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DIY Tips for Making Your Own Terrarium

Thursday, May 31, 2012

via Apartment Therapy & Making it Lovely by Andrea “My daughter turned seven last week and requested a mermaid themed pool party. While color schemes, garland and paper pom poms are an important part of a birthday bash, in our home the craft station is usually a large focus as well. My kids love arts and crafts time, and so I wanted to come up with something that would be a hybrid of things that we all loved, with some attention to design. My goal was not to create more clutter for the kids to bring home,... 

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Scrap House

Thursday, May 17, 2012

via Dwell “In the tiny Town of the Blue Mountains, 90 minutes northwest of Toronto, Ontario, the tallest point on the horizon is a brightly painted radio tower. The red-and-white column stands in contrast to the rolling, forested landscape, but it’s a good match for the house just down the hill from its base. Past a rusted metal gate—made from an old truck chassis—sits a country house with an industrial heart, built with used I-beams, polished concrete, galvanized steel, and recycled hardwood. This is not... 

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10 Essential Stops in Charleston via Curbed

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Two Meeting Street Inn via Curbed by Rob Bear “Welcome to Design Heat Maps, wherein travel journalist Stirling Kelso—a regular contributor to Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and the New York Times,among other outlets—breaks down that which an architecture and design junkie can’t miss in can’t-miss cities. Feel free to tack on additions in the comments and recommend Curbed’s next destination by dropping us an email. The seaside city of Charleston, S.C. is awash in elegantly... 

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s New Visitor Center via Curbed

Monday, May 14, 2012

via Curbed “The city’s architecture critics have been weighing in on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden‘s new 20,000-square-foot visitor center, a modern, state-of-the-art building that blends the built and natural environments, which opens to the public on Wednesday, May 16. Justin Davidson of New York praised the building, designed by husband and wife architecture team Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, as a model to be replicated, while Philip Nobel of the Timeswas a little more reserved in his critique,... 

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Black Accents in the Kitchen via Apartment Therapy

Saturday, May 12, 2012

via Apartment Therapy “Shiny or matte, black can make a big impact on a room. Below you’ll find some examples of black fixtures, walls, and cabinets to get you inspired, whether you’re looking to add a little or a lot of black to your kitchen.” See more images via Apartment Therapy  Read More

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RECIPES AND DIY PROJECTS FROM THE WEB

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Steak & Potato Barbecued Grilled Cheese via BS’ In The Kitchen

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via BS’ In The Kitchen “Let’s start off by saying WOOOOOOWWW. This latest grilled cheese creation is absolutely amazing and dare I say the best one yet?? First off, I grilled it on the barbecue, so that alone is a game changer, and second, it contains amazing ingredients from my previous grilled cheeses like potatoes, chives and caramelized onions, but adds juicy steak and provolone cheese into the mix! Seriously, this is like a steak sandwich on steroids! The... Read More

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Handmade Thank You Cards via A Creative Outler

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via A Creative Outlet “Want to see some of my latest linoblock printing creations? Naturally, after a birthday, one should send thank you cards. I like doing this, but I don’t like the cards at the store. So, I made my own (this tends to be my thought process on many things… if you can’t find it, make it yourself). So, what I did was I decided on a phrase I wanted. I settled on “Gee, Thanks.” Short. Sweet. Simple. Done.  To make this work,... Read More

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Home Decor

Scrap House

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via Dwell “In the tiny Town of the Blue Mountains, 90 minutes northwest of Toronto, Ontario, the tallest point on the horizon is a brightly painted radio tower. The red-and-white column stands in contrast to the rolling, forested landscape, but it’s a good match for the house just down the hill from its base. Past [...]

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LET'S CREATE

Handmade Thank You Cards via A Creative Outler

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via A Creative Outlet “Want to see some of my latest linoblock printing creations? Naturally, after a birthday, one should send thank you cards. I like doing this, but I don’t like the cards at the store. So, I made my own (this tends to be my thought process on many things… if you can’t [...]

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Paul Around Town

432 Park Avenue Residences

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via Wall Street Journal By Eliot Brown and Craig Karmin “The site of the former Drake Hotel on New York’s Park Avenue has long been a subject of fascination in the development world, given its prime location on a vaunted boulevard that’s barely seen any construction in a half-century. Now new details are emerging about [...]

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Art

Mass Moca – Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective

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via MASS MoCA “After nearly six months of intensive drafting and painting by a team of some sixty-five artists and art students, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is fully installed. The historic exhibition opens to the public at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), in North Adams, Massachusetts, on November 16, 2008, and [...]

 

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