Power of Repetition

Repeat. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat. True, this place would probably drive me insane, but I'd move here.

Tuesday Idea: Tufted Feel-Good Headboards

Kinda obsessed with them. It's almost like I want everything tufted now. I should design a tufted iPhone case. That'd probably sell a few million.

Comfort Spaces

The art of designing comfortable spaces. Probably one of my favorite topics to talk about.

I Dream in Modern Surrealism

If living in a loft these days sounds like a long sought, unobtainable dream, I'm all for reaching the impossible. Filled to the brink with mid-century pieces, elegantly designed spaces, and a careful muted palette - this is what my dream space should have as a bare minimum. The rest, well... shall come in due time.

Minimalist at Heart

As far as I try to run away from it, I'll always be a minimalist at heart.

For Lust, For Home

Teardrops in my eyes, next time I'll be true. Seriously, this is one of the most beautiful homes I've seen in a long while.

A Study in Light

There's something mighty magnificent about natural light. Reminds me of Dane Petersen's capstone. It affects the way we view the world. It allows for photography. Our circadian rhythms. It affects our emotions. Changes how we watch movies. It moves us.

I Want to be Swedish Modern, Too

What's wrong with striving to achieve a Swedish modern look in the mid-west with a small/non-existent budget? Nothing a few trips to the thrift store can't solve!

A Long House in Melbourne

If I had the money, patch of skinny land, and a pimp designerly job... well, I'd hope to achieve what Buro Architects have achieved with this magnificent masterpiece in Melbourne.

Thrifty Chic

Here's a sub-$100 makeover that's worth a second look: 

• Paint: $28
• IKEA light fixture: $30
• White bedsheets: $18
• Lumber for shelf: $7
• Headboard: $8
• Milk glass vases: $3
• Brass cages: $1.50 

Awesome, yea? Makes me wanna renovate this little shack off the kitchen I'll be moving into next year. Thanks, Melissa Esplin!

Happy Hipsters

Susan and Will's bedroom is an artful manifestation between two creative types. Though to be honest, the bare windows would probably drive me batshit insane every single morning.

Home Away From Home

Svenn's home away from home is the perfect sanctuary for traveling students studying afar and interns working in different cities this summer. Heck, he even makes futons look kinda comfortable.

The Modern Times We Live In

 

It's amazing what you can pull off in a small space with conscious design thinking and a knack for the simple. Photos by Annci Gustavsson.

Logical Perfection

"Why should we support further the incongruity of living in a outmoded superstitious adaption of some primitive carpenter's art and fitting it with all the evidence of our integrated civilization? Why not be true to our time and effect all the savings possible? Make the most of our abilities. Justify our theories of therapeutic sunlight, septic simplicity, and honest proportion. Erect the logical, orderly, and perfectly functioning machine and find beauty in its fitness."

-Sam Grawe from Dwell May 2010

Back to the Classics

Looks like everything's coming back to the classics again. Must've been that futuristic disco contemporary just couldn't handle it. More greatness by Eric Roth over here.

She & Him - Thieves (MP3)

Brooklyn Fantastic

Eclectic chic never grows old in my opinion. Or when it does, you can always store it in a shed and take it out 40 years later and it'll be new again.

Haw-lin Mad Styles

I stumbled upon this really cool FFFFOUND!-like site today. He/she calls themselves Haw-lin. It's topped off with style and pretty much everything I need for an hour's worth of visual stimulation each day.

For the Love of Anthropologie

World travelin', fabric totin', hipsterism to the max. As seen in Anthropologie's Winter/Spring catalog, featured on Apartment Therapy. I love the shabby chic. Like all the furnished rooms in my dreams.

Decorating Around White

I keep tellin' people, white walls isn't always a bad thing. Especially if every single piece of your furniture is complimentary and is anything but white. Just check out David Delfin & Gorka Postigo's art-filled home over at AT and see what I mean!