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Inspiration: Whimsical Furniture and Display at Le Vigne

When I walked into Le Vigne in Greenwich Village yesterday, I felt like I was seeing what would happen if Pablo Picasso, Lewis Carroll and Louise Nevelson met over drinks and decided to open an Ital...

PlantTherapy: An Evergreen Ocean

While taking photos this week a flower box became an ocean, each striped blue needle working in unison to form overlapping waves. - To All PlantTherapy Posts - ...

House Portraits from Patricia van Essche

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...

Modern Wallpaper from Umbra

We recently stumbled across wallpaper designs for Umbra. We knew wallpaper was more popular than it's been in a long time (even Brocade Home sells their own designs) but we were still surprised to s...

Absinthe Spoons and Servers

Since the crack-pipe chandelier is not for sale, you may have to settle for the Absinthe spoons and fountains to give your party some downtown cred. Designed by Daniel Jackson, the ornate spoons ...

NYT: Etsy and the Craft Movement

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 ...

Non-traditional Christmas Trees

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...

Creative Re-use: Kitchen Cabinets

These unique cabinet fronts are made from plywood punching plates discarded from the industrial process of creating cardboard boxes. The Belgian firm Rotor promotes the re-use of interesting indust...

NYT: Eric Carle's Modern Beach House
House & Home Roundup: 12.13.07

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...

AT Europe: Paris - The Embroidered Universe of Aurelie Mathigot

Paris-based artist Aurelie Mathigot creates strangely poetic crocheted furniture and accessories, and embroiders photographs of Paris, Tokyo or Rio printed on canvas with string or pearls... ...

Stairs and Storage

Check out this cool stair/shelving hybrid over at Materialicio.us. We like that it is a single unit and it gets wider at both the bottom and top of the stairs (aiding in stability and aesthetics!). T...

Bird Clip Lampshades by Hung Ming Chen

We're fond of these clip-on lampshades from designer Hung Ming Chen. What an elegant way to dress up a bare bulb! Available in either silver or gold, the birds are available through the designer's w...

NYT Sketch Pad: Studio Bachelor Pad

The latest Sketchpad feature asked architect Henry Stolzman, a partner at PKSB Architects to combine adjoining studio apartments in the Financial District. The combination of studios offers the uniqu...

Look! Plasti Dip Rubber Coating

Shawn Henderson, eBay's Design Director for Home Decor, has prepared a fun video demonstrating some creative uses for Plasti Dip. Designed to give tool grips a functional, non-slip coating, Plasti...

Jaime Hayon's Restaurant Design
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Feast Your Eyes On This! Paco Roncero's Madrid restaurant La Terraza del Casino has been remodeled by famed Spanish designer Jaime Hayon and the pictures are amazing. Via: dezeen......

NYT: Piet Hein Eek

Humble Materials. We were super-excited for the newestT Style Magazine: Design that arrived this past weekend. One of our favorite pieces profiled Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek in The Imperfectionist...

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