Whether you want to add a little color to your kitchen or a bold statement to your living room, red packs a huge punch. The color red is passionate, joyful, and energetic. While red walls can be overwhelming, a red and white striped rug, a gorgeous red console table, or even a simple red bowl…Continue reading Decorating with Red
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Beautiful things from Layla Grayce
Layla Grayce is offering 15% off the entire store, including great design for the home, Dwell Studio kids’ bedding, jewelry, and more. Valid through 10/31. Visit Layla Grayce and use the promo code LG8YEARS at checkout. And if you’re a fan of Layla Grace’s lovely Waxing Poetic line, get 20% off through 10/31 with promo…Continue reading Beautiful things from Layla Grayce
Cultivate a Shrine: can possessions make you happier?
The September challenge in Gretchen Rubin’s Happier at Home focuses on possessions. Gretchen challenges the popular mandate to simplify your life by getting rid of everything that isn’t essential. Rubin argues that possessions–those that have sentimental value, or those that are useful, or those that serve symbolically to remind us of our relationships with people we…Continue reading Cultivate a Shrine: can possessions make you happier?
DIY rug, from The Daily Coyote, by Shreve Stockton
You never know where you’re going to come across a great design idea. I’m currently doing some research on coyotes, and to this end I’m reading Shreve Stockton’s lovely memoir, The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming. The book is based on the Daily Coyote blog, which…Continue reading DIY rug, from The Daily Coyote, by Shreve Stockton
Green Design: LED lighting gets practical
You’ve got the Energy Star seal on your fridge and washing machine, you unplug appliances when they’re not in use, and you honor PG&E “smart days.” But what about your lighting? LEDs (light emitting diodes) use a fraction of the energy of traditional light bulbs, and they last a whole long longer. If that’s not…Continue reading Green Design: LED lighting gets practical