scrubadub

it seems that my home is always under bathroom construction. there's dust everywhere. tile cutters in my laundry room, sheetrock in my hallways. so, when i come across a pretty bathroom makeover, i can't help but to appreciate all of the messiness and fighting that went on mere weeks before the final pictures are posted. and when i come across a REALLY spiffy looking bathroom, i can't help but post it. 


here is a bathroom by graphic designer and illustrator Anile Prakash as seen on design sponge:  

the before, unlustworthy shot:

and, perfection:

 

love this bathroom more at designsponge.

scratch that.

while still avoiding the fact that my blog has been neglected, i was checking out new found and not-yet-neglected website fab.com. it calls itself a site that offers daily design inspirations... a sort of ruelala for edgy and smartly produced home furnishings/lighting/jewelry. what they showcased for today is back-to-basics unique and cute... removable tattoos for adults by Brooklyn designer Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka super-popular design blogger Swiss Miss). Her line is called Tattly, a temporary tattoo design store that provides cool, typographic fake ink created by a line-up of all-star designers.

even more ador-affordable than they are erasable:

 

snag more design thrills at fab.com

marky-mark.

while perusing through my local barnes & noble bookstore (yes, i am avoiding the subject that i haven't blogged in months. stay with the story, please!), i came across a quite delightful lil magazine. this may not be new news, as i have a bit of tunnel vision when it comes to vogue/ellehome/anythingtrashy magazines, but i think that i am in love! between oprah and architectual digest, i found mark. mark had all of the key components of being fabulous- a typographically-sturdy exterior, pretty modern shapes, and a excellent use of contrasting colors. only after opening the cover did i find out that this pretty exterior had brains and substance as well as compelling uses of the grid + type. my heart is still pitterpatter. 

look for yourself and remember to share mark with me: 

added bonus- download mark online. 

be green while saving green at:

http://www.mark-magazine.com/home