December 2011

Real Grand Home: Lovely 300 Sq. Ft. Studio

by Alexis L. on December 29, 2011

A tiny pistachio macaron of a studio apartment. Nick Olsen breaks a lot of precepts for studio decorating, deploying color on the walls, pattern everywhere and creating a lively –not just livable– space. The video shows that 300 sq ft is, indeed, tight to move in and I have a few quibbles about his choices but I think this is a lovely departure from the usual triple-white Ikea-driven rooms that are presented as good studio design. And while prices aren’t given, the look could of the room could definitely be accomplished on a small budget with a lot of thrifting and creativity.

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Gold and Silver Christmas Tree

by Alexis L. on December 15, 2011

I adore natural trees–in 2009 we had a Christmas branch with just a few ornaments and last year, we chose a small, real pine tree with paper and straw decorations but when we stumbled upon this “bangle tree” in the NYC flower district, we decided to go for major frippery. Ornaments are a combination of Ikea non-breakables, garland from Jamali Garden, Holdiday 2006 Thomas O’Brien for Target collected from eBay, and topped off with glittered bow from that most rarefied of outlets–the $.99 store.

 

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