Sleepless in Seattle Houseboat could be yours

For a mere $2.5 mil. {seattle pi}
"If you can afford a $625,000 down payment and secure some type of jumbo mortgage with a rate of 8 percent, your monthly costs would be about $13,800. This example presumes a 30-year loan term."
Oh, not including the $388/month homeowner's dues. No biggie!

Orbs!

Dude, I want some orbs for my backyard. {via frolic!}

Help Me Decide!

Peace out - buy our stuff

End of an era, Sunset Bowl held an auction Tuesday, making around $180,000. {Sunset Says Goodbye} {Auction Slideshow here}
Photo Alan Berner / Seattle Times

latest wants...

Behold: The KitchenAid Mixer. Right of passage. {cooking.com}















Fleur-de-lys Glasses.
Yes, they're pink.
{anthropologie}











Giddy Glass.
{anthropologie}


















Octopus Juicer.
{urbanoutfitters}














Cafe Lights. {smithandhawken}

Help Save this Awesome Manse!!!

People: this is indeed an emergency! Help save The Mount Estate and Gardens! This property is facing immediate foreclosure if they do not receive enough donations in time.

"Edith Wharton designed and built The Mount in 1902, based on the principles outlined in her influential book, The Decoration of Houses (1897), co-authored with architect Ogden Codman, Jr. This classical revival house represents the only full expression we have of Wharton's architectural interests. It is also one of the mere 5% of National Historic Landmarks dedicated to women.

The Mount is not just a pretty house. It represents a crowning achievement of a very creative woman, and is one of the few places to do so. Its importance in this light goes far beyond Berkshire County and even our county's shores.

Edith Wharton connected the Berkshires with the international community partly through her travels and her expertise in home and garden design. But she is, of course, best known for her great contribution to the art of literature. The Mount has continued in this tradition by hosting presentations from the contemporary literary community and through its marvelous encouragement of local student writers. Edith would have been very proud!"

oh my, it's rainbow jello

Simple - fantastic! {via do better blog}

R.I.P.

See ya when we get there, Sunset Bowl. {End of days, PI}

"Roy Lynch, right, and Bob Davidson share a moment as their time at Sunset Bowl comes to an end Sunday. Lynch's memories there include proposing to his first wife. Davidson's father once managed the business: 'I grew up here'"

Hot Masnse: $4.9 Mil

This 1928 former home of Gwen Stefani and current home of That 70's Show creator, Mark Brazill, is now on the market for $4.9 million. Sotheby's calls it "one of the finest Mediterranean estates in Los Feliz." I'm personally in leurve with the kitchen. {Slideshow}

Google Zurich Offices

No kidding, this is for real. {full slideshow via CasaSugar}

Time's Design 100

Today's "most influential" design, according to Time Magazine.
{People and Ideas}






















"Great design is no longer reserved solely for
museum-worthy products"

For Nordpark Cable Railway, by Zaha Hadid: Innsbruck, Austria:
"The stations—double-curvature glass shells that seem to hover above concrete platforms—were conceived with particular care toward the specific topography and surroundings of each location. To achieve each one's unique appearance of a flowing ice formation frozen in place, Hadid studied glacial moraines and ice movements."

Photo: Werner Huthmacher

AOTD/MOTD: Lifespan Extending Villa

This is a story about some crazy artists, love, ideas, inspiration, conviction...and I don't know what else. But it's very elaborate.
{NYT, Home & Garden}
















The Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa) by artists Arakawa,
71, and Madeline Gins, 66.


















Also by Arkawa & Gins: nine “reversible destiny” loft-style apartments in Mitaka, Japan.

My Toadstool Cupcakes

My version of the toadstool cupcakes. Decorator's sugar and inverted white chocolate chips. I think they turned out pretty cute.

AOTD: Hula-Hoop Dome

"Last fall, mass studies architecture studio created a temporary installation for the 25th anniversary of storefront for art and architecture gallery in new york city. The installation was created from about a thousand hula-hoops zip-tied together to form a massive dome structure.

Now, storefront for art and architecture gallery has teamed up with abitare magazine to bring a new version of the ring dome to milan for the salone del mobile. This new dome will use 1,500 hula-hoops and 12,000 zip-ties and will be installed in the galleria vittorio emanuele shopping arcade in central milan." - {designboom}




















new york city ring installation, 2007




















renderings of milan ring installation, 2007

It's freakin' gorgeous out

Can I get a witness on how nice it is today? {kiro tv webcam}

Wise Mentors Quote of the Day

"No matter what your spiritual condition is, no matter where you find yourself in the universe, your choice is always the same: to expand your awareness or contract it." - Thaddeus Golas

Martha got the MacBook Air

I'm so jealous. {martha blogs her macbook air}