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Stylish Books to Entertain Guests

Coffee table books are a great way to keep minds occupied while you give the roast another basting. Or maybe you just need something to balance that lopsided table leg. Whatever your reason, here's ...

Cheap & Easy Upgrade: 1x2 Molding
Guest Post from Wary Meyers

A few years ago a friend asked us if we could decorate her apartment in Brooklyn. She didn't have a whole lot of money to spend on it — which was fine as we didn't like to spend people's money...

House Beautiful's Color Personality Quiz

My color personality? In just twenty questions, House Beautiful's Color Personality Quiz claims to help you determine a fitting color direction for your home......

Clic: Bookstore & Gallery

Madga Biernat One word and and one store is not enough for Christiane Celle, the French born founder of the Calypso empire, who left Calypso in 2008 and has now embarked on building a new one. I sat...

Kelly Wearstler's Kooky, Ever-Changing Style
The New Yorker

In the fall fashion issue, The New Yorker features Kelly Wearstler and her "maximal style." The article discusses her past homes, current projects with clients like Gwen Stefani, and her many differ...

Best Shaker Chair Sources 2009 from Hancock Village and beyond...

These dining chairs had short backs ("Low Back") and were my favorite. Look how they fit under the table in this main dining room - Hancock Shaker Village After over a week of being away, there is so...

Infamous Hoarders: Homer & Langley Collyer
The New York Times

The Collyer Brothers' Harlem Brownstone in 1947 When does collecting cross the line into hoarding? The New York Times re-examines the story of brothers Homer and Langley Collyer. The brothers' bodies...

Unpacking My Library: Architects & Their Book Collections

The Urban Center bookstore at The Municipal Art Society of New York started an exhibition in May — Unpacking My Library — that explores the book collections of noted New York area archit...

Mad Men Meme: Erwin Olaf

There seems to be a mid-century modern feeling in the air, undoubtedly inspired by a certain television show on AMC Sunday nights (not that I watch it or anything)....

Steven M. Johnson's Patent Depending Designs

the News Nook Here's a designer who's acting on whimsy and utter freedom. Many of Steven M. Johnson's illustrated inventions come across as humorous, but they're also laced with a hint of real-world ...

Bookshelf Display: Book Spines Turned In

Is this the backlash to displaying books by color? A friend mentioned seeing a book shelf where all the book spines were turned in so you only saw the whites of the pages. Seems like a sleek way to ...

Sexy Bachelor Pad Interior Design

Is this for real? We know there are plenty of men out there that simply view their apartment as an afterthought — just a place to sleep and shower. But what we didn't know, was that there is ...

10 Ways to be Great Host in a Tiny Apartment
Amy Elliott of A Warm Welcome

Chances are you'll either be a house guest this summer or you'll be receiving one. You might guess that we peruse quite a few design/home books. Most of them aren't blog worthy, but A Warm Welcome b...

The New IKEA 2010 Catalog!

Though we're headed to a special IKEA event tomorrow to see the new offerings in person (and pick up our own copy of the much-coveted 2010 IKEA Catalog!) — we're thrilled to share the news tha...

Edison Bulbs, Story and Sources

Thomas Edison presented his first light bulb in 1879 (U.S. Patent 223,898 - there were many disputes about this*) and it's been improved upon and made more efficient ever since. But while the effic...

The Rasterbator: Huge DIY Artwork

Here's a little tip for you to play with if it gets rainy in the next few weekends, and you're stuck inside. The Rasterbator is an infamous website which allows you to blow your own picture up to...

Google Streetview: How It's Done
Brownstoner

Over at Brownstoner on Friday, it was interesting to see this photo of a Google Streetview camera driving through the city's streets. We've seen some cool things done with Google Streetview in the p...

Milk Magazine: Not Just for Kids

Here's a cool find that Jennifer Ward shared with me while photographing her house a few weeks back. Milk Magazine is a French lifestyle mag that is geared to parents and children, but has beautifu...

Bodie & Fou Blog: The Adventurous French Kong Sisters

If you love European design and interiors like I do, then you'll like this find: a blog and an online store by the super cute sisters, Elodie & Karine Kong. Shooting apartments this week, I was ...

Marcel Marongiue's Country Home
from Dressing the Home: The Private Spaces of Top Fashion Designers

click thumbnails for larger pics The other day we finally had a chance to flip through Dressing the Home: The Private Spaces of Top Fashion Designers. The book includes designers Catherine Malandrino...

Michelle McCormick: Inspiration Resource!

Michelle McCormick lives with her husband, Tracy in a very old apartment building in Los Angeles — the Gaylord. I met them two weeks ago because we photographed their home for our new book on ...

AT over BKLYN: Cherry Blossoms, Blocks, Bloomingdale's, Toastie & Black Chandeliers

I had an amazing day photographing two homes in Brooklyn for the new book and then had to work till midnight at the office. Needless to say, I'm a bit tired. So, instead of trying to think too hard...

Review: Matthew Haly's Book of Upholstery
Projects, Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Matthew was a judge in this year's February Jumpstart Project, and I had the pleasure this past month of reading his new book. Matthew's book not only covers all the basics of DIY with upholstery, b...

The World of Ornament from Taschen

This is a designer's wet dream — I was introduced to this book at Katie Ryan's house out here in LA. It's called The World of Ornament, and it's not to be missed by any graphic artist or desig...

LendAround.com: Helps You Borrow Things from Friends

I got an email last week about a new online service that helps people lend things to one another. It's called Lendaround.com and was founded by Tim Jackson, who is a "venture capitalist, entrepreneu...

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