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September 23, 2008

Things Nancy wants

There aren't many things in life that I hate more than being cold, so the end of summer is a very sad time for me.

But then I saw this scarf, and now I'm just praying for it to cool down. They come in grey, black and white, with both upper- and lowercase letters. And if numbers are more your thing, well, they've got those, as well.

The lovely scarves are from littlefactory.com, a design Web site with plenty of other neat things, but this is reason enough for me to love them.

And here's another example of why I need more designer-type friends: Book vases. No, not cases. VASES.

Designer Laura Cahill began making them from unwanted books, after she discovered the glue used to bind them makes books very difficult to recycle. Maybe publishing houses can stop destroying books, and start making pretty housewares, now.

(photo courtesy of littlefactory.com)

Posted by Nancy Knight at 2:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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I love the "Heavy Read" stool made with old books.

Posted by: Kathy | September 23, 2008 2:12 PM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.