This is part of an architecture exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London featuring structures that examine the idea of refuge and retreat. Pretty amazing.

A very cute way to repurpose an old teapot. If I could figure out how to cut a hole in a teapot.

This mustard or jam jar is absolutely adorable. The little wooden stem is actually the serving spoon.

I know that you can infuse water or tea with fruit by simply putting the fruit into a regular-old pitcher, but this infusion pitcher makes it seem so much more fancy.

The Need Not Arrange Anymore bookshelf is meant to prevent us from feeling the need to neatly organize our bookshelves according to some sort of logic. Instead, the books become part of an ever-changing work of art. If only they could do the same thing with my junk drawer.

This ice tray finally makes a Vanilla Ice song cool.

I’ve found a new online addiction: The Lovelys’ vintage shop on Etsy. (Above, Atomic Magazine Rack, $34.50)

The shop is filled with unusual vintage pieces, with a focus on mid-century, hollywood glam/art deco and primitive finds. (Above, Mod Mushroom Sculpture, $32.50)

The prices aren’t half bad, either. (Swag Lamp, $72.50)

These hand-blown colored glasses from Toast simultaneously remind me of those vintage glass electrical insulators  and the beautiful old had-painted glasses in my grandfather’s cabinets.

Summer in a glass.

A gun barrel pen holder from designer Jorge Diego Etienne.