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Cool Idea: Play in Public
We may not remember rocking away in bouncy seats as infants, but I'm sure we all remember playing on swing sets as kids. In either case, was it ever not fun? I think not.
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Love It or Hate It? Upper Playground Molotov Cocktail Pillow
The Upper Playground Molotov Cocktail Pillow's ($40) cheeky take on the classic polo player symbol creates a rather revolutionary pillow. Would you want to display it on your sofa?
Love It or Hate It?
Midday Muse: Pastel Plastic Playground
I am smitten with this Jan Cowles-designed bedroom featured in the August issue of Domino. I love the color palette and the shag carpet, but it would be tough to recreate the look without those fly plastic chairs. Any ideas?
Love It or Hate It? Upper Playground Zebra Pillow
This Upper Playground Zebra Pillow ($40) puts a new twist on the old equine with stripes trend by using zebras as both the background and the foreground of this pillow. Are you a fan?
Love It or Hate It?
Etsy Finds: Art to Get You Into the School Spirit
Even though I'm far removed from my elementary and high school years, I still feel nostalgic every September, when my thoughts turn to big yellow school buses and swing-filled playgrounds. I'm betting that many of you feel nostalgic as well, especially if your little one is in elementary school this Fall. To get you into the school spirit, I've rounded up some great art that will have you singing your ABCs and reciting your multiplication tables.
Etsy Find: Robert Ryan And I Walked Tape
London-based screen-printer and papercut artist Rob Ryan's recently published book, This Is For You, is an awe-inspiring and heartfelt accomplishment that turned me on to the art of papercuts. The charming detail of his work is a breath of fresh air, and something I'd love to have more of in my home. I was delighted to come across Ryan's Etsy site and this And I Walked Tape ($14), a roll of tape printed in black with small-town houses, playgrounds, and a lonesome man walking, captioned "And I walked and I thought and I walked and I thought .
Gift Guide: The Arrested Adolescent
If you have some friends who can't get enough of Hello Kitty lamps or tongue-in-cheek embroidered throw pillows when it comes to decorating their homes, don't despair, embrace it! Some of my favorite friends' abodes are peppered with fun accessories from Kid Robot, Upper Playground, Sanrio, and other hip and youthful stores. Maybe you don't want your pals to take the theme as far as they did at the Hello Kitty gate lounge in Terminal 2 of the Taipei International Airport, but I think some fun, arrested adolescent accents in a home can provide a lovely youthful spirit.
Home Away From Home: Google Zurich
Living in San Francisco, where Google is headquartered, I have heard plenty of tales of the company's unconventional office culture and environment, including free food mandates, excellent chefs, in-house masseuses, arcade rooms, off-site meetings in breweries and at fun spots like Disneyland, not to mention bouncy balls galore and tons of branded schwag. So, when I came across a photo of Google's Zurich office, I wasn't very surprised, so much as I felt a pang of jealousy — although, I can't complain about Sugar HQ's swank new space.
While bouncy balls also float freely there, you may, in addition, hold a conference in a gondola car bedecked in ski gear or wrapping in a fishing net, take a break on a massage chair in an aquarium, brainstorm with co-workers while sitting in a canoe, spend a delicate few competing in Guitar Hero, or shoot down to lunch on a playground slide.
Nice and New: Anthropologie Hardware Store
Anthropologie.com has a new tool called the Hardware Store that allows you to test out their collection of drawer pulls in aquatic, glass, or ceramic styles on your choice of four dressers or cabinets, which most resembles yours. We all know how tempting the buckets upon buckets of drawer pulls in Anthropologie's stores can be, so it's a good barrier against unnecessary shopping. In my case, I'm not in the market for any knobs but I must admit this tool is more like a playground than a hardware store — seriously amusing.
Casa Verde: 21 Surprisingly Recyclable Things
Once you start recycling, it's hard to stop, and I'm always sad to throw anything in the trash. (Some of my biggest pet peeves are excessive packaging materials like peanuts and bubble-mailer envelopes.) So I was genuinely relieved to find this list of 21 things you didn't know you could recycle via Treehugger.
Some of these you may already know about, but some of them really surprised me, such as the aforementioned packing peanuts and eyeglasses.
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