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Dramatic Spaces In Deep Color Contrast!
(sfgirlbybay) Contrast. In a visual sense, putting stark lights and darks beside one another in a big way in any space will create an dynamic for your eyes. In an emotional sense, there is polarity and drama in an exciting way- mystery meets purity and innocence....
Every Day Flows With So Much Gratitude!
(via) Yes, for everything…immense gratitude!!! In case you were wondering, science has proven that gratitude can absolutely change your life! And thank you so much for all the support voting in the Homie Awards this week. I know you are bombarded by a lot to...
Instagramming A Trip Home To Design In NYC!
New York via home…(New Jersey!)… and it was anything but bleak in my eyes despite the freezing cold! This week's Instagram is a bit of the color and life of NYC at its best…! From Times Square early morning to the flower marts on 28th between 6th & 7th, all the...
A Wonderland Of Colorful Geometry!
(rachel whiting) Multicolored geometry is a blast of energy for any space… and when you have awesome triangles in a madcap blitz of color converging everywhere, it is phenemonal. Here is a round-up of wallpaper, art and DIY inspiration to light up the darker spaces...
Those Perfect Moments!
(via Etsy) In my mind, these moments you have no words for are perfect moments. When you experience them alone- a sort of spirit epiphany- that are monumental. When you share them with someone else, they are unbelievably life affirming in a giant way. You can't force...
Powder Blue Fantastic!
(anthony baratta) Why powder blue is marginalized in interior design I will never know. It is a rarified color: part confidence, part sweetness, and a sophistication that is hard to ignore. Even a touch of powder blue can add the watery balance to a room full of...
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...