DIY Chair Railing Shoe Rack

Photograph from Livingetc, March 2010, via House to Home.
Anthropologie knobs, clockwise from top left: Mercury Glass Melon knob, £8; Framed Facets knob, £12;
Violette knob in Mint, £8.

I've definitely been having a yellow moment lately so no surprise this chair railing shoe rack caught my eye! Only drawback? I'm very much a flats girl... But the good news is that all this needs is either a short shelf mounted above each railing or (my fave) some cool knobs.

Now all that's left is to find a place of our own!

Latest Object of Desire...

Spring Leopard Scarf in blue, Crumpet London, £98.50 (was £197)

Ever since one of the girls in the office blogged on Crumpet's Scottie dog print scarf, I've been completely obsessed with this option of the more feline persuasion...OK, maybe that she blogged about such a scarf on the very same morning I watched a hot pink Virginia Johnson shark print scarf disappear out of my shopping cart while shopping the Net-a-Porter sale, had something to do with it...

Point being, if I somehow scrounge up an extra £98 in the next couple of days, I know where it's going!

Domino Lives!

Brides.com has re-launched their site with one very welcome inclusion: archives of the late, great Domino magazine. There are already tons of design fodder to browse, but Brides will also be uploading more and more in the coming days. Talk about Christmas in July (OK...end of June, but close...)!

Girl Crushing

Cameron Diaz for British Vogue, July 2010.
Photographs by Regan Cameron.

I know Cameron Diaz is a love her/hate her kind of person - but if you happen to get your hands on a copy of British Vogue's July 2010 issue, you absolutely MUST look at Regan Cameron's photograph of the 37-year-old actress.

I swear she's more stunning than ever...and that's coming from a longtime fan who has seen her ups (think 'Charlie's Angels') and downs (even though she did sort of pull off that hairdo in 'There's Something About Mary') alike!

Design Fodder: Charleston, SC

This amazing archway was spotted at Copper Penny (317 King Street) by Amanda (our dear guest blogger), who dubbed the dec wedding worthy. You might not be able to tell, but the arch is made of paper...it's basically mag and newspaper pages formed into an arch and then covered completely in clear packing tape and then topped off with paper flowers.

Also in the pic is another friend, Becca, who will probably kill me for posting this - but doesn't her shirt look amazing next to the paper creation?