London-based designer Vanja Bazdulj is working on an ever-growing collection of handmade tableware fashioned in slab built clay. The Naive Tableware series consists of raw, yet simple, cups, jugs, and vases with sketches and doodles done by the designer herself. She was inspired by sketches and drawings that are left behind on urban walls in her area of London where “hipsters like to leave their marks.” So, on this collection, Bazdulj leaves behind her own markings creating a quirky collection of functional tableware.

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Naive Tableware by Vanja Bazdulj

I don’t know about you but I still get excited when I view a city from an airplane or a tall building. There’s something about that perspective that is so fascinating to me and when I saw The City Series from McNabb & Co. , I got the same feeling

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Spectacular Wood Sculptures: The City Series by McNabb & Co.

Min-jon is an Etsy shop that makes handmade, laser-cut wooden lampshades. Essentially, there are two lampshade: the inner shell made of cloth and an outer shell made of real oak wood. Pretty cool! The shop is run by Nadine Fliegen and Andrea Steckner, who hail from Germany. You can swap out the inner shade to change up the look, too.

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Handmade Laser Cut Wooden Lampshades

After a year post-launch, Italian brand  Enzyma is back with the start of a year full of household furnishings and the first up is Shaky , a vase designed by founder Gianluca Sgalippa. Shaky is a playful, ceramic vase that reminds me of one of those bendy straws or a Slinky.

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Shaky: A Sculptural Vase from Enzyma

Dressing up a bare wall with a large shelving unit can totally change the decor of a room – in a good way, of course! Not only does it enhance the open wall, but it provides endless decor options. You can fill with it colorful books of all shapes and sizes, souvenirs from your travels, family portraits, drawings and sculptures made by your children.

To take a few tips from the images above, you can put storage boxes – to have storage within storage, arrange canvas paintings, display collectibles, typography and to store your record collection.

As far as installation goes, you can install a built-in shelving system or just place a free-standing unit against the wall. Personally, I prefer the free-standing option, like these from Lucce at Interior Addict, because if I ever move – they can come along with me!

For those not interested in covering a whole wall in shelving, there are so many different shapes, sizes and arrangements available – the possibilites are really endless.

What do you think of shelving units – do you love this look?

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InVaso is one interesting looking vase because it’s made out of sponge, the same type of sponge you use to wash your car. Sponges are meant to hold water, which is one of the necessary factors to keep plants alive. Realized by industrial designer Stefano Claudio Bison , this container or vase is holding soil and plants, which contain other elements like mineral salts. So essentially what you have is a container of plants and soil that in turn are containers themselves of minerals and other elements. They resemble clay pots that you see everywhere but in fun, vibrant colors.

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Sponge Vase: InVaso by Stefano Claudio Bison

German design group Voxel Studio created SUESSLICHT , a pendant lamp made of sugar. Each shade is formed in a cone-like shape that resembles a sugarloaf, which is the original form that refined sugar was produced and sold. Partnered with simple hardware and primary colored, textile-covered cords, these lights are pretty sweet (sorry, I couldn’t resist). The shades are made when sugar crystals are mixed with a water base, then pressed and dried, forming the thin, crystalline shell

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A Lamp Made From Sugar: SUESSLICHT by Voxel Studio

Lately all I want in my home is vaulted ceilings. I’ve been stalking homes for sale and will only keep scrolling through the pictures if I see either a kitchen or a bedroom with high, vaulted ceilings. It really makes such a difference in a room when the ceilings are higher than normal – and there are so many different styles you can implement – with lighting and paint colors and molding. And skylights to add even more light and openness.

If I could have a house with super high ceilings in the kitchen AND in the bedroom, it would be heaven. My absolute dream home. But then I thought, which would I rather? Because most likely, I’m not going to be able to have both! I have to say, I think if it came down to it – I’d go for the bedroom. Even though more time is spent in the kitchen than in the bedroom, there’s just something more exciting about a master suite with high ceilings in comparison to one without.

But a open, vaulted kitchen would be excellent for entertaining….

What are your thoughts? If you had to choose between a master bedroom with high ceilings or a kitchen, which would you rather?

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Studio Segers has designed a simplistically unique furniture and accessory collection with a universal element incorporated into each piece – poles made of oak wood. Whether it’s the legs of a table or hooks on a wall, the pole is the theme of the (obviously named)  Pole Collection . Now available through Mookum , the collection combines white lacquered metal with the warm wood giving it a bit of a Scandinavian feel

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Pole Collection by Studio Segers

Did you watch the Oscars last night? I had them on in the background while doing other things, but lately I’ve enjoyed hunkering down in the living room and watching the different awards shows that have been on. It’s always fun to see what the different celebrities are wearing, and wondering what many of them were thinking! I also like to watch them in their seats to see if they’re actually paying attention or who they go to when they win.

This year, I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t think I’ve seen one of the movies that are nominated. I’ve been dying to see Silver Linings Playbook, Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, Argo and Lincoln. I’m sure I could think of more – but those are the movies at the top of my list. After watching the Oscars, I’m definitely in the mood to start checking the movies off my list! Which movies have been your favorites?

As far as the fashion for the evening went, I’m loving the fuller dresses, like those worn by Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence. I also loved the pink dress worn by Kerry Washington. Charlize Theron also looked beautiful in all white. I never realized how tall she is – Adele either! Seems like everyone looked tall next to Kristin Chenoweth, who looked great as well.

What did you think of the fashion at the Oscars? Who’s dress was your favorite?

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