Designer Furniture…Actually Within Reach

West Elm's Stackable Chair

If you’re at all like me, you covet certain classic or iconic pieces of furniture, but can’t or won’t spend an automobile’s worth of cash to acquire them. You pop into stores like Design Within Reach and Room & Board, and sigh longingly, and futilely, as you browse the who’s who of important mid-century designers,…

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Quinlan’s Yellow Submarine Nursery

Beatles Figurines Vignette

In a recent post (Oh Baby: 7 Steps to Decorating a Unique Nursery), I promised to post pictures of my son’s room. The theme we chose was “Yellow Submarine” – mom is a big Beatles fan. I featured our glider, the Dutailier Cadenza with midnight blue leather upholstery, in a previous post as well, so…

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Oh Baby: 7 Steps to Decorating A Unique Nursery

Quinlan's Nursery - Crib and Glider

When you’re expecting (and if you are, congratulations!), there’s no more exciting – or daunting – project than creating the perfect room for your little one. I recently went through this process myself, and I can tell you it was very time consuming, but very rewarding – not just for me, but for my now…

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Welcome, Pineapple.

Pineapple

So I finally got around to creating a favicon (NOT a logo – I am not ready to commit to that just yet!) for this blog. A favicon, called a blavatar on WordPress, is that tiny little icon that appears in your browser window to the left of the url. It is sort of like…

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Travel Photography: Art For Your Home (Part II)

As a follow-up to last week’s post on using your own photography to decorate the walls in your home, I thought I would share a few more examples of images that would work great in this context. All of these are pictures I have taken on my travels. Please note that I am an amateur…

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Travel Photography: Art For Your Home

Taj Mahal - Close-Up

So many people are intimidated by the blank walls in their home. Some find the prospect of finding “the right” wall art so daunting that they remain unadorned. Most of us already have beautiful images sitting idly on our computers, digital cameras, and even phones, anticipating their higher calling as decor for our homes. There…

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