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Tag Archives: Interior Design
December 16, 2009
{Designer Tip} Styling on a Budget
Here are 5 tips that I enjoyed reading from Lonny Magazine:
Images and tips from Lonny Magazine and interior designer, Vanessa De Vargas
December 14, 2009
{Get This Look} Cheery Bedroom
I’ve been searching for bedroom ideas so that I can redecorate my master bedroom and also my guest bedroom. My hubby might think this is a little bright for the master bedroom, so I’ll be taking tips for the guest room from this photo. I love a bright, cheery room. Especially on a cold, winter [...]
November 23, 2009
House of Habit
While reading this months (final) edition of Metropolitan Home, I came across these unique, custom made furniture legs. Designers can customize each leg by choosing the height, color and material. They can be shipped to a furniture maker or used to update existing pieces of furniture. This product is available to the Trade only. A [...]
October 27, 2009
Lessons Learned by Reading Design Magazines
Every month I’ve been finding myself looking forward to the day that the latest issue of Coastal Living arrives in my mailbox. I started receiving it because of my ASID membership, but I had never really paid much attention to it before that. I am finding that I really enjoy checking out the Idea Houses [...]
September 17, 2009
Sweet Deal
If any of you out there love these lamps from Restoration Hardware, then you are going to LOVE the deal that I found!
Restoration Hardware-Rowan Pharmacy Task Table Lamp $269
Restoration Hardware-Franklin Pharmacy Task Table Lamp $159
Ok, so you like those, but they’re a little pricey, right? Well, how about this beauty?
I was lucky enough to [...]
September 14, 2009
Unique Floor Design
Just had to mention quickly how much I LOVE these floors in Tori Spelling and Dean McDermot’s kitchen! What a unique design and gorgeous wood!
Image found here while browsing Hooked on Houses.
September 13, 2009
Thrift Store Revamp
My recent project was painting and reupholstering two chairs that I found at the Goodwill for $4 a piece. What I liked about these chairs was the backs. I immediately pictured them painted in a creamy white color to really make the criss-cross design of the backs pop.
So, I took them home and began the [...]
August 17, 2009
What’s that thing called, again?
One thing I always had a tough time memorizing in my History of Art and Architecture class was furniture styles. I tend to get bored trying to memorize things and instead focus more on the way a piece looks and I learn to distinguish furniture by certain features, rather than by their proper names. [...]
August 13, 2009
Design Styles
So I was reading jeune marie’s blog today and she was talking about the Home Goods StyleScope quiz and what her results were for her design style. I thought it might be fun to see what my results would be so I took the quiz too. Here’s what it said about my design [...]
