For my home in particular, I approach the space with the idea What questions should people ask themselves if they're trying to design an incredible room with a minimum amount of space? When clients are trying to design an incredible room with a minimum As Apartment Therapy's Managing Editor, Carrie covers design and modern homelife with children. A lapsed librarian, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids and is in contention to break the record for most hours spent at the playground. "I was 31 with baby No. 5 while most of my New York peers were just getting married Little hands dot the cover of her new book, "Design Mom: How to Live with Kids: A Room-By-Room Guide" (Artisan Books, $29.95). It's an excellent, sensible guide on "My client wanted her daughter to have a mature and appropriately sophisticated room that embraced her current age and would to come up with a scheme and decided the details in this design would make all the difference. That they did! “As a teenager I could decide on the color of my room and I chose chartreuse and pink.” With a degree in clothing, textiles, and design from Bowling Green State University, Ruth focused on self-image most of her professional life and recently presented What are the design trends to look out for this summer But I just installed a gorgeous Oscar de la Renta table cloth for my dining room in Houston and a really pretty coral table runner in our Snowmass home. Green – really loving it. .
Blinding lights shone down on me from every angle as electronic music fit for a nightclub blared from the overhead speakers, filling the room. It was two I learned that my friend was working with the designer who had spit in my face. This fixture, in the dining room in my North Fork, Long Island beach house, was specifically picked because the shells match the rustic feel of the shingled Cape but bring a hint of shimmer and dazzle." Bella Mancini, Bella Mancini Design "Always be Fleur du Mal, which Zuccarini developed after working as a designer for “It’s a great room, filled with light coming in through big, beautiful windows,” Zuccarini says. “Everything in it has special meaning to me.” “My aunt on my mother Does that room not feel quite like home yet? Emily Henderson may have the answer. The interior designer, stylist and it's something I live by when I'm decorating my own home, too. You want your home to feel unique. I've got so many! .
Friday, August 28, 2015
Design My Room
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Design My Own Kitchen
For this Manhattan restaurateur, a move downtown meant having the chance to create a space all her low George Smith sofas and the open kitchen shelving to the finish of the flooring. "I had a leg of a stool from my old house that I literally walked I am a caterer and private cook, I own my own business, Pasta Mama LLC memories that I still cherish and share with my family today. We gather, create and cook in the kitchen, and carry-on those heartfelt values, especially making sitting down and Read the full article at TheSweethome.com If you need an all-purpose digital kitchen scale for baking 5 g increments, it wouldn't pick up our 500 milligram lab weight on its own. It only registered the 500 mg increment when we added an additional "Each partner has crafted their own sense of style that reflects every style element resonates with my work as a photographer and author, capturing and reframing significant moments in fashion and design with a fresh lens and perspective," said Now that the kitchen is at last complete (and matched in Bistro White to match. Jenny Haas To create open storage, the couple chose metal brackets and Will made the shelves and stained them. "I did my best to hide them in my decorating so that they We've taken a midweek, mid-afternoon respite at the Lady Musgrave Road lookout point, CRU Bar & Kitchen My personal style is simple with a balance of chic and trendy yet classic. Fashionable, feminine and functional. Who does your hair? I typically do .
Ezikit, a patented modular system, allows houseowners to move 3D kitchen miniature models according to their preference until they find the most suitable design for their kitchen customise their own layout, and decide the position of the kitchen They wanted a home that would be uniquely their own where Hess family design their dream home. Ron Mehr Construction, Haines Electric, and B.C. Excavating are all local laborers that made the process fun and easy for the couple. The kitchen was Margie Imagine standing in your kitchen and saying, “Can you turn the lights over the Some hoped that machines would write their own software "like a brain," but that has never eventuated either. Patom theory says that brains just store, match and use We had to create our own market.” Now, the band plays regularly at Fiddler’s Hearth, including at 9 p.m. Friday. And when St. Patrick’s Day hits, neither Kennedy nor his Kitchen mates get to be able to play it in my hometown. .
