out first sneak peek from furniture designer jennifer anderson is another exercise in good use of space. a little over two years ago she and her designer/developer boyfriend (and his two kids) combined spaces and moved into an 850sf cottage in the ocean beach neighborhood of san diego. the challenge was to scale back two…
question: what are some ways to create the look of wallpaper without actually wallpapering? -amanda answer: hi kate! wallpapering without wallpaper is one of my favorite craft tricks. it’s cost effective, easier to apply (usually) and leaves you with a wide range of customizing options. here are some of my favorite: stencils/stamps: one of my…
before we jump into home tours and reader questions, i wanted to share these beautiful new pieces from naochina and yaling of flowie. first up- naochina’s new set of glowing ceramic lights. based in shanghai, naochina is a group of product designers who have recently launched a collection of home decor designs. i’m really loving…
i just wanted to say a quick thank you to house beautiful magazine for including us in their holiday china feature. the magazine invited a group of people to work with simple white china from pottery barn and dress it up in their own unique way for a non-specific “holiday” setting. i tweeted a little…
Hi. I’m Elisabeth Dunker of the blog Fine Little Day and I’m happy to be guest blogging this week on Design Sponge. In Gothenburg, Sweden where I live I have a studio together with artist Camilla Engman, Studio Violet. You can also find me / my work over at Lula, which is a common web…
good morning! i wanted to start off the week by welcoming artist elisabeth dunker of fine little day, studio violet and lula to the d*s guest blog. elisabeth will be joining us all week to post some of her design favorites, and is kicking things off with a beautiful collection of ceramics, textiles and home…
Thank you to House Beautiful for featuring a holiday tablescape creating by Design*Sponge editors Grace Bonney, Amy Merrick and Sarah Ryhanen of Saipua in their November 2009 issue.
Design*Sponge editor Grace Bonney’s wedding was featured in the November 2009 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings (as well as their website). Design*Sponge, as well as a number of Design*Sponge-featured artists, were mentioned as part of the article.
Design*Sponge editor Grace Bonney’s wedding was featured on the Martha Stewart Show, in a segment about wedding crafts. Thank you to Darcy Miller for mentioning both Design*Sponge and artist Julia Rothman on air!
i’m heading out early to meet with sarah about her portion of the d*s book and check out a mirror i’ve been eying at erie basin for a while. i wanted to end with these gorgeous handmade ceramics from asya palatova of gleena. aran included her as part of her “kitchen favs” roundup and i…
This week we have a double feature for In the Kitchen With, so we are also doubling the fun here. For product picks, we have Penny De Los Santos‘ kitchen favorites as well as Aran Goyoaga‘s favorites. For cookbook picks, we have two groups the first will be for the men to go along with…
Aran‘s dessert featured in July was so inviting, I couldn’t fight my curiosity to know what type of savory dish she might cook up. I was so so pleased with the result. Having just returned from Dublin, where I had lots of smoked salmon, this dish will definitely be served soon in my home. We’re…
today i’m happy to share two great recipes. the first is a special one from our wedding caterer- chef nick mueller. i had so much fun going back and forth with nick about menu ideas and one that was a BIG hit with both my family and our wedding guests were his petite sugarcane cured…
Some of my favorite memories were made outdoors. The time when I was two and insisted on riding a horse by myself (a request to which my mother willingly acquiesced)? Happened outdoors. Straddling a creek-side fallen log cowgirl-style for a zany family photo one chilly November? Outdoors. Falling asleep in a tent on the Northern…
today the fifth and final post about our savannah wedding is up on the d*s guest blog. today i’m wrapping things up with our wedding cake and food! if these pictures don’t make you hungry, nothing will. i’m already craving pulled pork biscuits, peach cobbler and shrimp and grits all over again. stay tuned later…
today is the fifth and final post on our wedding- and it’s time for the good stuff: food! food was probably one of the first and main things about which aaron and i agreed. we both wanted southern comfort food- something relaxed, typical of the region and delicious. and when it came to the cake?…
We knew we were going to be busy with events, weddings, consultations, and walkthroughs last week so we decided to keep it simple for our new post and just bring you along. Fall was unavoidable at the market…arrangements for the week included bittersweet, oak leaves with tiny acorns, roses, dahlias, ranunculus, and amaryllis. We cleaned…
this nightstand before & after comes from will means, an artist and woodworker from salem, massachusetts. will found this antique nightstand at todd farm (an outdoor flea market in rowley, mass) for twenty-five dollars. first will stripped it down the nightstand and re-stained it. next, he drew his design and transferred it to a frisket,…
today’s third before & after comes from letterpress artist maggie sage in tampa, florida. a design team was coming to her studio for a visit so she needed a way to display some of her stationery work. so she headed to local antique store to hunt for a frame and came home with an old,…
