summer has finally arrived and the time for gatherings with friends is here! nothing beats lounging around with a good friends and a good drink, but not everyone has room for a full-fledged bar in their home. so, in the interest of facilitating summer drink get-togethers, i thought it would be fun to compile a…
today’s final biz ladies post is the first of a series of posts we’ll be doing on contracts- one of the most requested topics lately. today business attorney jerry carleton of bullivant houser pailey PC will be sharing a fantastic primer on contract law, the do’s and don’ts of contracts, and an explanation of terms…
today’s city guide is a favorite of mine- salt lake city! i’ve been dying to check out utah for years now (home of my favorite blogger!) and designer amy shaffer‘s guide is just the inspiration i needed to start planning. amy grew up in salt lake and then moved away for a bit, but recently…
today’s first biz ladies post is about a topic that most of us have considered at some point or another- taking on a business partner. today meg touborg, co-founder of design investors llc (the only investment firm dedicated to growing design-based businesses!), is sharing her excellent tips for growing your business with a business partner….
when ac and i were on long beach island this weekend we grabbed a few beers to take with us to the harvey cedars shellfish co (byob). when we were in the store deciding between drinks, i stumbled upon this display (sorry, these are cruddy phone pictures) for landshark lager and thought the packaging was…
i love, love, love the look of wire baskets. every time i travel down south i seem to come back with a basket or two from my favorite vintage stores. what do i use them for? anything i can get away with. magazines, newspapers, catalogs, holding remote controls- you name it, i like the way…
When I was young, I used to collect rocks, seedpods, sticks, leaves, dried flowers, you name it, I liked to gather it. I even had an awesome cabinet with little drawers where I stored and organized all of my ‘treasure’. Egan Day feels like the grown-up version of this fascination. Their Patrick Townsend designed jewelry…
good morning! coming up today we’ve got two great biz ladies posts (contracts and partnerships), a new city guide (here’s a hint: dooce calls this town home), and a fun furniture guide focused on an important aspect summer entertaining. but first- i wanted to mention the fantastic posts than ryan and alissa have on the…
Yesterday we featured Material Culture – an amazing 90,000 square foot store in Philadelphia. George, the owner, also has one awesome house. The outside spaces were filled with flowers, interesting wood structures and huge terra cotta pots (from George’s travels). Inside, his house felt like a museum but the type of museum where they encourage…
fiyel levent of levent and romme has been living in this apartment for the last three years, in clinton hill, brooklyn. she went to high school in the area and ever since then have been enamored with the architecture. it was a rather dangerous neighborhood back then, and that was only ten years ago, but…
pratt adjunct assistant professor of architecture gregory merryweather’s home first appeared in the book, brooklyn modern: architecture, interiors, and design by diana lind. he and his wife renovated into the small carriage house that is right across the street from pratt’s brooklyn campus that is now home to them and their two sons. the house…
teresa grow is the principal designer and co-founder of madison & grow, a company specializing in award-winning hand drawn prints and wall-coverings based on nature. her house in silver lake, los angeles is mostly made of thrift store finds or stuff she’s made herself (read her descriptions to find out just how creative this gal…
a couple weeks ago the sneak peek into interior and graphic artist jill crawford‘s c.1956 LA home was a huge hit. we were so excited to post it, that we completely forgot that jill was going to send over some more images. so today is deeper look into the place jill and her husband have…
d*s reader rebekah sent over a link to a beautiful collection of paper goods and home accessories designed by a korean firm called o check. o check sells their work at a website call and, spring and it is chock-full of beautiful things i’d like to call my own. not only do they design beautiful…
Its not every day you get to meet with a successful, intelligent, genuine and creative individual, but Alissa and I had just that opportunity when we got a private tour of George Jevremovic’s two businesses – Material Culture and Woven Legends. Back in the early 80’s, George noticed that antique Oriental rugs were in better…
good morning! after a sunny weekend break at the jersey shore (thanks for all the tips!) i wanted to kick off a new week with this beautiful “wooden carpet” by elisa stroyzk, via sam tanis at the laser cutter (a new blog devoted to all aspects of using laser cutting machines). all those details and…
Hello everyone! We are Alissa and Ryan. We own and operate the online shop HORNE. We are both super excited to be guest blogging this week and have come up with some fun and interesting posts. Please don’t hesitate to leave those comments and let us know what ya think. To kick things off, we…
i’m heading out a little early today to pick up ac and drive down to the jersey shore for the weekend (here’s hoping it doesn’t rain all weekend). but before i go i wanted to end the week with an incredible project from arjowiggins, li edelkoort and french photographer gregoire alexandre. arjowiggins is an international…
our friday columnists are both taking a day off (kristina is in amsterdam and sarah is swamped with weddings) so i thought i’d share some beautiful flowers courtesy of sarah’s blog, since weeder’s digest is “off” for the day. studio choo is the work of two best friends alethea harampolis and jill pilotte. alethea and…
yesterday i hopped on the subway and headed into the city to check out an exhibition of vera neumann‘s work at anthropologie in rockefeller center. vera: a new look is a beautiful exhibition that celebrates the life and work of designer and artist vera neumann. best known for her colorful silk scarves, neumann produced an…
