Here are some recent additions (I think) that I especially like:

You can also see the apartment in Milan that he designed for boyfriend and accessories designer Brian Atwood here. His own Chicago abode here. And the place he created for an Oprah TV producer here. (All three homes were published in Elle Decor.)

Despite having multiple closets, I have had trouble figuring out how to best organize my boots. I keep some in boxes from the Container Store, and the ones I wear more regularly (at least during the fall/winter) have just been lying around. Now, with my growing collection of these boot holders, I can stand them up in the closet — all in a nice, neat row. No more slouching boots!

It's designed by Tord Boonje and designed for outdoor use. Too bad it comes with a $3,000 price tag.

I have been searching for the perfect raincoat for quite some time, and I think this is it. I love the look of a trench — I've got a few in my closet — but they usually don't have a hood. And I need a hood because I don't like to carry an umbrella.

So this? This may be the Holy Grail of raincoats for me.

I think it would be a great replacement for the mirror currently hanging in our entry:

That wall seems to lend itself better to a vertical, rather than round, mirror. Now I just need to convince Jon!

P.S. I bought the Madeline Weinrib rug on sale at ABC Carpet & Home, which now has an online shop.

It looks like the same one in interior designer Jay Jeffers' San Francisco home:

I think I'm going to frame a group of them somewhere in our house. I've got nine months to figure out exactly where ...

But, although they were just released for pre-order, they are already sold out! (I may have to pick up a roll of the charm bracelet tape, available in his Etsy shop.)

When you find out that some of the costumes weigh 20 pounds, it makes it that much more impressive that the performers can sing and dance and run around the way they do!

After "Behind the Emerald Curtain," we headed to The Slanted Door for lunch. Yum.

Although this dessert was described on the menu as "chocolate angel food cake," um, it's clearly a giant Ho Ho, right? And by the way, that peanut swirl ice cream was ridiculously good.

We're only in Week 4 and I've already missed one week (#3)! So that gives me a grade of a C. I've been taking self-portraits and the lighting hasn't been the best, so that's something I'm hoping to improve on, too.

It's a lot better than the plain-Jane oval placeholder mirror we had in there for a year and a half! Next up: Adding some much-needed color to the room, in the form of some artwork.

P.S. This is what the vanity area looked like when we moved in:

Since we're trying to avoid any actual renovations — just making cosmetic changes — we replaced the sconces and knobs right away.

It's a good thing Jon and I went to Ikea the other day and picked up a lot more of their inexpensive magazine holders!

I'm looking to replace the sconces in our master bathroom and the ceiling fixtures in our closet. For the latter, I'm leaning toward one of these:

Circa has so many options, it was hard to narrow it down to just these two!

The latter was actually closed when we arrived, but as we were about to leave, owner Michelle Homme pulled up in a U-Haul. She had just come back from a buying trip in Southern California. Although the goods that were in the truck aren't on her 1st Dibs site yet, I already know I'm going to love them if her current inventory is any indication. Look at these arrow side tables!