If you are feeling stuck with your home, waiting for something to change so you can finally be in a home you love, this one’s for you!
As 2017 draws to a close, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the top five most popular posts of 2017.
Here are 10 easy ways to own less stuff. We started to declutter and become more minimal back in 2017 and it all boils down to owning less stuff.
Ready to embrace the hygge life? This Danish concept of hygge keeps increasing in popularity and with good reason: it’s a great way to add a little comfortable conviviality and a quality of coziness to your daily life. Here are 25 great tips to bring a little hygge comfort to your home decor, your food and your life, plus some great products to buy to add some hygge joy to your life.
Like every year I visited the vtwonen & design fair and of course also this year I will show my favourite homes created by the magazines on the blog, other pictures of what caught my eye I will upload
I am so excited to share today a spring (or fall) wreath I made from pinecones. Many of you can make this entire wreath with Items you pick up in your yard.
Ready to embrace the hygge life? This Danish concept of hygge keeps increasing in popularity and with good reason: it’s a great way to add a little comfortable conviviality and a quality of coziness to your daily life. Here are 25 great tips to bring a little hygge comfort to your home decor, your food and your life, plus some great products to buy to add some hygge joy to your life.
Quarterly Publication by IBB Design Fine Furnishings
This week we are featuring a vast collection of our most popular living rooms from home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign during the course of 2017.
Så blev det 2. juledag og sidste dag i vores juleferie. Det har været nogle virkelig dejlige dage sammen med familien, og jeg har nydt det hele. Alt er klaret stort set uden stress og min planlægning og beslutsomhed om ikke at lade mig stresse har givet pote. Jeg håber også at I nyder julen alt hvad I kan - og hvis I er nogen der sidder derude og kigger med... så kan I her se lidt fra vores juleaften. Juletræet var som det hører sig til her hos os - en Omorika gran. De høje og slanke søjlegran er noget af det smukkeste for os, og så passer det perfekt i vores lille stue. Det fine gamle julepynt blev fundet frem fra gemmerne fredag aften og siden har vi nydt både synet og minderne som det bringer med sig. Juleaften voksede mængden af gaver støt og roligt. Det ser altid mere "vildt" ud end det er, da vi jo kun lægger pakker på den ene side af træet, og træet jo er så småt at selv en lille pakke virker enorm ved siden af det - men jeg indrømmer gerne at det er lidt overvældende. Hundene er ganske gode til at holde snuderne fra pakkerne, men da de kan spotte pakkerne til dem selv er det altid lagt fra på hylden ved siden af træet. Ja uanset hvad der måtte gemme sig i pakkerne til dem - så skal de nok få dem fisket ud af bunken. Og når man først starter... så bliver det en kende mere svært at holde styr på "dig og mit". I år blev mængden af pakker flere gange brugt som klatretårn..... ja for hvordan skal man ellers se hvad der gemmer sig nede bagved? Julebordet var også i sit juledress. De gamle franske svaner var dekorerer med ilexgrene og eukalyptus, og den lille af svanerne havde fået plads midt på bordet. Et spejl symboliserede søen og de levende lys og små glas med eukalyptus var prikken over i´et. Vores bordpynt er ellers meget afdæmpet. Servietterne er bundet med en enkelt snor og dekoreret med en eukalyptus-kvist, dugen er i hør, og borddækningen af i creme, sølv og messing. Enkelt og simpelt..... så nyder jeg det bedst. Menuen var som traditionen byder - andesteg, æbler med gele, brune og hvide kartofler og den fantastiske sovs som ingen anden kan overgå. Risalamande til dessert - og mandelgave til den heldige. What´s not to like :-) Haven var også i juletøjet, og selv om vejret gjorde sit at få tankerne væk fra den ægte og det klassiske julevejr, så var vi også i haven og fotograferer det. Billeder følger til jer en af de næste dag. Jeg håber at også du har nydt dine juledage. Måske du er heldig at holde ferie helt ind i det nye år - måske du ligesom os skal på arbejde i morgen igen. Mange hilsner og ønsket om en rigtig glædelig jul KNUS Susan
Tips on making your house or apartment a more home-like place.
Visit HGTV.com to see the open and stylish HGTV Dream Home 2011 gathering room.
My top 12 home decorating tips to make your house feel more like home and my book review of Homebody by Joanna Gaines.
You spend a lot of time in your home, and the best way to make sure that it's cozy is to make sure that it reflects YOUR tastes and styles.
