it’s an old habit of ours to roam the aisles of the hardware store looking for inspiration. this time of year is especially fun because the garden center is bursting with all sorts of flowers and herbs. while picking up a little basil for our kitchen windowsill the other day, we found these great little…
revival home & garden is known for marrying modern style with the glossy sophistication of hollywood regency design with their chic, yet reasonably priced furniture and accessories. leah steen is a co-owner and founder of the home decor boutique in seattle (psst – they’re moving soon so check out their 30% of sale), and is…
I am so pleased to welcome Rachel Bone to the Design*Sponge Guest Blog! I first met Rachel three years ago when I bought a t-shirt from her at a neighborhood festival in Baltimore. Originally a small-town New Englander Rachel is slowly being converted to city life and has found the visual stimulation, inspiration and artists…
i know that one of the toughest things that i, and my fellow small business owner friends, have had to deal with is understanding legal issues. they seem scary, advice seems expensive and most of the time i end up throwing up my hands and not knowing what to do. but today, we’re lucky to…
our next sneak peek comes to us from jessica lynch of slow shirts who made a SERIOUS splash with her before & after industrial fireplace. turns out the rest of her home is pretty fabulous as well. i’m definitely loving the richness of the color choices combined with the natural wood. click here for more…
today our city guide section turns it’s focus away from the states and towards…tel aviv! thanks to shira abel-shvo of abel communications and tchochkes, today we’re taking a tour through the shops, restaurants, museums and must-see sites of tel aviv, israel. if you’re lucky enough to be traveling abroad this year shira’s guide will definitely…
Sarah Templin is not only my good friend and my co-worker at the American Visionary Art Museum (she has been the Registrar for the past eight years, taking good care of all the artwork!) but also a fashion/textile designer, screen-printer and inspring artist. I love having Sarah around because she is always pointing out beauty…
I first met Nancy while sitting on the back porch of a good mutual friend sipping wine and reminiscing about the Pacific Northwest (where we both have roots). Nancy is truly a modern Renaissance woman. She is a photographer, designer, ceramicist, print-maker, curator, gallery director, professor, and well, I could go on and on. Her…
now that memorial day has come and gone, i think we’re all ready for another vacation, and the home of dan zelen of zelen home seems like the perfect place right about now. dan splits his time between LA (near the shop) and san francisco where he is a senior interior designer at martha angus….
cathy and robin of heath ceramics have one of the most beautiful homes i’ve ever seen. beautiful enough that it’s appeared in a number of magazines. but when coraline at heath shared this images with me i couldn’t resist sharing them here again- all that color, all those tiles! what’s not to love? i thought…
i am so thrilled to welcome felice cleveland to the d*s guest blog this morning. felice is one of the most fascinating people i know, having worked in the peace corps in cameroon, studied community art at risd, and currently as the education coordinator at the american visionary museum in baltimore (note: if you haven’t…
(The New Urban Arts studio, located in Providence, Rhode Island.) During my first semester of grad school at RISD in the Art + Design Education Department (with a focus on Community Arts) I was enrolled in a class called Digital Diary. Each week we met at New Urban Arts and taught/mentored/played with a group of…
(Student drawing with charcoal and studying masks at a Community Art Program in Providence, RI.) As I began brainstorming what I wanted to feature during my week as guest blogger on Design*Sponge, I went through a litany of ideas, in the end settling on what I know (isn’t that the timeless advice?): Community Art and…
i find it only fitting that i should end the day (and the design show week) with a booth that turned out to not only be one of my favorites from the show, but turned out to be a distant relative! designer hannah bureau, along with her sisters rebeccah and sarah, run three sisters ink,…
You’ve seen a sneak peek of the Hello!Lucky sisters, Eunice and Sabrina Moyle, now comes time to peek into their recipe album for their favorite recipes. We’ve seen meringues here before, like the meringue berry cake that Ditte Isager made, also known as a pavlova in certain parts of the world. Now read Eunice’s favorite…
this final stationery show post will be like those last few moments of a fireworks display where you set off anything and everything you have left over. my final favorites didn’t fit into a theme or grouping well so i wanted to share the last photos in my stationer show image folder. i hope you’ll…
hammerpress‘ booth was jam-packed with great new designs. i know i’ll be adding a few of these to my card collection for this year. i especially loved their mother’s day cards, perforated gift tags and invites. [new designs by hammerpress] new calendar and decorative clothespin clips from suzy jack… such a sweet little lamb….card by…
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today is the last day of stationery show coverage on d*s, so i wanted to start the day with these new designs from egg press, smock and austin press. i just can’t get enough of any of these designers so i’m excited to share their latest designs… every year i get excited to see what…
Spending as much time in thrift shops as I do (see the spoils at my etsy shop The Modern Hunter), I come across many items that just don’t seem to move. The slide carousel is #1. (Readymade magazine offered this guy up as a Macgyver challenge in its’ latest issue and I can’t wait to…
