Weekends with Friends: Bike Ride Adventure Part 2

Last week we posted the first steps for throwing your own weekend bike riding adventure with friends. We were dogged with rain for what felt like weeks, but the clouds finally lifted yesterday,...

in the kitchen with: jennifer chong’s fruit and nut bars

The weather has been looking up lately. Lots of days with nice sun, not too hot, have made me start to think about day trips I can take just to soak it all in. My husband always jokes with me that...

After the Jump: We Answer Your Top 10 Questions

This week Amy and I decided to sit down and tackle the Top 10 Questions We’re Asked at Design*Sponge. While some of them could fill an entire show, we did our best to tackle questions like this in...

The Lora Collection from Eskayel

I always love seeing what Shannon from Eskayel is making. Not only if she an inspiring business woman (her contributions to our Biz Ladies lunches were always so thought-provoking), but her designs...

Tools Folds Flight at Ampersand

Seeing the Portland Bazaar go from an idea in my head to a successful holiday event is still one of the proudest moments of my life. Getting to meet, support and then continue to follow the shops...

Color of The Day: Prussian Blue

Color Day 2013: Color Contest!

Illustration by Julia Rothman Our final post for Color Day is a contest we’ve been excited to debut for weeks now: A color transformation contest! We’ve always been inspired by the way a bold color...

Color Day 2013: Product Roundups by Color

I knew when we decided to have an entire day devoted to COLOR that I’d want to roundup my favorite products, organized by color. Though I primarily wear black and white in my personal life, I love...

Color Day 2013: Inspired by Artwork

I always lament not being able to paint. I tried and tried when I was in college, but much to my dismay (and my professor’s), I just couldn’t make it work. I felt at ease with printmaking, but the...

Color Day 2013: Our Favorite Color Books

I was blown away by all of the research Amy did to prepare for this month’s daily color facts. In addition to learning all sorts of amazing facts (I didn’t know that monks in Thailand dye their...

Color Day 2013: Interview with a Color Marketer

When we first started planning Color Day earlier this year, I knew I wanted to interview someone who had a hand in naming paints or choosing what colors a paint company would release each season....

Color of The Day: Ochre

All this month we are celebrating color inspiration in every way we can. In addition to these morning color history facts, we decided it to be fun to have an entire themed day devoted to color,...

Every Day DIY: Ombre Tassel Placemats

When I was home a few weeks ago for my grandmother’s memorial service, I spotted some adorable placemats on my family’s kitchen table. They were simple bamboo mats that had a few giant tassels on...

Style Icon: Mama Glanzman

I come from a long line of collectors (ok, hoarders) which is lucky because when I was a little girl, I was a major snoop. I’d go through my mom’s purse, make-up bag, jewelry boxes, closets, and...

Sketchbook Sneak Peek: Courtney Wotherspoon

As we continue with this month’s special round-up of Sketchbook Sneak Peeks, it is with great pleasure that I share one of my new favorite artists: the illustrator and lifestyle designer Courtney...

Linda Fahey Ceramics

Speaking of beautiful color, I love the bits of blue and green in these beautiful porcelain pieces by Linda Fahey. Passionate about ocean conservation, Linda’s work often uses the sea as...

Belinda Marshall

It’s so hard for me to resist colorful swaths of paint like this, especially when it’s made available in affordable print form. These gorgeous pieces of art were done by Australian artist Belinda...

Color of The Day: Cochineal Red

Living In: Volver

Like many people, I have a list of actors and actresses who I can watch in literally anything. No matter how dreadful the film may be, I am able tolerate it simply because of that special somebody....

Arthur Slenk for NLXL Wallpaper

As much as I love pattern, I really appreciate when a wallpaper can add not just pattern but texture to a wall. A sense of history, patina or other weather details always gives a room so much more...

Biz Ladies: Staying Current

Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Gabriella Ainslie, the owner and founder of Tendenza Consulting. She’s worked in buying and product development for ABC Home and Terrain. She currently...

Best of East Coast City Guides

With summer fast approaching, I’ve got travel on the mind. While I no longer get my three months off from school (a girl can dream), I do often get a serious case of the travel bug as the temps...

Professional Associates Lighting

I can’t believe design week is already here in NYC! We’re knee-deep in antiques at Brimfield right now, but as soon as we get back I’m diving into ICFF and all of the amazing new designs that will...

Color of The Day: Ultramarine

Sneak Peek: Best of: Gray

I’ve been on a gray kick for quite a while. Every room in my apartment is painted in some shade of gray. And while I do love gray, it can be an extremely difficult color to get right....

Sneak Peek: Jessie Webster

is a photographer specializing in lifestyle and interiors, and the blogger behind href=”http://www.sweetthingblog.com”>Sweet Thingwhere she shares photography as well as her love for fashion and...

Sneak Peek: Leah Goren and Dylan Ousley

Leah Goren is an illustrator and surface pattern designer who runs an online shop that sells products printed with her whimsical, nature-inspired illustrations. (Her Red Cat tank is on Amy’s wish...

Human/House/Harve y: Rainbow Style

What better way to start your Monday than with a vibrant dose of color! And I mean COLOR! Rainbows have always fascinated me. Since learning all about how the reflection and refraction of light...

Tas-Ka at Leif

This month is all about color for us and these painterly pieces at Leif are exactly the sort of color I had in mind. I love when products feel like someone (who knows how to use a paintbrush) took...

Color of The Day: Verdigris