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Limited Edition Pattern Books From the V&A Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum is one of our top sources for design inspiration in London, but since it’s quite a long journey to the UK, we were happy to discover this first set in a series of ...

Where to Shop for Your Home (on a Budget) in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Monthly

While we’re big on supporting local businesses, it’s not always easy when you’re counting every penny. We just stumbled on a great list of 35 places in Rhode Island and Southern New England to...

This Weekend: A Better World By Design 09 Conference
Providence, Rhode Island

A Better World by Design 09 starts tomorrow here in Providence and brings together local and global design luminaries for a series of presentations, workshops, and events focusing on “the power of...

New Book: Design Revolution by Emily Pilloton

Our interest is piqued by a recently released book called Design Revolution by Emily Pilloton, founder and Executive Director of Project H Design, a nonprofit that encourages designers to apply thei...

Architectural Ups and Downs: ArtInRuins Website
Rhode Island

History buffs, architects, and urban explorers alike will find much to love at ArtInRuins.com, a website that chronicles the rise, fall, and rising again of Rhode Island’s historic buildings. ...

In Flagrante Collecto (caught in the act of collecting)
by Marilyn Gelfman Karp

Being one who constantly fights the unrelenting urge to collect useless-but-cool objects, I love this book: In Flagrante Collecto (caught in the act of collecting) by Marilyn Gelfman Karp, a refresh...

New RISD Continuing Education Floral Artistry Institute
Rhode Island

We know that a beautiful flower arrangement can really add some pretty right where your home needs it, but sometimes it’s easier said than done. For the aspiring floral designer, RISD Continuing E...

Designing High & Low... & Lower!
Boston Home's Entryway for Under $600 via AT Boston Reader!

Due to both overwhelming response and one particularly astute reader, we decided to have another go at this High & Low Entryway from Boston Home's summer issue. No one is disputing that $15,000 ...

One Entry, Two Budgets: Designing High & Low
Boston Home

Boston Home magazine asked two local designers — Lindasy Bentis and Kara Butterfield — to team up and decorate the same foyer using two very different budgets. This high-end look with a ...

Pecha Kucha Tonight! Designing a Family-Friendly Boston
Presented by the BSA & Common Boston

Did you know that of our country's 100 largest cities, Boston ranks 94th in percentage of households with children? Think about all the fantastic, diverse cultural offerings Boston possesses and wha...

New Book: Tiny Houses

We received a book store gift certificate for Christmas so we're in the market for an inspiring design book. We just spotted this one in the current issue of Metropolitan Home. Tiny Houses by Mimi...

One Nook, Two Budgets: Designing High and Low
Blogging Boston Home, Winter 2009

Photos by Keller + Keller, via Boston Home Boston Home magazine took a basic brownstone reading nook and asked designer Eric Roseff to decorate it using two different budgets. This high-end nook cost...

This Old House: Nail-Free Decorating Tools

Holiday decorating can be invasive — rearranging furniture to make room for a tree, gifts, candles and the like — but there's no reason to put new holes in your walls. Especially for ren...

Polyvore: Create Your Own Sample Board

We're visual people so before we purchase anything major for our home — couch, bed, curtains — we usually mock it up on the computer to make sure it'll work in our space. This is easy to...