In the world of home decorating, practicality is often overlooked for something, well, decorative. But I love when form and function can come together for something as simple and beautiful as a shelf bracket. I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately as we’ve been adding DIY shelving to our apartment wherever possible. So today’s…
One of the questions I get asked most often is how to spruce up a rental apartment without breaking your lease. So many people have landlords who won’t allow paint or hanging heavy things on walls, making it feel like you have no choice but to accept things as-is. But I’m a big fan of…
You know that scene in Mommie Dearest when Faye Dunaway (as Joan Crawford) screams “No…wire…hangers!“? I can be a little bit like that when I see overhead lighting. Well, sort of. I’m definitely not that dramatic, and definitely not about all overhead lighting, but I always feel a little twitch in my eye when I…
Nothing makes me happier than a stripe. Seriously. As much as I try to become more minimal and prune my stripe collection (lights, towels, rugs and packaging), I keep hanging on to a few trusted pieces that feel timeless and classic. So this installment of our D*S Black Book is devoted to my favorite, striped…
I have been dying to write this post ever since we decided to create an online resource book this year. Why? Because I wish I could live in a world where every wall was a perfect warm grey. Every time I hear someone say they think grey is a depressing wall color I think to…
After picking our favorite (trusted and tested) black and white paints for our first D*S Black Book posts, this next one was much more difficult. Wallpapers are something people seem to fear even more than bold paint choices, and they’re such a time-consuming design element to install that you want make sure you’re working with…
It’s funny how something as simple as a white wall can cause so much stress. Finding the right white paint for a project can be surprisingly difficult because, much like black paint, the undertones of white paint can drastically change the way the paint feels on the wall. Too much much yellow? The room feels…
In addition to the product and information-based giveaways we’ll be doing to celebrate our 10th anniversary of blogging, we decided as a team that it would be great to finally collect and share all of our very personal and very trusted resources for everything ‘home’. From our favorite wallpaper patterns and trusted sofas to paint…
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