growing up just outside new york city in new jersey with frequent trips to soho galleries, alex marshall always knew she would be an artist. after studying painting and ceramics for both her undergraduate degree and mfa, alex opened her first ceramics studio in sausalito, ca. today she lives with her artistic partner and husband…
whew! today is the final deadline for the d*s book manuscript and i am still writing up until the very last second. so before i dive back into the book i wanted to kick things off today with a beautiful new series of pillows and rugs from designer bev hisey. bev’s amazing home will be…
whew! this week has been crazy and on monday i’m finally able to finish the bulk of my work on the d*s book and turn in the manuscript! things are coming together so nicely i can’t wait to show you the final result. until then, i wanted to leave you with another peek from one…
[today i'm thrilled to welcome emily and the team from once wed to d*s! starting today, they'll be joining us once a month with wedding-inspired entertaining and decor ideas in a new column called "beyond the big day". i love the way that weddings are often the catalyst for beautiful decorating and party ideas, so...
Living in Italy, I feel quite deprived of world cuisine and therefore have noticed that my collection of books dedicated to helping me satisfy those cravings has grown. Joel’s recipe for porcini tapioca cakes also happened to remind me of “world cuisine” coming all the way from Australia. So I thought I’d do a round…
Thank you Grace for letting me spend the week here! For my last post I decided to make an ABC birthday card with a PDF you can download and make yourself. We have a birthday tradition in our family we’ve been doing since we were kids. We go around the dinner table and each person…
This week’s recipe is the creation of a talented young Australian chef, Joel Mackaay, whose white-table-cloth-silver-flatware-indoor barbecue dinner I was fortunate enough to attend last summer. It was some of the absolute most memorable BBQ I’ve eaten (and I’m from Tennessee, so I know good BBQ!). Those of us who were there are still talking…
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t grow up “green.” My mom, brother, and I lived a rather typical, suburban lifestyle, eating packaged foods, driving our minivan all over town, and throwing mostly everything in the trash without a second thought. During my sophomore year of high school, however, I had a most auspicious…
i just wanted to say a big thank you to brooke at inchmark for all her wonderful posts on the d*s guest blog this week! today she’s wrapping things up with a post on alphabet gift wrap. click here to check it out….
Here’s an easy way to wrap gifts that look great but take just a few minutes. First you’ve got to have a few things on hand (I try to keep these stocked at all times): tissue paper in good colors, seam binding (I love the colors at Purlsoho.com), alphabet stencils (available at any office supply…
This week we’ll continue with the theme of hanging containers and share a simple flower girl’s basket we created for an upcoming event. Birch bark tubes are a popular way to add a little rustic beauty to a DIY wedding reception, so we thought it would be fun to show you how to incorporate them…
ok, there are officially too many fantastic sneak peeks from the team at fossil and now we’re adding one more. all you need to do is type in “fossil sneak peek” in the search toolbar on the top right to see the homes from the whole crew (it’s a great resource for the entire site)….
today’s final before & afters are focusing on a beautiful deck renovation and a classic slipcover upgrade. first up, d*s reader rachelle mesheau. rachelle recently bought a house in downtown ottawa and is enjoying her small, but serene, backyard haven. her husband decided to design a new deck for their back yard, upgrading their existing…
today’s next before & afters both come from across the pond. first up- designers mathilde and christine from studio ma+ chr, who recently redecorated the cafe/restaurant nambodaï in paris. the project was incredibly extensive and really gives the space a new life. i love that patterned stairway! great work, mathilde and christine! (click here for…
today’s first before & after comes from d*s reader jen eckert. jen saved a beautiful wooden chair from the landfill and decided to update it with a coat of soft yellow paint and two different fabrics. i love the combination of yellow and grey (always) and the way that different seat and back fabrics really…
Alphabet posters are everywhere, it seems every designer and etsy store is coming out with their own. Though there are a plethora of alphabet posters available, it can still be hard to find simple, beautiful ones. I have taken upon myself the task of sifting through the billions of posters and sharing with you my…
good morning! over at the d*s guest blog brooke from inchmark is continuing her week long design-ode to the alphabet. she’s got not one but two posts today focusing on animated abcs (ie: ray charles sings the abc’s) and a fantastic roundup of alphabet posters! click here to check out both posts.
I wasn’t allowed to watch a lot of television when I was a child, but I do remember watching Sesame Street. When I think of the ABC’s, I immediately remember the old stop motion animated clips they used to play on the show. Thanks to You Tube, they are still available. I’ve been playing them…
i love the seventies feel of the colors on these giant wood beads, so i decided to embrace it and make a cozy little chandelier for over my small dining table. the softness of the yarn and the smooth beads makes this a very fun lamp, perfect for winter evenings. you could also spray paint…
the first thing you’ll notice about annie coggan‘s home is the chairs. there are chairs in every nook and cranny. if you look a little closer, you’ll notice that these aren’t your run-of-the-mill seat furniture. in addition to design classics like a womb chair and an eames rocker, there are chairs with embroidered detailing and…
