mattress updates...

lyin' in the sun on Harvist Road, NW6

i realised i didn't post these few mattresses that i have spotted lately afterall...so here they are....

DO NOT CROSS THE LINE! Tavistock Road, W11

 

there may be trouble ahead...Monson Road, NW10

....and evidence of the residents of Mattressland's inventive use of a bike-lock station - who needs "left luggage"!

on Park Parade, NW10

sly fox

mr foxy on Portobello Road

so happy that the new fence in my garden hasn't deterred the fox cubs....a bold little fellow came right up to my living room window the other night - but sadly i didn't have time to snap a photo.  i haven't managed to get a shot of any of my garden visitors any lately (apart from the colourful one above - spotted at Portobello Market under the Westway).  i managed to get my hands on a copy of An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails by Orr Shtuhl and Elizabeth Graeber - with this gorgeous sly fox on the front cover.

you sophisticated fox!

a great little boo - not only does it give you some beautifully illustrated classic cocktail recipes but also the stories behind their names (& i don't know if it was deliberate but the book actually SMELLS lemony!) - it will certainly come in handy on my new brekkie/alkie bar.

gems from down under...

spotted on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia

i've not posted for a while, nor been mattress spotting much, too wrapped up in house renovations and kitchen installations (promise to upload photos soon).  so i was delighted to receive an email yesterday from the likkle girl who wurves pwetty things with this photo of a cheery little mattress she spotted in Sydney, Australia!  isn't it groooovy....how come our Brit-mattresses are so boring - all stripes and faded flowers - i love this wild one! being surrounded by sunshine and colourbursts of inspiration no wonder she also makes beautiful fabric "gem" jewellery and rosettes, available in her store the empress dowager's new jewels. LUSH.

now back to unpacking those boxes!

wish

i love this cute print from YellowHeartArt spotted via mademoiselle cranky pants - i wish i had wall-space for it!

visitors of the foxy kind

conversations i've never had from harry draws pictures

i know foxes have a bad name these days (tho thankfully they are no longer worn round people's necks!) but i just love seeing them roaming the urban streets & gardens and am thrilled to bits that i have a pair of cute little cubs who seem to love playing in my garden at the moment.

my visiting fox cubs....

  

as its currently full of kitchen rubbish and new fence posts they're treating it a bit like an obstacle course and they kept me awake most of last night running around like maniacs and jumping up and down, tails flying and little ears silhouetted in the darkness.  as the sun came up at 4am i managed to snap a few (fuzzy) pics on my iphone - not great quality but you can see them and as they heard my phone clicking away they kept sitting and staring up at me - so cute!  i shall really miss them because, of course, once the new fence is up they probably won't be able to get in - tho i am sorely tempted (as suggested by a few friends) to create a fox-flap!  in the meantime i might need something to remind me of my little furry friends....

 

so i guess i might just have to get one of these lovely lush designs lampshades - they even have a new fox & cubs one, along with the original foxy version.

or maybe even a nice cushion, mug or tray....lovely.

lighten up

so beautiful...but if i can't have three...do i want one?

am torn over making a decision about lighting in my new kitchen (currently a work in progress) and tho i have been daydreaming for a while now about owning a fabulous Tom Dixon copper pendant -at a whopping £320 its a bit out of my price range.  i've also just remembered i had wanted one of Jake Phipps' spiffing bowlers (cheaper at £155) when i spotted it at a design festival a few years ago....hmmmm....and i think perhaps the titfer might fit better as the other is quite large....its just not terribly kitchen-y and probably won't give out a great deal of light!

what a catch, what?

i was also rather tempted by these Benjamin Hubert labware lovelies when I saw them a while ago...but i think they might be overdoing it slightly...and i'm bound to bang my bonce.  naturally if money (and space) were no object i would def invest in one of these!

perfect for experimentation.......

hot [mattresses] in the city

triple goodness (sofa, bike, mattress!) on the corner of Pembridge Villas, W2

collecting a crop - outside my workplace in Mornington Crescent, NW1

just a few i've spotted lately...and one from Kate in Bruxelles!

mattress with beer - only in Belgium! Chaussée de Wavre, Brussels

and just a few other hotties.....

alright duckie! in Regents Park yesterday

what a shiny orangey beauty! by Gladstone Park, NW10

the rapture

jesus rollerblading christ - we're all doomed....

sweet peonies

the sweet pink peonies are in bloom in my garden so i snipped a few this morning to brighten up the house....and i just spotted this gorgeous peony illustration by kris atomic via a cup of jo - so cute!

flytalk

flytalk...on my breadbin a few minutes ago.....

an homage to the brilliant flytalk by modern toss

Fly Talk - Modern Toss from 12foot6 on Vimeo.

off me rocker

how gorgeous are these fab rockers from oddlimited - i would soooo love to have one in my garden...even if it would look slightly out of place in mattressland...maybe i could make my own version out of abandoned mattresses and a few sheets fashioned into a tent...

wobbly weekend

the two Peter Pans...