Last post before Christmas! That is pretty exciting. I joined an amazing group of bloggers for a Christmas Night tour. I think this is easily going to be my favorite tour yet. Have you ever been to a progressive dinner? Where you start appetizers at a neighbors house, drinks at the next and keep moving around to see all your neighbors homes and eat dinner in small bites along the way. End at dessert! Although there is no food on the tour...there are over 25 homes you can easily peep into. Easier than a Progressive Dinner. I hope you make it over to the blog today to see our home at night. And I just and I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! I honestly wish I could have you all over to our home to do this tour in person. Thank you for supporting my blog, what a gift you have given to me. xxxxx
These are the dream home with grand staircases, the highest ceilings, the shiniest tapware, and the best views out there!
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Danish design brand Kahler just released their Autumn and Winter collection and it's a nice…
The Threshold winter collection includes post-holiday refresh pieces, such as softer color palette bedding and bath, and updated storage baskets to help you stay organized.
Hello friends and Happy November. Today is the day that everything magically turns to Christmas in blogland. Ha! Not ready for that yet so I thought I would pop in to share some pictures of a recent quick trip we took to Vermont. It has been an odd fall foliage wise, for sure. But the tradeoff has been some amazing warm temperatures throughout September and October so I am not complaining. On this trip, we visited southern Vermont, an area that is farther to reach from our cabin in the Adirondacks. Billy and I escaped for a couple of days with Dax. We had a blast. Ever since I first saw a picture of Sleepy Hollow Farm in Woodstock on Pinterest a few years back, I knew I had to experience it for myself. It certainly did not disappoint. It's definitely the stuff Vermont dreams are made of. I read stories of traffic jams and rude people during peak fall season on the road above the farm on the internet. Fortunately, it was just us, as the foliage was past peak. Dax and I spent a few minutes dreaming about what it would be like to live in this setting. Quite frankly, this area is a bit too upscale for our taste to live in but it was a lovely place to visit. We also came across a covered bridge in Weathersfield that made up for all of the lackluster leaf color. We headed down to the river's edge and Dax was itching to take a swim. We stopped for lunch in the village of Grafton. This quintessential general store is oozing with charm and, more importantly, the people there were friendly and kind. That hasn't been the case in a couple of other general stores we have stopped in. Vermont isn't always so welcoming to us flatlanders, but Grafton made us feel right at home. This village had me at their library. Seriously, can you imagine this being your local library?? I have always dreamed of visiting Vermont in the fall and we will definitely be back next year. Thanks for living up to all the hype, Vermont! We will see you soon.
I joned up with 30 amazing bloggers as part of The Blogger's Best Holiday Home Tour. Come see how I decorated my home for Christmas.
This week, I’m celebrating ideas, inspiration, pretty pictures (always) and some great reading and book collecting. Included in my favorite picks are a vivid new book on Alberto Pinto and his firm’s extraordinary interiors. Then there’s Peter Marino on gardens, and my dear friend Patricia Gaye Tapp and her wonderful new book, ‘How They Decorated’. Stay tuned and scroll down for more books including Alain Ducasse’s chic new cookbook, along with a beautifully presented ‘Claude Monet in Giverny’, and my friend Pam’s tip, a book on American logos and typefaces, ‘Junk Type’. Read on for inspiration and ideas, rooms to copy, simple dishes to cook, hydrangeas in Peter’s gardens, and everything to make you love Monet even more. | 1. Alberto Pinto Signature Interiors | Alberto Pinto Signature Interiors, by Ann Bony, with a foreword by Hubert de Givenchy, published by Flammarion With lavish interiors, and extremely lavish and luxurious interiors, this is a book to enjoy without ever a thought of cost of the tons of marble and acres of silks and beautiful craftsmanship. Instead look at it this way: In just one corner of a room there are ideas to be gathered on furniture placement, color, decorative painting, materials, architecture, materials, table décor and lighting. See beyond the gilding and golden tassels to ideas for carpets, upholstery, collections and wall paneling. Alberto Pinto, a longtime friend of M. Givenchy, departed for decorator heaven recently, and the company is now directed by his beloved sister, Linda. The interiors—in London, Paris, Marrakech, Monaco, the Middle East, for example—are often for royal families of various nationalities, and reveal the finest craftsmanship, balance, and