buying art = fun. bringing art home and trying to figure out where on your walls to put more art = sometimes not so fun. i’ve been totally inspired by these sneak peek homes to reexamine the art on my own walls. i love the displays that combine art with objects. and the thematic displays…
don’t get me wrong. i love living in new york. but sometimes, i could do with a little less skyscrapers and a little more sky – i’m talking about that big huge, all-consuming sky that you find in places like colorado and montana… so it’s no surprise that i’ve fallen in love with these ceramic…
Hi, folks! Nick Olsen here, interior decorator, style blogger and newest addition to the design*sponge family. Grace has asked me to scour the market for trends in design and decorating and I’m super thrilled. So let’s get to it: I was tempted to title this post “Hard Times” because my first theme, Brutalism, extends far…
i love wax paper for packing lunches; i wrap sandwiches in a piece of wax paper and tie it like a present with a little cotton string. it’s so much better looking than a plastic bag. wax paper comes in handy for more things than i realized, like rolling it up to use for a…
sometimes all we need to make a room seem completely new is a quick change: moving pillows from one room to the next, switching up wall art, or perhaps adding a small display to a bare wall. this easy log shelf project seems like the perfect addition to a room if you’re looking for a…
summer is in full swing, and yet here in the bay area i’m wearing a sweater and wool socks…go figure. but when the fog burns off and i head outside later, i might have to pick up some materials to make these adorable pots. bonnie from going home to roost has kindly included the templates…
today i have another guest post up on the my life scoop blog- and it’s all about desks! we’re still putting together our d*s headquarters (aka, two desks pushed together) at home so i’ve had desk and office decor on my mind for a while. and when i realized i hadn’t done a desk guide…
i’ve been nervously jotting down notes for my IDSA speech tonight and i think i’ve gone through more notebooks than is reasonable for one person. so maybe it’s time to pick up some new ones. at the top of my list would be these cute black and white ruler notebooks from bylee. each notebook has…
hi guys! just a quick reminder to anyone in the portland area. tonight ac and i will be having a meetup at alder & co in downtown pdx. we’ll be drinking and snacking on delicious food from the restaurant next door (thanks to carla at alder & co!) and supporting local portland charity p:ear by…
Hi loves, today is a very special day for us. What, please say you didn’t forget… It’s our one year anniversary of this wonderful, fulfilling, spiritually enriching, soul satisfying (stop me if I get carried away) relationship we have going on here that I like to call living in. On our first date, we talked…
Confession. I didn’t learn about tramp art when I got my Master’s degree in Dec. Arts History. (Like most art history degrees, all your time is pretty much devoted to memorizing the well-known folks.) Growing up, when there was a lack of ideas for Halloween costumes, my mom seemed to enjoy dressing us up as…
while we try to give you bits of valuable business information in our weekly biz ladies posts, sometimes a little more in-depth training is required. so today we have asked biz lady regular, meg touborg, to discuss some traditional university level courses that can help you develop strong successful businesses. thank you meg for sharing…
illustration by julia rothman today’s guide comes from the ladies behind the sweet iced tea blog. becky, a native of jacksonville, met her now blogging partner ginger in 2006, and is a self proclaimed lover of sweet tea, grits, roadside stands, Sunday school, winding porches and rocking chairs. while ginger now lives in monterey bay,…
lulu wolf is a brooklyn-based artist and illustrator who creates beautiful works of art by combining vintage magazine cut-outs and paper. i love the simple figures removed from the pieces below, and the combination of geometric shapes and human figures below. so pretty. click here to check out more of lulu’s work online…
i wish that i was one of those neat eaters who never spilled anything, but sadly most of my meals happen on my “work couch” and i always end up with something on my shirt (or the couch) by the end of the day. nothing too bad (i promise i’m not a walking spaghetti stain),…
after years of successfully growing flowers, herbs and vegetables in tiny urban spaces, isabelle recognized that there weren’t many resources geared toward young, urbanites who craved a little green oasis but only had limited space (and limited time!). so she founded the balcony gardener to help people easily bring a little green into their lives…
for this peek, we get a chance to look at two spaces designed by lauren stern – her own home in carroll gardens, brooklyn and her designs for a couple on the upper west side of manhattan. one of lauren’s all-time favorite activities is hunting down quirky antiques and objects with her fiancé on the…
confession: i have a pretty intense book buying habit! but there’s really no other object that can make a home feel as warm and personal as a stack of books. looking through the sneak peek archives, i fully recognized that i am not alone in feeling like books really make a home! here are 35…
The warm, earthy colors in the home of Amy Osaba stopped me in my tracks. She has a sophisticated sense of design, with an eclectic feel. The color of the dining room wall is welcoming, and the pops of orange and turquoise keep it hip. This palette attempts to capture the current yet cozy personality…
i love, love, love finding inspiration in wedding and engagement collateral. invites, envelopes, rsvp cards, monograms- all of that is such a wonderful study in creating a customized collection and always inspires me when i think about designing business cards, website layouts, and even the d*s book (i used a lot of wedding imagery as…
