Archive for October, 2006

The greatest flannel sheets ever

unbelievable flannel sheets at overstock
Fall is here! Time to talk about flannel sheets!
Last November, I wanted white flannel sheets to complement our awesome new, wintery red and white cotten duvet cover. I turned to my beloved overstock.com for options and was sold when I read Review #3 from Wendy in Upstate New York who said, [...]

It’s Not as Strange as it Seems

antique threshold
(coffee cup to show scale)
Initially an antique wooden threshold might seem like a random fifth (Wood is the traditional gift for year five.) anniversary present. When I found it, I loved it, but I did worry that perhaps it would miss more than hit with S.O. Sometimes you just don’t know.
Here’s how I arrived at [...]

It’s NOT ME that loves the laundry

drying rack at ballard designs
S.O. loooooves the laundry. She finds it relaxing; considers it a hobby even. And wants nothing so much as a high-end front-loader through whose window she can watch the soothing tumble of clothes getting clean. What that means is that I, as a person extremely aware of S.O.’s (dare I say?) obsession, [...]

Return of the quilt

vortex quilt at garden hill
The quilt is back. It’s back in delicious modern geometrics and sumptuous as well as simple fabrics. After years of fawning over the down (and it’s stepchild the the primaloft) comforter, I’m back in love with the quilt.
Quilts are substantial, weighty. The physical heaviness of a stitched quilt brings something nostalgic and seriously comforting [...]

Anniversary score: Trophy head deux

Big Game Roe Deer by Vlaemsch
I never doubt that S.O. and I are perfect for each other. It’s completely obvious most of the time that we hit the relationship jackpot. Here’s just one tiny, not direly important, awesome illustration of that. With no hinting, coy suggesting or surreptitiously placed links in the IE history, S.O., for our [...]