Just wanted to say congratulations to ModProducts for the high praise their ModKat Litter Box received in today’s Market Ready column in The New York Times. When a homeowner asked about what to do about a litter box during showings with potential buyers, interior designer Ghislaine Viñas highly recommended using a ModKat in small spaces. Here’s what she had to say:

“It’s a beautiful design,” Ms. Viñas said, adding that she had specified the box for clients and found that both humans and cats liked it. “I don’t mind the cat box sitting out” if it’s the Modkat, she said, “because it’s actually really attractive.”

Read the entire article here

New Rue! I particularly liked seeing how interior (among other things) photo stylist Raina Kettelson and her architect hubs decorated their farmhouse for new tenants in just two weeks. I especially love it because it’s in my favorite color combo: Black, off-white, yellow and gray.

photo by Emily Johnston Anderson

I can’t even begin to explain it, but this branding experiment I saw over on Fast Company is just cool and rather hypnotic to watch:

As an Atlanta resident who lives right near where most of these photographs were taken, I am particularly interested in the work seen on the Return to Atlanta blog. He took pictures all over Atlanta 23 years ago, and now he’s returned to shoot the same spots and compare the two sets. It’s a universal study in gentrification and really interesting to anyone who wants to follow the way cities change over time. While lots of good has come of some of the changes have occurred, the saddest change was the Urban Nirvana Studio. It’s a good case study in paving paradise to put up a parking lot. What was once this crazy exuberant garden full of sculptures and plants..

image from Return to Atlanta

…is now this typical generic gated condo complex:

image from Return to Atlanta

Don’t read this one unless you are ready to fall into a bloghole, but the list of nominees for Apartment Therapy’s The Homies award will keep you clicking from now through next Tuesday. It’s kind of sad (on my part) that I haven’t even heard of the one that was on top of the list, Manhattan Nest; I’m going to go check it out now. See you Monday!

Here are some links, images and a video that deserve some re-posting this week. By the way, what caught your eye on the interwebs this week? Please share with us in the comments section. Without further ado, here are five of my faves:

I am gaga over these gorgeous pictures of The Greenbrier taken by Cooper Carras and featured in Matchbook mag. We’ve been keeping an eye on this amazing institution for years, and I think Dorothy Draper would be very happy with the way it looks today. By the way, Cooper is married to Design Public’s Merchandising extraordinaire and star of our latest videos, Ali Carras (you’ll learn more about her in an upcoming staff profile). Both of them are very gifted photographers – it’s kind of not fair for one couple to hog all of that talent.

This is just a really cool video of a guy snowboarding in the dark in the hills of France while wearing a way-futuristic-lookin’ LED suit:

via Black Eiffel

Enjoyed this list of salvaged kitchen items over at Salvaged Grace (a new one to add to my Bloglovin’ list, which I’m lovin’; thanks for suggesting it you guys!). Thanks to Liza at Postcards from Colorado, as you led me down the blog-hole to automatism (which I’m also adding to my lovin’ list) which led me to this post. The skull made of pots and pans and what looks like a lot of those big Hi-C cans from my youth (do they still make those? The ones you have to punch two holes in?):

I’m having fun looking through This Old House’s list of best This Old House neighborhoods in the South, even though they were negligent in featuring my neighborhood. A lot of these neighborhoods have come back from neglect and once-dilapidated homes have been brought back to their former glory.

I appreciated this list of the home improvement projects that are the most worth your while.

• all images taken from the linked sources mentioned.

Via Anthology: The way Douglas Coupland composes objects on shelves is just as cool as that whole LEGO thing In Microserfs:

This isn’t the first time Coupland’s eye has caught our eyes. Here’s the first time. Here’s the second time. He’s also a great Twitterer (Tweeter? Whatever.) to follow.  Also, regarding Anthology, if you haven’t subscribed yet, you are missing out. You’ll save each one as you would a favorite coffee table book, so don’t let the price scare you away. You can have it delivered to your door by signing up here, or find it at Anthropologie.

Via ArchDaily: Coolest bridge ever? Look out Calatrava, Zaha Hadid has thrown quite a hat into the sculptural bridge ring. The Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is like some sort of Arabian Loch Ness Monster stretched from shore to shore. Actually, when I look at Christian Richters’ photographs of it, it looks like something different from every angle.

Image by Christian Richters

I also love the sketches of the bridge. It’s amazing to see it evolve on one piece of paper. Doesn’t it look kind of like a pathological liar’s polygraph results?:

Via This Old House: World’s Wildest Houses IX. I think that says enough about it; I don’t want to ruin the surprises by describing anything more than The Bottle House.

Via YouTube: Just in case you’ve been living under a rock:  The now-famous Willie Nelson/Coldplay Chipotle commerical that was first shown during the Grammy Awards show on Sunday. What did you think of the commercial, regardless of what you think of Chipotle? Let us know in the comments section.

1. The Valentine’s House: Alright, it’s about that time, I’ll throw you a Valentine’s Day post. My favorite on this week is interior designer Jennifer Brouwer’s heart-y work I spied over on Coco+Kelley:

photography by Donna Griffith; Interior Design by Jennifer Brouwer Design

2. The Facebook Kitchen: A friend of mine found this kitchen by 3-D artist Dan Howard on this 3-D rendering site and I thought it was a hoot. Do you Like it?:

3-D rendering by Dan Howard of Wren Kitchens

3. Interior Stylist’s New Site: Thanks to emmas designblogg, I found interior stylist Tina Hellberg’s new site, which is so chock-fulla beautiful inspiration that it’s almost overwhelming.

image via Tina Hellberg

4. Adding Some Soft Bright Notes and Daybed Comfort to the Breakfast Nook: I probably include sfgirlbybay more than anyone else, but I can’t help it. Right when you get used to what her pad looks like, she switches it up dramatically! When she first went dark painted her walls a chalkboard paint in graphite, it was shocking, especially because her old place was so light-filled and white. It was also alluring and beautiful and made thousands of people want to follow suit. Now she goes and switches it up again, bringing in the brights. Check out her “All New Nook.”

photo by sfgirlbybay

5. Popular Mechanics: If you had ever told me how much I’d love the Popular Mechanics site before I checked it out I probably would have laughed in your face; I have never been very technologically or mechanically inclined but this site is for everyone. It’s well-organized, full of awesome images and has really great advice for your home.