Filed under: etsy, home, love but don't need | Tags: cake stands, etsy, home decor
Further signs of my growing up: I’ve become enamored with pretty cake stands. I have one from my mom already, so I’m not even on the market… but look at these!
from highstreetmarket
from whitneysmith
from stylegarden
I was never that into interior design, until I started working with images of beautiful rooms every day. Now I’ll never be able to let myself have an ugly home. So, as a tribute to my summer spent at House Beautiful and Country Living, here are some of my favorite rooms:
A mostly white kitchen with touches of yellow, aqua and gray — my favorite color combination lately:
photo by Wendell T. Webber
I love huge photographs above beds and all the light blues and greens used here:
“Casual Style in a Long Island Home”
photo by Eric Piasecki
Interesting light fixtures are my favorite:
“Is John Willey’s Bright Design Right For You?”
photo by Ngoc Minh Ngo
A coat rack in a bathroom is really a clever idea:
“A Home Makeover With Antiques”
photo by Gridley+Graves
Great pattern in the stained glass repeated on the floor… and creeping up onto the wall? Awesome:
“Photo from the San Francisco Showhouse”
photo by House Beautiful
Filed under: home, photography | Tags: coffee cake, directions, ingredient, photography, recipe
Want to make this?
Stawberries and Creme Coffee Cake
— 3/4 cup sugar
— 2 1/4 cups flour
— 3/4 cup butter, soften
— 1/4 teaspoon salt
— 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
— 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
— 1/4 cup milk
— 1/2 cup sour cream
— 1 egg
— 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
— 1/4 cup sugar
— 8 ounces cream cheese, soften
— 1 egg
— 1 cup strawberry jam
— 2 tablespoons hot water
1. Mix sugar and flour. Cut in butter until mixture becomes coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 cup of crumbs and set aside.
2. In remaining crumb mixture, add salt, baking soda, baking powder, milk, sour cream, 1 egg and vanilla extract. Mix well.
3. Grease and flour a 9 inch spring form pan. Spread batter over bottom and up 1 inch on sides forming a lip.
4. In a small bowl, mix sugar, cream cheese and egg. Pour on top of batter in pan.
5. Mix strawberry jam and hot water. Spoon onto cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle jam with reserved cup of crumbs.
6. Bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 45 minutes.
Filed under: crafty, home, photography | Tags: bedroom, cork boards, home, inspiration, photography
Cork boards: $15 each at Hobby Lobby
Plate clock: $10 on etsy.com
Pushpins (one box): $1 at Dollar Tree
Buttons for pushpins: stolen from Mom’s stash
Nails (one box): $3 at Target
Click on the photo to see it annotated. Check out other people’s annotated work spaces on Flickr. Highly interesting, in my opinion.
Filed under: home | Tags: accessories, furniture, london, patchwork, squint, upholstery
Squint is this little shop in East London that opened within the last few years. For them, it’s all about a “fusion of period furniture and fabrics.” These combinations create some awesome pieces used from new, used, contemporary and vintage fabrics. I can’t see these working in too many instances, but in the right room, it would be great. Some of my favorites include:
Head to their site for more examples. First read about on Interior Design’s Design Green Blog.
I went on an Etsy search for coasters for my new apartment. I found some especially great sets.
Filed under: etsy, home | Tags: decoration, elephannie, etsy, home, wall decal
In the midst of decorating my new room. Check out this from Elephannie on Etsy. So very nice and easy to apply.
Filed under: architecture, home | Tags: bookcase, design, home, levitate architecture, london, staircase
Isn’t that great? Now I must have a two story home for the very purpose of having stairs like these. I also must start collecting books… See photos of the whole apartment here.
Photo from Levitate Architecture and Design.
