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• Round Up: Tiny Living

  Here’s a must browse for anyone living in a New York apartment: Tiny Living, a furniture and furnishing store located at 125 East 7th Street, between 1st Avenue, and Avenue A in Manhattan. Why is it a must check out? Because they specialize in furnishings for small spaces, compact, to flexible, to organizational, to my favorite, multi-functional. You know, all the stuff people living in New York apartment need? If you’re not in New York, you can check out everything listed here, and much more, at their extensive online store. There’s probably enough there to fuel the next month of Modern Materialist posts, but I’ve decided to blow it all on one, mega-inventory post. Check out some of my favorite items, including the above doormat ($25), below: Read More... Posted May 22 2008, 02:30 PM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments Filed under: home decor, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office, round up

• Round Up: The Cool Black Watch

  [$145, Amazon]  While I'm not big on watches for myself, preferring instead to bug strangers on the street when I'm wondering how late I'm running, I do appreciate a good-looking time piece on the wrists on manly men. You know what I'm talking about — a hot watch on a lightly tanned wrist with a vein or two parralell to the face and maybe just bit of hair peeking out from under the band — hmm-mm, yes, very nice. Just to encourage some of you guys out there to adopt the look I like so much, I've rounded up a handful (pun intended) of sexy, affordable (all under $150) black watches:   Read More... Posted May 13 2008, 03:00 PM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments Filed under: round up

• Round Up: Outdoor Accessories

  [$24.95-$47.95, Home Infatuation]  Now that the weather has gotten nice, I've been spending a lot more time on our rooftop. I do a little yoga and various exercises up there in the morning and in the evening, Drew and I enjoy a cocktail as the day winds down. It's really peaceful and relaxing to be so highand away above the busy city street below, but so far, I'm ashamed to say, aside from moving a dinette set up to the roof, we haven't really done anything to make it as much as an oasis as it could be. So, this post is dedicated to those of us who could use a little push in sprucing up our outdoor spaces for the summer. These beautiful rugs pictured above are not only water-proof, they're resistant to color fading and soft enough to walk on barefoot. At less than $50, they're really reasonably prices, too, leaving enough cash for these other great outdoor accessories:   Read More... Posted May 08 2008, 02:30 PM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments Filed under: home decor, outdoors, round up

• Round Up: Cute Laptop Cases

  This is me. And my new MacBook. We just started seeing each other last week. We're very happy together, thank you. Blogging is about 10 times easier now that I'm working with a computer whose hard drive isn't on its very last leg, nay, toe. So now I need to get a bag for my new laptop, something I never did for my old one even though my parents gave me some money for one since I was in grad school and broke at the time. But rather than buy a bag, I spent the money on drinks out with friends and some lipgloss. Anyway, I'm determined to have a better relationship with this new one. I want to treat it right and maybe it'll stick around a little longer, put out a little more. If anything will make a laptop purr, it's got to be one of these: Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 10:00 AM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments Filed under: Accessories, round up, laptop bags

• Round Up: Six Spring/Summer Shoes for Under Sixty

  [$55, Piperlime]  Besides the excuse to sip Mint Juleps from silver cups, the warmer weather is also an opportunity to don some super cute footwear. After the jump, a round-up of six of of my favorites for the spring and summer all under 60 bucks:   Read More... Posted Apr 25 2008, 04:00 PM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments Filed under: shoes, round up