Last weekend I was midway through a huge plate of Indian take-out (I love Amin‘s Chicken Tikka) and had one of those gross moments where I realized that I’d fallen into an unhealthy food hole. For months I’ve been nursing my stress level with take-out, cupcakes (see yesterday’s cookbook post) and copious amounts of banh…
I’ve already confessed to loving “Frankenfurniture.” Weird, black sheep furniture. Freaks and Geeks furniture. Needless to say, this (lamp? shelf? curio cabinet?) object from Catherine is near and dear to my heart. Not only is it multipurpose, it looks multipurpose and I love that. She simply sanded the little thing and attached a corded bulb…
We all know that hardware stores can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you’re an avid DIYer. Every time I pass the rows of gleaming copper pipe, I just know there’s an amazing home decor project hiding in there somewhere, but then my eyes scan to the rope section, the molding section, the brackets, and…
most days i’m content to make or “upcycle” as many of the things in my home as possible. but then some days….some days i wish i had a winning lottery ticket in my pocket so i could pick up things that are way out of my price range. at the top of my “lottery winnings”…
whoops! sorry for the technical error here- it seems that my brain was already in “weekend!” mode and i forgot to write the text for this post. man, can you tell it’s time for a few days off? i’m heading out to plan next weekend’s diy video (we’re heading to the hamptons to film with…
now that i’ve gotten the light-hearted girly/colorful roundup out of my system it’s time to indulge in my other half that is dying for something darker and fall-inspired. i am so ready for rich fall colors and deep red and bronze colors so this roundup is chock-full of the things on my wish-list for the…
when the temperature rises, i begin to feel envious of the birds who are wise enough to live near bird baths. what i wouldn’t give to be able to dunk my head whenever i feel like it! bird baths are a win-win situation though, i guess, because the birds get refreshed and we get the…
there are few things more effortlessly beautiful than green glass bottles. sitting in a windowsill, filled with flowers, or displayed on a mantle, they really take the cake for me. i collect vintage green bottles whenever i see an affordable one at a junk shop or a fleamarket, but this morning i’m drooling over the…
despite my best efforts to do an under $100 lighting roundup every other week for two months, i’ve managed to get off course and am just now getting around to the second type: pendant lamps! in march i covered table lamps, and today i’m rounding up 35+ of my favorite pendant lamps in a wide…
it’s been a long week, so i’m going to head out and run away from this laptop that’s burning a hole in my lap (i think the fan is broken, argh!). before i leave i wanted to share these beautiful new lights and a vase/stand from chen karlsson. i love the tiny animals and chairs…
materia designs is a fantastic husband-and-wife design team that produces furniture, lighting, and textiles from their studio in the hudson valley. former brooklynites, megan and matt design and produce all their pieces locally using all sustainable materials and business practices. they sell their work, along with other interior products and accessories (all designed and produced…
sometimes i come along furniture or lighting that is just too beautiful for words. and these handmade pendant lamps crafted from napa valley wine barrels are just that type of lighting. photographer lindsay garvey shot some interiors with stave luminary‘s lights installed (check out the amazing shadow pattern!) and sent along some of her shots…
when it comes to furniture, i’ve always been someone who sacrificed comfort for style. i know, it’s not the best quality, but i’ve always preferred my shoes to be comfortable and my home decor to be pretty (but possibly more form than function). so when i found myself enjoying these inflatable lights from david winston…
when it comes to design, i’m more of a big picture girl. as much as i love buying small accessories, i tend to have a really, really hard time pulling together the small pieces to make a room feel “finished”. so i thought, what if i treated my bedroom project like i would a post…
when it comes to hable construction, they can do no wrong in my book. year after year they create beautiful, cheerful fabric and home accessories and i find myself wishing i could afford each and every piece. so when i heard about their beautiful new hand printed posters i wasn’t surprised that i instantly found…
INTRO [image above and below: an amazing velcro-over-wire frame lamp from rachel o'neill of ireland] [image above: such a cool idea- horse-hair brushes available in wall tile form] [image above: colorful felt wall coverings from textile queen anne kyyro quinn]
joëlle from umbu lumière sent over this beautiful chair makeover. after picking up this antique chair on a free “bulk goods” day (basel, switzerland’s version of curbside freebies), joëlle redid the chair’s seat and, in the interest of leaving a little bit of the original wood, repainted just the outer frame white. and my favorite…
i’ve slowly been plowing through the 450 photos i took at icff, breaking things into trends and highlights from the show. yesterday i focused on all the circles i saw everywhere, and today i’m touching on two opposing trends i noticed: hard angled faceted pieces and soft, organic, flowing shapes. i’m talking about both in…
this week i’m going to be breaking down icff coverage by trends i noticed, whether it was based on shape, texture, or style. today i’m kicking things off with something i found myself noticing after i processed all of my images: circles galore! the past few shows have felt very focused on angular or faceted…
this morning i’m reporting from chilly brimfield, massachusetts, where amy and i are getting ready to hit the fair and see what sort of fun antiques and vintage finds we can rummage up to use for d*s projects. i’ll be posting pictures from our trip soon, but before i get ahead of myself i wanted…
