For our second installment of Carved Pumpkin Alternatives, a look at decoupaged pumpkins. Although the technique may be the same on all of these, the sky’s the limit in terms of color and pattern. If you can find it patterned on a sheet of paper, you can use it. The technique will always be the same […]
Carved Pumpkin Alternatives Part One: The Painted Pumpkin
I am all for a good ol’ carved jack-o-lantern. But now a days, there seem to be a few alternatives to carving (ie the painted pumpkin). If you don’t like carving because of the mess or maybe because you find it too time consuming or maybe you just want to try out something new, this might be […]
Matthew Williamson for CB2
British fashion design Matthew Williamson has teamed up with Crate and Barrel’s CB2 line. There are items as large as a sofa with brass legs (pictured above) and as small as decorative stoneware parrot. Williamson also brings along his love of prints and saturated hues. Perhaps because of this, the pieces all seem to have a bohemian flair. In […]
Five Ways: Framed Wallpaper
If there is one commitment most people shy away from in decor, it is wallpaper. After all, choose a bad paint color and eventually you can just paint right over it with the next. But with a wallcovering that has been cut to measure and then painstakingly placed on your wall…Let’s just say it feels […]
Going Coastal
The first day of Summer is not officially until June 20th. But for those of us who are stateside, the minute Memorial Day hits, everyone calls it “The first weekend of the Summer!”. Between that and the 100 degree temps we’ve been experiencing in the Northeast…I’m all in! So yes, Summer has arrived! And with […]