Hi! I'm Lauren Willhite from the Color Collective blog. Grace kindly asked me to be a guest blogger here on Design Sponge, and I couldn't be more thrilled! If you already follow Color Collective, then you know that I collect images from designers, photographers, and artists that inspire me, and create color palettes from those…
Simple Printing w/ Lotta Jansdotter from Rowenta USA on Vimeo. i’m closing up shop for the weekend, so before i head out i thought it would be fun to end the day a fun crafting video from the talented miss lotta jansdotter. i love spending long weekends testing out craft projects so i thought it…
One of my absolute most favorite places to eat dessert is London. I find that the Brits use a flavor palette that we don’t in the US and I love the ‘adventure’. For this reason, I also love British food magazines and cookbooks. This week’s recipe for a Lemon cake with lime curd and pomegranate…
we are super excited to welcome jaime giorgi from the monkey flower group and jen smith of the nomadic oven back to d*s. i’m always excited by the abundance of flowers in the summer and i’d take a side a sugar with pretty much anything, so this project is right up my alley. i’m already…
[images above, clockwise from left: street accessories, portable lapboard, wooden tea party set, pounding tower, stuffed veggie crate, dollhouse] I grew up surrounded by toys. If it was shiny and made of plastic and featured a character popular on the late ’70s/early 80s kid circuit, chances are, I owned it. I had a blast with…
good morning! today my dad and i are driving down to virginia for the holiday weekend so i thought i’d start the day with something that reminds me of the great kitchen garden waiting for me at my parents’ house. this cute state-by-the-food bag from melangerie inc. is 15.5″ tall and has an adorable hand…
this might possibly be my favorite before & after bedroom that i’ve ever seen. it’s been on a few blogs already, but i couldn’t resist sharing this because it blows all those extreme home makeover rooms out of the water. when i was little i always hoped for one of those crazy rooms that had…
i love seeing a full room or office makeover- small projects are great, but it’s always so fun to see a larger space re-done. this makeover comes from jessica gary, the art director for the marketing team at bc footwear. bc recently renovated its los angeles showroom as part of a large re-branding campaign. i…
d*s reader holly myers found this beat up bench at the clovis new mexico country club, a golf course her mom grew up using. it sat untouched for many years, but a move to a new home inspired holly to give it new life. after removing the warped and rotted wood, holly created a new…
today’s first before & after is the perfect example of why my favorite color combination (yellow and grey) works so well together. jenn from chet and dot spotted this sad little secretary on the side of the road and brought it home for a little makeover fun. there was a hole in the front of…
today if my final icff post, wrapping things up with 20 of my favorite pieces from the show, including a beautiful retro bathtub, gorgeous textiles, wallpaper, and much more. thanks for tuning in for all of this year’s trends. if you missed any this week, here’s a wrap up: inspired by nature pt 1, inspired…
when it comes to kitchen textiles, i’ve always been more of a “bright! colorful! pattern!” type of girl. textiles are my place to experiment and take risks with color and bold patterns, so it’s rare that i’m drawn to neutrals. but these beautiful rugs, blankets, tea towels, pillows, and kitchen towels from dia living really…
today is the final day of spring 2010 trade show coverage for d*s. after wading through aisles of both shows and hundreds of pictures, i’m wrapping up my favorites today, starting with my last 25 pictures from the national stationery show. if you missed any of the stationery show coverage amy and i have posted…
i was really inspired by the faceted designs grace noticed at ICFF, so for this week’s diy project i decided to spiff up my cheapo alarm clock with a faceted wood cover. i have become very attached to the sound my basic alarm clock makes, but the plastic body of the clock is not the…
Who says laundry has to be a dull chore? Snazz up your laundry life by sewing a cute custom bag to fit a folding hamper frame. The beauty of making this sack yourself is that you can customize your hamper to almost any size (just open the frame as far as you like to adjust…
i don’t know if anyone reading is a big lost geek like i am, but i’m still a little sad about the show being over. sad like, i started crying again when i watched that episode of jimmy kimmel that my dvr recorded after the finale. so even though these posters aren’t brand new, i…
erica at ps i made this always has the best diy ideas, so when i see an email from her in my inbox i know something good is coming. today she’s been kind enough to share a fun, simple diy idea that transforms inexpensive plastic toys and objects into chic objet d’art. inspired by harry…
good morning- ms. jackson would like to welcome you to the end of my icff 2010 coverage. she and our other cat turk are currently battling it out over who gets to sleep in their new cardboard cat house from loyal luxe (she won the battle for this picture). today i’m wrapping up my trend…
today i’m nearing the end of my stationery show coverage, and thought it would be fun to take a quick break from cards and focus on some of the non-card items from the show. and don’t worry, i’m not talking about the seemingly endless amounts of booths selling crappy hannah montana binders and plastic tiaras…
I want to take a spiritual quest through India on a train. I want a monogrammed set of louis vuitton luggage with little drawings of rhinos. I want to develop a rapport with Adrien Brody and by rapport I mean I want to have his babies. Sometimes it’s hard to live in a world where…
