to that.

one. two. three. four. five. six.

room + playlist - bathtub edition

if i walked down my hallway right now and found a door to a parallel universe, and if i went through the door, and if i found this bathroom, and if i had an hour to take a bath, i would listen to this playlist i just made on spotify. happy listening! 

one. i wish i was the moon / neko case two. orange sky / alexi murdoch three. no diggity / chet faker four. i'm on fire / chromatics five. chandelier / kina grannis six. smile / madeleine peyroux seven. you really got a hold on me / she & him eight. only love / ben howard nine. take me to church live / hozier ten. i feel it all / feist eleven. this woman's work / greg laswell twelve. train song / mandolin orange thirteen. halo / ane brun fourteen. walk the line / sugar & the hi lows 

image via: the design files / full playlist after the jump

book club - march 2015 issue

i'd like to start doing this one-woman book club thing every month. really just to remember what i've read, and it would be maje bonus points if anyone else wanted to join in. i think i'll talk about the book(s) on my agenda for the upcoming month, and then at the start of the next month, i'll introduce the new book(s) and give my opinion of the last month's book(s). sound good, mom? i say "mom" because i'm lucky if she's the only one who's reading! 

so, this month i'm going to be reading two books that i've already briefly started. the 4% universe, by richard panek, and she's come undone, by wally lamb. the first one is going to be a mind bender, and the second one seems very emotionally gripping. yet, i'm interested in both! 

here is the review for the 4% universe; "In recent years, a handful of scientists has been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, and every star and planet. The rest is completely unknown. Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this cosmos-shattering conclusion. In vivid detail, he narrates the quest to find the “dark” matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy that make up 96 percent of the universe. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize. Based on hundreds of interviews and in-depth, on-site reporting, the book offers an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have redefined science and reinvented the universe."

so, yeah.

here is the review for she's come undone; "Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally orbits into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before she really goes under."

i can already see myself crying on the subway. 

image via architectural digest - book reviews from amazon