Thanks to Minnesota Monthly for their kind feature on Design*Sponge at Home. The online version of the article, Soaking up Good Design, is here.
Minnesota Monthly
August, 2011
Tuesday August 30th, 2011
Monday August 29th, 2011
d*s book tour: seattle event details!
Beautiful mountains, amazing architecture, delicious coffee — what’s not to love about Seattle? I can’t wait to hop on a plane to Seattle next month for our next book tour event! We’re doing a crafting event as well as a book signing/celebration (both to benefit a local arts charity), so I hope you’ll join us…
d*s book tour: vancouver event details!
Our final event and RSVP today is for one of the cities I’m most excited to visit: Vancouver! Some of my favorite designers and musicians are from this beautiful city, and I can’t wait to dive in headfirst. We’ll be holding a crafting event and book signing/celebration here, so I hope you’ll come join us….
d*s book tour: los angeles event details!
After a week of rain, wind and general storm-craziness, Amy and I are excited to pack our bags for sunny Los Angeles next month. We can’t wait to meet up with those of you in the LA area to celebrate the book release and get our crafting on. I hope you’ll come join us (details…
summer vacation- see you next week!
After the site relaunch, planning the book tour and shipping our very first newspaper*, it’s time for our annual summer vacation. Each year our team closes up their laptops for a week of computer-free fun and this year that week starts today. We’ll miss talking to all of you this week, but we’re gearing up…
Friday August 26th, 2011
extra extra: the design*sponge newspaper is out!
Photo by Allison Nadeau This has been a week full of exciting announcements and events, but for me, nothing is more exciting than finally getting to announce our spur-of-the-moment summer project: The Design*Sponge Newspaper! Earlier this summer when Kate was visiting from San Francisco, we were all blown away by the gorgeous newspaper-style press releases…
d*s book tour: san francisco event details!
We’re just about full for all of our East Coast events (RSVP here for: ), and I’m thrilled to announce our next West Coast book tour event: San Francisco! I can’t wait to hit the town and see everyone and do a little crafting and celebrating. We’re so fortunate to have a big chunk of…
in the kitchen with: yvette van boven’s bitterballen
My husband has a rule that we can’t go back (for travel) to any places we’ve ever been. Food makes the memories for me and I fall in love with just about every place we go and I want to go back everywhere. Two years ago we went to the Netherlands (the night after we…
hunt, gather and host: quick jams and preserves party
For the last few craft parties we have hosted, we’ve become veterans of knitting and egg-decorating projects. Our latest crafty afternoon was inspired by a friend’s fig tree that we stumbled upon at a backyard soirée a few months ago in Los Angeles. Taking Paul Smith’s advice, we found “inspiration in everything,” and the idea…
central park by bella foster
I know it’s sort of sacrilegious for a New Yorker to say, but I’ve never been a big Central Park person. I’ve always preferred the smaller parks scattered throughout the city, but this print from Bella Foster is making me seriously reconsider. I love the gorgeous blues she chose and how perfectly the print captures…
rebecca wilson
I’m a sucker for a good color palette, and right now my favorite is any combo of red/peach/pink/blush. These glass pieces are from Rebecca Wilson, who decided to examine the idea of collective perfume bottles and whether they’re functional or useful in today’s society. I know there’s a larger artistic discussion happening with this series,…
new: shop terrain site
It’s no secret that I’m a total Terrain fanatic. It’s my favorite day-trip from the city, and I love sitting in their greenhouse cafe and pretending it’s my own private living room. I’m so excited to have our first Philly book tour event there next month, and even more excited to share some of their…
Thursday August 25th, 2011
d*s book tour: portland oregon event details!
I’m so excited that the book tour is heading out west next month to visit the city where I enjoyed a little time off this summer: Portland, Oregon! Portland became my home away from home and I’m thrilled to be heading back for not one but two events in this great city. Event: Crafting Workshop…
before & after: herringbone wood dining table
I felt a wave of excitement when this beautiful table makeover landed in my inbox. I’m not a woodworking expert, but I am always looking to try out new techniques. I’m absolutely determined to make myself something using Sarah’s awesome herringbone design. Sarah Summers and her father, a self-taught carpenter, worked together to modify an…
before & after: vintage farmhouse dining room
This lovely dining room makeover has made the blog rounds a bit — you may have seen it on Poppytalk last week — but it was too beautiful a transformation not to share. Abbey and her husband purchased this 1800s farmhouse in upstate NY a mere four weeks ago, and already they are hard at…
before & after: dining room turned library
The lesson I’ve learned from this Before & After is that if formal dining isn’t your thing, you can turn your dining room into an awesome home library — that’s a valuable lesson in my book. Jennifer enlisted the help of her friend, interior designer Autumn Clemons, to revamp this beige box and turn it…
diy project: vintage-style brass pendant lamp
After seeing this perforated brass pendant lamp by Holly Rose, I decided I must take a class in metalsmithing — it seems so cool! I’ve just come around to brass recently, and now I love it! Holly has given simple brass sheets a whole new look by cutting out a fun polka dot pattern and…
before & after: vintage dresser revamp
I’m a big fan of white-and-wood combinations on furniture, especially when they strike just the right balance of warm, rich wood and crisp, clean white accents. What I love most about this simple dresser revamp from Amy is that the dresser retains its vintage charm but seems so much more sophisticated and luxurious with its…
native heath from st. jude’s
I love this new fabric from St. Jude’s. Designed by Old Town, a British company specializing in classic handmade workwear, “Native Heath” is a playful pattern that utilizes map-style symbols. St. Jude’s explains that the pattern was partly inspired by the map of the Hundred Acre Wood drawn by E H Shepard for Winnie The…
Wednesday August 24th, 2011
d*s book tour: washington dc event details!
The book tour registering is in full swing and I’m so excited to announce our next events! (If you missed any previous posts, you can now RSVP for NYC, Boston and Philadelphia events, too). In a few weeks, we’ll be heading down to the nation’s capital for not one but two events to celebrate Design*Sponge…
