dining room
Friday Family-Friendly Find: Stout Cardinal Linen-Textured Vinyl Fabric
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. I’m sitting here scratching my head, trying to figure out how it’s possible that I haven’t already shared this find! Stout’s ‘Cardinal’ is a…
Read MoreBefore & After: Project Foxhollow Reveal!
Today I am sharing a *surprise* reveal of a project we completed earlier this year, and recently photographed. In many ways, this was not our ‘typical’ client – no children, no dogs, just a husband, wife and their bashful cat living together quite happily in a 70s-era colonial in Sudbury, Massachusetts. They found us, as…
Read MoreDay 140: Project 1896 (Our Home Renovation)
At the risk of beating a horse that is no longer among the living, things are really starting to accelerate around here. Good golly, I can’t even walk out the door without someone pulling me back into the construction zone for ‘just a few quick questions.’ And it’s always when I’m about to walk out…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Giardini di Sole Roberta Pitcher & St. Tropez Dinner Set
Finding attractive tableware that is also shatterproof and easily handled by a child is no easy feat. I don’t know about you, but my cupboards are full of Paw Patrol and Thomas plates, mismatched ‘Take and Toss’ cups and tops, and a slew of other items I cannot wait to get rid of when we…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: OKL Exeter Side Chair in Smoke Crypton
Thank you for the comments and feedback on Tuesday’s post about the significant (and I think, troubling) ‘cons’ of viscose pile fabrics and carpets. I realized yesterday, after speaking with Wayne Southworth at MWI Fibershield, that the onus for education does not fall solely to fabric sales reps, but also to retailers and designers, who have a responsibility to…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Room & Board Opla Extension Table
Even as a design professional, I have to say that dining tables are one of the most challenging home furnishings to source. Usually we are looking for a very specific size and style; then there is the type of base, the surface, the material(s), the finishes – not to mention price! So many variables must come…
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