The Bowl

Made by the Glass artist Beate Einen. The photo was shot at an exhibition she had with the photographer Monica Johansen at Galleri Vox in Bergen.

This Monochrome concept came from Aileni at Monochrome Weekend.

Wasting Time?

I like details - I like a room to look finished. To me, that includes the waste baskets. After we had settled in our house and things were feeling finished (for the moment) I woke up one day with an obsession (okay I have a few of these) to have the right trash can in every room. So I set out on a mission to find beautiful waste baskets(yes, beauty applies to waste baskets too). They are not that easy to find. Even on the web, you have to spend some time to find attractive waste baskets that aren't insanely priced. Of course, you can always use things that are meant for other uses but work as trash cans, like painted metal planters. There are many of those available at Hill Street Warehouse in Atlanta. I occasionally find decent waste baskets at Homegoods also. Remember this one from a week ago?



Here's what I found on the web...

In the Etsy store Decorative Instincts there are lots of great trash cans. The Imperial Trellis waste basket in the top image is covered in Kelly Wearstler's fabric from Schumacher, and is from Decorative Instincts as well as the next two.

This one uses my new favorite Schumacher wallpaper, Chenonceau. I featured it in a post earlier this week. Hopefully this wallpaper is going in a client's powder room and now we have the perfect waste basket!






At this Etsy shop,Vintage things 4 sale I found this Florentine waste basket


At Worlds Away I found these beauties






Here's one from Gracious Home


The Pink Giraffe has these cute monogrammed waste baskets that would be great in a bedroom


And this handy waste basket from Tapestry Crochet blog is fun


Ballard Designs always has something stylish to offer



You can also create your own waste baskets to perfectly complement your rooms. I used some spray adhesive, extra wallpaper and pretty gimp to create this one and the one at the top of this post:



You can never waste too much time in pursuit of the perfect details!

February 28th

1827: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of people, animals, and freight. For 10 cents extra, the people have the option of sitting with the cows or the coal.


1885: AT&T is incorporated with the dual mission of connecting the world and someday screwing up the iPhone.


1991: The first Gulf War ends, rendering CNN irrelevant forever.

February 27th



1964: The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. Most of the world's drunks respond by wondering what the trouble is.


1974: People magazine is published for the first time, America's cumulative I.Q. has not yet recovered.


2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%. The nation responds by adding a fourth shift to its poison toys and pet food factories.

Dancing Bird

How much fun is it to receive a thoughtful gift out of the blue? This Dancing Bird flew my way yesterday.

A cosy double Bench in the winter

Doesn't a double wicker chair (that makes it a bench!) appeal to you? A nice place to sit in the sun. With a sturdy spade you can even get access, and a little bit of snow on the seat can be dusted away.

You have a place on the quay all to yourself, and if you are interested in boating, there is a whole marina to choose from.

But don't go for a walk on the ice without a swimsuit...

Since these photos also contains several (in my humble opinion) fairly OK reflections, this post is also my contribution to James at Newtown Area Photo's meme called Weekend Reflections. Post a reflection during the week-end, log on to MckLinky via his site - and you're on.

SkyWatch--Skies Over Two States

Visit the SkyWatch site to see beautiful skies from around the world.    The skies couldn't make up their minds what to do the day we hiked into Hurricane Creek Road near Joseph, Oregon. Our intention was to snowshoe up this trail into the Eagle Cap Wilderness. If we had driven to the campground, we could have started that hike. But because of conditions, we parked on a turnout much farther down the road and hiked up the road (uphill) to the campground.  By the time we got there, we were ready for a rest and to eat our lunch. We decided to make the Eagle Peak hike another time, either on the snowshoes or in the fall as a hike.

After hiking back down the road, we chained up to travel safely down to where it was plowed. When we stopped to remove the chains, we could see clear to Idaho's skies.