chela edmunds is textile artist from melbourne, australia. she recently moved into a new apartment in brooklyn, ny and found that her beautiful windows overlooking the park only had enough blind...

moving into a marital abode in this case, an immaculately preserved 1895 flat in San Francisco historic Alamo square neighborhood wasn't without its design-related...

it’s so secret that i’m a huge, huge deanne cheuk fan. she was one of my first choices for the d*s desktop wallpaper series (click here to download deanne’s free, original designs!) and is always...

earlier this year i posted about lovely kraft paper book covers from brooklyn’s book city jackets. jeremy at book city jackets mentioned they were working on a new series of covers designed by...

today’s final before & after comes from photographer pilar valtierra in los angeles. with help from ames ingham and some vintage suzanis from distant LA, pilar transformed these $40 craigslist...

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last week i packed up a zipcar and drove down to glen mills, pennsylvania to visit terrain. terrain is a new garden and lifestyle shop from anthropologie that focuses on garden decor/accessories, plants, home decor, and landscaping services. i had been...

Snipping paper snowflakes is my all time favorite holiday craft, best practiced while listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas on repeat. When you swap out the usual printer paper for paper doilies, the resulting snowflakes look extra lacey and...

these embroidered logs are inspired by the charming lino prints of hugo guinness. i wanted my father’s christmas gift a “portrait-through-objects” (he loves gardening and he always loses his glasses). do not be dissuaded by the power drill; these are...

a few months ago when the amys and i went to brimfield, i was surprised to learn that those pretty linen chairs with the printed numbers on them were actually stamped. i had always assumed they were upholstered with some sort of fabric, or vintage...