I was out window shopping yesterday and I fell very hard in love with the kMix line of small appliances from DeLonghi. I mean omg, right? They’re just too cute, and they appear to be well-made while being fairly reasonably priced too. I don’t even drink coffee, yet after looking at these I feel that I very seriously need a coffee maker, and most likely an espresso machine too.

I actually do need an electric kettle and a toaster, so maybe one of these will find a home with me. We’ll see. I usually take a long time to make decisions about these things. You know–toasters. Life and death decision kinda thing.

Speaking of needlepoint, I’m crazy for these punchy bargello and needlepoint pillows from Jonathan Adler. With a price point at around $150 each, it’s probably cheaper to buy one of these than to buy all the supplies at a needlepoint shop. (Have you ever seen what they charge for canvases??)

I think the disco lady at the top would look so good on my new couch!

I am in desperate want of a chair like this. I want to paint the wood parts white (if they’re aren’t already), and I want to upholster it in a really crazy loud graphic print. I don’t need an authentic Louis IV Bergere chair, any knockoff will do, and crummy quality is fine. Where are you, my chair? More accurately, where are you for less than $2000, preferably in the $100 range?

New York is great in many ways, but it’s absolutely lousy for vintage and antique shopping. Prices are so inflated it’s insulting, especially because I know all the vintage shop owners just drive to my home state of Pennsylvania, and other nearby states, buy up all the good loot, drive it here, and quadruple the price. Or, like, quadruple-quadruple the price, whatever the word is for that.

Anyway, my knockoff, crummy quality, wanting to be painted and reupholstered fake Louis IV chair is out there somewhere. If you see it, let me know, please!

PS: I would also take a chair like the one below, or any interesting wood-frame-with-upholstery vintage seat.

PPS: Seriously, I will pay shipping, so if anybody has any leads on where to find this kind of chair for cheap, please let me know!

Someone mentioned a horsey paint-by-number to me yesterday, and it totally refueled my obsession with this lovely art. Maybe I’ll get a kit and make this a winter project. I’ve only attempted a paint-by-number once since childhood… it was an ENORMOUS canvas of a mother cat and her kittens, full of crazy-tiny detail work, and alas, I didn’t finish it. I ended up leaving it out on the street for someone else to find and hopefully complete.

I fear the horses may suffer the same fate, but I just might give it a go.

I am so feeling these turquoise kitchen accessories from Martha at Macy’s. My new kitch has bright yellow walls, so these blue pops of color will look fab. I hope Santa sticks a couple of these babies under the tree for me…