Eric Teng is a managing partner and creative director at DMD, a marketing agency in New York City’s Financial District. While he might wear many hats during the day, Eric is passionate about design. Eric works long, hard hours in the city. This home in Ghent, New York, is where he and his partner Joe come…
After yesterday’s roundup of beautiful white living rooms, I’m in the mood for something minimalist. These pictures from John and Juli of Mjolk’s home are perfect. I’ve never been able to pull off the clean and modern “all white” look, but these two do it like pros. HGTV.ca has the full story right here, so…
A little over a year ago, Stacey Sargent moved with her husband from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ladera Ranch, California, which is just east of Laguna Beach. The couple’s apartment building overlooks Ladera Ranch and they can even see the ocean from their balcony, which is slowly transforming them from snow people to beach…
I just finished painting my apartment various shades of gray, but these peeks make me want to head back to the paint store to play with the whites. If our sneak peeks are any indication, white seems to be a favorite choice for artists and designers, either as a backdrop for art and design work…
One of my favorite things about looking through the sneak peek archives is spotting similarities in some very different homes, such as books, gallery walls and type! Whether three-dimensional letters or prints with a typographical emphasis, there are a lot of fonts in sneak peeks! In honor of today’s font theme, I picked 25 of…
When associate designer for M. Design Interiors Kate Schintzius moved into this West Hollywood apartment, she was after a “Palm Beach in the ’70s” vibe. The apartment building is a Streamline Moderne Art Deco style, so it features great period details like crown moldings, curved walls and a porthole-style peephole. But Kate is a typical…
Many people claim their abode is small, but designer Christen Maxwell’s West Village apartment is positively tiny — it measures only 7-ft. wide by 53-ft. long. Christen describes it as “the size of a semi-truck container!” It is two bedrooms (one bedroom is used as a studio/warehouse) and since it’s only only 375 sq. ft., Christen…
Whitney and Dustin are the amazing wedding- and lifestyle-photography duo behind Oh, Darling. I met Whitney and Dustin this summer after they moved in January from Savannah so that Whitney, who also writes Darling Dexter, could return to school to study fashion design. And then in June, they moved again from a tiny East Village…
Textile designer Sarah Caniot and photographer Nicolas Grandmaison call the 12th arrondisement of Paris between Bastille and Nation home. Their two-story apartment is only 54m2 (581 sq. ft.) and it provides both living and workspace for Sarah’s line of fun homewares, Ma Mamie Hippie. The apartment was recently renovated and is now completely open with…
Jason Roskey, Maggie Goudsmit and one-year-old Beatrice (whom you’ll spot running around in a few photos below!) live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Jason has a background in visual arts — collage, sculpture and drawing — but he became more interested in exploring furniture construction and began experimenting with hand tools. Jason just started the furniture and…
One thing I appreciate most about running Design*Sponge is getting to share people’s private homes in a public space. A home is such a personal place and I know how hard it is to open yours up to a large group of people and hear what they have to say about anything and everything. So…
When Amie Corley and her husband Rob purchased this 1907 St. Louis home in 2004, Amie was just starting her career as a decorator. Her passion for fashion easily morphed into a love of interiors, and when friends began asking her for help, Amie Corley Interiors was born. Textiles and wallpaper are always her starting…
When Alissa Pulcrano purchased this 1916-built home in Portland’s Williams Street Corridor, the neighborhood had fallen into a state of urban decay, with many of the commercial buildings boarded up and burned out. Initially, Alissa thought that she would turn the home into an investment rental and move back to her condo, but the area grew…
Jen Jafarzadeh L’Italien and husband Dan moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, only a year ago. The couple outgrew their last apartment and while this 825-sq. ft. loft isn’t technically more space, the high ceilings and unique layout make it work. Jen spent eight years working as a magazine editor covering the home market for Real Simple…
Born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, photographer Roland Bello has called New York City home for the past 20 years. He currently lives in the Financial District and regularly shoots for magazines like Dwell and Martha Stewart Living. If you find yourself captivated by the Antropologie catalog, you have Roland to thank (or…
Artist Gunilla Holm Platou and her husband, movie poster designer Eivind Stoud Platou, live with their two children, Pelle and Thelma, and two cats, Shampi and Geisha, in Sande, Norway — just 40 minutes south of Oslo. Their home was originally the town’s train station, telegraph and post office (yes! All in one building!). The station master…
Megan Fickling’s one-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica, California, is bright and cheerful, which makes sense considering Megan designs flowers and events for a living! The bright, fun and fresh look directly corresponds to Megan’s floral design style — it’s a happy creative California vibe! Thanks, Megan! And many thanks to Erin Hearts Court for the lovely…
For most of the year, stylist and producer Annette Joseph lives in Atlanta, but her summers are always spent in Italy. Annette has been going to Italy since she was a child and she and her husband continued the tradition with their own family. Finally, after 20 years of taking their two children there, they…
Canadian-born illustrator Alessandra Olanow now calls Brooklyn home and today we get a look into her wonderful old Cobble Hill brownstone, which is full of original details, including moldings, plank-wood floors and French doors. She primarily works from her home, so keeping the space simple and clean is crucial, while also surrounding herself with a…
Last month I decided to live out my dining room fantasy by rounding up 25 of my favorite dining rooms with round tables, and today I’m finishing with the rest! These 30 dining rooms show how beautiful (and dramatic) square and rectangular tables can be, and all of the different ways you can decorate and…