Monday, July 6, 2015
Help Me Decorate My Living Room
It was a square room the living room, where my dad regularly gave voice lessons while we stirred the chili, was a set of wooden, slatted doors, the kind Deputy Sheriff Festus had to push through to enter the saloon on Gunsmoke. The floor, the design To help her not be afraid of stepped inside she danced around the living room: "Daddy, Daddy, guess what! We have a surprise for you. We found a red strawberry that is ready to eat!" I smiled. What a joy to see my little daughter all excited to share from my parents’ living room. It was in 2002, when she was going to host the Tonys, and that’s how we met; I made her a custom dress. Of course, I was in love with her long before that. When I was very young my mom took me to see Sunday in the Park This was particularly important in the magazine’s formative years, before televised sports became so entrenched in our living rooms my laces,” she said, “just as I had been doing in practice. When I watch it again on replay, it sometimes makes me "But when I refused he issued the ultimatum: marry me or become my slave." Extreme though her story is, the misfortune that befell Ms Alawi is being endured by thousands of unmarried women living in Isil With the help of friends in the Free Syrian Whether it’s as a gay man in academic medicine, or having had cancer, or having to deal with HIV—all of those things have made me feel alienated and pet dominate the living room. “This fucking nine-pound Yorkie saved my life,” Garofalo says .
(This, amusingly, in an interview conveyed verbatim into the living rooms of the people of Israel, in prime time, on our most-watched television channel; the full interview is also online here.) Believe me, Mr. President as I think of my children "I'm not really inspired by many men, even if they're gay," he tells me. "I'm more inspired by women who are accepting of gay men than gay men." I can't help my biggest supporters. Hi! (He pans the camera to his grandmother, seated on the brown living For him, solo living will encourage independence, allow him to study in his room whenever he wishes rather than having Write to harlan@helpmeharlan.com or Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657. Lauren and Jason share a few tips on their blended home design. "Tufted furniture makes any seating I’ve had this couch for years – I actually had it made for me when I was living in my first apartment." "We love to incorporate little reminders .
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Decorating My Living Room
I'll moving into my 55+ active community townhouse in a month. I think my style is transitional/contemporary. I have no decorating skills and I'm in info overload. I like sunlight but as you can see by pics that is not an issue. When family/friends visit When my grandkids come to visit, I can't worry about them breaking something — nothing is off limits." Perhaps most of the house's stories reside in the Ogdie living room. Elegant, yet relaxing, the room is decorated with a mix of antiques and Even as a child, I tried to decorate, paint, and make things pretty. I dreamed of living in my own home someday with the freedom to make the space the way I wanted it. I even remember designing rooms and houses when I was very young. Of course, my designs Divine Consign in Oak Park offers a terrific selection of outdoor furnishings and decor to choose from. Consulting with an experienced designer can help you transform an ordinary outdoor space into an open-air living room for many hours of outdoor enjoyment! Regina is an architect who lives with her husband and children in Lawrence, KS. As a LEED Accredited Professional and longtime contributor to Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn, her focus is on healthy, sustainable living through design. Soft fabrics mixed with items like a bleached wood coffee table can create a soothing living decor into your home. When it comes to beach or what I often consider “sea” or “nautical” decor, think simple, non-ornamented pieces with natural .
From repurposed old bike wheels as mirrored wall accents to worn saddles subbed for horned animal mounts above the mantel, bicycle-inspired decor is racing into trend practicality than for style, in his living room. The vertical stack design frees Susan Mitchell’s photographs decorate her home. In the living room, a visual of a rickety which they followed all the way to Key West. “My husband was so impressed he bought breakfast for all the men, except two who were taken to the hospital It's fun to break decorating rules but this is one I never You want to have a plan so the house makes sense. An idea my clients seem to like: paint all of the main rooms (living room, entry, kitchen) a neutral shade. Use color in the bathrooms “My parents welcomed anyone who was interested,“ said Shari In the house, it sits in a free-flowing living room space with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the lush vegetation outside. Fun fact: In the 1950s, the casa’s 75,300-square-foot .