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BEST OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS AT HOME
With longer days and warmer temps, it feels like summer is never going to end. Some floral arrangements in the home will bring the sunshine from outside inside your home - but only cool the temperature...
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BEST OF WINDOW TREATMENTS
As long as I have some privacy from neighbors’ eyes, I often find myself forgetting completely about window treatments. For me, they easily become that thing in your home that you walk by every day...
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10 AMAZING OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS
For the past few weeks (and through the end of this week), Mumbai has been filled with incredible trade shows, off-site shows, gallery openings and pop-ups. From Colaba in Nse Grounds GOregoan, it...
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WAG-WORTHY CARDS FROM THE NATIONAL STATIONERY SHOW
Above image: Lilco Studio’s “What’s Up Dog?” CardCat ladies seem to have all the fun—at least in design, anyway. For the past few years, felines have reigned supreme as the animal darlings of the...
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Miniature Worlds Inside Paper Rolls
While most throw out those brown toilet paper rolls when they reach the end of the roll, Paris-based artist Anastassia Elias recycles them and creates tiny magical worlds inside. The scenes range from...
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THE DAR SEFFARINE GUESTHOUSE OF MOROCCO
The transformation of The Dar Seffarine from a private residence to a guesthouse was a true labor of love. Norwegian graphic designer Kate Kvalvik and her husband, Iraqi architect Alaa Said, purchased...
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National Stationery Show Favourites 2014 !
Above: One of Margins’ beautiful moon phase calendars.Over the past few days, I’ve been calling out some of my favorite emerging trends from this year’s Design Week and National Stationery Show. So...
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Twigg's Bindery
After 10 years of covering the National Stationery Show, few booths have ever jumped out at me the way Twigg’s Bindery did this year with the incredibly talented designer, Jonna Twigg at the center of...
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Patterns at Surtex
While I completely understood their stance, it is sad to stroll through rows of beautiful patterns and talented artists and not be able to showcase their work in some way. But at this year’s there has...
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TEXTILES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AT HOME IN CHARLESTON
If you follow Harper Poe’s Instagram feed, you’ll know that she’s always off on some great, textile-filled adventure – from Guatemala to Niger to Morocco to Peru. It’s all just in a day’s work for her...
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MUTED COLORS = CALM AND RELAXED IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
For two years, Hanni Liliedahl and Jesse Silacci worked on a floor-to-ceiling renovation of their Monterey, California home, the downstairs commercial space (formerly a bar) as well as the building’s...
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IT’S WORLD CUP TIME! LET’S CELEBRATE WITH POSTERS!
Above: Sweden 1958I’ll be the first to admit that, when it comes to any kind of sport, I pretty much know next to nothing. I know that most of them involve running and balls and cute little spandex...
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A SCHOOL BUS TURNED VACATION HOME
Marco Khalil and Caroline West bought the bus in 2012 after returning from an Oregon buying trip with their VW bus. Marco was disappointed that he could not fit a large vintage railroad sign within, so...
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Miniature Worlds Inside Paper Rolls
While most throw out those brown toilet paper rolls when they reach the end of the roll, Paris-based artist Anastassia Elias recycles them and creates tiny magical worlds inside. The scenes range from...
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An Diary entry from the Murdered Streets of Kolkata
I landed last night from New York into Mumbai and took a connecting flight to Calcutta or Kolkata – As a film maker and a newsmaker I always have to be diplomatic. But Last night, I lost my cool. I...
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Off the Charts
These prints from Pop Chart Lab are a lot of fun and surprisingly informative. There are diagrams of all kinds of things, from pop star haircuts to varieties of pasta. I think they'd make a great...
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15 SMART SHELVING PROJECTS AND IDEAS
If living in Mumbai has taught me anything, it’s how to make room out of nothing. Matchbox-sized rooms; windowless, code-violating mezzanine/ ceilings; hallways with a kitchen at the end of them—you...
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5 WINE BOTTLE DIYS
I don’t know about you, but I always feel a little twinge of guilt when a wine bottle ends up in the recycling bin. It just seems like I should be finding a way to reuse such a functional object. And...
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15 CLEVER IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME
If the past decade of my life has taught me anything, it’s that ingenuity and cleverness—at least when it comes to the home—can go a long way. From making the most of a small space to using unusual...
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DELICIOUS NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Earlier this year I decided to stop drinking. I was never much of a drinker in the first place, That said, I still enjoy the act of having a festive “drink” when I’m out with friends celebrating...
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