Come off it already, leaf-wrapping clear cylindrical vases was so 2008. Peeps now want to keep it simple…down to earth. When a fashionable couple recently asked me to tie their wedding flowers with Raffia*…I was like WHOA. Can we break into the world of raffia, and yet avoid the painfully bleak world of sunflowers, blue…
interior designer melanie coddington’s “girly modern” style is is a feminine but unfussy combination of antiques, vintage and flea-market finds – here all set against a dreamy blue and cream palette. today we’re lucky to have her show off her charming turn of the century cottage in a sneak peek. melanie has been in the…
when it comes to deanne cheuk, there is no way to put it other than: this. girl. rules. deanne is a ny based art director, illustrator and artist (originally from perth, australia) that has consistently blown my mind with her work since 2004, when she was one of the first people i wrote about on…
I wanted to finish out my week of guest blogging by mentioning Neisha Crosland – a textile designer whose work I first fell in love with way back when I was applying to Art School. I read an article about her in a magazine, and loved the style of her home and the look of…
i’m a sucker for painted floors, so this project from lori dunbar of fin and roe and marzipan inc is right up my alley. lori completed changed the floors by ripping up old carpet (and 5 other layers of flooring!) and exposing the original (albeit rather worn) wooden floors of her home. then lori designed…
our before & afters usually focus on small-scale makeovers using paint, glue, staple guns and a little elbow grease, but today we’re in for a real treat. architects alastair and kayoko of bakoko recently overhauled their tokyo “mansion” apartment and were kind enough to share the gorgeous results with us today. alastair explains: “man-shi-yon’ is…
i am absolutely nuts about this makeover from brooke of playing grown up- mainly because i see screens like this on nyc streets all the time and never thought to do something like this with them. brooke won this lovely screen at an antiques auction and decided to get down to some serious sanding and…
yancy of designing life in miami, recently decided to tackle a fun bedroom makeover, similar to jennifer’s bedroom, by creating a hand-painted forest wall behind her bed. the room before was a sad red and cream wasteland and now it looks chic and relaxing, courtesy of chocolate brown paint and yancy’s handy tree-painting. great work,…
today’s first before & afters from christie chase and jenn ski are all about bright paint and rethinking a piece of furniture that may have been previously overlooked. i love when someone chooses to rework a found piece of furniture or neglected object- it’s always such a great alternative to buying cheap replacement pieces or…
ac and i used a lot of textiles in our wedding (you can see everything in the fall issue of martha stewart weddings) so i have a soft spot for any wedding details that involve them. these pretty new custom wedding napkins from butterfly and company let you print a story (how we met, how…
I decided I could not possibly spend a week talking about pattern design without mentioning the design power-house that is Liberty of London. Shopping and all round mecca for all who appreciate beauty, quality and design – the Liberty fabric archive is no exception to this rule. Quintessentially English and outrageously eclectic – I just…
we discovered the joys of clear contact paper when we were working on our wallpaper book last year, and used it over and over again to make our paper covered projects waterproof and extra durable. we can’t believe it took us this long to realize that it also makes a great wipe-off surface for dry-erase…
[this clever diy project comes to us from nicole of design curiosities. thanks to nicole for sharing and sending such a great write-up!] my boyfriend and I fell in love with the idea of getting a holland lop the moment we laid eyes on one. we didn’t, however, fall in love with the cages that…
today i’m thrilled to share a post from our summer correspondent in copenhagen, brittany watson. brittany is a graduate student studying interior design at the corcoran college of art + design and is spending her summer studying textile design in copenhagen. she’ll be checking in with us a few times over the next two months…
this month i am focusing on another room in the house which is not actually a room, nor is it in the house… it is your backyard! i know this is a sensitive subject, as the majority of us probably have little to no outdoor space. but these projects can fit outdoor areas of various…
even though our wedding is over, i love checking out wedding-related diy projects and imagining ways to incorporate them into my post-wedding-day life. this beautiful craft project comes from anna, the diy guru at once wed. emily from once wed sent it over last night and i totally agreed with her when she said it…
ac and i have been lucky enough to receive some incredibly thoughtful wedding presents. one of my favorites was a beautiful custom print from designer jen hill in boston. i’m a huge fan of jen’s work so it was such a thrill to get a print from her in the mail- and then realize it…
I thought I would share the amazing transitional wallpaper collections of Lene Toni Kjeld today. Danish Designer Lene has created a capsule collection of patterns that can be used together to softly transition one print to another seamlessly within a room. It is quite unlike anything I have seen before and I think the ability…
lately i’ve been getting a lot of emails requesting a vanity roundup, so i thought i’d do a little web-surfing and compile a selection of the best (high, low, and in-between) in the market right now. vanity tables often refer to the bathroom variety (with a sink), but today i’ll be focusing on vanity tables,…
today i’m thrilled to share a special biz ladies post brought to you by some of my favorite bloggers: allan of core77, joy of oh joy!, joanna of cup of jo, amy from apartment therapy, jen from indie fixx, harry from moco loco, jan from poppytalk, julie from remodelista, jean from notcot, and jill from…
