bits and bobbins

i have been lusting after the squint oswald sofa on the conran (usa) shop for weeks, if not a few months. to be more precise, i’ve been rabidly e-stalking it, checking in on it and drooling over it several times a week. i even went to the new conran shop in abc carpet and home in manhatta to pet it in person about a month ago…and noted that it was even more beautiful in person than it appears on screen.

if i was a.) flush with cash and b.) didn’t have an adorable toddler (who very well might (lovingly though inadvertently!) cover it in a myriad of crayon and marker marks and copious amounts of cheerio dust, amongst other kinds of detritus and effluvia), i’d snag that beauty up in a new-york-(area!) minute.

p.s. more of london-based squint ltd.’s stuff can be ogled here.

right now, most any “fashionista” who’s worth her stylish salt is likely rocking a pair of (most likely black) strappy sky high platform stilettos (say that 12 times fast!).

but, being i am not really amongst those ranks these days, i’m content to don something lower and decidedly more comfortable. like these perforated monochromatic tennies by rubber duck. who seem to make some damn cute tennis shoes in general, wouldn’t you know it?

just one more crazy, colorful example of why i like to go and will persistently against the grain. that, and i don’t want to break my neck or back for the sake of “style” (especially one i kind of loathe) but that’s probably a whole other post…

because every single shop on the planet seems to have hopped on the “green” bandwagon, we’ve got more than our fair share of reusable totes here at casa royal. and it seems a shame (and impractical to boot) to spring for another when there are so many useful ones laying about. but i might just make an exception (i like to make (or think about making!) a lot of exceptions, no?? haha!) for this colorblock, pixelated looking color chart tote, by cristian zuzunaga (available at the tate modern). it’s bright and cheery enough to make running daily errands a delight, rather than drudgery, no?