I am a firm believer in the western genre. Not everyone loves them, especially these days, but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a western I think anyone can get behind. I mean, P A U L N E W M A N. Need I even say more? Yes, I think I will. …
i’m smack in the middle of a major effort to freshen up my own bedroom – and as i get ready for the big reveal, i’ve been totally immersed in all things sleepytime related! so i thought it would be fun to take a little look at the often-overlooked, yet frequently used nightstand! as you…
i’ve been learning so much from the consulting sessions i’ve been doing with independent business and blog owners lately that it’s really inspired me to get a bit more involved in the biz ladies section of d*s. so many of the same issues and concerns keep popping up, and rather than keep the solutions between…
illustration by julia rothman our wellington, new zealand guide comes to us from sarah hopkins, the co-director of the big shwop. the big shwop is clothes shopping for the ethically minded – people bring in their barely worn quality clothes and swap them for other fantastic threads while enjoying wine, music and lots of other eco-goodies….
ac and i have been relaxing in catskill, ny for the past two days and i wanted to share some photos from sunday night’s outstanding in the field dinner. the dinner was the reason we headed upstate and it was such a phenomenal event. we all arrived around 3pm and spent the next 6 hours…
good morning! before we launch into regular columns today i wanted to take a second to send a HUGE “congrats!” to julia, matt and jenny at ALSO design on the release of their book, “the exquisite book“! over 100 artists contributed to the book in an ongoing piece that’s loosely based on the “exquisite corpse”…
from this little apartment in colombus, ohio, jen and omar are mapping the world - when the couple couldn’t find the perfect colorful minimalist world map, they decided to design their own, which kicked off a map designing storm because it turns out that other people were looking for the same thing! i’m super excited…
joel holland has called brooklyn home for over 10 years now, and most of it has been spent in this apartment in one form or another. he’s dreamt of having an office with a door like the ones described in the fountainhead: “joel holland, hand-letterer/illustrator/pizza maker” in gold leaf on frosted glass. but he likes…
i feel like i spend most of my furniture day dreaming time thinking about long farm tables for my dining room. well, the dining room i’ll hopefully have one day. right now we’re lucky to fit a tiny ikea table inside our dining area, but one day i’m going to have a huge wooden table…
As autumn approaches, I find myself drawn to forest greens, chocolate browns and golden yellows. These are colors of comfort. This image is from the home of Suzie McKig (of Twig & Fig). She painted the walls with lime wash, saffron then mango. The lime wash gives the wall delightful texture and character and fits…
just a little morning eye candy to start the week. and by little, i mean tiny. dalton ghetti is an amazing artist from connecticut who carves tiny works of art into pencil lead. he’s been in the press for some time now, but d*s reader jerica sent me an email about his work this weekend…
hi guys! sorry this post went up without an intro a few moment ago- i think my brain is already mentally on vacation. ac and i are heading to the catskills this weekend for a little getaway, but i’ll be back on monday with regular posts. we’re heading to roscoe, ny for outstanding in the…
Because I am an ardent lover of desserts, people are always surprised to learn that I’m not a fan of chocolate and definitely not gooey chocolate. This recipe by food blogger Justyna Anna Miziolek, of the blog Love Lives in the Kitchen, however, was so good I had to instantly freeze the cakes so that…
Since so many of our posts here on design*sponge share with you the everyday-ness of our flower business lives, we thought it only fair to finally share with all of our readers a new big part of our lives in the past few months. You may have noticed a few months ago we started talking…
i love being able to follow readers and artists throughout various points in their careers and life. so when i heard from angie, who did the amazing nelson-inspired diy jewelry chest 2 years back, i was excited to see what was new with her. not only has angie been busy designing her own clothing line…
I have a confession to make. I’ve been simultaneously pursuing two diametrically opposed sides of my personality for some time. On the one hand, there’s the compulsive dispatcher, continually searching high and low for little used or unused objects filling up space in my house. Strappy black stilettos I never wear? Begone! Ceramic bowl gathering…
ac and i are heading to the catskills this weekend for a little cabin getaway so i’ve got country details on my mind. for some reason cross-stitch and needpoints always remind me of cabins so i was really excited to see these new modern cross-stitch pieces from kimberly at chez sucre chez. the little floral…
hello friends, and welcome to this week’s edition of before and after basics! today we are going to discuss the process of using wax to add age and character to your painted pieces. i will cover a few basic waxing principles as well, but want to focus on using waxes for more than just wood…
i’m signed up to take an upholstery class this fall, and even though i will never come close to making something of this size and skill, i plan to look at more amazing projects like this to get me inspired. spruce is a furniture and design studio in austin, tx that specialized in custom upholstery….
i’m so in love with this collaborative project between children’s librarian and artist mia cabana and her boyfriend, photographer oliver scott snure. mia and oliver collaborated on a recent show at sticks and bricks in northampton, mass that focused on creating art pieces by cutting silhouettes and illustrations to pop out of book pages and…
