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THE GOODS design
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I have been a design blog-aholic for a while and have looked up to the design-blog pioneers for a while now. Please enjoy my blog, comment, and keep reading! My goal is at least one new post a day, so keep check back for Fresh Goods. For those of you who don't know me, and who happened upon this website by chance, I'm an interior designer who finds inspiration everywhere. I hope to keep y'all informed on the "the Goods" in interior design, and occasionally make you laugh.
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When In Doubt, Tape It Out

Blue painters tape is your best friend when it comes to interior design projects. Use it to mark the size on the floor of a rug or sofa. Or use it on a wall to choose a hanging height for your mirror...

5 h ago

Watercolors. Wow!

I hope everyone had a lovely long weekend. I sure did. A day at the beach, a music festival with my family, and even a quick trip to the nearby outlet mall has left me feeling refreshed and ready to ...

1 day ago

Pretty Pleats

Pleats are super cool. And I dont mean pleats on your pants {why did we ever think pleated pants were cool - who looks good with all that extra fabric down there?!} Im talking draperies. When you are...

5 days ago

Vignettes

I read an interesting article in the New York Times the other night about the current abundance of vignettes in home styling. Called "How to Tell When Youre Over Propped," it discussed how we...

23 may 12

Touch O Gold

Yesterdays blog post {in which I added a touch o gold to some agate I had recently picked up} got me thinking about other goodies with a touch of gold... Here are my favorites:  one: j.crew bang...

22 may 12

Keep It Simple

This weekend I decided to embark on a simple DIY project, inspired by all the gorgeous agate and other goodies I bought on my trip to Sedona. I love natural materials that have a splash of metal...

21 may 12

Smashing Stripes

Looking through my recent pins on Pinterest, I seem to be loving stripes and stripes and more stripes. Source: fadedplains.blogspot.com via Alissa on PinterestSource: pinkpersimmon.tumblr.com via Ali...

17 may 12

Sedona Souvenirs

Thanks all for your kind comments via email, twitter, text message and the blog about yesterdays blog post. All bloggers struggle with how much personal stuff to put on their blogs, so it was nice to...

15 may 12

Things Im Afraid To Tell You

Ive always felt that as women, we do a disservice to other women when we pretend our lives are perfect. So when Meg from Mimi + Meg contacted me about doing a "Things Im Afraid to Tell You" p...

14 may 12

Changed Woman

Friends, I am a changed woman. After spending a week hiking in the Grand Canyon and Sedona {a spot in Arizona with gorgeous red rocks} Ive realized I love the great outdoors. Ive always thought of my...

11 may 12

Sequins for a Steal

I still cant get enough of the sequins trend, so when a reader emailed me to let me know that Refinery 29 is having a deal on Deux Lux goodies {I blogged about their great weekender bag recently in t...

10 may 12

Eco Chic-o Face

Its taken me years to find the right skincare products. I confess, Im not a beauty expert, but Ive tried lots of things. A few years ago I became interested in finding products with more natural ingr...

09 may 12

Sedona!

Sedona, Arizona is the land of gorgeous natural stone and beautiful crystals {along with incredible red rocks, healing vortexes and other natural loveliness.} Im hoping to come back from my trip...

08 may 12

Practice What You Preach

Remember in March when I blogged about my new fun colored denim? Well Ive totally been rocking those pantelones. I do my best to pair the pants with something fun and patterned, not just a boring sch...

07 may 12

I Love LA!

Im an LA girl. I was born and raised here, and minus 4 years of college on the East Coast, Ive lived here all my life. People love to hate on LA {the smog! the traffic! the Hollywood name droppers!} ...

04 may 12

Epic Trip Packing List

Just around the bend I will be taking an epic road trip with my husband. We will be road tripping to the Grand Canyon, then Sedona, Arizona and finishing up with a weekend in Palm Springs with family...

03 may 12

Ikat Goodies

Why oh why did Anthropologie stop making these adorable little ikat bowls? They were such a fantastic way to add a splash of ikat and color into a space. Fortunately, I recently spotted these adorabl...

02 may 12

Watercolor Wallpaper Wonderland

Oh me oh my. Arent these watercolor wallpapers just dreamy? Well, they are from Black Crow Studios, and they are a gorgeous way to add pop to any space.

01 may 12

Lovely!

While flipping through Angeleno Interiors the other day, I was alerted to CuffHome, an amazing online furniture shop by one of my favorite designers, Wendy Schwartz. I blogged about her a few weeks a...

30 apr 12

I Said "Merriment 4; 3 Times in this Post

I hope you have lots of merriment planned for this weekend. I sure do! A grilled cheese festival, dinners with friends and family... cant wait to get it started. So I leave you with a bathroom full f...

27 apr 12

Live in Joy

Phew, was it just me? Or has it been a crazy week?! I cant believe its almost Friday. Ive spent this week running to many meetings, dealing with frustrating things {like health issues and termites.} ...

27 apr 12

Im Hip

Im hip. Well, not really, but this week Im a featured curator on HipSwap. Have you visited their site? Its like Craigslist and Pinterest had a baby. People can sell their goodies, but the interface m...

24 apr 12

Magazine Junkie

Im a magazine junkie, and last week I got to enjoy lots of my crack. I devoured the new Domino Special Edition {meh}, Traditional Home, and its online counterpart - TradHome. TradHome was featuring t...

23 apr 12

Negative Nelly

So, I like to keep things positive on The Goods Design, because thats just the way I am. If I dont like something, I dont blog about it. If I like it, I do. Simple.But I just have to share that I was...

19 apr 12

Pillow Party

How great are these new pillows from West Elm?Pretty darned great.

19 apr 12

Sweet Sheets

How fun are these sweet bedsheets? If I had a guest bedroom, you know Id be treating all my overnight guests to sweet dreams on multi-colored pom pom sheets!Sheets via Anthropologie

19 apr 12

Little Old Lady from Pasadena

Every year I look forward to the Pasadena Showcase House. My mama and I go together, have a little lunch, and check out what these designers have put together! Its always fun to see what other design...

17 apr 12

Stripes and Sun

Even though we just had a glorious, sunny weekend, I still want more relaxing time outside! Its back to work this Monday, but maybe if I stare at these fantastic outdoor chairs, Ill get a little sun ...

16 apr 12

Sheep-Free Friday

Theres been an abundance of sheep-related goodies on the blog this past week. Yesterday I blogged about Jonathan Adlers new lambs wool bench. Monday, my dream home involved a fabulous rocking sheep. ...

13 apr 12

Pretty Please!

If you have even spent 5 minutes scanning this blog, you will see that I love me some Lucite and I love me some Mongolian lambs wool. So this adorable little bench from Jonathan Adler is pretty much ...

12 apr 12

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