When thinking about the waste we humans create, think about Halloween: all those synthetic costumes used once, never again worn, come November 1st tossed on the trashheap of over-indulgence. And they’re often not designed with as much panache as you yourself could put in them.
It’s time for Halloween to go green. And so much cheaper, [...]

Mark your calendars: on Tuesday, November 10, the Internatioanl Furnishings and Design Association is hosting its annual Rising Stars Interior Design Cocktail/Networking Reception and awards ceremony. It be held at 7 W. 34th Street, 11th Floor, starting at 5:30 p.m.
New York designer Jamie Drake will exchange ideas with this year’s honorees, John Wiley, Sara Story [...]

Ever since first laying eyes on a Vipp refuse can, I was in love. The Danish company’s cans are unmatched in their combination of aesthetic appeal with functionality - sharp lines and neutral colors with an easy-to-clean finish and a wide rubber foot pedal. It helps that they have been hand-constructed from quality materials since [...]

One of the companies to fall under the wheels of the economic collapse last year was Shabby Chic, the company that pioneered the look of homey femininity with an elegant touch that reached its popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
But the company has sprung back to life, thanks to a new investor, and [...]

Time Out New York’s latest issue features an Interior Design theme.  The basic idea is that people are looking to either decorate their new apartments or redecorate their existing shelters, but most of them are on a budget.
Design on the Cheap features various articles about real New Yorkers who have managed to put together a [...]

When a good friend asked me for advice on her October wedding color scheme a few weeks ago, the answer in my mind was obvious - her endearment of choice, honey! It struck me as the perfect shade for everything from her  golden jewelry to the flowers to the natural beeswax candles on her altar.
Rich [...]

You’re just about to drop off to sleep in your darkened bedroom, when you’re stuck by a sudden need for just one more sip of delicious tap-water. And, no longer a six-year-old, you can’t just call for Mommy. You reach for the cup on your night stand, knocking it over into the lamp, setting the [...]

The premier design center in New York, the D&D, has just started today their own blog called Go Design Go. The D&D building is 18 floors full of furniture, lighting, and accessories showrooms.
Their blog will reflect the latest product offerings as well as trends, events, and designer information.  Take a peek at Go Design Go.

We like wood furniture. And we like being good to the environment. And we really like the furniture from Environment Furniture.
They use reclaimed wood from southern Brazil, then fashion it into furniture with plank inlays and mosaic effects, using, as they say in a press release, “the wood’s natural character to create a collection that’s [...]

I have been a longtime fan of Anthropologie - though I can’t say I have actually purchased much there that wasn’t on sale, I can say that I have spent more than a few hours at a time browsing the store in a kind of retail reverie. Like ABC Carpet & Home, Anthropologie captures an [...]