It’s no secret that when it comes to all things shiny and metallic, I’m like a magpie. My eyes lock on to the shine, and my head stops until the rest of my body turns back around to see whatever it is that’s sparkling. So when I saw that Shanna Murray’s beautiful new range of…
I love large-scale prints. Even though they’re usually expensive and can be tough to get up a narrow flight of apartment stairs, they make such a statement that they’re hard to resist. Our oddhero print is still one of my favorites, but these prints from the team at Cul-de-sac are great alternatives. Created by art…
Textile artist Ashley Helvey (who makes amazing felt area rugs) and Miles Pederson just moved into this apartment in Seattle, Washington, four months ago. Since the apartment is a rental, the couple decided to keep things simple with functional pieces that won’t require too much effort to move. Building their own furniture was the most…
This home in Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina (just outside of Charleston), is home to interior designer Cortney Bishop, husband Baker and the couple’s two young children — Ryder (5) and Lucy Kohl (18 months) — plus two dogs. That’s a lot of foot traffic, but somehow, Cortney has managed to create a serene and welcoming…
Just nine months ago, photographer Allen Hemberger and his girlfriend, Sarah Wilson, moved from New Zealand to the Bay Area with only one week to find a place to live. And even though the space isn’t their dream house, they’ve managed to turn it into a home. Just last week, Grace loaned me a copy…
Gemma Ahern paired up with her sister Abigail (both part of Atelier Abigail Ahern) to create this amazingly designed 1,200-square-foot apartment. The dark wall colors — along with the combination of simple, modern and quirky vintage décor — make this home a pretty unique one. I love to see pops of neon used like this!…
I’ve been trying to decide what to do for my 30th birthday for a while and I think I just figured it out: Summer School PDX. Few places are as beautiful as the Pacific Northwest in the summer and few things are more fun than hanging out with Joy, Bri, and a huge group of…
Ok, I can’t say that a huge part of me isn’t repeating this post title a few times in my head because it starts to sound like Creamsicle. I know it’s only 8am, but doesn’t that sound delicious right about now? I’ve never (ever) been above starting my day with dessert so I’m really tempted…
Earlier this year, all the wedding and fashion bloggers I know headed down to Philly for a preview of URBN Inc.’s new wedding line, BHLDN. Since I’m more about dressers than dresses, I (sadly) sat that trip out and waited anxiously for news of BHLDN’s next collection: decor. So when I saw in an email last…
We enjoyed reading about your favorite food memories with Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Everyday giveaway so much that we thought we’d give you another chance to share a food experience with us. This week, we have five copies of Matt Armendariz’s On a Stick!, my new favorite entertaining book from which we shared recipes for corn…
As the weather warms up, the idea of entertaining outdoors has driven me to look for quick and easy recipes to throw together almost on a whim, but certainly without fuss. Food photographer Matt Armendariz hit the nail on the head with his new book, Food on a Stick, which was released just a few days ago….
We’ve made quite a few bouquets in our day. Along the way, we noticed a pattern had developed in all the bouquets that became our favorites. This week, we thought we’d share a little recipe that yields great results for a natural, garden-style bouquet made in hand. The ingredients can vary according to what flowers…
Now that it’s becoming warm again, I enjoy an early evening ritual most days — the alfresco cocktail hour. Whether it’s a glass of rosé paired with a bit of sharp cheddar and green olives or a mocha stout partnered with salty pretzels, I like to pour myself a little something and hang out on…
It’s always exciting to see an illustrator and pattern designer’s work break outside of the world of digital designs and prints and into something more tangible. As much as I love prints and patterns rendered on paper, there’s something about having them living and breathing on fabric that always makes me happy. So I was…
Thank you so much to March Magazine for having D*S Founder Grace Bonney on their May 2011 cover, and as part of their article on self-employed bloggers (“The Bloggerati”). You can read the full online issue here, page 40.
I really love old-school supplies, especially wooden rulers (I once used them en masse for a store display and had to collect several hundred . . . that’s how much I like them), so I was delighted to see this ruler lampshade project from Blair in my inbox the other day. After coveting a much…
With the exception of chairs, side tables are probably the best piece of furniture for a Before & After newcomer. They are lightweight and easy to toss into the car or carry home; they are also small and manageable, and if you mess up one, you usually have an identical one waiting for a second…
Kara and her husband make one amazing crafting team, and I’m excited to share two of their recent collaborations. First up is this charming coat rack and key holder made from old doorknobs. Kara’s husband Tim made it for her as way to keep track of her keys. I can’t get over how clever this…
Small tables are dangerous territory for me. As with chairs, I have a hard time letting unique and promising ones pass me by, and my apartment has a serious lack-of-space issue because of it. Alyson’s console table is a piece I’d have difficulty passing up, for example. I really love seeing the decorative wood details…
Now that ICFF is around the corner it looks like wallpaper designers are ready to share what they’ve been working on all winter. I was excited to see an email from Kimberly Lewis in my inbox yesterday because I first wrote about her back in 2007 when she was a student at Pratt studying textile…
