
it’s been a long, hot week here in brooklyn but things are looking up and carl and russell made some seriously fantastic progress on our kitchen makeover which i cannot wait to share in a few weeks! until then, here’s are a few “after” shots from maya*made‘s barn makeover project. maya and her mother nancy gave the barn a few upgrades and i’m loving these two areas of the house. click here to read maya’s full post and check out the rest of the barn. i’m off to clean up around the house and get ready for a little team d*s trip next weekend so i’ll see you monday. have a great weekend- below is a summary of this week’s highlights.
- NEW: sneak peek into lena corwin’s new book + pattern contest (with prizes)!
- diy wednesdays: wooden clock project
- new sneak peeks: jen altman, carl & russell of repop (who i owe my fab new kitchen to them!)
- new before & afters: olga’s dresser, eileen’s chair, and jim’s entryway
- new d*s guest blog: thanks to andrew wagner of american craft for all of his great posts this week!
- misc.: pocka booka textiles by christy, embroidered linens by charlotte casadejus, fine art from children’s drawings, toilet paper ceramics by blake wright, new textile circles from chez sucre chez, vera wang stationery, east end fish prints by christy, emocja felt sideboard, sexy surge protectors, and lighting from wep light
- new sites: mightyhaus and limonclaro
- dish dish dish: project runway season 5 talk
- homes i love: lost river modern and ‘the modern house’ real estate
- things i love: my new vintage frame chalkboard from blue bell bazaar
- new in the kitchen with: meg mateo ilasco’s pesto pasta

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I enjoy your blog and the great pictures and links, but what on earth have you got against proper capitalization? It’s bad enough that texting has destroyed people’s ability to spell, but do we have to abandon all grammatical conventions?
i love the mismatched stools (especially the old work stool on the far right. my father used to have one just like it in his workshop). and i especially fancy the remade old sign piece hanging above the bar. wonderfully creative.
type away! the only thing I hate is when someone insists on using the CAPS lock button. To the above poster lighten up please! I am so inspired everyday by design sponge.
I was just about to write how much I love mismatched stools. I love that atristic feeling old and new chairs create once combined together. I think it’s lovely!
What a gorgeous blog…now I want a barn!
i’ll be right over…in my dreams!
heart warming photo story of your barn warming, the pics of the place, the friends and artsyness of it all!
admiringly yours,
milady p
Grace, this is totally unrelated to today’s entry, but I just wanted to thank you for putting together your handout that you provided at the Design Salon in Boston last month. I have referred to it several times now. Thank you thank you for your time and generosity! See you at SAW!
thanks lisa! see you at saw ;)
grace
i don’t CarE how you capitalize (having spent at least a decade fighting grammatical battles in corp land) I LOve the Barn and the sneak peeks. Everything is lovely. DS has contributed to my already strong nesting neurosis. ;-)
i’m with theresa. wendy, lighten up. what an obnoxious comment. i love the barn…every last bit…and i love design sponge…gramatically challenged and all.
i love the look of this second image here. very ‘garage sale’ gone ‘modern chic.’ :)
I never understood my mom’s desire to live in a barn until now that I am older and can appreciate the appeal. I really want to know about the large art on the wall — too cool, please do tell more about that piece!
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