♥ the bird is the word.

bird in flight, el salvador.

if there is one thing i have learned from working in interior design sales, it

is that people can be very particular about how they decorate their homes.

one superstition that has always struck me as odd has been the fact that many

people have an aversion to anything containing birds.

the myth goes that if a bird flies into your house, it means important news,

if the bird cannot get out, it means death. i have also heard that families

with bird decorations in their homes will have daughters that never marry.

(which i am sure to some, is a fate worse than death! )

supposedly, actress lucille ball hated birds ever since 1915 when she was

three years old and a picture fell off her wall, a bird became trapped in

her house and her father died unexpectedly. so, much later in life, when she

happened to notice that the wallcovering in the front hallway of

her 1950's beverly hills home contained small birds within the pattern,

she supposedly had it all torn down even though it was fairly expensive!

and after all of these tall tales, i must tell you, i think birds are pretty magical.

nick's last name (and someday mine) is "ramage" which in french means

"birds singing in the trees."my mom has a love bird tatooed right on

her forearm. one summer a pair of robins built a nest outside of my

brother's window and laid bright blue eggs that actually hatched. my bff thinks of

she and her husband as birds :)

i think we should start a new tradition where birds symbolize

the lightness of life rather than the gravity of it.

here are some of my fluttery favorites:

chinoiserie duvet set, dwell studio

a–twitter wallcovering, new from schumacher.

lofty larks wallpaper, anthropologie.

50's birdcage duvet, urban outfitters.

flock of birds pillow cases, urban outfitters.

love birds tank, delias.

bird on a branch ring, topshop.

jeweled bird of paradise brooch, kate spade.

and of course, andrew bird! duh!