today i’m happy to announce a new project i’m starting here at d*s: one-on-one consulting services! i can’t tell you how excited i am to get started because one of my favorite parts of running design*sponge has always been the connections i get to make with other bloggers, designers and business owners. in many ways,…
Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney was featured on the June cover of Array Magazine, along with fellow bloggers Maxwell Gilliam Ryan, Jean Lin, Danielle De Vita, and Jennifer Bowles as part of the story “The New Curators”. Click here to read the issue online.
today’s biz ladies post comes from amy rutherford of red barn mercantile, with contributions by fellow shop owner angela phelps of le village marche. amy, a third generation antique dealer, has learned a thing or two about the many mistakes that occur along the path to success. today she shares with us the top 10…
image above by julia rothman last weekend amy and i spent some time looking at her giant map, plotting out all the points we wanted to visit as part of the d*s book tour. i’m not sure we’ll be able to physically visit as many places as we marked down, but i know for sure…
i’m a huge fan of what the arjowiggins paper company does to promote its work. remember the paper unicorn and the paper tree? that unicorn is still a favorite of mine. so when i saw this beautiful piece they were sending out (everything in the image above, except for the woman and chairs, is paper)…
susan and william brinson are high school sweethearts. the couple met at william’s 16th birthday party (when his parents were out of town – always an ingredient for a cool party!). after high school, the couple jointly attended the savannah college of art and design and then shortly after graduation, they moved to new york…
This peek just takes my breath away. It achieves a rustic elegance that seems effortless, but can be so difficult to really nail. Nikole Herriott lives in Toronto, Canada, and her father lives 2,800 miles away. To stay in touch, they mail each other small packages. Nikole’s father is a craftsman and he began sending…
for our first sneak peek of the day we’re so pleased to take you to hamburg, germany and the home of irina graewe. irina, who started school training to be a tailor, later shifted her focus to interiors and design, and these days she works as a freelance stylist. be sure to check the images…
i’m a huge fan of linda & harriett stationery, so i was excited to see that they’re adorable new birthday calendar ($30) is now up on the site and ready for sale. liz at linda & harriett has decided to release some fun, limited-edition monthly projects and this colorful calendar is the first to launch….
when it comes to furniture, i’ve always been someone who sacrificed comfort for style. i know, it’s not the best quality, but i’ve always preferred my shoes to be comfortable and my home decor to be pretty (but possibly more form than function). so when i found myself enjoying these inflatable lights from david winston…
good morning! i’ve got an extra big smile on my face today* so i thought i’d kick off the day with something happy and colorful. these new alphabet (and text) bags from hayley and lucas at keep calm gallery are perfect for simple shopping totes, but when i saw the detail shot on the dotted…
today i’m cleaning up around the house so i can spend my weekend checking out renegade in brooklyn, but before i sign off and start straightening up, i wanted to share this beautiful new book written by two of dwell and american craft magazine’s (i love that mag) team members (jeanette abbink and emily cm…
Today’s city guide update belongs to Wilmington, North Carolina and comes to us courtesy of Ellie Snow of Mint. ellie grew up in Wilmington and has been living in the triangle area of north carolina ever since. She’s currently freelance graphic designer in durham, specializing in invitations, and she keeps a small vintage etsy shop for fun. Wilmington…
We are so excited to show you some photos from a recent April wedding- Jill and Matt’s! Jill will tell you about her planning process and we’ll share some of the fun projects we made for the big event. And we send big thanks to the fabulous Rikki Ward for photographing the event beautifully, getting…
For this month’s column we are excited to feature the libation creation of our dear friends Michelle Nolan, a commercial photographer, and Joe Dapier, the former drummer of Dovetail Joint and the current drummer/songwriter of Telekøm. Aptly named the Eurasian (Michelle being of Filipino decent and Joe, Polish) this is the kind of cocktail mixologists…
Food photographer Charlotte Tolhurst and food stylist Kate Wesson (from last week’s Lemon Cake with Lime Curd) normally work together with clients, and so it was logical for them to make a team effort to provide a sweet and a savory recipe for the column. I can’t even remember how I came across Charlotte’s portfolio,…
image sources, clockwise from top left: sunset magazine, diana’s desserts, forecast earth, dopodomani, pure bar, jessica sayed The home my husband and I own was built right around 1930. As such, it lacks air conditioning. Since we live in the mountains of western North Carolina, on land sited in a forested cove, the lack of…
good morning! it’s been such a pleasure having lauren from color collective on d*s this week and i’m so excited to see her last post for this week on “romantic irish interiors“. if this doesn’t make you want a trip overseas, i don’t know what will. that beautiful bedroom above looks like a nice place…
This wallpaper is pretty, don't you think? That blue is gorgeous paired with dark red and maroon. I'm loving the curtains over the bed, and the patchwork bedspread. Very romantic. Okay, lets talk about how wonderful this coral color is. Coral is great on it's own as a solid wall color, and it's equally as…
lauren nelson is a prop stylist and interior designer who dabbles with art and currently lives in cambridge, massachusetts with her fiance gabe. the two moved to massachusetts from california with nothing but their clothes, bikes, books and a handful of things they just couldn’t live without (quite opposite to the life of a prop…
