Today is my last morning in Boston before heading back home to Brooklyn. The weather has been so beautiful and all the changing leaves make it a little easier to accept that the year is coming to a close. Every Fall I feel like the holidays sneak up on me and come too soon, but…
Today I am THRILLED to post the first 10 of our top 30 finalists for the Design Your Own Alphabet contest! I can’t even begin to describe how blown away I was by everyone’s entries. You guys went above and beyond to create amazing alphabets and I am so excited to share the finalists here…
Emma & Mike’s Brooklyn Home Tour from David Land on Vimeo. This is one busy couple. Mike and Emma have only lived in this home in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, for a little over a year. Michael Fusco runs a design studio out of the house, where he designs book jackets, record covers and identities. Together…
Danish designer Pernille Picherit lives in France with her French husband Olivier and their two children, Arthur, 7, and Célia, 4. When the couple first visited this French farmhouse 60 km from Paris, they never thought, “wow, this is our dream house,” but Olivier loved the huge garden and easy access to Paris, while Pernille…
Images above, clockwise from top left: Striped cocktail napkins, $4.95 for 20; Wire baskets, $98–$125; Float martini glasses, $100 for 2; Iomoi lucite tray, $100; Hendricks Gin, $29.99 Over the last few months I’ve been cursing my cell phone to anyone who will listen. It keeps dropping calls, taking what feels like three hours to…
This lovely kitchen belongs to Hannah Berman of Pie Bird Press. The vintage blue, red and turquoise color combination is classic and adds so much character to a small space. Hannah’s 1950s Wedgewood stove is amazing (notice the turquoise knobs), and I love the tile with red stripes around the countertop. I’m not much help…
Whew! This has been a crazy weekend, but it has also been so much fun. On Saturday, Amy and I hopped in a Zipcar and drove down to Terrain for our DIY and book preview event. On what must have been one of the most beautiful fall days ever, we gathered with D*S readers for…
Today I’m packing up the raffle goodies to take down to Terrain for Saturday’s DIY and D*S book event. As I prep everything to go, I find myself wishing I had one more box to load — a box of these amazing “Bow Wow” flats from Moschino and Kartell in the pale pink color. For…
Whenever we task a talented photographer with putting together a drink for our Behind the Bar column, we always wait with great anticipation for whatever photographic genius he or she concocts. This month was no exception and California-based photographer Nancy Neil managed to raise the bar as she pulled this entire shoot off with nothing…
Twitter reserves little surprises here and there if you pay close attention to whose tweets you read. That’s how I came across cookbook author and journalist Marlena Spieler. Originally from California, Marlena now lives in England. I hit her up for a traditional British recipe, the Sticky Toffee Pudding. She one-upped it and gave us…
Hello, flower fans! For this round of Flowers A–Z, I have selected a delicate adornment, as opposed to a traditional bloom: dusty miller (senecio cineraria). The color and texture of dusty miller, with its silvery soft, felt-like leaves make the perfect complement to either muted or bold-hued flowers. Dusty miller is native to arid climates…
Image from Style File The thing about becoming a new parent that no one tells you and that creeps up on you and takes you completely by surprise is just how time consuming these tiny beings can be. Pre-Huxley, Hubs and I were all “surely we won’t become those people that don’t shower until 5:00…
Well, after two days and over 400 emails, I’ve finally narrowed down our Design Your Own Alphabet Contest winners . . . to 30. There was NO way for me to get it lower than that because you guys seriously went above and beyond to design amazing alphabets! So rather than one day of voting,…
When I was going through the D*S book edits last week, I realized how many globes are in the homes we feature. I knew they were popular again, but it didn’t really hit me until I saw them all together just how pervasive the trend has become. So when I saw these pretty globes from…
The first step to finishing any furniture project is sanding. Whether you choose to use a power sander or sand everything by hand, selecting the right type of sand paper is crucial to the outcome. Sanding with the wrong paper can damage your piece of furniture and cause lots of extra work for you. And…
These two before & afters share a couple characteristics. Not only do they inject a much-needed dose of sunny yellow into my otherwise cold and drab November day, but they both display a significant amount of DIY ingenuity. This painted floral rug from Sarah has turned on a light bulb over my head — why…
This window-makeover project makes me want to run to the store immediately and grab some mirrored glass spray. And we all know how I feel about fireplaces (I want one!). So it’s safe to say that I’m in love with the way Elizabeth has repurposed this ornate window into a stunning statement piece to hang…
I love to see people using rooms for things other than their customary purpose. Corissa and Kris needed a place to dine, and since they have no space for a table in their kitchen, they decided to turn a spare bedroom into a dining room. For a “formal” dining room, this has a great casual…
After reading through my submission box last night I realized today was quickly turning into an all-before-and-afters day. But you guys really sent over some amazing projects this week, so I couldn’t resist sharing some extras. This amazing table was created by designer and builder Gregory Wilcox of Corvus Design Build. Greg purchased a huge…
There are some mornings when the idea of making over a room in my apartment seems like a paralyzingly difficult task. I look at my idea clippings and swatches and then just put them back down on my desk and decide to start fresh again tomorrow. But today I’m inspired to get up, pull my…