Bart & his beatbox!

Tom & Bart...cutest couple!

met up with lovely Bart & Tom, over from Brussells for a weekend in London, on Friday evening for a picnic in Kensington Gardens.  lots of yummy grub from Whole Foods and a bunch of vodka cocktails later we walked over towards Regents Park (Bart drawing lots of attention as he was sporting my vintage yellow Roberts Radio, blasting tunes beatbox stylie the whole way) and for a few G&Ts at the artichoke on Albany Street - such a fun evening but i was seriously inebriated and had to cycle home! it was my 2nd or 3rd time whizzing round the Park's Inner Circle (and thinking how strange it was that there were so many white cars with only one rear light working parked there that night - till i twigged it was the same one every time) and seeing the BT Tower in front of me for the 3rd time that really hit home how drunk I was...oh dear!

spotted on my drunken cycle home - Arlington Road, NW10

on Saturday my mum and I made a trip to Ikea to FINALLY purchase my new kitchen - which should be delivered and installed within the next 2-3 weeks - very exciting.  i also managed to purchase two fab (& very cheap at £20 each) plastic garden chairs...which look more like teeth to me!  and spotted a mattress right opposite my house.

i call it....urban tooth decay...

opposite my front door on Park Parade, NW10

NOSTALGICart

a snippet of one of Rick Warden's pieces on display at the Tricycle - i spy JOHNNY ALUCARD (in the bath!) from Dracula AD 1972 - a personal favourite!

i was over at the Tricycle in Kilburn the other night to catch a film and was intrigued by current exhibition NOSTALGICart & DigiPics by  Rick Warden (memorable as demon Astaruth in the BBC's cheery exorcism tv drama series 'Apparitions' - tho he's done a lot more!).  the NOSTALGICart part of the exhibition came from memories of his childhood top trump card obsession -  begun anew as he has now managed to search out and complete the sets he coveted in the school playground - absolutely LOVE the Dracula piece (sadly not for sale as its obviously his personal favourite).

my brother would so love this one made from the horror top trumps cards

in 'Apparitions' Father Jacob (Martin Shaw) sends demon Astaruth (Rick Warden) packing - despite the extreme blood loss and levitation he still doesn't rate high enough for his own top trump horror card.....

the DigiPics he created by using an app on his iphone, then made digital prints and has also done a couple of oils - despite my initial reservations the vibrant colours grew on me and i actually fell in love with this one...probably cos that looks suspiciously like Trellick Tower there...anything with a bit of Trellick gets full marks in my book.  check out Rick's exhibition before it goes - on till saturday 14th May 2011.

i spy...Trellick Tower...?

spring mattresses

popped out for a bike ride to Westbourne Grove yesterday and went a bit mad maxing the plastic. first i bought some delicious Diptyque Do Son eau de toilette - a fresh sweet fragrance of tuberose and berries - which reminds me of something, just on the tip of my...nose!  they've also created new solid perfumes too, next on shopping list...

then managed to grab a fab scarf from twenty8twelve with a gorgeous owl on it...in the sale basket (but still far more than i should have been spending) - just had to have it.

before stopping for lunch (and a bit of food shopping) at Daylesford with my mate Mandy as we sat and watched the super-rich and surgically-enhanced strolling by (same place i spotted Brigitte Nielsen with a bandaged eye last week!).

jersey royals and fresh eggs from Daylesford - thats dinner & brekkie covered!

on the way home i spotted a mattress in all its green finery and my mate Luke in South London also sent me one he spotted down Crystal Palace way...stripeylicious!

green with envy on Herbert Road, NW10

a neat little set up in Crystal Palace

Vogue LOVES mattresses

OHMYGOD....just bought my brand spanky new copy of Vogue (June) and what do i find inside but a mattress centrefold (model: Raquel Zimmermann, Photographer: josh olins)...what a HOTTIE...the love surely is spreading! oh...and here's a couple more i've spotted IRL (in real life) out on my bicycle the last couple of days...

totally perving over this cutie on Purves Road, NW10

all trussed up on Mortimer Road, NW10