Bonus Bone: Wood Grain Folders

Wood Grain Folders, at MoMA

Wouldn't you like to be able to count the rings on your files and figure out how old they are? Surely, that would help spur an excess paper purge?

I would totally buy these attractive folders, offered at the MoMa store for $7 for six, but I fear they'd just end up locked inside my big ol' paint splattered filing cabinet. And that's the sad truth.

For (or maybe despite) these reasons, I, Cardboard, declare this a Design Boner.

Faking It / Taking It

Aeonium and Echiveria, at Carmel Bay Company

Even though they're pleasant to look at, I'd rather have no succulents than faux succulents...

Goat Head, at Carmel Bay Company

...But I'd totally take the weepy goat head.

Unwholly Trees

Artificial Corner Tree, $259

I've always thought artificial trees are a bit weird but they can be perfectly acceptable. I can't talk too much trash about them since I have a faux fir in my dining room. But I do not have one of these...


GrandinRoad, an online shop I just discovered, has taken the strange to a new level. The Corner Tree and the Flat Back ("Fat Back?") Fraiser Fir are available for under $300. The space-saving concept of these fakeries is good but does the odd outweigh the convenience?

Fraiser Fir Flat Back Tree, $249