Karen just loves whimsy. She was stopped dead in her tracks when she was browsing the Pan Dan blog and saw this bright green chicken rocking chair by designer Jaimie Hayon. She loves the unexpected color and the whimsical idea that it actually functions as a rocker. We do too, but we love her blog even more.

Karen is from the nationally renowned town of the Shakespearean Festival, Ashland, Oregon and her blog is all about "sharing good design in all its forms from her own unique perspective". This town, full of art, music and eclecticism, can only add to her love of creativity in design and decor.

Read some of her posts and you will see: she has a fetish for dogs, an eye for jewelry, and a love for friends, (you can tell by her blogroll) that enable her to write post after post about her favorite things which, by the way, have now become some our very favorite things.