Recent Posts Tagged With 'furniture'

• Manned-Up Bedrooms

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 23:05 in Color, furniture, décor, brown bedrrom walls, masculine bedrooms, pin stripe wallpaper

  Décor can reflect gender in very direct ways. While today’s bedrooms look more gender- (and everything else) neutral to me, these two send out a very different message. Both seem to have a real guy-thing going and I’m intrigued by design elemen...

• Multi-Colored Furniture & Accessories

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 17:05 in furniture, décor, pb teen, martha angus, anthropologie rugs, hand painted clocks, locker room furniture

  Photograph: Portland Mitchell Feeling a little neutral lately?  Are the sandy beach colored sisal rugs and summer decor leaving you lusting for a jolt of primary shades?  Here’s some color drenched inspiration guaranteed to boost your mood. ...

• Room Transformed by a Rug

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 02:00 in furniture, décor, add new tag, passion for rugs, passion for rugs oriental rug blog, colour me happy blog, bound carpeting

  There’s nothing as convincing as a picture to prove the effect an area rug can have on a room.  When I came upon the image above from Maria Killam’s blog Colour Me Happy, I knew it was one I wanted to share with you.  Maria was hired to...

• Suddenly Trendy: Garden Seats

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 00:00 in furniture, home decor, décor, pottery barn, atticmag, chinese garden seats

  My search for a garden seat to use as a side table began two years ago after I saw a traditional old Chinese pair at an auction preview.  At the time, their main value had to do with their age, detail and origin. But I began saving photos of rooms w...

• Swing into Outdoor Living

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 04:00 in furniture, green, unica home, décor, ecocentric, egg chair, inmod, allison shops, duo hanging seat, zigzag hammock

  With the temperatures warming, we are all finding excuses to spend more time outdoors. I am giving you three more! The classic shape of the vintage Egg Chair (above, $3,276) from Unica Home will fast become a favorite summer hideaway. It is made with...

• Artful Chair Recycling

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 03:57 in furniture, décor, vintage chairs, blu girl art hand painted fabric, eastlake chair, printsource

  With Earth Day approaching later this month, it seems only natural to highlight a textile designer that gives a fresh, jazzy twist to the phrase “everything old is new again.”   Using vintage chairs, replete with dings and dents purpose...

• White House-Worthy Kids’ Rooms

  Posted on Monday February 2nd, 2009 at 14:58 in furniture, Anthropologie, the white house, décor, pottery barn kids, pottery barn teen, kids room ideas, malia obama, sasha obama, designer rooms, michael s. smith, amelia quilt

  America’s first daughters, 10-year old Malia and 7-year old Sasha Obama have become overnight ‘tween sensations since their Dad’s inauguration. After all, who could resist such endless adorableness? So details of their little lives, such as how...

• Galbraith & Paul Custom Rugs

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 05:29 in furniture, textiles, décor, passion for rugs, passion for rugs blog, galbraith & paul custom rugs, hand tufted rugs, new zealand wool rug

  I have been compiling a special list of rug designers to share with you — creative folks who, unlike moi, have the artistic ability to bring their visions to life.  Textile artists Liz Galbraith and Ephraim Paul are two people who started thei...

• James Dew & Sons

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 13:18 in furniture, décor, allison shops, fanback windsor, james dew & sons

  Handcrafted early American antique reproduction furniture created by James Dew & Sons are destined to become heirlooms. Each piece features superb craftsmanship with attention to fine detail, including dovetail and mortise and tendon joinery. Thi...