This style of furniture is totally not my taste, but I see it in vintage furniture stores for big dollars. Make sure the piece isn't valuable to someone else in its current state. Paint turns any v...
DesignHole is right about saris. They are typically nine feet, which should work just perfectly. I made my own drapes from saris -- it's not hard. I did it by hand, since it only requires two seams...
Screens? I don't think I've ever had them. I've lived in contemporary buildings with windows that "tilted" open, an eighteenth-century house with 6-over-6 windows, and now a converted industrial lo...
Lovely post, but I disagree with MyDesignSecrets about painting inherited furniture. If someone really loved their antiques, they'd probably rather see them go to a stranger who will appreciate the...
I have an Ikea kitchen that's about 6 years old. The spring hinges (on cabinets that lift up instead of opening outward) need replacing every couple of years, but the parts are readily available at...
As usual, bepsf is absolutely right.
And too often, what we love about a room in a magazine is it's 12-foot-ceilings, huge windows, or period details -- things we can't go out and buy...
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You had me at the desks. Love this place.
This style of furniture is totally not my taste, but I see it in vintage furniture stores for big dollars. Make sure the piece isn't valuable to someone else in its current state. Paint turns any v...
I can't live anyplace without a lobby.
Oh, Session, stop showing off. (That's a great-looking space -- I'm jealous).
I loved it the first time I saw it, but I have a feeling it's going to be one of those overdone design statements very soon.
Well deserved. That place is gorgeous.
DesignHole is right about saris. They are typically nine feet, which should work just perfectly. I made my own drapes from saris -- it's not hard. I did it by hand, since it only requires two seams...
This is a lovely, sophisticated use of color. Someone has been to art school, methinks...
Screens? I don't think I've ever had them. I've lived in contemporary buildings with windows that "tilted" open, an eighteenth-century house with 6-over-6 windows, and now a converted industrial lo...
Yech. It looks like the set from Welcome Back Kotter.
Lovely post, but I disagree with MyDesignSecrets about painting inherited furniture. If someone really loved their antiques, they'd probably rather see them go to a stranger who will appreciate the...
Stunning.
Black paint, white trim.
I have an Ikea kitchen that's about 6 years old. The spring hinges (on cabinets that lift up instead of opening outward) need replacing every couple of years, but the parts are readily available at...
As usual, bepsf is absolutely right. And too often, what we love about a room in a magazine is it's 12-foot-ceilings, huge windows, or period details -- things we can't go out and buy...
I think photographers lamps and professional filmmaker lights look great in industrial-style spaces, and they cast a lot of light.
Do you have a space where you can use the puppets for performances? That would be something amazing to experience.
It's one of those techniques whose results are either gorgeous (top photo) or hideous (second photo). There's no in between.
The turquoise-and-apple-green wall thing needs to die a quiet death. Enough already.
I like the way this house uses lots of related citrus tones instead of trendy Jonathan Adler colors-can't-clash juxtapositions.