today i’m back in virginia and ready to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. for the last post of the year we decided to shoot a holiday video at my house with the winterns, des and sam. as we all head home for the winter break, i thought it would be fun to share…
i first fell in love with night owl paper goods when i came across their eco-chic cards printed on wood, and now i always love seeing what new things they’ve cooked up. so today it’s a real treat to have a peek into partner alan henderson’s birmingham, alabama home. we were expecting something with a…
our first fabulous sneak peek comes from d*s reader and freelance writer leah hennen, of the blog more ways to waste time. she, her husband nick, and their two children have been in their circa-1939 oakland, ca home for nearly three years. she cracked me up with her comment that they worked on it from…
last week when the winterns and i were in the city looking at holiday windows we ended up spending quite a bit of time in the hable construction shop on perry street. i was totally smitten with these beautiful felt ornaments by llubav choy duerr. i posted her wedding ring pillows a while back but…
kristina is away on vacation right now but i wanted to get one last holiday recipe up before we all take off work for a few. this delicious recipe comes from event and wedding designer wanwisa posner, whose beautiful macaron tower was a hit last month. she’s sharing a seriously tasty recipe for doughnut holes…
today’s second (and last) diy project comes from two of my favorite designing dudes- conn and john. we got to see their hawaiian home this past june and today they’re sharing a fun aloha state-inspired holiday wreath. i’m a sucker for a fun wreath so i’m excited to share their project here. just click here…
today ac and i are packing up and heading off to VA for the holidays but today and tomorrow i’ll be posting as always. i have a few great holiday diy projects left in my inbox so today and tomorrow i’ll be posting some of them in hopes that you might have some get crafty…
this time of year the days just seem to fly by and this week was a total blur! next week ac and i are heading down to virginia for the holidays but i’ll be posting through next tuesday so please tune in next week for some fantastic end of the year sneak peeks, the last…
We couldn’t get enough of great gift and/or entertaining ideas even in the In the Kitchen With column in the lead up to Christmas. Photographer Kristine Sitko has given us the perfect holiday treat, either to pass around on a tray at your next friendly or family gathering. Or, if you go crazy and make…
our special friday sneak peek is home to london-based, textile designer brie harrison who just launched her new website. the shop portion of her site is still to come, but you can find her work featured in the pages mike perry’s new catalog of hand-drawn pattern, over and over. judging from her cards below, i can’t wait to…
still looking for a 2009 calendar? hammerpress recently released this beautiful “dirigible” 2009 letterpress calendar (printed on heavy chipboard). you can pick one up right here for $30.
when it comes to shopping, ceramics are the one design category that i can rarely resist (second only to textiles). if i’m out picking up something for a project or as a present for someone else, i always come home with some tiny ceramic piece, whether it’s a tiny salt dish or a vintage teacup….
morning eye candy: new cards from frank viva and todd temporale at whigby. click here to check out their new online shop and the new 2008 collection.
levent and romme is a fantastic new brooklyn-based design studio founded by anne romme and fiyel levent. anne and fiyel attended the cooper union school of architecture together and are now embarking upon creating their own studio for architecture and design. there’s always something so exciting about getting to see a young, women-run team on…
piper of steakandcakes sent in this great chair before and after. piper’s mom found two chairs at a sale and decided to strip them down because they were in bad shape. after painting the frames black, piper picked out a fabric by alexander henry (viceroy) and reupholstered the seats and backs. now they have a…
emily of sewing notions found this chair (part of a 3-chair set) in the basement of her old home and decided to repaint and upholster them using a colorful amy butler lotus fabric. it goes so well with her pink desk and is a nice reminder that in these tough economic times you can always…
i’m a fan of allison cole’s work, so i’m loving these 4×6 bird postcards at bang bang based on her cut paper collection. each set comes with three different designs showing the day in the life of a city bird. they’re only $3 for a set and you can pick up a pack right here.
d*s reader megan is based in singapore and sent along this fun and affordable before & after. after picking up an inexpensive stool (the bekvam, $19.99) at ikea, megan decided that she wanted to give it a different look. so she stained the wood a darker color, added foam to the top and upholstered it…
i know in economic times like this it’s silly to daydream about things way out of my budget, but if i had an extra $1750 to spare, this chandelier from pieces would so be in my home. if anyone’s lucky to have some extra moola despite the recession, this little number could be yours.
one of my favorite diy projects that we’ve done all year has to be wintern des’ take on anthropologie‘s holiday store windows (above and below). anthropologie is well-known for their amazing store visuals and their holiday 2008 windows certainly didn’t disappoint. des, sam and i visited their 5th avenue store last week and were blown…
