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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

During pre-baby preggo furniture shopping, I developed a slight obsession with kids seating. {Read: I lived and breathed kids chairs for an entire week of my pregnancy. Despite the fact that babies can’t really sit in a real chair for a long time. Oops}.

R + M are finally able to spend 30 seconds in their little Land of Nod chairs {Read: I actually mean exactly 30 seconds, not exaggerating. And this is an accomplishment}.

Of course, now I feel like the sky is the limit with kids seating. I’m ready to roll.

Here are ten of my faves:

1. Lou Lou ghost chair from Kartell.

Considering I have the big people ghost chairs in my dining room these on my design wish list for R + M. Plus they come in cool tinted colors like pink, mint green and blue. Come to mama….

2. Mini parsons desk and scoop chairs from West Elm.

Also have always had a thing for the bigger versions. Mini is just so much cuter.

3. Little Nod Chairs.

As I mentioned above, R + M have these guys in pink and denim embroidered with their names. We LOVE them. But I also LOVE the new patterns this seasons. Like the hamburger chair or the sailboat chair with the ottoman. These would bring great design and bold colors to a neutral room.

4. Cygnet Chair from giggle.

For your mid-century modern kiddo {who has no concept of what mid-century modern even means}. This is hip, chic and the perfect lounge.

5. The Yolk Chair from genius jones.

When Cole and I spotted this during preggo shopping, he dubbed it, “the place where babies conduct business.”

6. Pottery Barn Fold Out Anywhere Lounger.

Not to be outdone, PB has this lounger which looks like a mini sofa but folds out into comfy heaven. Code for: the perfect place to watch Sesame Street.

7. 8. + 9. Restoration Hardware Baby: Mini Kensington Sofa, Mini 1950′s Copenhagen Chair & Mini French Wing Chair.

Because it was impossible to pick just one. Or just two. I want them all. Sigh.

10. Jonathan Adler Junior Lampert Sofa.

Because there’s nothing cooler than being mini and mod.

xoxo,

Niki

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Ahhh. A’s getting married! A’s getting married! A’s getting married. Is there anything else that worthy???

Niki:

Neon heart necklace from ETW who knows me so well.

A birthday frame that I adore. Butterflies + aqua!

Ali:

Dirty martini in honor of N’s big birthday.

Awesome “Ali” green shorts that I plan to wear while honeymooning.

Gavi:

Neon is nice.

Rock candy cupcakes. Tres chic.

Happy wedding week Ali!

xoxo,

Niki, Ali + Gavi

 

 

 

 

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Remember how I told you my life is pretty rad. Well I swear the majority is due to having healthy and beautiful children, a loving husband, a supportive family, and great friends.

But a teensy weensy part of it is because I love my closet.

This might sound very vain. Very materialistc. But the truth is, a happy closet = happy wife {unfortunately, that doesn’t rhyme quite the same way as “happy wife = happy life,” but just go with it}.

Anyways there are lots of things in my closet that I love.

Like this.

Or this.

Or this.

Or even this {a ticket of a future betting on the Heat winning it all this season}.

I’ll show you an overview of the whole shabang soon, but today I want to focus on this little nook.

You see, I love necklaces. And I have accumulated them. Some since I was approximately five years old. {I refuse to part with jewelry from my youth, even things found in those vending machines you used a claw to retrieve “prizes” out of. I am sure I just dated myself by writing that}.

The problem is, they are big and bulky and sometimes difficult to see.

So I needed a way to display them where I could really see all that I had to choose from. {Vending machine jewelry and all, perhaps even a candy necklace or two}.

And of course look pretty.

So after considering many options {most of which I spotted on Pinterest}, I opted for Anthropologie knobs. Because you know I have a thing for them. Oh, and the color aqua too.

I screwed them into the wall. And hung away.

Underneath these fun little things hibernate.

It’s jewelry organizational heaven. And it makes me smile.

And you know what they say.

Happy house = happy spouse.

xoxo,

Niki