The Sheffield School just got an interesting question on our Facebook page, about how to use period furniture.

The short answer is, funny you should ask; that’s just what we teach in our interior design Course. And in fact, an entire lesson is devoted to it, to you’ll come away being able to tell a Louis [...]

Our first entry for our I Want One contest comes from a reader named Ursula in Switzerland: this very Euro, very cool, very practical bag. A whole selection of them, in fact, with pockets and zippers and you know, everything you need for hiking in the Alps or having a cafe in the town square.
You [...]

There are just too many cool, delightful, astounding, well-designed things out there for The Stylehound to be able to keep track of them all. And so, we are launching the I Want One contest. Just send in a photo of or a link to something you think is stylishly fabulous. Of course, we do focus [...]

This is a submission for our I Want One contest, from a reader, Kristinn. Oooh, we like it a lot. And the cat who drinks from our bathroom sink definitely approves.

You can see it at http://freshome.com/2009/04/18/a-washbasin-like-youve-never-saw-before-abisko-washbasin/

It’s a sure sign of spring when the annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House is underway.  Every year, the charity organization, Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club, hosts a decorator show house featuring top interior designers’ work.  The funds raised all go to  funding the activities of underprivileged young boys and girls in the New [...]

This question just in, from a Stylehound reader: 
“What the heck is this style of rug? It’s not traditional and I don’t believe it is quiet a contemporary rug. thanks in advance!”
http://www.arearugsclub.com/rugs/plum-blossom-217-p-66.html
I think it’s contemporary or modern, because of the pattern of plum blossoms. There isn’t anything fussy or ornate about it. Anyone else want to [...]

If you want some new accessories or art to look at, take a trip to the SOFA.  The SOFA is the Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Expo and they are showing the latest arts and crafts work from artists around the world.
The SOFA exhibits in several cities - including Chicago, Santa Fe, and currently in [...]

It’s spring, at last, and time to start thinking about dining al fresco. Or at least, time to start pretending you’re dining al fresco even when you’re in your apartment.
These table linens, imported from France, will brighten up any room.

You can see more at http://www.sheffield.edu/htmlsrc/littlethings0409.html

It’s one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Imagine how a girls’ sleepover party would be transformed by this thing. A bunch of cushy pillows sewn together, with one missing so you can be surrounded.

We found it at http://i.gizmodo.com/5186060/the-pillow-blanket-concept

(This chair brought to you by Lane Industries)
This just up at Patricia Gray’s blog: an entry on leather slipcovers. When we first saw this, we thought, Huh? it just seems weird—aren’t slipcovers supposed to be either your grandmother’s chintz or a tidy white cotton duck? And in either case, isn’t the point of slipcovers to [...]