Ideas From The Farm and Tractor Store
When shopping around for things to furnish your home, one doesn't often think about making a visit to the local Farm/Tractor store. As visions of plaid and John Deere Green dance in your head, clic...
When shopping around for things to furnish your home, one doesn't often think about making a visit to the local Farm/Tractor store. As visions of plaid and John Deere Green dance in your head, clic...
It's no doubt that Apartment Therapy trends toward the modern and urban. But countrified and more traditional charms should not be forgotten! A friend recently mentioned Country Curtains to us (they s...
Originally hoping to get away later this month for a few nights at a campsite in Michigan, sites are full and plans keep falling through with the group we have coming along for the journey. So we're t...
Janel's post on the modern exterior and yard of a country house featured in Domino Magazine reminded us of this project by design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune. (They also made those cool Amazonas Nes...
The current issue of Domino features some good outdoor inspiration, ideas and sources - especially the home of Carina Schott, which almost has us wishing for a non-city home. This is life in the count...
"... a family I know ... bought an acre in the country on which to build a house. For many years, while they lacked the money to build, they visited the site regularly and picnicked on a knoll, the s...
My mom just sent me this photo of a never-before-seen peacock in her yard. Although she lives in rural Illinois and often sees deer, squirrels and rodents, the peacock's guest visit was surprising an...
Elle Décor recently featured the 1840 clapboard house of interior designer Darryl Carter. A constant juxtaposition of rustic and the unexpected (beadboard walls surrounded by taxidermied anima...
New Buffalo, Michigan has been coming up in conversation a lot lately. Three years ago, I took a drive with my dad to see if his grandparents' house was still there (a place he spent many childhood su...
Very small and very cool. We found this summer home in Asserbo, Denmark through the Slow Home website. Designed by Christensen & Co Architects, it's essentially a glassed-in platform porch with a ro...
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...
We've been admiring the work of Wary Meyers for a while now - we blogged their home when it appeared in Domino a year ago and then a great lamp transformation project, and now we're inspired by the tr...
The housing market goes retail. Starting today, this cozy abode designed by Tom Sandonato and Martin Wehmann is available from Design Within Reach. The size? 9x13. The price?......
Cookie Magazine is usually Ohdeedoh's territory, but this Illinois barn retreat struck us as a home that anyone would enjoy (with or without kids). We bookmarked this a long time ago, and re-found i...
We just returned from a weekend escape in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Even though it was a short trip, we were lucky enough to get a healthy dose of quality time with old friends, good family, and o...
On our last day of AT's Garden Month, we're going out with a bang. While we celebrate and adore our small, urban gardens, here's a peak at the gardens of "America's Largest Home." Designed by Frederi...
During our Tennessee vacation last week, we continued our roadtrip east to Asheville, North Carolina, to tour the Biltmore Estate. George W. Vanderbilt began his "counry" home in 1889 with architect R...
As most Chicagoans know, our neighbor at the western at the end of the green line is Oak Park. This village is a hotbed of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. It is home to the largest collection of his ...