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We'll admit it...holiday decor generally stirs up the wrong emotions in us. Instead of cheer, nostalgia and good tidings, we often get anxious and frustrated with all of the over-the-top commercial glitz. So when we find something as sweet and cheerful as this, we get very excited...

Multi-family housing is often a challenge to design in an innovative and aesthetically pleasing way. We are always intrigued by architects that can create large scale "social housing" projects in creative ways...

Danish modern is a term that is almost always goes hand in hand with mid-century design. In a series of furniture titled "New Danish Modern," however, designers are pushing design from Denmark in a very modern direction. Check out these beautiful rugs, which are part of this line...

Browsing our favorite Flickr images we came across Mizrobot's collection of vintage bottles and had to share. We love the colors and shapes of her well-appointed selection, and they're set off so nicely on the floral fabric...

With the nearing of the holidays, we often find ourselves in the midst of hosting dinners and parties more than any other time of the year. There is something special about a punch bowl at an event that makes us feel a little extra fancy! Keeping a large punch bowl on hand can help to add an easy bit of fun formality to a gathering. Here are some of our favorites that we would also love to use in other ways throughout the year!

Yes, yes, we're writing about something full of elements that normally fall on our "don't" list. Neon. Blacklights. We get it. But take a moment, and look at these gorgeous paintings, and tell us you don't think they're at least mildly stunning...

Check out these creatively repurposed spray cans. We're not sure how easy (or otherwise) these would be to do ourselves, but we love creative uses for what might normally be considered trash...

We recently came across this vintage guide to home entertaining at a rummage sale. The Calvert Pary Encyclopedia was copyrighted in 1963 and is chock full of interesting, if not a bit dated, party ideas!

For those of us with little room to garden, these crocheted hanging vases open up a whole new world of plant positioning! They are adorable and so versatile! We are dying to hang some up around our home...

Vinyl wall decals have been all the rage for a while, but we love this new take that brings the fun into the bathroom...

As a child of the eighties, having seen video games and graphics evolve from 8-bit basic imagery to amazing, lifelike representations, we have a soft spot for pixelation. It feels like digital nostalgia, and considering our penchant for things square, it simply makes us happy. In tune with some of the other pixel-happy design we've seen lately, here are some of our favorites...

We love terrariums, and are super interested in their many manifestations. These, in particular, are super sleek and beautiful twists on the standard dome format...

While looking for beautiful place card ideas online, we stumbled across these unique letterpress pieces. We were struck with the original placement and love the designs that are offered. We're sold...

In high school our best friend had the extreme honor of inheriting an Abercrombie & Fitch window display poster. As a teenager, having a 10 foot by 10 foot vinyl poster of a very attractive shirtless man was pretty much the best thing we could fathom. In our mature adult state, we get just as giddy at the idea of buying a museum banner from a show that has ended...