This just in from The Sheffield School of Design’s own wedding planner, Wedding Belle: the site of Emanuela Duca has an amazing range of styles, each distinctive, interesting. Wedding Belle likes this one best, the Musica Engagement Ring:

And The Stylehound loves this funky, twisty tied up metal ring, which makes her think of twisty branches [...]

This little gizmo will really come in handy next time you’re in caught in a cabin with the power down due to a big thunderstorm, or the next time the Martians invade. It’s an AM/FM radio, complete with NOAA weather information, and also has a flashlight.

Oh, and you can charge your cell phone with it, [...]

Congratulations to Kristinn, glorified participant of the I Want One send-in! (She sent us the sink; scroll down.) Keep up with the blog as more chances for giveaways are in the works.

We had to wait to post this entry so we could tell you where these photos are from. A reader in Romania, Cristina, writes that what she really wants is “one subscription to your Interior Design Course.” But for the contest she submitted this entire apartment, which she found when she and her husband were [...]

Our first entry for our I Want One contest comes from a reader named Ursula in Switzerland: this very Euro, very cool, very practical bag. A whole selection of them, in fact, with pockets and zippers and you know, everything you need for hiking in the Alps or having a cafe in the town square.
You [...]

There are just too many cool, delightful, astounding, well-designed things out there for The Stylehound to be able to keep track of them all. And so, we are launching the I Want One contest. Just send in a photo of or a link to something you think is stylishly fabulous. Of course, we do focus [...]

This is a submission for our I Want One contest, from a reader, Kristinn. Oooh, we like it a lot. And the cat who drinks from our bathroom sink definitely approves.

You can see it at http://freshome.com/2009/04/18/a-washbasin-like-youve-never-saw-before-abisko-washbasin/

It’s spring, at last, and time to start thinking about dining al fresco. Or at least, time to start pretending you’re dining al fresco even when you’re in your apartment.
These table linens, imported from France, will brighten up any room.

You can see more at http://www.sheffield.edu/htmlsrc/littlethings0409.html

It’s one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Imagine how a girls’ sleepover party would be transformed by this thing. A bunch of cushy pillows sewn together, with one missing so you can be surrounded.

We found it at http://i.gizmodo.com/5186060/the-pillow-blanket-concept

There I was, walking east on East 56th Street, minding my own business, and before me loomed the very tempting window of the Cassina store. I tried not to look, but this chair cried out to me with its siren call. The one in the window was red, but this black-and-white model will do just [...]