I saw these photos yesterday and simply loved them. Full or rich color and raw gritty imagery, they are beautiful, sexy, whimsical and refreshing on a hot city day......
During a recent visit to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, we came across this artwork by Mike Wilkins titled "Preamble" (to the U.S. Constitution) made from license plates. With all the tr...
Most of us might see a drawing of our home in the form of a realtor's floorplan. But what about having a drawing of your home created for stationery, display, or a gift? We love the idea, and wonder...
Artists Jo Weiss and Jill Phillips are both faculty members of the Washington Studio School, but their styles are very different. Jo Weiss focuses on the figure and uses thick layers of paint and he...
The Stone Age, 2006, Acrylic, glitter on canvas. 60x84 Introducing Carrie Moyer who is interested in, "expanding the gene pool of painting through the introduction of new technologies as well as cont...
I found the British painter, Julian Merrow Smith, via the NYTimes a few years back and blogged him here: Postcards from Provence. Inspired by Duane Keiser's "A Painting a Day" site, and his move to...
[Caroline and Colleen checking out mirrors and architectural salvaged items] The new AT DC team recently met up at Eastern Market, one of our favorite places. Photos of us above and below! We love s...
Want to spin wool, dye fabric, or learn about quilting? The Textile Museum in Kalorama is hosting workshops and demonstrations this weekend as part of its 30th Annual Celebration of Textiles. We're ...
New Year's Day, 2007. Painted and carved wood. Introducing Hawley Hussey -- artist, writer, performer and mermaid extraordinaire -- who channels inspiration direct to you from the personalities and m...
Politics is omnipresent in DC and seeps into everything, including decoupage. During a recent visit to Eastern Market, we enjoyed meeting regular vendor "Box Boy" and laughing over his quirky boxes ...
Primetime Hawaiian Sunrise, 2007, 21 x 21" Fruit stickers and archival tape on paper (detail). Anyone remember, when you were little, putting the Chiquita banana sticker on your forehead at the break...
Untitled, Oil on Linen, 36" x 36" I found Susan Vecsey by spotting her card next to the cash register at a liquor store last weekend. Amid the clutter of modern life, I found her small, clo...
Title: Stephie, Greenport, 2007 Photographer: George Lange Gallery: Meter >> Enter Suburbia Slideshow - Click thumbnails for more -- Please join us by submitting your own pictures (all info below...
April 4, 2008 But I digress. What an amazing week it has been. With the first shoots popping up in the little greenhouse on our kitchen table, no longer needing to wear gloves outside...
March 27, 2008 Born in 1970, Agnes Barley trained at Parsons in NYC and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. It is hard to know much more about her, though her reputation as ...
March 20, 2008 Yesterday I received an email in my box that - particularly in lieu of the impending first day of Spring - made a distinctly nice impression. And it wasn't the words, whic...
Title: Light at Versailles, 2007 Photographer: Jennifer Loeber Description: Taken in the royal apartments of Marie Antoinette at Versailles. "& Light" is a weekly celebration of photography, ligh...
We've taken a look at Charles Harper's raccoons here at AT before. And we've seen Todd Oldham's use of Harper's burd prints in his own home and Harper's Harvest dishware by TAG......
Title: Soo & the Pool of Light Photographer: George Del Barrio Location: Brooklyn, NY Link: superbiate.com "& Light" is a weekly celebration of photography, light and home (all info below) ...
Friday's email was about my vacation and discovering Renate Aller's photography in a cool little shop in Sag Harbor, NY. Read the whole thing below the jump... Each day I send out an find, story o...
Faith at The Kitchn tipped us off to the home portraits done by illustrator, Patricia van Essche. Bloggers Ariana from Becoming Home and Jamie from I Suwanee both have original artwork of one of th...
The craft movement has never been bigger and the New York Times Magazine published an in-depth look at the recent growth of the industry: Handmade 2.0. Written by Rob Walker (we've blogged his ideas ...
Collectively, we've posted a lot of non-traditional Christmas trees in the past few weeks. The Buro North plywood tree, two versions of a bookshelf tree (and this one too) and Danielle at The Styl...
Coming Up for Air is a great reminder that "home" has a different meaning for everyone. The Connecticut home of underwater photographer Howard Schatz and his business partner/wife Beverly Ornstein is...
We've always loved the work of children's illustrator and writer Eric Carle. His collages and paintings are inspirational in their colors and organic shapes. In At Home With Eric Carle: Hungry Cate...
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