
For those of you who decided to splurge on the
Peacock Chair, I have found the perfect lamp shade to go with it! And for those who restrained themselves, I've got a more affordable ostentatious bird for you. The
Anthropologie Plumage Shade ($108) is embroidered in silk with peacocks strutting about a navy cotton background.

For anyone seeking an
eco chic lifestyle, air conditioning is a conflict, to say the least. If it were easy to acclimate ourselves to living a sweat-filled life, we would have, long ago. But, it turns out that the ability to control the climate indoors is a big life-saver when it comes to being comfortable and getting things done.

In case you haven't noticed, it's Spring! Isn't that supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!? Yes, it is.

I first saw these great wicker shades on eco-designer
Danny Seo's blog. Since then I've checked them out at Ikea, both in-store and in
the catalog. While I'm not a huge wicker fan, these lamp shades have a cool shape, and the extra-gigantic size for the larger shades—you could fit yourself and a friend's heads and shoulders under one of them—definitely makes an unexpected statement.