This week’s kitchen submission is from Buenos Aires based Eliza Jane Curtis of Morris & Essex. To live in Buenos Aires! What envy! Eliza has prepared a cute recipe for party appetizers that can be prepared in an instant, and personalized to fit any and all tastes. And it leaves ample room for creativity in…
in our continued look at some of the homes of professors at pratt, today we have a sneak peek into the home of graduate communications design chair jeff bellantoni. he and his wife, ceramist kim westad, along with their pit-mix maddy, live in this attached 3-story 1950s brick house located in the pelham bay/country club…
Friday check out already? Time for me to pack up my little shindigs here on design*sponge and say goodbye. What fun it has been hosting you all here at the guest blog hotel. Thanks again Grace for the chocolate on my pillow, the newspaper under my door, and the farm fresh fried eggs for breakfast….
good morning! it’s finally friday and i am ready to finally kick the end of this sore throat i’ve got and get some good rest (and watch ufc 101- go, kenflo!). this morning is paige‘s final event post and i’m so sad to see her go. it’s been so fun living in her magical world…
[today i'm thrilled to welcome jill and alethea of studio choo to the d*s team. they'll be joining us every thursday for a weekly garden/floral column called "we like it wild". sarah's beautiful weeder's digest posts will continue as special monthly feature to work with her busy schedule. i'm so thrilled to have all three...
today’s final before & after comes from art director tamsin allen and her photographer husband, with whom tamsin runs a series of photography courses. when they’re not busy working and teaching, tamsin and her husband have been tackling the remodel of their victorian home in london. their most recently finished project is this gorgeous kitchen…
up next- two clever before and afters that involve elbow grease and a little bit of paint. first up is a project from sidney wagner of eclectic interior design group. sidney found this old piece at an antique mall with a sign that said “not a wine wrack” and decided it had potential (and a…
before anyone flips their lid, we have plenty of non-chair related before & afters coming up today, but i can never resist a pretty upholstery job. had enough of fabric? stay tuned for the next two before & afters at 12 and 1pm (and a brand new column at 2pm!), which have nothing to do…
today’s first before & after projects involve creating chic and stylish places to take a seat. first up is a project from product designer and photographer jessica otwell. jessica was lucky enough to receive this antique camelback sofa in 1999 and has been talking about recovering it for 10 years. 3 months ago she finally…
earlier this year i posted about lovely kraft paper book covers from brooklyn’s book city jackets. jeremy at book city jackets mentioned they were working on a new series of covers designed by independent artists and today i’m happy to announce that their artists edition no. 1 is now live! the new series (available for…
Recession times are hard. My clients want creativity without coughing up a lot of cash. I often hear “Can you talk the lighting crew down? Can you buy cheaper flowers, but not cheap flowers? I can’t afford to hire you, but can you give me some ideas for free? Where can I get a good…
i am absolutely loving paige’s quirky event-theme today: a high brow, low times party. the goal is “eccentric, first order fun on a dime” and paige is running with the idea of an exquisite corpse party, one in which a composed image is collectively assembled by a group of people. it’s such a fun idea…
Wow, I’m truly overwhelmed at the response to my first stab at my living in: column yesterday. When I hatched the idea to do roundups based on books and movies, I just thought it would be a fun way to find stuff online. I didn’t really comprehend that it would open a whole world of…
when i was at home in virginia the other weekend i was walking around the house noticing all the little craft projects my mom has done to make things look nice. one exceptionally easy project she uses caught my eye because it solves a problem i’ve been having for years- wet, pulpy labels on dish…
i was helping a friend redecorate her apartment recently and it required an extensive online (and on foot) shopping trip for pretty home textiles on a very tight budget. as it turns out there are some achingly beautiful linens, pillows, and bedspreads out there, but the prices are still restrictive for a lot of us….
today’s first diy project comes from kat geiger of design spunk and green under glass. having “always had a difficulty admiring family photos in general”, kat was longing for a way to showcase her family photos that would “capture the soul” of her family. “plastered smiles, perfect hair, they simply aren’t us” she explained. for…
for years i’ve been following the blog sweet juniper, admiring both wood and dutch’s voices and their stories about raising a family in detroit. i was tickled pink to run their gorgeous modern home on the site, and then dutch’s fantastic detroit city guide, and today i’m equally happy to post some photos from an…
i’ve been enjoying paige‘s themed-event posts on the d*s guest blog (today is a modern tupperware party!) so much that i almost missed a comment from d*s reader chloe about paige’s talented husband, painter kevin appel. kevin creates incredible, colorful works of art that incorporate images of wood in a way that is equal parts…
Remember when your mom used to go to/host tupperware parties? I remember my mom’s friends coming over in their heels, carrying a pie, and smelling of Chanel No. 5 perfume. It was their girls night out with the opportunity to buy the amazing products every lady thought was going to improve their quality of life….
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