our next before & after comes from michael musser of anticipate invitations. michael recently moved from the beaches of los angeles to marietta, pennsylvania and wanted his kitchen renovation to have a classic, farmhouse feel. i love the countertop choice and that gorgeous yellow and white curtain- i’d be happy to cook dinner in there…
today’s first before & after comes from lori dunbar at fin + roe and marzipan inc. lori found an old pair of shutters at a garage sale for next to nothing and, after picking up a few hinges and steel knobs, transformed them into a hanging jewelry case. i love the final look and the…
i’m a sucker for beautiful flowers, so i couldn’t resist the chance to share a fun floral how-to this morning. janie medley at the bride’s cafe and jmflora specializes in beautiful wedding flowers, and offered to share a fun how-to that’s perfect for spring (and doesn’t require a wedding). janie knows the way to my…
it’s already 60 degrees outside (and aiming to hit 80 again!), the sun is shining, and i’ve got gardens and parks on the brain. we’ve got some fun garden/floral posts coming up this afternoon, so i wanted to kick things off with something that would echo that same outdoor love. kelly from succulent love (click…
today i am overjoyed to congratulate writer, urban home-steader, and d*s editor ashley english on the release of not one- but TWO books! yesterday the first two installments of ashley’s homemade living series hit the shelves: canning & preserving and keeping chickens. ashley has been working so hard on these books and to say that…
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We’ve reached that time of year when off go the heavy coats and thick tights and on go the sandals and sun dresses. I don’t know about you, but the first day my bare legs are exposed sans tights to the world is rough. Winter tends to leave my skin not only deathly white, but…
the bbbcraft sisters love parties! and what’s more important at a party than lighting? with a couple of photographers in our family, we have always had to focus on both indoor and outdoor lighting at parties, making it soft and cozy and above all, inviting. nothing captures this more than a little bit of diffused…
planting season!! so exciting. i want to admit right here and now that i am NOT a green thumb, by any means. i have the desire to improve though, so i guess that counts for something. i know there are lots of fancy new garden pots on the market, but if you’re anything like me…
just yesterday i was talking about my love of celebrating everyday “disposable” goods and now i’ve found a new artist working in that vein that love, thanks to one the lovely deanne cheuk. yesterday deanne featured artist josh blackwell’s plastic bag art over at the internetwork and i was instantly hooked. josh uses everyday plastic…
inspired by the idea that people can learn to read a city like a book, photographer marc olivier decided to focus on finding and photographing all of the letters of the alphabet in the art, architecture, food, and city life of paris. the project has been years in the making, but marc is now selling…
I have a love/hate relationship with Picnic at Hanging Rock. The love part- an Edwardian boarding school murder mystery. Or is it a disappearance mystery? Or just plain old psychological mind meld mystery? It leaves a lot to the imagination. The hate part- while set in 1900 in Australia, the movie looks stupidly 1970s at…
for this liberty of london round-up, i set some rules for myself – no liberty of london for target. it’s not for lack of love – i do have quite a few pieces from the target collaboration (thanks mom!)- but i wanted to focus on some liberty of london products that were a little less…
sources for liberty fabric: purl soho, the top drawer, b&j fabrics and of course, liberty of london After I wrote about the History of Toile, I asked for some requests for other pattern histories. It was a bit of a draw between houndstooth and Liberty – and with the Target collaboration it seems like Liberty…
today’s guide is devoted to a region in california that is almost too beautiful for words: napa valley. blogger, crafter, and napa native, katherine jalaty, is taking us on a tour of the best spots to shop, eat & drink, stay, and site-see while visiting this wonderful part of northern california. if you’re lucky enough…
i am happy to introduce our latest biz ladies contributor, kate gatski of gatski metal. today, kate is sharing some helpful (and fun) tips for hosting a show and sale. from planning the event details to the promotion process, kate will be advising us on all the necessary steps for throwing a successful show and sale event—all…
i feel like there were a few years between 2002-2004 where i was obsessively researching scandinavian homes. i looked far and wide for any images i could find and devoured them like there was no tomorrow. then i just woke up one more and said “ugh, no more!”. i tend to be like that with…
dutch designer yvette laduk works and meets clients from her waterfront home, so she likes to joke that she lives inside her own portfolio. when she and her partner bas, a contractor, first found this bungalow in alphen aan de rijn, netherlands, they knew it had potential. with their combined design expertise, yvette and bas gutted…
i’m a big fan of jen altman’s photography so i was thrilled to hear about the grand re-opening of her fieryeyed photography shop on etsy. the shop re-opens today at 12pm EST with a new series of photographs, called “feather & bone“, inspired jen’s visit to the university of colorado museum of natural history last…
newlyweds rachel thurston and grant porter have set up house in this 520 sq. foot bungalow nestled in los angeles county nestled between sony studios and downtown culver city. rachel is a photographer who takes some seriously gorgeous photographs – lovely wedding and portraits and absolutely amazing birth images! even though it’s not their dream…
rocío fueyo, an advertising art director in madrid, spain, has always had a love for interior design. longing to decorate a blank space from top to bottom, rocio’s all-white apartment became the perfect opportunity. the neighborhood where rocío lives, malasaña, was originally created as low income housing, but has become the “it” place for creative…
