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Posts tagged “inspiration”

Guess the Decade: Orange & Green Lounge

It's the weekend! Let's kick it off with a game of Guess the Decade. Take a good look at design of the room above and jump below to make your best guess......

Who Slept Here?

The answer may be easy for many of you. Whose bedroom is this? Take a guess and see below the jump... ...

Colorful Stairs: Inspiration from CB2 Catalog

The thing we most love about this room is the yellow stairs. Wow. We've never seen anything like this in person, but are sure that it must exist in plenty of places besides CB2's catalog pages......

Color Combo: Light Blue and Neutrals

The light blue and chocolate brown color scheme that dominated a couple years ago has since suffered the consequences of over exposure. That doesn't mean that blue and brown don't work well together...

Bed and Bath Inspiration from the Bellinter House Hotel

While reading one of our favorite blogs, Design in Dublin, we noticed some amazing bedrooms from the Bellinter House Hotel. These clean, calm, and simple rooms are located in a Georgian mansion in C...

Look!: A Rainbow Bottle Wall

Seen at a local pub, this high-intensity decor decision is an inventive and low-budget solution for what to do with an underutilized cooler case and all those empties. We may not be able to replicate...

Color Combo: Yellow and Gray

Our friend is decorating her bedroom in yellow and gray - a color combination we love. She thought it might be too trendy at first, but she loved the pieces she found so much that she decided to go ...

A Kitchen Update for Less Than $100

Kitchen "Before" - Jump below for the "After"Our friends, Kim & Eric, have been hard at work on their home. One of their sore points was their kitchen. They weren't too fond of their oak & glass cab...

Roundup: Zig Zags

Zig zag patterns tread the line between classic and edgy. The sharpness keeps them looking very modern. Although they rise and fall in popularity, they never go away. We've always liked zig zag prin...

Interior Patterns Inspired by Roses

Roses are not our favorite flowers. But the crisp lines and perfect forms serve as great inspiration for design - from wallpaper to tiles to textiles. Take a look at just a few of the ways to do roses...

Small Space Solutions from the New Aloft Hotel

Metropolis

Aloft is a new project from boutique hotelier, The Rockwell Group (W Hotels); it's a chain of budget hotels based on the classic roadside motel. To prepare for the opening of the first Aloft property,...

Look!: Andy Warhol "Giant" Size

While visiting our friendly neighborhood library the other day, we found quite a large book sticking out of a shelf. Upon closer examination, we were thrilled to see it was a book on Andy Warhol. I...

Tile Vault: Mexico

In honor of Cinco de Mayo and our recent trip to Mexico, we bring you these snapshots of the well-known and beloved tile used all over public places in our neighbor to the south. Specifically, we love...

9 Necessitites for a Last-Minute Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Cinco de Mayo may commemorate an important day in Mexican history but the spirit of celebration has been firmly adopted by America. If you're thinking of hosting your own impromptu festivities, it's ...

Decorating and Display Ideas from Restoration Home

The book, Restoration Home, is about decorating with found treasures, recycled objects and mementos from traveling. These types of items can give a room texture, heart and a sense of history, especial...

The Orange Tea Pot: Art Institute and Etsy

While many claim the modern wing or the Thorne Rooms as their favorite spots in the Art Institute of Chicago, we admit we’re quite fond of the Asian and Ancient Americas galleries. On a not so recen...

Modern Room Dividers from the Sliding Door Company

We've heard mixed reviews of the Sliding Door Company from lovers and haters. We've never used them ourselves, but we do think their website is a great resource for inspiration. Our recent post on p...

Wood and White Swedish Home

Sköna Hem 4.25.08

We first noticed this home from Swedish design magazine Sköna Hem because of the photo (below) showing our current obsession, the String Pocket by Nisse Strinning. When we looked around a little mo...

Doll House Furniture Function

Really small is really cool. One of the most adorable displays we've ever seen was a doll house bathtub nestled in a flower box. The effect was magical and we felt like the tiny garden gnome might r...

Spring Collections at Coudal's Museum of Online Museums

In case you're stuck inside working this weekend, and you can't make it to the many events going on in the city, here's another way to get your culture fix. We could spend a whole day surfing the Mu...

The Portuguese Galo de Barcelos

This national symbol of Portugal - the rooster (galo), symbolizes honesty, integrity, trust and honor. We received a tiny ceramic rooster from a Portuguese roommate several years ago, and have held on...

Color Combo: Orange and Gray

This is a sophisticated color combo with a little bit of an edge. Combining a cool gray (like Dior Gray) with warm orange accents can make a space really come to life. The combination is so strong t...

Learning to Love You More: Assignments 66 and 67

Learning to Love You More is an interactive web project and book designed by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. They give assignments online, and participants send in reports on their progr...

French Spring Style from Quel Objet

We love the commentary and descriptions that accompany some of the fantastic items available from Quel Objet (which means "What a thing!"). Spring and France together make up an ideal mindset - a brea...

An Imagined Life: Cubby-Blue Chair

All used items come with a story to tell. We only need to lean in and listen. I was hella' excited when they brought me home from that thrift dump. I didn't match nothin' but they picked me up solo-...

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