No matter what our age or our budgets, there is one thing that we all have…personal photos, old birthday cards and various other mementos. These sentimental objects are usually stored away in a shoebox or a scrapbook, but don’t you think you would enjoy them much more if you could experience them everyday? So why [...]
Archive of posts tagged Inspiration
What’s The Best Thing On Your Walls? – Naomi’s Calming Reminders of Spring
[This] is a series of pictures and frames my sister-in-law – who is an amazing photographer and artist – made us for Christmas. I was never that in to nature decorations before but the pictures are really calming, and good to look at in the middle of an East Coast winter when you’ve forgotten what [...]
Be afraid of what lurks behind the curtain!
I have a personal problem and I’m going to be honest about it. Half of my apartment is slowly turning into a junk zone. My apartment’s living room and bedroom are separated by a curtain. So on one side we have our lovely living room and kitchen and on the other side is our bedroom [...]
What’s The Best Thing On Your Walls? – Madeline’s Most Valuable Work of Art
I love this drawing/card that drawn for my birthday a few years ago. The artist was an awesome four year old, Rowan.
What’s The Best Thing On Your Walls? – Liz’s Vegan Taxidermy
An editor where I used to work rescued this paper and wire “taxidermy” from the side of the road in Tribeca. He’s perfect for my room, which has a lot of traditional furniture with more modern, playful fabrics and accessories. I like his big scale (at 36″ high, 22″ deep) and how he brings the [...]
Well Well Well I’m not the only one talking about inspiration today
I guess great minds think alike…therefore 2nd Floor Living must be gaining on Apartment Therapy (uhhh not quite), but whatever. Today they posted an amazingly apropos post about how to collect inspiration. Read my last post and be amazed at how connected these are! Check out Apartment Therapy’s advice here.
Finding your style & working it on a small budget
Last weekend a friend of mine asked me for advice (which was very flattering). Her problem is that her apartment is full of stuff, but it is stuff that she has inherited from her parents or just randomly acquired over the years. So she was wondering how to make her apartment feel more designed [...]
What’s The Best Thing On Your Walls? – Stefanie’s Repurposed Flea Market Find
I found this gem at the Brooklyn Flea Market in DUMBO. It’s just a beat-up, discolored metal tray, but if you hang on the wall like so, you can hang all kinds of beautiful things from it! I used it for my earrings. Very rugged industrial femme, no?
What’s The Best Thing On Your Walls? – Kate’s Prehistoric Statement
My friend Carter found it on the street up near Columbia and when he moved, he left it nailed to the wall. I visited his roommate, and when I saw it there, I freaked and took it home to brooklyn on the Subway. Alex [Kate's boyfriend] haaaaates it, but I love it best of all [...]
After picking up the pieces (literally), I have a new beginning. The kitchen catastrophe follow-up!
By now, you probably have heard about the heart-wrenching incident that took place in my kitchen late last week. A wall-mounted shelf broke and I lost all but three of my plates in the crash. True to my word, I spent the weekend fixing up the kitchen and thanks to IKEA, I was able to [...]
I killed an art book to save a wall.
I have always felt guilty about cutting up art books, but here was my dilemma… Laurie Simmons is one of my favorite artists and while she does have a few books of her work, she doesn’t have any posters or prints mass manufactured. Months ago I bought one of her books and since then I [...]
A Jonathan Adler-inspired lamp makeover
Recently I bought a pair of lamps that were on sale. They were being sold for $64 but were originally priced at $219….I couldn’t pass up a deal like that! The only issue was that they were um….too white. So I took inspiration from Jonathan Adler’s Grand Tour lamps (pictured below) and transformed the white [...]
I’m Into Leather
I have always had a preconceived notion about leather. It usually makes me think of bikers or that scene in Working Girl where Joan Cusack screams out in a Staten Island accent “But it’s not even leatha’!” However I’ve developed a new found love for leather, specifically vintage or “distressed” leather. Recently I added a [...]
Modern Monogrammed Must-Haves (Alliteration!)
I hope you have all had a nice Christmas! I am happy to report that I got some great gifts and a new power drill! YAY! But tools aside, I’ve also gotten to spend time with my family and my style conscious sister. She has turned me on to these great monogrammed pieces. I think [...]
Purdy Paper Flowers
A few weeks ago I was in an Anthropologie store on 5th Avenue, and I was really impressed with these amazing paper flowers. Most of them are made with white tissue paper with a few cellophane flowers sprinkled in to give an icy, wintry feel. Personally, I’ve always thought of paper flowers as those gaudy [...]
