Neighborhood Spy: A Buffet of Kitchen Links
Life’s too short not to be delicious. So today, we’ve scoured the web for kitchen inspirations and rounded up a baker’s dozen… well, about half of one, anyway. First up, the fine folks of HGTV share a plethora of dream kitchens with us; from traditionally-appointed chefs’ kitchens (above) to sleek, minimalist urban spaces, there’s something [...]
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Decorating Your Walls with Reclaimed Textured Wood Panels
Have you wondered how interior spaces are now starting to sport rustic wood paneling everywhere you look? From children’s rooms to family rooms and even ceilings, wood paneling has reinvented itself. Now, we aren’t talking the plywood wood paneling of the seventies that may have lined your parents’ basement walls; this is natural and it’s [...]
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Vertical Horizons: Gardening from the Ground Up
It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention, and rightly so. When extra space is a luxury few can afford, yet there’s a growing awareness of the benefits of sustainability farming, organic cooking and good green living in general, traditional backyard gardens are often relegated to the “someday” file. But there’s a solution [...]
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Glass from the Past: Hobnail Accents
It’s difficult to keep a classic down, and the Fenton Art Glass Company is a prime and relevant example of a “little engine that could,” commercially speaking. Founded in Ohio in 1905, the glass company started out creating glassware heavily influenced by competitors Tiffany and Steuben, but by 1907, the brand found its way with [...]
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Small Guest Bathroom Blunders to Avoid in Your Home
In every small bathroom there is the challenge of where to put personal items, how to store cleaners out of plain sight, and how to accommodate your guests when using your tiny bathroom. There are many blunders that homeowners make when trying to outfit their bathroom, such as putting in a pedestal sink to save [...]
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A Dip Under the Stars: The Indoor/Outdoor Bathroom
Short of the bed, the bath is the one thing in a home designed to do the most magical job of reducing our stress and restoring our perspective. Even the tiniest of old-fashioned claw-foot tubs and European showers can bring us peace simply by the act of stepping into them and feeling the hot water [...]
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Neighborhood Spy: Links to Luxe Living
It’s more important now than ever to create sanctuaries out of our homes — places where we can truly decompress and feel comfortable and cared for, even when a jolt from the outside world is a mere buzz or beep away. So, today’s roundup links us to inspiration around the web for cozy, luxurious living. [...]
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DIY Idea: Creating the Perfect Succulent Sea Terrarium
With all of the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, our interiors often take a back seat and we lose touch with nature. Greenery and plants are the perfect way to connect back with nature and make a fun craft with your kids at the same time. For a unique craft, try this sea [...]
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Dreaming in Greyscale
We’ve all heard the conversational trope, “It was like I’d been living in greyscale, and suddenly everything was full color.” While technicolor living is arguably preferable to an existence devoid of zest, there’s something to be said for a calm, cool bedroom in which to fall asleep. Whether we dream in black and white or [...]
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Sketchy Details: Illustrated Walls
Every once in a while, when someone uses the phrase “wall art,” it’s meant in a literal fashion. In the design climate in which we’re currently living, when personalization is not only accepted, but lauded and appreciated more than ever, illustrated walls are perhaps the ultimate way to personalize a space and convey a certain [...]
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Your Chairs Can Be More Fashionable Than You!
If you think only people can walk the fashion runways in gorgeous frocks, then think again! Take a look at your furniture slipcovers and see if they look frumpy and worn, or are they fashionable enough to be mistaken for couture fashions. Bernotat & Co has designed a new line of chair slipcovers that are [...]
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Round & Round We Go: Cylindrical Architecture
Some 60 years ago, a visionary named Guy Dessauges spoke of cylindrical housing — pods of sorts in which people would live an independent yet somehow communal existence in tubular spaces. His dreamlike designs of futuristic cave dwellings date back to the 1960s and have now begun springing to life in the form of hotels [...]
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Neighborhood Spy: Links to Starstruck Style
Perhaps we’ve just got Hollywood on the brain this weekend, but since we posted the other day about Lenny Kravitz’s burgeoning interior design career, we’ve noticed more celebrity-tinged home decor news than usual. First and foremost, perhaps influenced in particular by Kravitz’s multi-hyphenate approach to life, Justin Timberlake (above) has launched a curated home goods [...]
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