Sea Life Lumbar Pillow Cover

One of our favorite sites, Shelterrific, has this series of posts titled "Strangely Appealing:...". Likewise, we find this Sea Life Lumbar Pillow Cover from Pottery Barn "strangely appealing" (jellyfish are cool...) It looks like a page out of the book, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, which has been a big trend this Spring...

The cover is $39, and is 14" x36". The inserts run about $24. What do you guys think about the whole "Cabinet of Natural Curiosities" trend?

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Personally, I love it, and will probably love it more when it's no longer a trend.

I didn't realize it was a trend. I just bought a copy in Barnes and Noble for ten bucks, planning on framing some of the prints. I thought I was being a bit creative, but now I kind of feel like a tool! I'll still frame the prints, though. And I love that pillow.

Planning on framing some of the pages is what I meant.

This isn't just from the Albertus Seda book- there's a whole 17th century tradition of wunderkammer and kunstkammer- cabinets of curiosities from around the world and around history. There were books, yes, but also real cabinets and whole rooms devoted to displaying such objects. So I wonder (no pun intended) whether the next step would be to buy a glass cabinet and create our own cabinets of curiosities?

Squid are the new deer?

Did you see the bathroom at Steven Gambrel's house in Elle Decor? It was wallpapered with pages cut from that book.