Fear of Decorating: Start With What You Love
A friend of ours we hadn't seen in a long time stopped by our house the other day and sang the "what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-house-I-don't-know-where-to-begin" blues. Here's what we told them......
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Apartment Therapy Challenge: Find A New Spot
Have you ever noticed that there are certain spots you gravitate to in your home and others that never get used? In our house one of the spots where we always end up is the couch nearest the front ...
A New Way To Look At Old Furniture
[This is the 4th life for this little table.] When design inspiration strikes, it's hard not to act on it! During this tough economic time, priorities can definitely change and we've been thinking of ...
Help! Decorating a Fireplace Mantel
We're hosting a bridal shower at our house in less than two weeks, and one of our friends who is a party planner came over to finalize the schedule and go over our pre-party duties. Even though the pa...
Outdoor Party Decor Idea: A String of Lilies
Skona Hem recently did a feature on this afternoon party in a greenhouse in Sweden. Aside from the stunning scenery and pretty linens, we were intrigued by the string of Easter lilies hanging above t...
When You Can Name Your Style, It's Time To Mix It Up
One of the many items seen at the Milan Furniture Fair. Check out this past weekend's LA Times for a roundup of the best and the worst). The other day, we shared with you how bringing home something...
Inspiration: Alternative Uses For Christmas Lights
How To: Get Out of The Christmas Tree RutAs part of our family tradition growing up, we'd always string lights around the Christmas tree the first weekend after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, we don't ...
When Do You Put up Holiday Decorations?
"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." - Maya Angelou With Thanksgiving righ...
Survey: Do You Decorate For Halloween?
Yesterday, Laure offered some great ideas for decorating for Halloween. Apparently, apart from Christmas, according to the Los Angeles Times, Halloween is the biggest decorating holiday of the year. ...
Look! The Great Grey Pumpkin
And 5 Other Modern Halloween Decor Ideas
Inspired by this incredible Fall centerpiece, reader The Felt Mouse went out and found a gray pumpkin for their own arrangement and mixed it with orange mums and sweet mini white pumpkins for a monoch...
4 Decorating Questions We Sometimes Forget
Most of us decorate our home without a plan. We've always wanted that couch, this chair's from our first apartment, we inherited that lamp from our grandmother. Then we put them all together and won...
The Colorphobe's Guide To Color Without Commitment
throw pillows, colorful accessories and painting the door jamb are easy ways of bringing color into your home. If you're looking at the entries for the Fall Colors contest, and thinking, "Yeah, they ...
Affordable Decorating: Doilies
One of the things we like to do is to switch things around, whether it's mixing up arrangements or making new pillows, it keeps the apartment feeling alive and fun. Although we aren't going to embark...
Homestrology: Look To The Stars For Your Decorating Style
Does a Libran decorate differently than a Scorpio? What about a Capricorn? Or a Virgo, a Gemini or a Leo?......
Decorating with Your 5 Senses
Often we forget, when decorating, that an appealing space is not only one which appeals to your visual sense but to your other four senses as well. The senses of touch, smell, sound and even taste, a...
Do You Have Your Parent's Decorating Habits?
Earlier today we blogged rethinking our dining room. When we moved into our home, we set up the rooms to function as they were designed to function. Into the dining room went a large table and chair...
Is There A Place For a Formal Dining Room In a Modern Home?
Recently, a book we've been reading about the evolution of the idea of home has us questioning the idea of a formal dining room in our home. Then, as these things go, poking around the Domino website...
FIt Your Home to Your Life, Not Your Life to Your Home
This weekend, we visited a friend's house for the first time. She's frustrated by her space. It's uncomfortable, it doesn't work, she doesn't like it. We've heard the same complaints from many of o...
Make Your Own Inspiration Board: Decorating's First Step
Lindsey Dann, whose apartment we house toured a few months back, creates beautiful inspiration boards for her clients. They're meticulous collages that wouldn't look out of place hung on the wall......
How To: Mix It Up
Yesterday, we asked ...
What's the Mix in Your Home?
We read the lead feature in this past weekend's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section, about the movement of antique stores from brick and mortar shops to online sites, with interest. Growing up, o...
Vacation at Home: Decorate for a Party
Sometimes all it takes to break out of the doldrums of everyday life is to, well, break out and do something different, something fun! Well, when we saw this picture we knew we wanted to make some ga...
Lessons from A Shabby Chic Redux
We went through our Shabby Chic period -- couches covered in billowing white sheets, paint chipped tables displaying shell-encrusted knickknacks, flower paintings -- and we would've said that we have ...
Good Questions: What Kind Of Chairs Go With This Leather Couch?
Victor writes: I'm slowly getting my apartment in shape. The couch was given to me by a friend, the coffee table and rug are from Crate and Barrel. Now I need to replace the chairs. What style? Wh...
Marcel Wanders Chandelier Showerhead
Looking to add a little glamour to your morning shower? How about Marcel Wanders Chandelier Showerhead for The Mondrian South Beach Hotel?...
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