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Posts tagged “inspiration”

AT Europe: LuLu Living
Krakow, Poland

LuLu Living is a concept store/café on the edge of the Kazimierz district in Krakow, Poland that has a modern, laid-back vibe and a nice selection of contemporary decorative items from Poland and the...

FLOR Inspiration: Do It Yourself Carpet Tiles

We just spent the last hour looking at the FLOR website. We were tipped off to an entire area where customers send in photos and descriptions of how they used FLOR carpet tiles in their homes. Peopl...

Blue Porch Ceilings
Boston

Shari's flickr photostream On a walk around our neighborhood this weekend, we hadn't realized there were so many houses with blue porch ceilings. They sure do reflect the afternoon sun on our old hou...

Look! Shawn Henderson Interior Design

We recently had the opportunity to check out the newly re-designed offices of Shawn Henderson Interior Design (Shawn was a judge for our January Jumpstart Contest). In addition to running his design...

Inspiration: Upside-Down Design

Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf launched their new website today and we happily scanned the updated site to see if there were more pictures of their amazing upside-down Milan boutique. The sur...

Look! Hardwood on the Ceiling

We are not strangers to hardwood flooring applied to the ceiling — we grew up with it. It was a design element our parents used in two of their homes. The presence of wood grain can really warm u...

Roundup: Boot Vases and Planters
Washington DC

With the weather in DC alternating between thunderstorms and heat waves, we like the idea of combining rain boots and sunflowers. These vases and planters can be used both indoors and outdoors. Do ...

Inspiration: Modern Landscaping book from 1964
Washington DC

We found this Sunset landscaping book at a thrift store this weekend and couldn’t believe how great some of the garden structure suggestions were. It’s becoming a marvelous resource for some...

Recycled Homes for Birds, Bats & Bees

The auction house Phillips de Pury asked a group of international designers to work with their waste materials when creating homes for some of Britain's threatened species of birds, bats and bees. M...

How To: Heads up!
Washington DC

On a recent visit to Stratford Hall Plantation in VA (General Robert E. Lee's boyhood home), we were inspired by the transom windows in the interior hallways. These windows had horizontal shutters ...

Bartholdi Park: Garden Inspiration
Washington DC

Looking for inspiration for your own little patch of land? Bartholdi Park sits just behind the Botanical Garden’s Conservatory off the National Mall. If you've been to the conservatory recently,...

Built-in and Rotating Bookshelves at the Franz Kafka Society Center

The pictures of the newly renovated Franz Kafka Society Center in Prague left us swooning for a built-in bookshelf budget of our own. Designed by architects Steven Holl and Marcela Steinbachová, th...

Chair Made from 47 Hangers by Vanessa Marie Robinson

When we recently asked the question What Do You Do With Wire Hangers? The majority of readers answered that they recycle them. Designer Vanessa Marie Robinson recycled forty-seven dry cleaning hange...

Outdoor Dining Inspiration from The Endless Feast

We saw this television show on PBS once and it was really terrific. They show gathers local foods, brings a local chef to prepare a feast, and serves the meal within the local landscape to the farme...

Residence Antilia: The World's Most Expensive Home
Email from 6.3.08

"Honey, I'm Home!" - Yes, the whole thing is home.... Owner: Nita and Mukesh Ambani Name: Antilia Location: Mumbai, India Size: 27 stories, 400,000 square feet (virtually 50 stories) Price: $2 billio...

Charles Goodman Barrel-Roof House
Washington DC

When we read that one of Charles Goodman’s Barrel-roof homes was having an open house on Sunday, heat or no heat, it was a must see. Whenever we drive by River Park we admire the uniqueness of this...

Look!: Ikea Room Divider = Anthropologie Chandelier!
Washington DC

We recently bought an Ikea Hultet room divider and have been stalling on installing it. We were wondering whether to paint it, how high to hang it (so the pets don't destroy it), and all the other us...

DIY Sex and the City: Interior Design Notes
Email from 5.29.08

Carrie's bedroom So, Sex and the City is back.....with a vengeance. If you never knew what it was all about, chances are you will now. Let's move past the boys of summer (Iron Man and Indiana Jones)...

Dutch Door Roundup

Inspired by that awesome dutch door at Alex's Outdoor Home, we've gone in search of more. Wow, a dutch door in your apartment. How cool is that? We've never had one in our home, but we sure would li...

Broke-ass Decorating
Time Out New York 6.5.08

Earlier today, we posted Michele Spadaro's Cheap Chair Rehab from The New York Times. The new issue of Time Out New York is The Cheap Issue and features a bedroom makeover for under $50......

Look!: More Open Kitchen Shelving from Our Readers

Kylie's kitchen cabinets after she took off the doors. The "before" is below... We love it. Inspired by our recent email, How To: Open Your Kitchen Shelving and Not Screw it Up, a few readers got to...

Inspiration: Cheap Chair Rehab
The New York Times 6.5.08

How far can you stretch $40 and a do-it-yourself attitude? The New York Times shadowed experienced prop stylist and set designer Michele Spadaro as she rehabilitated an inexpensive, thrift store cha...

Victory Gardens: Back in Style!
Washington DC

Are you going to join the trend? Vegetable gardens are the new must have for the thrifty homeowner. Fuel prices have played a direct role in the increase of food costs, which, according to the U.S...

Three Old Cool Things: Saarinen, BDDW, Florida
Email from 5.22.08

I always carry a camera. As I walk around, I see something and sense myself responding. A new idea pops into my head, a connection is made and a movement is confirmed. I then quickly take a pictur...

Garden Inspiration: The National Arboretum Azalea Collection
Washington DC

Washington in the spring is a truly beautiful city. Though the delicate and beautiful cherry blossoms rightly garner more than their fair share of attention in the local and national press, it is t...

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