Life without TV.

February 9, 2010 by domestikatedlife

Our TV broke this weekend… about 10 minutes before guests were supposed to arrive to watch the SuperBowl. Impeccable timing! Luckily we have friends that live nearby who graciously hosted us last-minute.

Crisis-averted, but we’re still sans TV and last night was a true test of our ability to avoid boredom. I made a pizza, caught up on all of my blogs, finished the last 50 pages of my book club book, held a virtual tag sale on Craigslist, and that brought me up to about 7:30.

Which is why I organized all the boyfriend’s ties by color while he cleaned out his closet. Now that the closet is clean, the question remains … how will we entertain ourselves tonight??

Design snobs.

February 9, 2010 by domestikatedlife

I’m not afraid to admit this, I’m a snob. I turn my nose up at Wal-Mart, us snobby folks and design lovers are Target faithful.

Wal-Mart must be taking notice of our design-snobby-wallets though; I’m shocked to see some really adorable furniture featured on their web site; I’m swooning over this desk, AND over the price!

Budget baubles.

February 8, 2010 by domestikatedlife

I spent a nice little afternoon with my gal friends browsing the mall on Saturday. We popped into Old Navy so I could return a shirt and was delightfully surprised to see that they’ve introduced a line of jewelery! Most of the pieces were really great knock-offs of the stuff J.Crew and Banana Republic have been producing.

I scored this gem for $8!!

It’s almost identical to one that I’d been coveting from J.Crew last year, which was far more expensive than $8:

Fashion touchdown.

February 7, 2010 by domestikatedlife

I’m gearing up for the SuperBowl this afternoon, and am mostly just rooting for buffalo wings and blue cheese. Also looking forward to sound bites from Kendra Wilkinson and Kim Kardashian on E! news tomorrow — trash talking their significant others teams, loves me some celebrity banter.

We’re just staying in with some friends tonight, but if I was going out to a big SuperBowl party… I think this Alexander Wang “Brady” clutch would be a serious fashion-touchdown:

via BagCraze

Back on the runway 4

February 5, 2010 by domestikatedlife

Last night’s episode of Project Runway was wrong, just wrong. It was a massive corporate branding orgy. I get the whole ”for a good cause thing” but the cause was heavily over-shadowed by tacky, shiny, red fabrics that were paired with Campbell’s branded quilting cotton.  Oh and guest judge Georgina Chapman? She’s Harvey Weinstein’s wife, a co-producer of the show!

I understand that they have to make money, but product placements and corporate sponsors should be subtly incorporated. The only thing more abrasive than the corporate pushers were the unflattering red dresses. Maybe that skinny biatch Heidi can pull it off, but really, no one looks good in red, especially not “real” women (fatties).

I thought Maya Luz should have won, she’s one of the few designers that thought outside the soup can. Oh and her outfit last night? A-maze.

And on the bright side, at we got a Michael Kors rant about the tacky equation.  Short + Tight + Shiny/(Glitter or Crystals) = Hot Mess

via Lifetime

One year later.

February 5, 2010 by domestikatedlife

Today is the one year anniversary of my first post, happy blogiversary to moi!

via Caitlin Creer

Color inside the lines.

February 3, 2010 by domestikatedlife

Stenciling has such bad connotations of early 90’s floral borders and sponging techniques. But I’m enthralled by this new book that came out, Stencil 101 Décor and ready to give stencils another chance.

If anything is cheap and temporary, it’s paint. I love the look of wallpaper, but have you ever tried to remove wallpaper? It’s hell on earth. These patterns are an awesome alternative to get the same effect.

I’m loving the look of this use of stencil over the fireplace from Isabella and Max Rooms:

Show your stripes.

February 2, 2010 by domestikatedlife

I noticed during my venture to West Elm this weekend that their Spring collection was drawing a lot of inspiration from the recent Dwell lines. The people at Dwell might not be so thrilled, but I’m all for the knock-offs — I’ll take all the gray stripes I can get…

via Dwell, West Elm

via Dwell, West Elm

Grammy thoughts.

February 1, 2010 by domestikatedlife

I missed  the Grammys, but have been perusing all of the red carpet galleries… here are my thoughts…

She had a baby like 6 seconds ago, seriously, is she human?

Perfection. Lea Michele hits it out of the park again. Who is her stylist? Give her number to Miley.

First reaction: toothpaste commercial.

Shit. She forgot her pants. It’s ok y’all, at least she left the Ugg boots at home.

That’s all for now.

via NY mag

New pillows = happy Kate.

February 1, 2010 by domestikatedlife