sometimes a little ostentation it must be admitted. I admire Pinto’s perfectionism—and his ability to create historic styles with spirit and panache. | 2. The Garden of Peter Marino | The Garden of Peter Marino by Peter Marino, Principal Photography by Jason Schmidt and Manolo Yllera (Rizzoli) Internationally acclaimed architect and interior designer Peter Marino offers an unprecedented look at the gardens of his Hamptons residence on New York’s Long Island. Over two decades he and his team have transformed a rather undistinguished property into a private paradise. The quintessentially American landscape deftly juxtaposes formal aspects such as a carefully art directed rose garden and curated plants, trees, and evergreens. His trees are magnificent. There’s an apple orchard, and forty sculptures by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne interspersed throughout. Seasonal floral highlights include the bold blooms of azaleas in spring, vibrant roses in June, and a bounty of hydrangeas in summer. There’s a purple garden, a red garden, a pink garden, a great lawn, even a forest. Those looking for plant or garden tips will not find it here. But I’ll tell you a secret: Marino lavishly thanks Marder’s nursery In Bridgehampton ‘for twenty years of Saturdays’, so perhaps you can call Marder’s for any plant information. Good luck. Perhaps, really, this book is mostly intended as a tribute to the Lalannes and their sculptures—which are lavishly shown and credited here. | 3. How They Decorated | Inspiration from Great Women of the Twentieth Century How They Decorated, Inspiration from Great Women of the Twentieth Century by P. Gaye Tapp, with a forward by Charlotte Moss (Rizzoli) Patricia Gaye Tapp, founder and creator of the wonderfully eccentric style and design blog, Little Augury, has been a great friend for nine years, since I first had the idea of launching THE STYLE SALONISTE. Gaye inspired me to ‘just do it’ when I was about to launch, and I consulted her often at the start. I always admired her erudition on style matters, her passion for English talents like Cecil Beaton and the Sitwells, and her encyclopedia knowledge of women of style. Now her great knowledge has created a wonderfully original new style book, and It’s love at first sight, with a dramatic and chic cover painted by Cecil himself. Over 223 pages, Gaye zooms in on chapters on Legacy Style (with the likes of Louise de Villmorin and Lady Diana Cooper), along with In the Grand Manner (with Mona von Bismarck, and Pauline de Rothschild.) She shows examples of confident style in chapters on Fashionably Chic (Babe Paley and Fleur Cowles), as well as the Unconventional Eye (with Dominique de Menil and Lesley Blanch). Covering these sixteen elegant women, she shows how they (most of course worked with decorators, architects and designers) orchestrated rooms of great charm, individuality and style. Tables are lavishly set, bedrooms invite lingering, fashions are paraded. And then, just when the lavish interiors are feeling rather intense, she introduces Georgia O’Keeffe (bold simplicity) and then Lesley Blanche, the ultimate romantic. It’s a book to treasure. I love it. | 4. A Day with Claude Monet in Giverny | A Day with Claude Monet in Giverny by Adrien Goetz, photography by Francis Hammond (published by Flammarion) I’ve been fortunate to visit Giverny several times, including my favorite when we arranged to arrive at 7am one summer, with birds twittering, gardeners tending the dew-shimmering gardens, and all was silent and pristine before the gates opened at 9am. Bliss gazing at the ponds in silence. With exquisite drawings, photography, and Monet paintings, this lovedly book, presented in a slipcovered edition, speaks of a love of Monet, the appeal of the French countryside, and Monet’s dreamy sanctuary. There are the Japanese garden, the interiors of his house, and scenes of village and country life, and the Monet family. This is an exquisite homage to Monet, and if you have not yet been there, this book can take you to Giverny on a magic carpet. Lovely, calm still-life images, sketches and strolls through the garden make this book very special. | 5. Simple Nature | Simple Nature by Alain Ducasse (Rizzoli) Alain Ducasse is my favorite French chef, for his modern cuisine, his love of vegetables and fruit and fresh fish, and for his constant attempts to stay modern, to stay current and fresh. Ducasse worked closely with chef Christophe Saintagne and nutritionist to create healthy and nutritious dishes to enjoy year-round. Some of the ideas are simple and delicious ‘Hedgehog Mushrooms and Fried Eggs’, or ‘Crispy Polenta with Parmesan and Sage’ or ‘Pumpkin Soup with Chestnuts’. He is crazy about classic Pot-au-Feu and it appears in many styles. His salads are simple and chic—and there’s even a majestic ‘Veggie Burger’ Ducasse-style. | 6. Junk Type | Typography Lettering Badges Logos Junk Type Typography Lettering Badges Logos by Bill Rose (Universe Publishing) Photographer Bill Rose, aka Recapturist, has created