Things I am eagerly awaiting right now: Cheap home accessories, a new hotel and custom furniture

Of course, there is apple-picking and fall fashion and reading smarter books and going to afternoon movies without feeling like you're wasting precious hours of sunlight—I am looking forward to all of these things, for sure. But fall is shaping up to be a good time for interiors, too, so I wanted to share a few things in the world of home and design that have me on the edge of my seat right now:

John Derian's line of bargain-priced decoupage housewares for Target, coming in September. (Here's hoping it looks as classy as his expensive stuff, because the last time I bought something of his—as an anniversary gift for friends—it nearly bankrupted me.)










The NYC branch of the incredibly stylish Ace Hotel, whose Portland location we've already gushed about. Again, I hope that they manage to hold to their not-as-expensive-as-they-could-be rates, even in crazy-overpriced New York City. Coming this winter. [via Notcot]









The arrival of the low cabinet that I ordered from my enduring design crush Nightwood; it's going to ft right at the foot of my bed and contain (part of) my ridiculous magazine collection. Perhaps I will even have the restraint to not pack it completely full of paper and mix in a beautiful vase or something the way that non-hoarders do.











Comment Away: What are you looking forward to this fall (aside from grown-up school supplies)?