The growing season is revving up for many of us. Seeds are being sown, vegetable starts are going into the ground and greenmarkets are reopening, showcasing their earliest offerings of the year. Among those newly emerging crops are members of the allium family. From ramps (SO good in mashed potatoes!) and garlic to shallots and…
On the car ride home from Brimfield, Amy, Kate and I talked about our respective senses of humor. It was quickly determined that I had what was probably the most juvenile sense of humor, which would explain why I can’t type this post’s title without saying it with a stupid voice inspired by this terrible,…
I love the look of old zinc-topped dining tables and often imagine myself hosting large dinners outdoors were I to own one, but the price tag on those antique beasts can be a bit intimidating. I’m so excited to see that Gina has taken matters into her own hands and created her very own version…
It’s hard to imagine a more drastic change for this home addition than the one shown here. It may have taken many months, but Toni’s transformation of this room from a dark, almost windowless storage space to the relaxing haven shown below seems well worth the time. I absolutely love that the window treatments are…
This is such a clever, chic display of old bus passes that I’m tempted to traipse over to San Francisco to amass my own collection — bravo to SF Muni for making such awesome-looking tickets and for using great color combos! There are many ways to mount these, but Megan made the smart decision to…
Hi everyone! Today, I am thrilled to welcome new D*S guest writer Rachael Maddux! Rachael was an editor at Paste magazine until its recent print closing and I was delighted to discover that she is equally passionate about music and design. So today she’s joining us for a guest column called “Sights & Sounds” that…
After two days of trudging around fields and fighting for great deals, Kate, Amy and I are finally back in Brooklyn and sorting through hundreds of photos from Brimfield. The show was fantastic this year, though the weather managed to be a major bummer again with the sort of wet cold that feels like even…
While we were walking around Brimfield for the past few days (a post on our finds is coming up next!) lighting was a major, major “trend”. I know it seems silly to call something so basic and necessary a trend, but I can’t stress how creative and abundant the lighting options were. We noticed all…
I’m the type of music fan that gets into a band or artist pretty obsessively when I first discover them. I read all their interviews, look into their album art and the stories behind it and love to find out about what the band does when they’re not playing music. Usually that level of interest…
Photo Credit: Wyatt Troll Adam Silverman is a clay-throwin’ madcap potter with serious creative street cred. He transitioned from architecture to co-founding fashion labels X-Girl and X-Large and currently is thriving at Heath Ceramics. At Heath, Adam helped forge their LA store and currently operates out of a studio within the store where he develops…
This project has made me so enamored of old trophies that I may have to devote an entire Treasure Hunting post to them, although I’m not sure I could top this re-purposing idea. When paired with a nicely finished piece of hard wood, the shiny metallic trophies actually look modern and . . . classy? Not…
I’m totally smitten with the terrarium trend — a tiny, private world occupied by lush greens and adorable figurines? Who could resist? So in thinking about what would be fun to sew this spring, and with greenery sprouting up all around me, I couldn’t help but wonder if I could somehow sew a terrarium. It…
Photo by Grant Wilkinson Lupe Núñez-Fernández’s paintings look effortless, as if the inky brushstrokes rendering pensive humans, curious animals and bleeding landscapes were applied in just a few deft wrist-flicks. But her relationship with art is hardly casual: in addition to technical training, Núñez-Fernández holds a PhD in modern art history, and over the last…
Speaking of nature, it’s impossible to escape animal imagery in today’s design world. So many of us have soft spots for specific animals, and thankfully Woop Studios has decided to celebrate a group of animals (and insects) in print form. From kangaroos and bees to dogs and birds, Woop Studios has given each animal and…
May is always the craziest month for design. There’s Brimfield, ICFF, BKLYN Designs, Surtex and the National Stationery Show. It’s like a non-stop festival of (mostly) new and cool things that gives you a good idea of what the design world has been up to for the past six months. The Stationery Show is always…
My mind is a blur this morning after our first day at Brimfield. I pretty much blew my entire “Brimfield Savings” in 30 minutes at one booth. Today, I’m just window shopping with my hands tied behind my back. One thing I noticed yesterday were beautiful books with stamp collections, so when I saw these…
Dangerous Liaisons is as seductive and subversive as costume dramas come. The boundaries of cruelty, blunt sexuality and betrayal are pushed to extremes while also balancing wit and humor in equal measure. Eighteenth-century Rococo France was not for the light-of-heart or strict-of-morals, but the castles, silk dresses, dripping candles, tamed gardens and coquettish underthings seem…
Image above: Illustration by Julia Rothman After a six-hour drive from New York yesterday (with lots of laughing, gas-station coffee and music mixes), today is our first day at the Brimfield Antique show. While there’s always the serendipity factor when antiquing, I tend to keep a running list of things I’d like to find. This…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Biz Ladies regular Andrea Baxter, owner of Bratface Marketing and co-founder of Smart Cookies. (Check out more of Andrea’s Biz Ladies posts here!) Today she offers some valuable advice on finding your niche through networking, analysis and — sometimes — learning from failures. Thanks, Andrea, for this great advice! — Stephanie CLICK HERE for…
St. Louis Arch Print by Eric Woods of Firecracker Press Our St. Louis City Guide comes to us from Andrea Avery, an artist and writer who blogs at andreaavery.com about art, design, photography, cooking, motherhood and her love of all things vintage. Andrea has been active in the local arts community as a gallery director,…
