What are you up to this week? I'm continuing to savor the last sweet days of summer. I'm also excitedly preparing for my new collaboration with interiors store Past Basket. I can't wait to put on my styling hat, and I will hopefully see you at Past Basket on Saturday, September 8 from 11am - 3pm for the kickoff party. 

In the meantime, check out my favorite links from around the web this week...

• Our Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin, is gone. I've been playing deep cuts all afternoon. For its "casual virtuosity," I love this impromptu duet with Smokey Robinson. And then there's Aretha's style. She loved her furs!
  

• Show-stopping wallpaper murals here.
  

• This is brutally funny: "17 Real-Life Would-You-Rathers I, A Woman,Have Had to Ask Myself"
  

• Enjoy this short film about artist John Baldessari narrated by Tom Waits.
  

• Has this ever happened to you when making lasagna?
  

• A friend sent me this poem, which, ironically, the Pulitzer prize-winning poet read here in Milwaukee a couple years ago.
  

• The simplicity of this butler's pantry belies its functionality, right?
  

• It's rare that I share something newly-made when there is such great vintage everywhere but I bet this bookshelf would be terrific in your college kid's apartment. Or yours.
  

• Check out these stunning pieces of jewelry!
  

• Holy cow, what a remarkable love story.
  

• And here's a different but similar story of what-ifs.
  

• Antiques of the Week: My young French friends turned me onto these cool pieces. Who remembers Bonwit Teller? Love this! Local glamour pusses, this is very sexy.

Photo by Jordan Lomibao via Unsplash