When Christiane Lemieux of DwellStudio submitted this recipe in October, we thought it was a great idea for winter. Those of you who aren’t still watching the snow fall can take advantage of it as well. You can use whichever vegetables are in season and most flavorful, even if the recipe takes advantage of summer’s finest. …
Last Tuesday’s snow fall finally fully succumbed to this week’s warming trend. A brief walk around my property the other day revealed the presence of many, many daffodil buds sending their green arms of praise and golden heads of happiness up and out of the ground, rousing themselves from this winter’s protracted cold, ready for…
It’s Tiny-Ass Apartment’s last day here on the Design*Sponge guest blog! *Sniff* I’mma miss you all! I want to thank Grace again for giving me this opportunity, and to thank you readers for welcoming me onto your computer screens. There are SO MANY more TAA tips and tricks to talk about (*cough*Visitmysite!*cough, cough*), but today…
it’s never too early to start the day with something sweet, so i wanted to share this delicious recipe- and cute decoration idea from allyson baker. allyson announced she was going to have a baby by baking her co-workers these delicious cupcakes with fun little wrappers and tags. i think the idea is so sweet-…
Aside from the obligatory pint, we’ve never been quite sure what to do on St. Patrick’s Day. Since most of us just aren’t a green plastic bowler hat bunch, we decided to do some serious brainstorming in order to come up with a bit of wearable green that suits our particular tastes. While visiting North…
this next before & after really caught my eye for some reason. i really love when people subtly modify something in a way that makes me see a piece in a completely different light- especially if i would have walked right by it before. this george washington frame makeover comes from tyler goodro at plastolux….
i’m feeling a little under the weather today so i’m going to kick off the before & afters a little early so i can try to work in a little half-day off to rest up. these first two projects come from beth at nest interior design. i love the way she updated this sofa and…
As someone who works from home, I know that having a separate home office often seems not only luxurious, but necessary. But ha ha, too bad, you live in a tiny-ass apartment! You don’t even have a separate room for your bed. What are you gonna do now? If you’re a good lil’ TAA-dweller, you…
good morning! i wanted to start today with a little eye candy from chilean artist mariana tocornal. mariana is going to be showing her work at ICFF this may (i can’t wait for the shows this spring!) but before we get a glimpse at her work in person i wanted to post these beautiful beeswax…
Some people are born cat people. I wasn’t. It’s been a slow process but I’ve finally come around to loving cats, especially since I inherited two in an awkward post-breakup situation. Even though my kitties are the ultimate scaredy cats, they love toys. Ever the doting mom, I like to use up my extra fabric…
If you’ve got a boring old ottoman hanging around, or if, like me, if you happen to find one of those plain cubes on sale, it’s easy to recover with a custom slip cover. This is another fantastic way to bring some fun textiles into a room with a project that you can sew in…
ikea really does have some amazing finds! while i do love some of their more unique, signature products, my favorites are the very plain, simple accessories; they allow you to customize them in so many ways to fit your own style. they beg for hacking! i’ve had my eye on the skala tray ($14.99) for…
we’ve got a whole slew of diy posts coming up today so i wanted to kick things off with this fun and affordable idea from artist eleanor grosch. eleanor picked up some cheap blue and white ikea dishtowels and turned them into a “south of france-inspired” tablecloth. total cost? $5. such a clever idea and…
when i look at photographs, i want to travel. whether it’s to an actual destination, or to a make-believe world that the image creates or inspires, i’ve always really loved the way pictures can make you go somewhere else in your mind. so when i saw silvana’s photographs from paris on etsy, i was instantly…
Unless you’re a vampire, chances are you have a bed in your tiny-ass apartment. (Come to think of it, interior design for vampires and their coffins seems like a pretty lucrative area these days.) A bed is arguably the most important piece of furniture in your home. You can go without a couch or coffee…
when it comes to bedding, i tend to swing to both extremes: i really love crisp, preppy, tailored bedding, and i also love really undone, natural-feeling bedding. so i was happy to hear from tricia rose about her collection called “rough linen“. tricia based the collection on old linen from her grandmother’s house in scotland…
I think I’m lacking the certain extra whimsicality that causes some girls to devote their lives to Alice in Wonderland. I like Alice, a lot, but I am no Alice fiend. But since she is on the tip of everyone’s tongues this week I thought I’d pay a little homage to the heroine of the…
illustration by julia rothman (a very limited edition of prints are available in the julia rotham shop) Spring is in the air (this week, at least!), which means one thing – flea market season! Here on the East Coast, most flea markets pack up for the winter and dealers go off to restock, but then…
i am excited to welcome designer michelle smith to the biz ladies series. although not new to design*sponge by any means, michelle has graciously offered some very helpful tips on how to balance parenthood with biz lady-hood. thanks michelle for some great pointers on time management and helping us become jackies-of-all-trades!-stephanie *we hope that all of…
photo by brian morrison today i am beyond thrilled to post a city guide to an area that’s just across the water from me: jersey city, new jersey. written by jersey city local kristen scalia of kannibal home, today’s guide is dedicated to celebrating all of the great places to eat, shop, stay, and have…
