tonight i am both thrilled and honored to be speaking with dominique browning about her new book, slow love: how i lost my job, put on pajamas & found happiness. dominique and house & garden magazine will always hold a special place in my heart, as they were my first real home in the design…
hi guys! i’m about to step up to the panel talk for the 140 character conference at the 92nd street Y this morning. if you’re looking for a quick 15 minute dose of “real-time web and interior design” chat, you can tune-in for a live stream of our panel right here. back at 9 with…
i just wanted to take a quick time out to share some exciting news: the IDSA has kindly invited me to be their keynote speaker for this year’s conference, in portland, oregon! the theme if this year’s conference is rising influence the do-it-yourself ethic (and whether it’s a threat or opportunity to designers) and i…
every year i tell myself i’m going to buy a bike and explore brooklyn on two wheels, and every year i get terrified that i’m going to get hit by a car or chased down the street by an angry driver (the stories i’ve heard are crazy!). but this year the weather is too lovely…
working for house & garden was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. to this day i still feel honored to have stepped foot in that office and to have been a part of such an amazing team and a magazine with such a rich history. so when the magazine closed its doors…
if you want to know how i spent, oh, 4 solid hours of my life last night, let me introduce you to the wealth of inspiration that is the world of playing cards. playing cards, grace? really? yes, really. i don’t know how i ended up on this site, but i had to physically pull…
hi guys! sorry for the interruption, but i just have a quick programming note. someone had been squatting on my name at twitter for a long time and i finally won the right to get my name back from them. so the official design*sponge twitter feed has changed. the new twitter feed is: http://www.twitter.com/designsponge if…
good morning! we’ve got a packed day full of biz ladies, city guide, history and movie-style content coming up, so i wanted to start the day off nice and slow with a sweet post from our guest blogger, sweet paul. paul is sharing his easy steps for creating a pinecone bird feeder your winter bird…
the d*s guest blog is gearing up for a new writer next week, so in the meantime, i thought it would be nice to use my 8am spots to share images that have been inspiring me lately. i’ve been dealing with some not-so-fun health issues lately (migraines, head fuzziness, blech) so i’ve been trying to…
good morning! i still cannot believe that it’s actually january, so i feel a bit rusty jumping back on the computer. so as i dip my toes back into the water i wanted to kick things off with two of my favorite things from the holiday season. first, my gorgeous new pendleton throw (which i…
right before the snow started to fall this weekend, i found myself staring at a beautiful embroidered map inside of sol moscot’s, waiting for aaron to get an eye exam and pick up his new frames. as i was staring i remembered another gorgeous embroidered map i saw during our trip to brimfield and felt…
today nicole is seriously speaking my language when it comes to organization. this morning she’s tackling kitchens, covering topics ranging from small kitchen solutions to storage, quick fixes, and making use of your walls. if you’ve got a small kitchen like mine, or just want to make better use of your existing space, click here…
i love a good spring cleaning as much as the next girl, but sometimes it’s nice to freshen up before the weather starts to warm. so i’m thrilled to have nicole from well worn at the d*s guest blog this week rounding up some beautiful organization ideas for each room of the house. today nicole…
it’s been such a pleasure to have blair from wisecraft over at the d*s guest blog this week. today she’s leaving us with some wonderful ideas for homemade decorations- my favorite part of the holiday season. as much as gift guides are a part of the holidays, i’m always most excited to get those out…
today erin is wrapping up her young artists coverage with a great list of resources for up and coming talent. it’s been so great to catch a glimpse at the next wave of great artists and i can’t wait to see what they do next. thanks so much to erin for bringing them to our…
from everyone here at d*s to all of you reading, happy thanksgiving! i hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. d*s will be back on monday with a full day of posts- and gift guides! starting next week we’ll be posting our annual gift guides, starting with the design bloggers’ wishlists. until then,…
good morning! i’m waking up from the first full night of sleep i’ve had in over 3 weeks so i am finally approaching blog posting with excitement and a non-groggy head. it is so nice to be back among the land of the normal-sleepers. to kick off thursday i wanted to share christine from yellow…
today i am officially finished with the full 400+ page manuscript for the design*sponge book! so i’m going to be taking the day off to catch up on some of the sleep i’ve missed over the past few weeks. i just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who’s helped me through this…
i just wanted to say a big thank you to brooke at inchmark for all her wonderful posts on the d*s guest blog this week! today she’s wrapping things up with a post on alphabet gift wrap. click here to check it out….
good morning! over at the d*s guest blog brooke from inchmark is continuing her week long design-ode to the alphabet. she’s got not one but two posts today focusing on animated abcs (ie: ray charles sings the abc’s) and a fantastic roundup of alphabet posters! click here to check out both posts.
