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simply color: emily henson

16. August 2010

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This week’s palette is pulled from the house of prop stylist and decorator, Emily Henson. The white floors and walls truly make that magnificent couch pop! I’m loving the pink accent colors, as well as that unexpected jade green. Bold and beautiful—I’m swooning over this room. —Lauren Palette 1: A) Julep (Sherwin Williams), PMS 346 [...]

before & after: tim’s condo makeover

12. August 2010

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one of my favorite types of before & after projects is the whole apartment makeover. i find furniture transformations very inspiring, but sometimes i just want to live vicariously though someone who guts a whole place and makes it feel completely different. tim’s airy condo with a balcony is totally filling my need for big [...]

gemini grace: feelin’ fall

12. August 2010

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now that i’ve gotten the light-hearted girly/colorful roundup out of my system it’s time to indulge in my other half that is dying for something darker and fall-inspired. i am so ready for rich fall colors and deep red and bronze colors so this roundup is chock-full of the things on my wish-list for the [...]

gemini grace: feeling girly

12. August 2010

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i’m a gemini through and through and frequently blame my astrological sign for my complete inability to choose one personal style. i’m always going back and forth between something light-hearted and girly and something darker and more “serious” (which is relative when it comes to my style), so this morning i thought i’d do two [...]

what’s in your toolbox: david stark

11. August 2010

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Here at Design*Sponge, we have not even attempted to mask our crush on event designer and planner, David Stark! (Just for starters, see his in the kitchen with recipe, his diy interview/video, and this fun diy post-it project) His fresh approach to design is equal measures clever innovation and cheeky wit. He can successfully transition from creating [...]

diy project: tae’s cup holder coffee table

11. August 2010

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i’ve always wanted to live in a loft, not only for their airy spacious qualities, but also because i love industrial style furniture, and hard as i try, i cannot seem to make it work in my 1920’s apartment (blast those crooked lines and over abundant molding!). i love tae’s cup holder coffee table because [...]

diy project: drawer knob finials

11. August 2010

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we thought of this idea one afternoon after an online purchase arrived at our doorstep: a finial and rod set that was WAY too large for the intended windows. after much internet research, we found that most finial and rod sets are on the larger size—and thus too big for our apartments and laurel canyon [...]

diy project: halligan’s denim cut-offs wine bag

11. August 2010

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When the time comes for your jeans to be reincarnated into your new favorite shorts, the top gets a new life but what about that sturdy bottom fabric going to waste? I have been saving the bottoms of cut off jeans for two years now, knowing that someday I would have a bright idea of [...]

Concept for Living

11. August 2010

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Thank you so much to Concept for Living magazine for featuring Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney in their latest issue. (Images below)

fall into crafts…

11. August 2010

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i know it’s awful, but i’m seriously ready for fall. new york has been stuck in this perma-august weather since may and i’ve finally hit the point where i’m mentally buying leather boots and coats because i can’t take this humidity anymore. so as much as i love summer (it’s normally my favorite time of [...]