a vivid and quirky homage to vintage American typography and design in 300 fascinating images. Criss-crossing the country, Rose has captured graphic design for products and places that are lost forever. He’s based in Minneapolis, and loves old neon signs, typography, and icons, an advertising slogan, Art Deco-inspired fonts, handmade cursive, and illustrated insignia, and modern graphic logos of the sixties. For type fans, this is a charming, quirky and engrossing encyclopedia of creative typefaces, marketing, and graphic styles the capture the optimism and enterprise of the last century. A wonderful reference and inspiration. What I love: JunkType is a labor of love by photographer and preservationist Bill Rose, who has captures rapidly disappearing examples of American typography, and our industrial design heritage. An inspiration to any designer who appreciates the history of their field, but also a joy to the visually-oriented “civilian” who is drawn to vintage packaging in a flea market or forgotten corners of their own town as well. Beautiful Reading: Cabana, the Cult Privately Published Design Magazine My new issue of CABANA has arrived. It’s fantastic, eccentric, nostalgic, original, and rich in interiors and time travel and beautiful objects. Issue 7 was sponsored by Burberry, and the custom covers offered are a mixed bag—some are quirky, some are wonderfully abstract, and others are rather contrary. If you can find the blue abstract cover (like the one I photographed above, in my library), you will be happier than with the Henry Moore sculpture drawings, I think. Christopher Bailey admires Henry Moore, and notes his major influence on modern British sculpture, art and design. Cabana also has two riveting house stories—one in the Cotswolds, and the other in La France Profonde, that magical and undiscovered idea of ‘deepest France’ that send chills down your spine. And a favorite is Erdem’s visual essay on obsession…with obsessively collected images that recall the earl days of The World of Interiors. You might call Cabana the extreme version of The World of Interiors. You’ll recall when WOL published a fixed-up stable, complete with dust and straw in one of the most stylish interiors stories ever. Cabana is in that territory. Where to buy: You can buy it direct from Cabana in London, or check here. Or you can dash over to 1stDibs and find it in an obscure corner. Or if you are lucky to be in San Francisco, you could leap over to Smoke Signals, the unmatched magazine shop owned by my friend, Fadi Berbery. It’s on Polk Street between Green and Vallejo Streets. He just received 50 copies…it is his best-seller, so jump in there fast. My friend Mo at Juicy News on Union Street between Fillmore and Webster Streets, also has a fantastic selection of design and style magazines and books, and he is a reliable stockist of Cabana. CREDITS: Cabana magazine images by Diane Dorrans Saeks. Images from Rizzoli books above used with express permission from Rizzoli USA. Order these books from your local privately owned bookshop, or at amazon.com. For more information about Rizzoli, and new books, check on www.rizzoliusa.com.
There’s no place like home. If your home is a retreat from the world, making it as cozy as possible is vital. These tips will help you curate a comfy haven!
http://www.thingsthatinspire.net/2013/05/vignettes-from-show-house.html In my final post on the 2013 Atlanta Symphony Show House ( part I...
There is always something warm & welcoming about home. This collection of fun & inspirational home quotes helps celebrate that special place in our lives. 80+ quotes about home to remind you that there's no place like home.
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As seen on HGTV.com, the contemporary family room at HGTV Dream Home 2014 features a warm neutral color palette perfect for casual entertaining, while a vaulted ceiling and exposed structural beams add an industrial design touch.
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Cleaning Up My Makeup Drawer. Spring seems like the time I always get the urge to clean up all the clutter that has accumulated all winter long. One of the first things I saw that needed to be cleaned up this Spring is my makeup Drawer.
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From paint swatches courtesy of HGTV HOME™ by Sherwin-Williams to modern furnishings, see what interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn has in store for this modern mountain escape.
Stop buying fuzzy things and putting candles everywhere. Here are the REAL things that give a home that warm and inviting feel.
Good morning to you! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I have a confession to make… I put up our Halloween decor over the weekend, and I am SO excited to share with you. I’ll be wa…
The past and present collide in this Newport Estate where it seems as though time almost stands still to invite you to go back in time.
Visit HGTV.com to see the open and stylish HGTV Dream Home 2011 gathering room.
