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Posts By Sarah Rae Trover

Parasolita Lamp: High Style, Moderate Price

The pendant lamp is the little black dress of the lighting world. It works anywhere and there's a style to flatter most shapes and sizes. But once you start looking for the right one, you can find yourself at the crossroads of inexpensive and bland and exciting and ridiculously over priced. The Parasolita Lamp is a nice middle ground...

Dude And Chick Greeting Cards

With fall on its way, we start having a bit of a nostalgic bug. The idea of sending emails seems cold with holidays right around the corner and we like the idea of sending a personal note once in awhile. These letterpress cards from Dude and Chick cover everything from party invites and a nod to big beautiful beards...

Look! Upcycled Hat Storage

Around our home, we tend to be hat fanatics. No matter how many organizational and storage ideas we look into, there doesn't seem to be anything truly ideal for storing them. While out antiquing this past weekend, we came across this aerial hat rack that, which even though it's an upcycled product, worked fabulously!

All City: Graffiti's Take On Traditional Porcelain

All City has re-interpreted some of the most classical Portuguese porcelain sets and put a graffiti spin on them. They're almost enough to make us want to sit down with some crumpets and call it a day! Details this way...

Look! Books Labeled With Scrabble Pieces

091409-bookshelves1.jpg On the heels of Apartment Therapy Chicago's post on 8 Ways To Label Your Bookshelves, this board game inspired idea stuck out to us this weekend. Thrifty, fun and 100% customizable...

Roundup: 10 Patriotic Posts For Patriot Day

091109-patriotday.jpg On this day of remembrance, you might be feeling a little Red, White and Blue today (pun or no pun intended). We've rounded up 10 posts and homes that proudly display their colors and give a little nod to the country in which they live...

Look! Hallways That Make Us Feel Frumpy

091009-hallway.jpg In many apartment complexes, condos and loft buildings, companies like to keep things neutral and plain. We understand why, but the more buildings we venture into for house tours and visiting friends, the more we can't help but notice, most everyone's hallway is boring, bland, and a little overwhelming when it comes to color.

Roundup: 15 Bargains You Don't Want To Miss

We can't help but get a little giddy in the fall. Finding fabulous fall clearance is like hitting the first garage sales in the Spring. There's just something about a bargain that we can't pass up. We've rounded up 15 of our favorite finds, after the jump!

Using Cabinet Fronts As Wall Art
The Oregonian

090809-cabinetdoors.jpg When frequenting salvage stores, one of the ever present items is cabinet doors. They always sit in a pile, off in a corner, just wishing they could have a home like yours. Need some inspiration? Click through the jump...

Fabulous Photo & Artwork Collections
From San Francisco House Tours

We just can't get enough of how others display their artwork (as you might have guessed by now). Looking at the perfectly placed work of others not only inspires us to rearrange our own, but to have courage to finally get it all up on the walls once and for all. See our favorites after the jump...

Found: Lofted Living Room Swing

090409-loftswing.jpg We have a severe love for swings in the home. They just seem to provide the right amount of playfulness, making anyone feel like a kid again. We are however, completely jealous of those with enough space to pull the look off...

Roundup: 10 Labor Day Weekend DIY Ideas

090409-diy.jpg We know the Labor Day weekend is supposed to be packed with fun spent with your family and friends, but the truth of the matter is, most of us end up using the long weekend as a final push to finish up some projects around the home. Check out some of our DIY favorites after the jump!

Flickr Find: Crazy House Of Collections In Seattle

An ex-Boeing engineer collects anything and everything at his home in Seattle. His walls are packed with taxidermy (real and fake), toasters, electronics, vintage prints and paintings, plus all sorts of bizarre and spooky stuff. Check out a few of our favorites after the jump!

Is It A Rug Or A Radio?

090309-antennarug.jpg This rug has a trick up it's sleeve (although we're pretty certain, rugs don't actually have sleeves). It picks up the radio waves with human contact! Check out a video of it in action after the jump!

Flickr Find: A Chariot & Polar Bears? Enough Said

090209-polarbears.jpg We thought we had seen it all earlier today with this striped and labeled house in Omaha, but we do believe that this Chariot of Polar Bears takes the proverbial cake. Why keep such fabulous designs on black 80's panel vans, when you could have it on the side of your house instead?