meg mateo ilasco of designer’s library (she shared her apartment with us on monday) sent over a call for submissions today and i thought some of you might be interested. meg’s putting together an interior decor book which focuses on how people are bringing their family history, heritage, or culture into the styling of their home. she’s collecting submissions for the book until april 10, 2007. sounds like fun! if anyone is interested or has any questions, they can email meg right here. good luck! [photo above is from paula smail’s house and the photo below is from meg’s home]

[speaking of books, thanks to lotta jansdotter and co. for including my review on her new book’s back cover. it was such a nice surprise]

i’m working on our kitchen later today and some of the components just arrived: the gold chain knobs from anthropologie (i’m loving chains right now- i feel a mini trend coming on) and my citron colored flor tiles from interface. will post pictures when i’m done…

we talked about restlessthings’ blue fawn print a few weeks ago but i wanted to add one of her newest designs- a new floral gocco print on vintage book pages. it’s only $10 and there are 20 left so if you’re interested just click here to get more info and place your order.

alyson fox passed along a fantastic link to artist doris salcedo this morning. ms. salcedo is a colombian sculptor who often uses furniture in her work. the installation above was created for the international istanbul biennale in 2003 and included over 1550 chairs stacked between two city buildings. you can see more of ms. salcedo’s work right here…[thanks, alyson!]

[photo above by muammer yanmaz]

i’ve mentioned domestic before but recently i delved deeper into their collection and found a patterns tucked away that i hadn’t seen before. the ceiling collections by studio job are always my favorite so it was great to see that they come in colors other than black, like a light grey/blue, gold and flat white. in addition to studio job’s collection i really loved some pieces by inga sempe- her black and white flower piece was so subtle and modern. you can click here to browse domestic’s most recent wall vinyl collections- you’ll notice some fun prints and color variations that haven’t been promoted (or seen) as heavily yet. it’s always fun to stumble on new color choices…

this piece made the rounds this week but i had to share it here- the bloomframe is a dual balcony and window designed by hofman dujardin architecten in amsterdam. even if it was installed well something about folding out your balcony would always make me a bit uneasy- but it’s a fun idea to think about. compact living ideas are always a good reminder to try to invest in objects that serve dual functions and let us downsize on the “stuff” in our lives. [via notcot]

this beautiful piece was printed over a piece of original vintage book paper. i love the combination of a soft, vintage book page with an assortment of lively modern colors. you can pick up this print right here for $13.50. [via poppytalk]