Hodge Podge of Stuff!

I've had a lovely few days off. First there was Santa Barbara, and then there was staying with the lovely Paris girls in San Diego. A very great time was had by all. Here are two pictures from the hike we did:

This is Tangerine Falls!

This is a bit of a modge podge entry, just a bunch of stuff I wanted to share. Here's a video that shows the creepy similarities in drawing and movement of some Disney movies, suggesting that they just reused the basics and drew over things I think. It's interesting to watch, and that french song is awesome, I wonder what it is!

I'm a big fan of this concept for eco-friendly packaging for Coke.  You can read all about the project here on the Packaging World Blog.  It's a design project by a gentleman, and not actually being implemented by Coke (unfortunately).  I'm actually doing a project on Coke right now and one of my suggestions for opportunities they could pursue was being more eco-friendly.




And one more amazing pic to share with you:

That picture is simply beautiful! I love the teal/pale aquamarine vases, and the wood table... I just want it in my house!  As well as a well lit window with white curtains like the one in the picture, I could go for that for sure.  But this image was found on the adorable Tumblr called "Elizabethtown" which has some great little findings, and has a special place in my heart now because of Elizabeths penchant for all things Harry Potter.  (You should check out her Hogwarts houses polyvore post, super cute.)

Interior Decorating : Brooklyn Brownstone

Picture 1, with my favorites!

Design Sponge has an amazing house tour of this couple with a brownstone in Brooklyn.  The first time I went through the pictures I thought the house was much bigger than it actually is, I only just realized that the sitting room and kitchen and dining room are pretty much the same room!  But you want to know my three favorite things about this house, which you can actually see in the first picture...?
1. That amazing built-in bookshelf in the dining room that displays not just books but mirrors and rocks and stuff.  So neat!  And the fact that it's white makes everything really stand out!
2.  That guest loft with the ladder above the dining room, but also the fact that the ladder can be used for the bookshelves right next door! So crafty.
3.  Those lights that are facing the kitchen area that were rescued off a ship in India.  Really cool looking.

 This picture on the left gives another great look at that amazing bookshelf!  See the track for the ladder, as well as the museum-like display of masks?  Really creative.  That dining room table is really neat too, I think the husband made it.  He's a woodworker and made a lot of the wooden objects in the house, like the 4 posters of their bed in the picture below!  I also love that big mirror propped against the wall in their room, as well as that phenomenal original fireplace in their room!

The picture on the left is a sitting room that doubles as even MORE guest sleeping quarters if need be. See those "couches" with all the pillows?  They're actually mattresses! (Glad to know we aren't the only ones who do that!)  But the real reason I included this picture, aside from their adorable puppy, is that I LOVE those tables that are tree trunks, seriously, super fantastic.  Of course the husband made the tables, as well as the legs for the mattresses, and those wooden things in the window. 
That's it for the house tour, if you want to see more pictures visit the Design Sponge post, it's amazing.