Specialty: Mid-Century inspired home furnishings made in Los Angeles.
Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range

It's not just the design of the products at Thrive Home Furnishings that are a throwback to the 1950s. So is the fact that all of the company's furniture is designed and manufactured in the United States — Los Angeles to be exact…
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Reading to my son is a wonderful bedtime ritual, but he's getting a bit big for my lap and I've been fantasizing about a cozy chair we could share together - side by side. It's been awhile since we checked out "chair and a half" options so I thought I'd see what was out there, especially something that might find a home in the living room down the line.

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I love the story of this chair makeover, largely because it sounds a lot like my own DIY projects — an equal mix of inspiration, serendipity, and hundreds of staples… More

Leather chairs and sofas are often associated with the Ralph Lauren-esque faux pioneer lodge look. Think big, overstuffed and masculine. Alternatively, one may think of a cheesy 1980s bachelor pad where a sleek leather sofa is paired with a metal and glass coffee table and an oversized vase or two. But think again.

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For your friends with an appreciation for details, a love for raw materials, and an admiration for clean lines, check out this architecture lovers gift guide. Here are a few ideas that focus on reinventing everyday items and honoring the built environment. More

It will come as no surprise to the people who know me that I am easily distracted by shiny objects. Pair metallic shimmer with good design and consider me utterly seduced. More

We're clearly big fans of DIY shelving made of plumbing pipe from the shelves I built in my downstairs rental, to Morgan's DIY that inspired my project and from this cool, industrial coat rack to this smaller, free-floating shelf. But what about an industrial design firm that works out the hard bits for you, creating an open source system for DIY sustainable furniture? More

The phrase "can't cut the mustard" purportedly stems from the idea that mustard is something that adds real flavor or zest to life (the "cutting" refers to the harvesting of the plant). Indeed, mustard yellow is a high risk/high reward color. It can look dated and fusty (think old mustard colored appliances). But it can also look rich, spicy and smoky, especially when paired with grays, blues and even dark red. More

Fast on the heels of the popular faceted, geometric, cut crystal trend in furniture design, origami-inspired shapes push the intricacy and beauty of angles to the next level. Origami, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper", is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding in which a single sheet of paper is folded into complex designs without the use of cutting or gluing. Now designers are adopting this practice and turning thin metal sheets, cardboard, felt and even leather into practical and beautiful furnishings doubling as impressive works of art. More

Blue jeans — especially here in the birthplace of blue jeans — are forever, but no time of year do they feel more right than in autumn. What do you want to be wearing while navigating a corn maze, carving a pumpkin, flirting with a cutie at an apple orchard, or walking briskly to class? Jeans, of course. They're sturdy, comfortable, always look hot, and just get better with wear, so why not dress your home in denim, too? More