We are back from Brimfield (more on that later), and today I experienced the opposite of the biggest flea market in the country: yes, ICFF, The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a showcase for the best and newest in contemporary design. This deserves a few posts, but I’ll start with the great kids’ product I saw.

If this Me Too Magis Paradise Tree weren’t $756, it would be mine in an instant.

Again by MeToo by Magis, I fell in love with this modern cardboard play house, Villa Julia.

Chaise + Toy chest = Brilliant. By Igloo Play.

Someone finally invented the real sawhorse. These amazingly adorable ones are by Thelermont Hupton.

“A tree becomes a book and a book becomes a tree,” says Shawn Soh, the designer of this amazing bookcase.

This is only skimming the surface of today’s finds…stay tuned.

There are very few craft magazines (at least good ones), but there is one that tops the entire genre: Marie Claire Idees. If you don't know it, you need to (and I assume you are a lover of the handmade if you are reading this blog). When the newest arrives on my desk, I carefully plan when I am going to devour it. I took French in high school, so I can get the gist, but the pictures are good enough for me sans text!

They've added a page in the front of the magazine highlighting their contributors (at least I think that's what it's about). Here are a few blogs to look at…

From File Etoile de Lin. 

From Douce Etoile. 

From Dentelles Oxydees.

 

Sunday is our one year wedding anniversary, and my husband and I are spending the weekend in the best way we know how…we are going to the Brimfield Antique Show in Massachusetts! Seriously, nothing can make me happier…new home, spring weather, baby on the way—I plan to score big time! My friend Katie Brown calls it the Field of Dreams; you have to go to understand why!

Photos via Apartment Therapy.

I swear, it's impossible to get bored with home design these days. From brooms to bowls to lamps, whatever color you fancy, it can be yours…

Have you ever been so attracted to cleaning supplies? Products by Rice, found via Chroma Lab. 

I would love a few of these lamps hanging together in my nursery. By Rie Elise Larsen, found on Eat Drink Chic. 

Simple design, gorgeous colors. Found on Minor Details. 

Alice Supply Co. makes every bit of housework happier.

What is it about a frozen dessert that is wrapped up and tied with a skinny, delicate piece of baker's twine that forces me to stop and stare? Not sure if it makes me want to eat it or just look at it.

  From Sweet Paul. 

  From Stella Cake. 

From Twig & Thistle. 

 From Cannelle et Vanille.