Watching reruns of 30 Rock last night (while we should have been doing laundry) we cracked up when we heard this quote from the always-hilarious Tina Fey as modern woman Liz Lemon......
“I love [showrooms], their vignettes of stylish furniture and picture-perfect kitchen systems make it easy to focus on domesticity." While reading through the November issue of Metropolitan Home,...
Do you let your possessions run your house? Your life? Have you mastered the art of keeping things lively without being weighed down? Share your tips, tricks and thoughts after the jump... ...
click thumbnails for larger pics I did not, thank god, grow up in such a "stylish" apartment. Every piece of furniture, every object, every thing had a story to tell, the story of our family. Our hom...
"The green bug sleeps in the white lily ear. The red bug sleeps in the white magnolia. Shiny wings, you are choosers of colors. You have taken your summer bungalows wisely." ...
"A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness." - Charles Baudelaire We want to know: What about your small space (or small table, small closet, small kitchen) constitutes happiness in your l...
"We're all going to die. Write that down, miss. We don't have the luxury of a thousand years on this earth. Only sixty, or maybe eighty little years if we're lucky. And these years pass in a flash. ...
We have often spoken of the theory that more is more. But sometimes our spaces seem to come together best when we take something out of them, instead of putting more in. Click through the jump for ...
"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume ...
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon was an American advertising executive and a pioneer in retail advertising, working at Marshall Field's, Macy's, Gimbels and Wanamaker. Her words help us to remember that design d...
This list of "noble truths" is originally from an old Chicago mag called 8 Track Mind and is currently quoted on an 8 Track fan site, but we found it via Bohemian Hellhole, so this quote has traveled...
At Decorno, a quote on the stresses of home improvement on a relationship: At the tile shop tonight, we saw a sign they had posted which read, HUSBANDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELECT GROUT WITHOUT A NOTE...
Entertaining friends, cooking large meals that require preparation and thought is a joy of many. But to some it can be their worst nightmare. Would you rather meet up with friends outside your home...
"The color of truth is gray." - Andre Gide ...
"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." - Pablo Picasso...
Do you have a chore or two that isn't exactly that the top of your "happy to do" list? The downfalls of being an adult come with doing 100% of your own housework, annoyances or no. Give us your lea...
"The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished and put inside boxes." ~Dave Barry Many of u...
"Together, the garden, the woods, the meadow and the distant land form a harmony of colors and shapes. There is always harmony in every season, at every hour of the day. The evening colors harmonize...
"It should be clear by now that our way of studying color does not start with the past - neither with works of the past nor with its theories. As we begin principally with the material, color itself,...
With the start of The Fall Cure today, this felt like an appropriate quote to share. So dust off those work gloves, it's time to get to work......
Ann Landers, American advice columnist has been quoted as saying many fantastic things over the years. We find this one extremely appropriate as it hits home more than it should. Click through for ...
While unpacking boxes that had been in storage for a couple of years, we found a book and have no idea where it came from. Not only did we find a collection of college love notes inside from Nora to J...
With The Fall Colors Contest right around the corner, remembering that seemingly bold colors won't take over a room if used frequently enough, or sparingly enough. Make sure to choose colors that t...
"If order and logic are in the Architecture, then Architecture will inevitably compliment nature." - 1950, Craig Ellwood, architect To All Good Quotes...
It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad. -Charles Eames Sometimes it can feel as though we are facing an uphill battle in the design of our own home...
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