Previously, I discussed about giving life to a humdrum hallway by providing unique furniture. Here’s another way to give that old hallway some pizzazz! At the Kips Bay Designer Show House interior designer extraordinaire, Larry Laslo, showed us his flair for drama.
At the penthouse suite, Mr. Laslo covered the entrance walls in a red [...]

If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re a little bit obsessed with design. And if you’re a little bit obsessed with design, chances are you spend way too much time looking for and at photos of design.
To help support you in your addiction, we suggest you visit the design blog, Design To Inspire.
This [...]

Speak of something and it appears on a blog. Wedding Planner Claire Goodman has a posting up on green design for weddings. Check it out at http://charlottesvilleweddingsblog.blogspot.com
Claire has a lot of good ideas, many of them green.

Hey, weren’t we just discussing the joys of making silk purses out of sows’ ears—or making gorgeous accent pieces for the living room out of crap you can find on the street, or at yard sales? I just saw an entry on Design Sponge, (designspongeonline.com), featuring chairs found and renewed by Chairloom. They’ve got everything [...]

I’ve recently found one solution to several problems and it fits in nicely with our recent topics of finding things on the cheap and being “green.” It’s recycleyourwedding.com!
What do you do when the wedding is over and now you’re left with the dozen or so copper colored table linens you had to buy instead of [...]

…And, in case you want to check out Patricia Gray’s blog, it’s here: patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com

Summer is bearing down fast upon us. Really. Here in New York City, Central Park is a riot of color, with tulips, cherry trees, and forsythia in full bloom. So it must be time to start thinking of bringing our brilliant design ideas outdoors.
Here’s something we found the blog of award-winning Canadian designer Patricia Gray [...]

From the post by Alexia Rossetti on a terrific bench she found, the discussion led to a comment by a reader about chandeliers. To see how one gets to chandeliers from front hall benches, take a look at the comments.
One reader asks how to find an antique chandelier of the right proportions; another reader comments [...]

Alexia Rossetti wrote a post recently about a fabulous bench she found. It was love at first sight—except for that little thing called the pricetag—so now she’s on the hunt for a similar beauty but one that will allow her to still pay the rent and therefore still have the hallway that needs the bench [...]