last thursday our interns, christy and lesley, hopped in a zipcar with me and we headed to the hamptons for a quick two day work trip. i’ve wanted to film a little “webisode” for d*s for some time and we finally bit the bullet and decided to film some shop tours, a garden tour and…
so the buzz in my little brooklyn design world is all about the selby right now. it seems that everyone i’ve spoken with in the last two weeks has said “hey, have you checked out the selby yet?” and the answer? yes, yes i have. and i haven’t stopped checking it out since. photographer todd…
a just found out another friend of mine is having a baby so i’ve got nursery decorations on the brain lately (which isn’t helping my baby-crazy-late-20s phase). i saw this fun mobile at spool a while back and have had it bookmarked for ages, hoping i’d find an excuse to make one. and now i…
When I was a little girl my mother worked in a sewing studio called Cody’s Couture in Georgetown (D.C.), which is where I spent a significant amount of my preschool years. The owner of the studio was a Frenchwoman named Solange Cody who loved me to death. Every time I was there I would join…
it’s been a hot, sticky week and i’m so glad the weekend is finally here! next week we have some seriously awesome sneak peeks coming up, a new city guide and a special guide created by one of our interns, christy kolar. until then i hope you all have a wonderful weekend and i’ll see…
after a week of collecting entries for the lena corwin printing by hand contest i am overwhelmed with the gorgeous use of print and pattern in people’s homes! we’ve selected our favorite finalists and now it’s up to you to choose your favorite! voting is open today and will be open through monday evening, july…
Hello and big ups to those of you who have followed along to my rambling this week. Thanks Grace for the opportunity — i love how D*S has created a network of people who make things, arrange things, recover things, collect things, etc. Sometimes I refer to my “internet friends,” and I’ve made many of…
inspired by the textiles she used to reupholster her chair, leona jaeger made over this simple chair with some paint, pattern and cheerful fabric. click here to see more of leona’s work. have a before & after you’d like to share on d*s? just shoot me an email right here with your pictures [stay tuned…
it took me a good 3 years to get my own business cards but now that i have them i’m always checking out other people’s to see what sort of designs and ideas they’re using. there’s something about working with that limited amount of space that really gets my head working. so when kariann sent…
last weekend i decided to check out the new ikea in red hook, brooklyn. the consensus? better cafeteria, but not a better shopping experience than our normal jersey location. i rented a zipcar to bring my ikea stash home and had an hour left so i thought i’d zip down to dumbo and see what…
In my diminishing free time lately I’ve engaged in occasional reflection. Things we’ve learned in the few years of doing this soap and flower thing: 1. Cats help sell things. Even if your cat has no teeth and drools (as darla here does), he/she will bring customers in, and they will make purchases. 2. Nail…
after sarah’s super creative “fantasy wedding” post yesterday (including one version with a marching band playing ‘what about love’ by heart) i couldn’t resist sharing a little more wedding fun with these beautiful wedding invites and cards from designer chase simmering. chase in getting married in 3 weeks (congrats) and decided to design these invites…
I’ve been working on a blue wedding. Blue is not a color I gravitate to with flowers (I love mauves, bronzes, greens and browns). I found some blue hydrangea and tweedia today that were lovely and not so acidic…here are some pictures of the results. The bride I’m working on this with collected apocathary bottles…
the headline (above) that wisteria used to describe this 20-armed candelabra is just perfect. i can’t imagine more drama on the tabletop than lighting 20 candles to set the mood for an intimate dinner. click here to pick up one of wisteria’s candelabras for $89.
you may have seen these darling rubber stamp sets from yellow owl workshop here on design*sponge a few weeks back. well, we just got them in at the shoppe and couldn’t resist breaking them out for a little rubber stamping extravaganza. you can use these on almost any surface, but we decided it would be…
I have listened to Jackie Blue by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils 45 times today. I have neglected various important tasks in my day to do this distraction…that is, dropping what I’m working on to walk over to the stereo and hit “repeat.” What I meant to do was write a post about weddings…something having to…
i saw this photo on rachel from red velvet art‘s flickr page and thought it was cute, simple and clever. the woodgrain-print lining on the back reminds me of a much more diy-version of something in the netto collection vein. it’s such a great way to spruce up a simple bookcase to fit your little…
when i was in san francisco 2 weeks ago i was so delighted to see heather from skinny laminx‘s tea towels for sale at heath ceramics in sausalito. in addition to her selection at heath, she just released a great new set of napkins based on the specimens paper cut she did earlier this year….
yesterday i ran into the city to look for the perfect round rug for our living room. we have an accent wall with this wallpaper and i’ve been looking for something soft that would match the lightest pale grey color in the paper. no such luck, but i did pick up this cute faux bois…
you can’t beat a $30 makeover that takes a chair from ripped up and beaten to spruced up and cute. d*s reader lindsey potts bought this chair at a garage sale for $15 and then bought sale fabric at hancocks to complete the look. great work, lindsey!
