After our refrigerator somehow shorted out the entire apartment last night (!!), resulting in us spending the night in a hotel (paid for by our landlord) I’m in need of a particularly calming Daily Dose of Green.  No one got hurt, the lights are now back on so really not that big a deal.  However, it made me realize we’re not prepared for a crisis at night.  We had a large flashlight and some candles/matches, but, our cell phones weren’t charged and we don’t have a land line.  I think the next place we might spring for a real land line…

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend and if you’re in NYC, I hope you’re out taking a walk in this lovely warm weather.

xo ABBEY

Photograph by endlessly talented Francesco Lagnese

Is it just me or are these chairs really really similar? The first is from Urban Outfitters ($325) and the second is from Target ($299).

PS I’m loving this version of the Urban Outfitters chair below (maybe for the new living room?)

First seen here.

I’ve had these sea stones from Etsy Seller Resurrection Fern on my mind since I saw them on Design*Sponge last week.  The stones would look amazing on my dinning room table or on a desk.  The print (below) I’d love to hang as part of my gallery wall.  PS: BIG NEWS: We found an apartment and we’re moving!  On Monday.  The house is awash in boxes and I’ll be so glad when we’re in the new place.  I’ll post pictures of the new pad over the weekend.

via Domino this lovely outdoor teaparty is making me think SPRING!

This sweet spring wreath caught my eye at Lobster and Swan’s Etsy Store ($12.50).

Italy, 1999

I’ve been a little overwhelmed by how over-the-top the modern baby industry is — $1200 dollar strollers, $1800 cribs, $300 wooden toys. It’s not that I feel pressure to buy all of this (or could even afford it). It’s that I didn’t grow up with anything like that.  We had lots of love and lots of hand-me downs and I’m pretty sure I spent some portion of my early life sleeping in a drawer.  I guess I’m struggling with how to balance my own background with some of the innovations that seem worth the money to me (a rear facing stroller, non toxic toys (but not the $300 dollar version, thank you!)).  Anyway, the hub rounded up these beautiful, haute, incredibly expensive cradles on 1st Dibs to make me feel better — that our modern age isn’t completely insane — its just the way it’s always been.

German, 1910

England, 1880

Holland, 1830

The Agrarian Kitchen, via SeeSaw Designs