[image above by Paloma Sia Designs] As I write this, a good portion of the United States is in the throes of a serious heat wave. It’s crazy hot out there. Do the Right Thing hot. Dangerously hot. From coast to coast, people are looking for cooling down solutions. Because I’ve never been much of…
i have a major weakness for bows and anything that looks like a tied ribbon. i like them on shoes, dresses, jewelry- and especially bags. though i’ve never been a big canvas tote person (i’m pretty loyal to my baggus because they crumple down to nothing) this bag from soraam in seattle is calling my…
today’s final post comes from a former street hockey teammate of grace’s, designer and builder, ted kilcommons. ted worked on creating this amazing custom bar for the bodega wine bar in bushwick, brooklyn. the previously empty, white space was completely transformed and the mix of textures (penny tile, plaster walls, and concrete counters) really adds…
when the temperature rises, i begin to feel envious of the birds who are wise enough to live near bird baths. what i wouldn’t give to be able to dunk my head whenever i feel like it! bird baths are a win-win situation though, i guess, because the birds get refreshed and we get the…
i love, love, love these beautiful chair re-dos from heather at skinny la minx. she has (luckily for us) produced her orla fabric in yardage in a rainbow of colors. she worked with dan from saks corner to reupholster and refurbish a bunch of old tattered chairs. the results are amazing! i especially love the…
i emailed with charlotte rivers yesterday after writing about her beautiful letterpress books, and it lead me to spend most of my lunch break browsing through her lovely blog. when i loaded the page the first thing i saw was a post on amazing writer’s and gardening cabins from dave coote design (made from reclaimed…
right now it’s so hot in brooklyn that just the idea of a picnic makes me start to sweat. but i have hope that one day soon we’ll see the thermometer dip below 90 again and i can drag ac over to the park for a little dining al fresco. when that day comes, i…
my love for the deep south is hard to put into words. having grown up on what felt like the outer fringes of the south, i’ve always felt a desire to spend more time in the heart of the low country, soaking up all of that amazing culture, food, and hospitality. so when i heard…
the nights are warming up here in northern ca, so i’m eager to tackle this lantern diy project from karen at maggiemakes. named after her adorable black lab, karen’s blog primarily focuses on crafts for around the home and provides great instructions and photos. i can’t wait to grab a hammer and a can and…
well, we’ve just passed the fourth of july holiday, and summer is in full swing…where better to look for a project than vacationland? yes, i love you maine! nan at angela adams was kind enough to send us the instructions for this planter display from the angela adams store in portland. thank you nan and…
today i’m rounding out the “best of” sneak peek office roundup (click here to see part 1 from yesterday) with my final picks for my favorite offices we’ve ever featured. there are over 20 amazing offices in this final group, ranging from simple, minimalist desks to colorful offices that will wake you up with bright…
i love the way wedding invites get the chance to tell a story through stationery. this invitation set was designed by erin jang at the indigo bunting for couple nina + ross. nina and ross met while working for a magazine and decided to have a classic nyc wedding in central park. i love the…
if there’s one thing a blog can do to make me take notice and become an instant fan, it’s focusing on regionalism. because most of us aren’t able to travel as much as we’d like, we depend on books, magazines, tv shows, and websites to let us visit other cities, countries, and continents through their…
lately my brain has been consumed with thinking of locations that have good, strong central air. we’ve already been to two movies this week (knight & day and toy story 3, both fun!) so i’m pretty sure my next step today will be a visit to the giant barnes & noble on my block. those…
Thank you to Belle Magazine in Australia (and Kristina Gill) for the feature in this month’s “60 Seconds” column. Click here for the full article.
Today is the 10th anniversary of my sixteenth birthday and I could not let this moment pass without paying homage to America’s ultimate birthday fantasy, Sixteen Candles. John Hughes so totally gets teenaged girls it’s eerie. And by teenaged girls I just mean girls in general, because hello, I can still feel completely relate to…
batik designs from the new york public library I’ve been wanting to try my hand at batik for a little while now. Maybe it’s a latent desire to return to summer camp crafts and those tie dyed t-shirts that we all proudly sported until it was time to go back to school. Like tie dying,…
illustration by julia rothman today’s dallas city guide update come to us from local graphic and interior designer , writer, and blogger samantha reitmayer sano. samantha defines herself as a “lover of design, food and all things stylish,” and today she so graciously shares with us all of her “loves” in this thorough guide of…
today we are blessed with yet another great post by biz ladies regular meg touborg of design investors llc. educating us on various topics like creating a compelling work environment, forming successful biz partnerships, making a strategic biz plan, successful biz dev and first time funding, meg is now enlightening us on effective grand opening marketing practices to…
now that the holiday weekend is over, ac and i are back to working on converting our book/music storage room in the house to a joint office where we can both work on our respective d*s jobs. it’s been hard to re-imagine a small space turning into something we can both comfortably work in, but…
