Girl Gone Globetrotting
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Happy Memorial Day from the San Diego Zoo!
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I went to log into tumblr and this came up…
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Check out my blog on Wayfair.com’s blog. I run down a few of the trends I spotted while at the New York International Gift Fair, aka Mecca for the interior design obsessed. The above pictures are some of my favorite extreme pieces from the show.
Read the blog post now!
On my way to NYC (via train this time since it’s for work!) for the NY International Gift Fair. Be prepared to be inundated with home decor inspiration for the next week. Can’t wait!
Photograph by me. January 2013.
Gargantuan romantic yet rustic lights hang from weathered rope in the Restoration Hardware home furnishings store in Scottsdale, Ariz. I wanted to cut one of these precious babies down and take it home with me. Le sigh.
Photograph by me, taken with Instagram for iPhone. December 2012.
While I wait impatiently for two weekends of fun in the city (My friends from NYC are visiting this weekend, and my mom, aunt and cousin are in town the next.) and conserve my resources, I’ll show you what I do with my travel mementos.
I usually bring back postcards, posters and a few extra lbs. The pounds remain on display until I adopt my non-vacation eating habits again. (Let’s be real, the gym just ain’t happening.) The posters and postcards usually end up in a closet somewhere.
But nevermore! This weekend I decided to end that streak of buying a poster and having it only see the dark insides of my closet.
After all, in French souvenir means to remember. So dammit, I’m going to remember to display my souvenirs.
I took the subway and then a bus to the nearest Target to purchase some inexpensive, clean-lined black frames to create my very own salon wall with my vacation memories.
Check it out:
Clockwise from the left: Postcard of Tauba Auerbach’s How To Spell The Alphabet from the MoMA in NYC, (OK this one’s not a travel purchase, but it’s a map!) One Kings Lane purchase, poster I picked up in Seattle in 2010, postcard from this summer’s trip to Montreal, vintage sport photo from the Brimfield Antiques Fair.
I have a rather large map of Chicago I purchased last year (while in the Chi) that I really need to bring home with me next time I’m in Arizona.
I also have a wall of faux-vintage travel posters of places I’ve yet to visit, but still dream about, hanging in my kitchen (Faux because they were $20 on art.com, hence, not real vintage.).
I apologize for the horrendous yellow wall: It was not my choice.
Here are some other travel-themed pieces of art I’m thinking of adding to my collection:
Los Angeles Typography Map from FlyingJunction on Etsy.com $20
Traveler Art Print from Earmark on Etsy.com $25
City Coordinates Print from NotOnTheHighStreet.com $37
Scratch Off World Map from NotOnTheHighStreet.com $30
What kinds of souvenirs do you bring back from your vacays?
Instead of booking a pricey and tiny hotel room in Montreal, my family and I rented someone’s apartment for the weekend a la The Holiday. The apartment was perfect and had lots of character, however the downstairs bathroom was a bit strange. With no door to section it off from the living area, this bathroom doesn’t even have a toilet. Nope, just a urinal. One of the strangest design decisions I’ve ever encountered. Still sad I never tried to use it.
Photograph by me. July 2012.
Vintage sign from the Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show in Massachusetts. I want to know exactly how you make a bad girl better.
Photography by me. July 2012.
Industrial was a big trend at Brimfield, and I can’t say I’m disappointed. Look at those lights!
Photography by me. July 2012.
Strange things I saw at Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show.
- Bright blue mannequin
- Chaise made from a grocery cart
- Polygraph
- Gurney
That’s not all either, folks. I’m sure there’s plenty I missed.
Photography by me. July 2012.
One of the best tents at Brimfield. We weren’t supposed to take pictures. Oops!
Guess I couldn’t resist the summertime camp-by-the-lake charm!
Photography by me. July 2012.
My favorites from the Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show in Brimfield, Mass.
- A drying rack full of vintage American flags.
- Danish modern dining chairs that I would’ve taken home in a heartbeat if I had a) the space and b) the cash. But mostly it’s a) because these chairs are fab.
- My only purchase: a vintage team photo, which my father surmised is the Stanford football team.
- An apothecary chest from 1860.
Photography by me. July 2012.
Since I attended Brimfield for work, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that you can read Wayfair’s My Way Home’s blog post about the trip here.
