During most of the year, I eat my breakfast while checking e-mails in the morning: a couple slices of toast, or something sweet left over from the week’s In the Kitchen With column (yes, I do try almost every recipe which appears here so that I am sure the recipes work!). When I am back…
We’re suckers for a bit of fragrance. We’ve been patiently awaiting the return of one of our favorite farms to the local markets, but we were lucky enough last week to visit the farm in person and preview this season’s selection of scented geraniums! We first met Marie Susa of Susa farms at the Palo…
image sources, clockwise from top left: scatter pig, treehugger, treehugger, britta and rebecca,coolhunting, papertaste buds,brooklyn art project Having just returned from a whirlwind up-and-back-the-next-day trip to New York, I was reminded of just how much space is at an absolute premium in the city. When the driver taking me from the airport to the hotel…
phew! yesterday was a whirlwind day and by the time i crawled into bed i was already thinking about today’s big event: bklyn designs! amy and i are heading over there today, but i before i just to the next show, i wanted to share some pictures from last night’s design on a dime event…
since we’ve seen some great full-room (and home) makeovers today i thought i’d wrap up today’s do-it-yourself before & afters with some smaller makeovers: a beautiful painted dresser and a patterned jewelry box. first up is a gorgeous zig-zag dresser from kristen fountain davis. kristen found this dresser at a second-hand store and repainted it…
as i edge closer to 30 and my biological clock starts to tick at a deafening volume (poor ac has to listen to me “ooh” every time a cute baby comes on tv these days. sorry, ac) i find myself drawn more and more to nursery makeovers. this beautiful makeover comes from lauren at with…
this next before & after comes from a city i’ve been dying to visit for a while now: palm springs. rey viquez of rey3 design collaborative bought this little “dream house” a while back and decided to renovate it and rent it out to seasonal vacationers. rey’s clean, modern taste is a great fit for…
i’ve been admiring stefanie at brooklyn limestone for some time now. along with her husband, stefanie has been undertaking the renovation of a 100 year old limestone in brooklyn. to say that they had their hands full would be an understatement. some of the rooms were in better shape than others, but many (check out…
i had such a blast looking through the entries you guys sent in for the design on a dime contest- so many of you have gotten seriously creative with thrift store goods in your home! thank you to everyone who took the time to enter, and thank you again to housing works for donating 5…
if i had to pick one area in the world i’m most interested in exploring more deeply it would be australia, hands down. there are so many exciting shops, designers, and students working there that i’ve already starting saving up to travel there next year for the d*s book tour. australia, here we come! ok,…
[i'm so thrilled to welcome one of my design idols, david stark, to the site today. david is sharing a fun post-it diy project inspired by his fantastic new book, david stark design. welcome, david!] I am really excited to share our new book DAVID STARK DESIGN with you all, and I look forward to…
i don’t know why, but i have clocks on the brain. i like the idea of having a clock in every room, not because i always want to be aware of the time, but because i find the rhythm of clock movements is quite soothing. if you have the depressing image of me sitting in…
one of my favorite things about running d*s is hearing from readers who’ve made the projects we post, or who have been inspired to create something based on a past project. so i was happy to hear from brittni at papernstitch last week about a great project she did inspired by kate’s cork lamp tutorial…
before this week i hadn’t heard of dundee university, but over the past two days i’ve found myself really enjoying a number of pieces emailed in by dundee’s graduating class of product designers. this clever product design comes from graduating student natalie montgomery, who thought to accessorize an area of the home that’s probably always…
Hello everyone, Dana from yellowtrace here again. Thank you for tuning in for the second round of my Milan Design Week highlights. Today I will share with you some of the favourite things I saw at Zona Tortona. Zona Tortona is the biggest satellite design event area outside the gigantic fairground at Rho, which started up…
good morning! i thought it would be nice to start today with some beautiful cut paper art and illustration by karen o’leary and becca stadtlander. becca stadtlander is an artist and illustrator whose work caught my eye almost immediately. there’s something about her use of color that reminds me of the jungle paintings of rousseau,…
The only way I can forgive Brooklyn for this sweltering early heat wave is by closing my eyes and internally channeling summer vacation. No school. No shoes. No responsibilities. Instead, it’s sizzling and I’ve been stuck in a coffee shop with no fans for 6 hours putting this together (I’ve also been unintentionally channeling old…
beatrix potter, ‘sketch of a greenhouse, fawe park’ (1903) via the v&a’s exhibition: the real mr. mcgregor’s garden If I had an outdoor space, I’d have my hands in the dirt right about now. Instead, I’ve been distracting myself by flipping through books about other people’s gardens and I’ve become entranced with the history of…
a picture is worth a thousand words, but pictures can also be worth a thousand dollars if done right. this week’s biz ladies post comes from nicole hill gerulat, a freelance commercial photographer based in san francisco and founder of Nicole’s Classes®, a live and online art school that teaches photography, illustrator, photoshop and more. today…
illustration by julia rothman today’s city guide update of philadelphia is brought to us by philly designer kevin derrick. a self-declared “maker of spaces, places, people and things”, kevin design interiors for bahdeebahdu, documents creative culture for DesignPhiladelphia, consults independently on brand management and product development and is the proud new proprietor-designer-curator of kelly drive…
