I have to come clean and admit I don’t read a lot of design blogs.  I know.  I know. Criminal.  Problem is, much like the former variety of home decor magazines, most design blogs are full of eye candy I cannot afford and after seeing the millionth lamp priced at $400, I just get turned off and stop reading.  Which is one of the many reasons I started this blog, but you probably already know that.

So what blogs do I read?  Mostly I read stuff that is really irreverent and makes me laugh, like dooce and Badder Homes and Gardens.  But thanks to the recommendation of my friend Kristen, I’ve recently added  Unhappy Hipsters to the mix.  Unhappy Hipsters takes photos from mags like Dwell and Interior Design and gives them new captions that crack me the H up:

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The porthole windows seemed like a good idea. But now the house appeared to be leering at them, distinctly ominous. (Photo: Philip Newton; Dwell, March 2004)

There. He felt it again. The whole house had unmistakeably slid toward the retaining wall, as if inching toward edificial suicide. (Photo: Jason Schmidt, Dwell, February 2010)

There. He felt it again. The whole house had unmistakeably slid toward the retaining wall, as if inching toward edificial suicide. (Photo: Jason Schmidt, Dwell, February 2010)

He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah. (Photo: Hertha Hernaus; Dwell, June 2007)

He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah. (Photo: Hertha Hernaus; Dwell, June 2007)

You can come out when you can properly explain the differences between Modernist architecture and postmodern ornamentation. (Photo: Craig Cutler; Dwell, February/March 2006)

You can come out when you can properly explain the differences between Modernist architecture and postmodern ornamentation. (Photo: Craig Cutler; Dwell, February/March 2006)

If I’m Hallmark or American Greetings (or Dwell magazine, for that matter), I’m thinking Unhappy Hipsters would make a great new greeting card line…