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Check it. This dollhouse is made from recycled cardboard (= biodegradable) and has a handle for easy moving. Plus, it’s $35, which is entirely affordable considering Barbie’s Dream House costs at least three times that and hurts your eyes if you look at it too long.

“The first take-away home for kids on the move. For girls AND boys. MobileHome is blue outside and red inside. Easy to install. Easy to carry. With 8 secret rooms, stair openings and spy holes. And an attic for storage. For knights, pirates and princesses. For Japanese figurines and little dolls. Design, creativity, durability and play lie at the heart of the toys of Kidsonroom. For on the road, when staying over, for a day in the park, at home, or on holidays. Easy-to-assemble for hours of play. Easy-to-store: it folds down flat in its box. Earth-friendly: made from 100% recycled cardboard and is 100% biodegradable!”

Dimension: 8.75W x 14D x 18H

Seeing that owls are nocturnal and function quite well at night, expectations are that this lamp will do the same while adding a little detail and/or whimsy to a room.

matte porcelain
requires one 60W bulb

6W x 8D x 9.75H

Here’s a nice little bread box with a lid that also serves as a bread board.

(Link and price updated February 22, 2011.)

Support BLTD by buying here: $99 at gnr8.biz

Not a bad price for a rug/mat with such strong graphic stripes…

“A fresh take on a summer classic, our awning stripe rug features offset yarn-dyed stripes that have the look of pieced construction. Hand woven on a sturdy cotton weft, it’s richly colored and one of a kind.”

Available in Cherry, Clementine, Black, Ink Blue and Green Apple.

2 x 3′: $29.00
2.5 x 9′: $69.00
3 x 5′: $49.00
5 x 8′: $109.00
8 x 10′: $179.00

This expandable organizer seems to be the answer to keep large and small utensils exactly where you want them, thereby providing serenity to those of us more finicky about disorganized flatware.

-Dividers adjust to accommodate all utensil shapes and sizes
-Organize more utensils in one compartment
-Multiple utensils stay neatly stacked even when drawers are opening and closing
-Expands from 9.75” to 16.25” to fit kitchen drawers

15.25” x 9.5” to 16” x 2”

Cut down on tabletop clutter with placemats that feature built-in napkin rings.

“With this clever placemat designed by Josh Jakus, you will never lose those napkin rings again because each mat features a built-in holder. Pop the attached ring out of the mat and interlock around the napkin, then tuck safely back in for easy storage. Sold as a set of two in gray or black. Gray rubber is 30% post-industrial waste rubber. Black rubber is 100% recycled tires. Handmade in the USA.”

Sold as a set of two mats in gray or black.

18″ L x 12″ W

This looks like a good choice for adding just the right amount of ambient light to a room.

‘Translated as “bowl” in Japanese, the Wan delicately holds its light in a beautifully curved shell. Encased in its walls are sand-like iron particles, allowing you to direct the angle of light by simply shifting the weight of the bowl. More lovely than its shape however is its glow, as its thick rim softens the contours of the light to a subtle, diffused hue.’

Designer: Naoto Fukasawa
Materials: Polycarbonate, Aluminum
Available in silver or white with a choice of flood or narrow light distribution.
13″ dia. x 8″H

I don’t know if you guys buy lots of wine (or liqueur) at once or not, but this bottle bag would cut down on the amount of boxes used each time to move it all to and fro the store and then the recycling center.

“From Reisenthel, this sturdy bottle bag will allow you to safely transport up to 9 1.5 litre bottles. No more bulky boxes or worrying about clanging bottles on the way home. Use the bottle bag to transport recycles to the garbage bin too.”

The hand hooks by Harry Allen are now available in frosted acrylic(!).

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Nice lambs wool blanket with “blah blah” pattern.

These decorative pillows have enough pattern to add some interest in a subdued, sophisticated way.

Materials: Linen/cotton blend; 95/5 feather and down insert.
18″W x 18″H.

Framed Pin Dot (left), $86.00, Buy it here.

Sketch Pillow (right), $86.00, Buy it here.

While this choice of brick might be an extremely expensive way to pave your garden walkway/patio, they might grab you as worthwhile for nostalgia’s sake.

(*I do feel the need to warn you about the rather unaesthetic site: sorry to whoever made it, but it’s not very pretty.)

10 € ($15.45)
Shipping outside of the E.U. is: 22,80 € ($35.23)
Shipping in the E.U. is: 13,80 € ($21.32)

This collection of Honey Lamps is on sale (almost half off).

‘This is a system of light elements built around diffused light, designed on a modular transparent structure, of theoretically unlimited extension, like “Brancusi’s Endless” column. The texture of the triangular components, in a honey comb structure and micro-prismatic, directs the distribution of the light flow through the interior of the structure. The system is composed of three basic components, assembled together in a clip-on process (the elements are a triangle as diffuser, a square as frame and a crown as the cover) as well as the rod iron legs for the base. The assembly operations, which are extremely simple and require no additional tools, are left to the user. By using the components available in the system, it is possible within the required dimensions, to choose from several lamp alternatives.’

Honey T2 Table Lamp (with legs): $442.50 Sale: $236.00, available at YLighting
Dimensions 11.4″W X 13.4″H

Honey T1 Table Lamp (with legs, not pictured): $637.50 Sale: $340.00, available at YLighting
This table lamp is available in 3 different standard heights.

Honey F Floor Lamp: $1,192.50 Sale: $636.00, available at YLighting
The floor lamp is available in 4 different standard heights.

Delightful arrangement of old flashcards to adorn your walls…

“They once introduced proper usage to Fifties schoolkids…cleverly rearranged, these vintage Dick & Jane flashcards now proclaim witticisms delightfully naughty and devilishly nice, phrases humorous and pointed, messages meaningful and memorable—like all truly enjoyable art. Framed behind glass in matte black metal. Each is unique.”

Sizes range from 12-1/4″W x 9-3/4″H to 12-1/4″W x 21″H.

While neither of these are the most practical accoutrements, they are curious objects that some of you might enjoy collecting.

‘Tougher than Leather’ Skateboard: 480 €
Buy it here.

“How old school can you get? Strap on this leather beauty and pose your cred away.
Socks optional. Made to order. ”

‘Zeus’ Letter Opener: Brass,155 € ; Silver plated brass: 174 €,
Buy it here.

“Left or right handed, a letter knife to rip through hatemail with the stealth and fury of Zeus!
Available in solid or silver-plated brass. Currently in stock.”

[via trendhunter]