Hear ye, hear ye! Ladies and lads living in teensy apartments that are big on character but small on square footage, Kyle Schuneman is here to solve your design dilemmas- on a shoe string budget, no less. His all-star design advice, awesome DIYs (30 of them to be exact.....cha-ching!!!), thrifting tips, shopping resources and rad inspiration photos are packaged nicely in his debut book, The First Apartment Book. Not going to lie, each flip of the page brought a huge smile to my face....and the "Bohemian" section had me drooling. Loose, casual, colorful, and lots of fun prints. He nailed it.

My fave part? Seeing one of my best pals' place in there. Let me tell you, I've seen the before and after in the flesh, and Kyle worked some magic on Megan's San Fran abode. A pretty paint job in a happy shade of coral, DIY Roman shades, sleek furniture, and temporary wallpaper are just a few of the brilliant how-to's and tips he shelled out to spiff up her space. Not kidding, her place went from plain to "KAPOW!" in like....a day.

Bravo to you, Kyle, on your fab new book!!! Something tells me that you are probably going to earn the title of "Most Interesting Person" when our high school reunion rolls around.....haha!

I had this toy when I was a kid that I was absolutely fascinated with - it was a labyrinth that had these little hot pink gel balls in water that would swirl all around the maze. Talk about taking a walk down memory lane when I spotted this gorgeous Lucite box clutch filled with the same lava lamp-like gel from Fiona Kotur's 2013 collection. I can - with 100% certainty- guarantee that I would be utterly engrossed by this purse if I ever wore it out for an night out on the town. This arm candy - along with a bevvy of other lacy, leather and Lucite numbers - are available to people with large wads of cash to blow on sexy clutches on Moda Operandi.

PS Can we talk about this gilded angular miniaudiere? It's faboosh, my friends. Simply faboosh.

{via Refinery29}

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PS Mom, I couldn't have dreamed up a better lady to pop me out of her....ughhh. Eww. Anyways, thanks for making the "lykke mika baka kaka" bites and for the visit yesterday. You are the best. Love you.