there was a lot of painted furniture going on in last week’s before & afters so i thought it was fitting to start today’s makeovers with a make under. d*s reader alicia murphy spotted this chair on the side of the road and, despite not having a house to put it in at the time…
thursdays are all about before & afters for me, so i thought it would be perfect to start the day with some beautiful recycled furniture. david and meli of koff designs hand craft reclaimed and recycled furniture from their brooklyn studio. using reclaimed lumber and found wooden shipping pallets, david and meli create beautiful tables…
[today i'm so thrilled to welcome ginny branch stelling to the d*s team! ginny will be joining us for a new column that looks inside the toolbox of some of our favorite artists. we'll learn about their tools of the trade, how their work comes together, what they listen to for inspiration, and their advice...
i really enjoyed designer mark montano’s first book, the big-ass book of crafts- it was a celebration of accessible do-it-yourself projects and had some really clever (and affordable) ideas for fun weekend projects. so when i heard mark was doing a home-centric books, titled the big-ass book of home decor, i got excited. mark’s latest…
while i was cleaning out my random kitchen drawer, i realized i had a giant pack of drinking straws that was just gathering dust. i know i’m supposed to hate plastic, but i just can’t ignore the awesome craft potential in the humble drinking straw. they are one of those items in the marketplace that…
[this fun diy idea comes from kathy beymer at merriment design. thanks to kathy for sharing it with us!] I found a pile of buttermilk, chocolate milk and orange juice vintage bottle caps tucked away in a cardboard box in a lovely antique store in Savannah, Georgia. I thought, why not turn them into retro…
cynthia vardhan is a ceramic designer working in downtown columbus, ohio. specializing in intricately patterned work, cynthia produces a beautiful collection of tableware and vases that are inspired by a wide range of sources like moroccan tiles, indian henna, and french pastries. i was immediately drawn to the piece above, which has the henna feel…
i’m always excited to see an email from julie at famille summerbelle. her paper-cut maps are absolutely stunning and her latest edition, a world map, is no different. for the first time julie has branched out and created a beautiful two color paper cut, as she felt it better accentuated the continents and oceans. the…
The middle of June triggers serious school nostalgia for me. Everyone was so happy for summer vacation and it felt like the whole school came together in one big bubbling mass of excitement. No one does school nostalgia better than the late, great John Hughes and his The Breakfast Club is a dizzying feat of…
as the summer heat starts to creep in, finding ways to cool down becomes a necessity. i’ve been hearing from readers for the past month or so who wanted to see a roundup of ceiling fans, so i thought a hot summer day like this would be the perfect time. unfortunately most ceiling fans don’t…
illustration by julia rothman today’s city guide comes swedish-american art director & stylist joanna swanson. joanna is based in sweden and today will be sharing her local’s guide to shopping, eating, entertainment, lodging and site-seeing in stockholm! i’ve been dying to visit stockholm for so long now that i’ve becoming something of an internet stalker…
today’s biz ladies article comes to us from the ladies of the boston design salon- a group of professional women who work in design related businesses and meet once a month to talk about design, business and all things in between. today six of their members will be sharing their thoughts on hiring interns and…
i’m a huge fan of molly hatch‘s ceramic work, so i was excited to hear that she’s got a new show, molly hatch: mimesis, at the clay studio in philadelphia. molly is showing a wide range of work, but i think her cup-on-cup designs are my favorite. i’d be happy to drink my morning tea…
good morning! i was up late last night working so i’m going to start the day with a little eye candy while my eyes try to stay open for more than a few seconds straight. this beautiful work comes from shannon may, a recent MICA graduate who has a lovely portfolio or personal and commissioned…
it seems that in nearly every one of our chicago peeks lately, the homeowners mention shopping at post 27 – so we’ve all been curious to get a little peek into the home of post 27 founders – angela finney-hoffman and barkley hoffman. post 27 opened in 2008 – the store pair mid-century vintage pieces…
jesse and alex moved to new york in the same week in august of 2006, met while working at the same restaurant, became friends and two years later started dating. this is their first home together and a compromise of their two aesthetics and personalities. jesse teamed up with her good friend emily to start…
Hey friends, It’s Lauren from Color Collective! I’m back…and this time to stay! Grace offered me a weekly column here on Design*Sponge, and needless to say, I jumped at the idea! Every Monday I’m going to be pulling palettes from the beautiful interior images in the D*S home tour archives. The colors extracted will come…
we’ve been going a little plant crazy at here at design*sponge and are always looking for new ways to incorporate some greenery into tight spaces. we’ve been eyeing woolly pockets for a while now and were super excited to see just how they were used in barbara bestor’s los feliz (los angeles) home. stephanie bartron…
i love banquet‘s prints- they’re always so colorful and full of life. after the success of their sea animals print (of which banquet just released another edition), banquet has now introduced a beautiful new “northern friends” print ($60), which is a collection of some of their favorite animals living the far north. each print lists…
it’s no secret that if there was a bouroullec brothers fan club, i would be the super geeky president. or at the very least, an enthusiastic secretary. i’ve been following their work since i first moved to new york and got to see their work through my job in pr and have been a mega-fan…
