Next up: Manolo's

Posting a picture of my closet feels a little like exposing my dirty laundry. Literally. That's my laundry basket over there in the right corner. But I'm so darn proud of this project that I'm doing it anyway. After pitched battles with every closet in my ownership over the past decade, I finally took two hours -- really, that's all it took! -- and bought some sets of cheap stackable shelves and an over-the-door towel rack for my scarves. I am officially the undisputed victor in the Closet Wars.



Also, I highly recommend those little wooden hangers. They were $4 for an 8-pack at Home Depot and I now feel like I live at the Four Seasons.

Blue

At last, our blue wall. We taped, primed, mixed and painted, so we'd better like it now. Also because it's the very first thing we see in the morning (besides eachother with bedhead). It came out a tiny bit brighter than I was imagining, but since we didn't even test it, I'm going to consider it a qualified success.



I'm now eyeing the capiz mirror for this wall and a similar pendant lamp from West Elm for over the bed.





We're going for that urban-beach feel. What, you've never heard of it? Okay, we might be making it up. But I totally think it's going to work.

Today's Obsession: Indoor Fountain with Lamp

I don't know if I would really put this in my home, but the idea of it makes me feel peaceful inside. I'm reminded of the lovely lobby of a hotel spa I went to once in Bangkok. I wish the massage rooms had been as nice -- they were just regular hotel rooms, and, no joke, instead of using an old stereo to play the sounds of the rainforest or bad new age music, the therapist turned on the t.v. and flipped the channel to CNN, which was covering bombing in Iraq. She seemed genuinely confused and a little offended when I asked her to turn it off mid-massage, after 20 minutes of stifling inappropriate giggles.

Back to the fountain. This nice little slice of watery spa bliss is from Eurway, my new favorite budget modern home site. My brother introduced me to it last week, and it has already supplied me with a new office chair and two bar stools. Almost everything on this site is exquisite, and the prices are unbelievable, so I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.



What do you think? Soothing and spa-like, or cheesy bacteria trap?