A Former New Yorker Happily Fills up her Michigan Home
Name: Lissa and her two cats, Cleo and Miley Location: Heritage Hill, Grand Rapids — Michigan The basics: 3.5 years, owned — 1,600 square feet Lissa has filled in the square footage of her home in a way only those deprived of space for years (aka former New Yorkers) can. A station bench here, a camel statue there, she’s started to fill her historic home with funky finds.
Sep 3, 2017
Check Out Oh Joy’s Perfect Pastel Collaboration With Clé Tile
Blogger Joy Cho of Oh Joy! has an irresistible aesthetic that’s playful and full of color. We’re big fans of her Target collections, but her most recent collaboration really cements her designer status: A line of tile for Clé. According to the announcement post on Oh Joy, the collaboration started when Cho was looking to bring tile into her office. That’s when they decided to do a line of custom tiles and then make them available for purchase.
Sep 3, 2017
12 Vacation Rentals with Stunning Pools So You Can Stretch Out Summer
With summer officially coming to an end in a few weeks, and Labor Day already here, it’s hard not to have a little FOMO about soaking up what’s left of the sunshine by the pool. Fear not, we poked around the interwebs and found a dozen swoon-worthy, Pinnable-for-later getaway ideas, all booking now for fall and holiday vacays so you can spread out the leisure. Because, you know, winter — it is coming.
Sep 3, 2017
Vintage Finds & Rich Colors Usher a Historic Home Into a New Era of Collected, Contemporary Style
Project by: Caroline Iredale and Deborah Moor Slightly Quirky Ltd. Location: Chiswick, London Caroline and Deborah’s client needed help making their classic property feel like a vibrant and modern space that felt like their own. With some gorgeous colors and occasionally unexpected furniture choices, they created a home that is as welcoming as it is interesting.
Sep 3, 2017
Survey Says: Here’s What People Really Think of Decorating “Rules”
A recent poll by Arearugs.com asked people from all walks of life how they really feel about so-called design rules. Their mission? “To find out if the principles we read about in design magazines mirror the preferences of the average American.
Sep 3, 2017
This Victorian-Era Fixer Upper in Scotland Is Under $260K
The opportunity to add a “protected historic structure” to your renovation resume has arrived in the form of Chesterhill House, a 5,300-square-foot Tudor Italianate located in Scotland’s countryside. According to Curbed, the unoccupied country home is entertaining offers over £200,000, or around $259,000. With an estimated construction date around 1870, the six-bedroom, five bath-home features a west wing addition that dates between 1893 and 1912.
Sep 3, 2017
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Two-Hour DIY: Plain Chairs Become Statement Chairs
You know when you look around and everything’s OK, but you can’t help but feeling a little blah? When you want an exclamation point, but all you see is a period? The exclamation points of home decor are pops of color, and the nice thing about them is that they’re made in single afternoons, not whole weekends. Take these chairs, for example. They were fine, mid-centuryish chairs and already had some nice style going on.
Sep 3, 2017