after finishing up our regional roundup melbourne last week, this week we travel up the australian coast to sydney. until now most of what i know about sydney has come from the 2000 olympics and the real world, so it was fun taking those sound bites that i’ve picked up and explore sydney in terms…
for me, it’s never too early to start thinking about a 2009 calendar. each year i try to commit to using a paper version and always end up displaying them rather than actually using them (my google calendar ends up doing the heavy lifting). but this new offset print calendar from egg press is way,…
i’m digging this super mid-century modern home tour over at leah’s website this morning. it belongs to dave at grain edit and makes me want to pack up and move to california right this second. click here for the full post.
the first time we got a sneak into joslyn taylor’s home was with her before & after bar transformation. it was a huge hit, and we were all dying to see more. lucky for us, today is the day! she and her husband are in the high-tech industry, but consider themselves “closet creatives” (joslyn into…
our first sneak peek has been dubbed mid-century modern meets Japanese pop culture meets flea market chic, and is the home audrey romano. based in central, pa, audrey is a web designer and coordinator by day, and clearly has a knack when it comes to home interiors as well. thanks so much to audrey for…
i have a real soft spot for these hand sewn canvas wall panels from portland designer anna joyce. i’m not normally a big stretched canvas person but these would be so cute in a child’s room (or in an adult room- though ac won’t allow any more birds in our house). all of anna’s work…
i’m all about wedding stationery these days- i’ve decided that designing my own stationery is, alas, not in the cards for me (no pun intended). i think we’ve decided on a stationer to go with but for anyone who’s still in the market- poppies for grace has just added a lovely wedding stationery line to…
i’ve always been a fan of oversized typography. growing up, i had a friend whose father collected old movie signage and i always imagined somehow inheriting a few of his giant letter posters for my first real home. until that day comes, i’ll be lusting after these new prints from new york’s oddhero studio. oddhero…
when ac and i lived in williamsburg we lived in a crowded, albeit nice, studio apartment that i constantly dreamed of waking up to find transformed into a breezy, sunny home. something like this new kithaus that was just installed in williamsburg, brooklyn. available through dwr, this kithaus’ location required each module to be carried,…
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Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney was featured as a guest expert on Martha Stewart Radio on Monday, August 25th, 2008.
i’m off to find a sunny place to lay in the park and read. it’s far too pretty to be in front of a computer so i’m going to try and soak up the last bits of summer before fall kicks in and it’s unacceptable (and too cold) to wear flip flops with everything. i…
just a quick note- this coming monday, august 25th, at 7am i’ll be live on martha stewart radio talking about design. the theme of their broadcasts next week will be “back to school” so we’ll be talking for about half an hour about ways to redecorate rooms after kids leave for school, current design trends,…
I love the idea of finding an old cake recipe and making it. Those are usually the best ones, and the ones we find today are just trying to recreate what grandma used to make! Chris and Keith of Fred Flare found this recipe at Hable Construction and thought it would be perfect to share…
i’m really looking forward to the day that ac and i have our own family and i can start buying some of the adorable kid and baby-friendly stationery that’s out on the market right now. among my favorites are these designs from madeley rodriguez of chickprint in brooklyn. a former interior designer, madeley turned to…
olga has shared some pretty incredible before & afters with us before and i’m loving this classy update on a bland nightstand she just sent over. it’s amazing what some framing, black paint and crystal detailing can do…thanks, olga!
today’s city guide comes courtesy of d*s reader lucy sharbanee and is just in time for the last week of anne’s regional roundup focusing on the australian city of melbourne. lucy is taking us through the city’s best shops, sites of interest and some great places to eat and drink so click here for the…
ever since we bought our first piece of “grown-up” furniture (a teak dining room table) we’ve done our best to protect its surface. these cork and felt coasters are a cinch to make, and do a fantastic job protecting the wood from those inevitable water rings made by our drinking glasses and coffee mugs. click…
since anne just wrapped up her first installment of her australian “regional roundup” with melbourne this week i couldn’t resist adding one more fantastic melbourne designer- miranda moreira of bride & wolf. while living in paris for six years (swoon) and working as a private chef to a french actor, miranda would spend her spare…
for those of you who aren’t quite ready to commit to a tattooed version (scroll to the bottom) of the moustache craze that’s been going around this year, here is an etched glass version that will give you the same look without the well, permanent effect. mustache pint glass at bread and badger, $15. [thanks,…
