we were going to make this 500th post a doozy, chock full of our favorite rooms with no apologies for how swoony and self-indulgent that would be. instead, we find ourselves both bored (with the availability of new editorials on the web) and busy (writing, reading, and painting kitchen cabinets). so, we’ll leave you with this quaint illustration by penelope dullaghan as we take an autumn hiatus. post-berlin and post-getting settled at two new jobs, we’ll be back.

by that time it will feel like winter and you’ll already be hooked on these:

paper tastebuds / the brick house / emma’s designblogg / smosch / destined to design / hollister hovey / marie claire maison / designage (on tumblr)