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Time To Vote One More Time! We Are In The Finals!
Big news of the day: We are in the Apartment Therapy Homies Award Finals for the second year!!! I love all of the blogs in the competition. Truly talented powerhouses this year. In fact, some people in the finals sre my earliest inspirations in home design. But, it...
The Best Things Come To Those Who…Do!
(this shoppe on Etsy is amazing!) There is a brilliant quote attributed to Pablo Picasso about how inspiration is a real thing, but it needs to "find you while you are working." You won't always have the best, most thrilling ideas when you sit down to make...
Everything Can Be More Beautiful For Being Broken!
What is broken can be far more beautiful. That includes all of us! This is the gorgeous philosophy in Japan from a famed fable of Kintsukuroi. You can read the fable in its entirety HERE but the moral of the story: when something is broken it can be more...
Face Your Fears!
(venspired.com) If you are having a hard time facing your fears, THIS might help you. Science is proving again and again that it is well worth staring fear in the eye and going for what you want! xoxo Dana
Balanced Beauty : Juara Turmeric Antioxidant Radiance Mask
Turmeric is a spice of many magical qualities! It is a potent anti-inflammatory spice, as powerful as a drug, and its therapeutic use is being widely studied. Springs and Summers, I am drinking "shots" of fresh turmeric juice with lemon and other goodies storred in...
Feng Shui To Keep It Cool When A Day Goes Crazy On You!
(via) Every once in a while I am given what I consider to be a test. I am sure you have had a day like that! You know, the world asks you to show how tough you can be. For me, I feel its a way to answer the question: Can I practice what I preach in peace, love &...
A Golden, Warm, Sophisticated Glow!
(casa sugar) Growing up, yellow was eveywhere in New Jersey. We had gold carpets- the color of the sleek headboard above- going through most of the house. There was (sadly) striped yellow and white wallpaper in my childhood bedroom, and I had a love/hate...
Flowers, Fruit & Fresh Colors!
(how incredible is this image from you are my fave?!) Fruit + Flowers + Fresh Color= today is a basket of inspiration: all somehow making a ton of juicy, delighful sense! I'm dreaming of sunchine, a cornucopia of Spring fruit, and a whole lot of eye candy. ...
Drink The Wild Air!
(etsy) That wild air--- it's not something that you can ever live without! I took a break this weekend from creating up a storm and getting ready for a big trip to design something so cool in New York- I just can't wait to show you!… and as I was hiking and going on...