Has anyone else noticed that stores seem to be stocking up on items featuring the human face? While by no means a new trend, it does feel like we're reaching a critical mass when everyone from Betty Lou Nichols to Jonathan Adler is adorning planters, pillows, and everything in between, with face designs.
When it comes to home accessories, there's a fine line between making a room work and being a little bit too close to Portlandia's "Put a Bird On It" sketch, so here are nine of our favorite face-friendly accessories to add a little human appeal to your home without feeling too watched.
A tiny planter plus a tiny face somehow equals big style.
On these plates, even a takeout salad can give off modern-day green goddess vibes.
Just try not to say "boop-oop-a-doop" every time you blow out a candle using these Betty Boop-esqe holders.
With this planter, you can work on your green thumb and your stylistic eye by changing up her hairdo with different plants.
If the moon in the 1902 French film A Trip to the Moon was female ... and a pillow, this would be it.
Add character to even the simplest of flower arrangements with this vase.
What time is it? Time to put your best face forward.
Ahoy to a cutting board that'll make you happy to chop all those veggies.
Now you can look your bedside carafe in the eye and say, "Thank you for making it so that we don't have to get up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water."
Sara Nachlis is a multimedia writer and editor living in Los Angeles by way of Long Beach, CA. Did you know Sublime is from there?