Going on at Daily Candy’s shop – Swirl. It’s quick and free to sign up – just click here
Here’s a few of the goodies on sale – some of these pillows are as low as $19!
I recently got a similar quilt from them, and it’s divine
These sales don’t last long, so make a beeline if you see something you like. It’s happening at Swirl >
It’s been too long since I’ve hosted a book giveaway? So I wanted to make this one super good. Just by commenting on this post – you’ll be put in the drawing to win the book Downtown Chic by Robert and Cortney Novogratz of Sixx Design
I’ve been flipping through this book on and off all day – they give some really good advice for making your home yours, and flea market shopping tips!
This is just a little nibble of the content:
How to Flea by Robert and Cortney Novogratz
• The great stuff sells before 6 AM; get there early, before the dealers snatch up the best things
• Get a large cup of coffee – it’s too early to be up on a weekend
• Negotiate. You can always walk away and go back later
• Be sure to bring the measurements of the spaces you are furnishing and a tape measure when shopping.
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If you receive posts in your email feel free to respond to the email noting that you’d like to be entered in the drawing.
Contest closes Thursday the 16th at 5pm. Good luck!
if you are in a frenzy today like me, take a moment to breathe…
zen doesn’t have to mean a Buddhist temple or complete minimalism. To me, zen is all about the relationship between beauty, order, and nature.
so peaceful
via Alice in Designland
I imagine working at a spinning wheel is very meditative
via Rue Magazine
AMAZING
via Gemma Comas Photography
via Jayson Home and Garden
A simply made bed is always zen to me
Design Inspiration [SK]
wooden tub…need I say more?
© Richard Powers
perfect depth and proportion
© Eric Roth Photography
What is “zen” to you?
Just a little pick me up to help you get through this afternoon:
fabulous, fabulous bathroom wall
apartment therapy
great wall color, gorgeous and simple wood bed, luxe mirror
via Home Sweet Home
an eclectic entryway
from our dearly departed Domino
Wouldn’t you love to wake up in the morning and have a rack of the day’s outfit options ready for you to choose from?
via Pinterest
garden blueprints hanging from a spring mantle
Knitting Iris on Flickr
Amazing home office/library set up
via Design Inspiration [SK]
via Schibsted Forlag
So not all of these kitchens are tiny cottage nooks, but they aren’t the glossy granite and marble monstrosities you’d see in the high-end home decor mags either. Most are modest and give me hope that no matter how small the kitchen in my future rental, I can give it some charm and make it work for me…
Some vintage stools add coziness and floor to ceiling cabinets and creative storage solutions makes this small kitchen clever
via Kitchenisms
via Kitchenisms
adorable coastal kitchen
via Kitchenisms
would love to have me a proper pot rack one day… this island is amazing too
via Kitchenisms
even a galley kitchen can be beautiful and functional!
via Kitchenisms
…amazing butcher block island
via Kitchenisms
2 more small but pretty kitchens from House to Home
Look at enough home and decor mags, and you’ll be able to draw up a template for a pretty “designer” bedroom, but to come up with something that’s beautiful and truly “yours” is a bigger challenge. These bedrooms really give you a taste of the owner’s personality…
Love this mix of eastern, Victorian, and industrial influences.
via Adore Home Mag
With it’s yellow bed, green front fireplace, and slate-colored walls, you can imagine it’s owner is decisive and confident.
2 images above via Alice in Designland
With wallpaper like this you can’t be shy
via Country Living
…love the library in the bedroom…I’m guessing the person who lives here is a bit of a home body and like to curl up with a book
Modern but feminine. I love this look …
2 above via Home Sweet Home
Maybe a traveler who has a flair for the eclectic?
via Pinterest
What about your decorating style makes your home unique?
I’m not sure what you’d call the two styles above — modern eclectic? But I’m liking this style more and more these days. Since things don’t “match” you can use items you already have instead of buying new ones.
This living room – pictured above and below – is so unusual and luxe. I ADORE the white media console and the huge white mirror…stunning
An otherwise dark and broody “club” like living room is brightened up by an interesting array of mirrors.
images above via Adore Home Magazine
Modern rustic feel in white and pastels…
via Ballard
All out vintage…
via Covet Garden
Do you have a fav?
Cause I have two websites to launch today and I really, really need it.
Two things I love – an over-sized mirror on the floor and a reading nook
via Adore Home Mag
simple. beautiful
via Lisbeth Dahl
Isn’t the chandelier hanging from the tree amazing?
via Pinterest
ranunculus — one of my favorite flowers
so peaceful…
two images above via Richard Powers
Love this space
The color of the china cabinet is perfect to add some interest to the space.
Two images above show the entryway. The owners have used mismatched chairs in lieu of a console.
Great idea to remember – oversized prints hanging side by side in the hall
Perfect desk – plenty of surface area to spread out inspiration
LoVe that chair and the gorgeous view!
I don’t think I could ever do orange in my bedroom, but this wallpaper is beautiful. I could do it in my home office I think – as orange is supposed to boost creativity.
I am a magazine hoarder, because I’ve found that sometimes I’ll flip through a magazine from a year ago and something will catch my eye that didn’t the first time I looked through it. So perusing last summer’s magazine is sometimes like opening a brand new magazine. This bookshelf has the perfect sized cubbies to store mags.
All images © Richard Powers
We had them when I was growing up, but being a child I rarely gave them a second thought. And when I was a teenager and not as into “home decorating” I equated them to stuffy victorian style interiors. But now – oh now I love them. Oriental rugs is what I’m talking about, and lately I’ve been seeing them used in ways that are definitely NOT stuffy and really plays out their beauty. Just fyi – because I wasn’t sure, I looked up what region a rug must come from for it to be considered “Oriental” –
Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Arab rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian rugs, Chinese rugs, Tibetan rugs and Indian rugs. via Wikipeia
via Lonny Mag
via Design*Sponge
via Design*Sponge
You can see a small one here on the floor of Sheryl Crow’s music room as seen in Architectural Digest
An oriental rug used in the entryway
via House and Home
An oriental runner looks really pretty in a white hallway
via High Gloss
Gorgeous
via My Marrakesh
A worn but beautiful rug keeps this modern loft from being cold
via Loft Life
Do you like these rugs?
If you do, you will be excited as me by this sale. All the rugs below are only $399 and range from about 4’x 8′ (some wider, some taller). They are from Momeni and are hand-knotted and one of a kind. They have some large, but pricier ones as well. They are selling out really, really fast though.
You can get them at Ideeli by clicking here – www.ideeli.com/invite/decorology
(it’s quick and free to sign up)
I got the one above! My boyfriend and I are getting our first place together around DC in August and I can’t wait to give it a home!
I want them all!
Get them at Ideeli by clicking here – www.ideeli.com/invite/decorology
(it’s quick and free to sign up)
