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Your Future Is Bryght: A New Furniture Line Is Raising the Bar

We'd all love to invest in quality furniture, but sitting down at that sleek new dining table can present some financial hurdles.
Affordable Modern Furniture | Bryght

We'd all love to invest in quality furniture, but sitting down at that sleek new dining table can present some financial hurdles. Luckily, a contemporary Canadian furniture brand is setting out to change that — and at no expense to your aesthetic. By cutting out the middlemen in the industry, Bryght allows people to essentially shop directly from the factories, shedding mark-ups associated with importers, distributors, and sales people — and effectively saving them an estimated 50 percent in the process. Better yet, the brand offers a free 30-day home trial period with free shipping and returns in North America: commitment-phobes, the line starts here!

High-design and high-quality, Bryght's contemporary and transitional collection comes from top international designers who've cut their teeth at companies like Established & Sons, Habitat, and Stella McCartney. In our opinion, it competes with the Crate and Barrels and Room & Boards of the world, but see for yourself. Here are a few of our top picks from the collection.

Bedrooms

10 Ways to Transform a Dresser

If you've ever purchased an old wooden dresser from Craigslist for the express purpose of turning it into something fabulous, you're not alone.

If you've ever purchased an old wooden dresser from Craigslist for the express purpose of turning it into something fabulous, you're not alone. With a little DIY ingenuity, even the most unattractive dressers can become the focal point of a room. Keep reading for 10 solutions for tricking out dated dressers, and let us know which one inspires you the most!

Marketplace

The Bedding Collaboration of Our Dreams

We are always looking for ways to indulge our obsession with pattern play, and the new bedding line from clothing designer Erica Tanov and artist Emily Payne makes mixing easy.
Cool Printed Sheets | Erica Tanov and Emily Payne 2013

We are always looking for ways to indulge our obsession with pattern play, and the new bedding line from clothing designer Erica Tanov and artist Emily Payne makes mixing easy. Longtime mutual admirers, Erica and Emily paired up to create a line of prints based on Emily's wire sculptures, book cover collages, and lino-cut prints. The resulting four gorgeous patterns are hand-blocked and screen-printed onto quilts, duvet covers, pillows, and shams by artisans in India. Although the patterns are interesting enough to stand on their own, they take on a special beauty when layered with one another. Next month, the bedding line will be joined by tablecloths, napkins, and shower curtains! We can't wait. Click through to see the entire bedding collection.

Photo courtesy of Erica Shires
DIY

Cool Idea: Removable Wallpaper Tiles

Renters, rejoice! Hygge & West just launched its line of removable wallpaper tiles, and boy, are they are beautiful.

Renters, rejoice! Hygge & West just launched its line of removable wallpaper tiles, and boy, are they are beautiful. Printed on a matte fabric, the tiles have an adhesive back that is strong but low tack, meaning that it doesn't leave any residue when removed or replaced. Plus, the tiles can be trimmed to size and are reusable. Are we blowing your minds yet? Thought so! Although they would be great used just about anywhere, we were particularly impressed with Hygge & West's wallpapered fridge project and can't wait to try it ourselves. After that, who knows? Our bedroom, hallways, and door backs could all benefit from a little pattern and color! The best part? Our landlord never has to be the wiser.

Living Rooms

Found: The Chambray Shirt of Throw Pillows

It takes a lot to stop us in our tracks, but textile designer Rebecca Atwood's newly launched line of pillows did just that.

It takes a lot to stop us in our tracks, but textile designer Rebecca Atwood's newly launched line of pillows did just that. Created using traditional textile techniques on natural fabrics like chambray, linen, and twill, her handmade pillows are artful without being precious.

Incorporating hand-painting, dip-dyeing, and the ancient art of Japanese Shibori (similar to tie-dyeing), Rebecca channeled elements from her travels, her life in Brooklyn, and the coastal landscape of a childhood spent in Cape Cod into her designs. Everything starts in her sketchbook and is then produced locally by hand, making each pillow truly one of a kind.

With prices ranging from $150-$350, her aim was to design casual, modern-day heirlooms. "I wanted to create pieces that work with how we live," said Rebecca. "They are easy and can be thrown in the wash, yet are luxurious and stylish." On her blog, Rebecca compares the pillows to a favorite chambray shirt, and that comparison makes perfect sense to us. Comfortable but refined — exactly the feeling we want in our home.

Photos courtesy of Rebecca Atwood and Nicole Franzen

Spring

Alert! Spring Break Sale at Serena & Lily!

Serena & Lily is our go to for great bedding, lighting, and rugs and for the next two days, they are offering 20 percent off (almost) everything on the site.

Serena & Lily is our go to for great bedding, lighting, and rugs and for the next two days, they are offering 20 percent off (almost) everything on the site. Spring is the perfect excuse (I mean "time") to scoop up fresh towels, sheets, and shower curtains. Hurry — it ends at midnight tomorrow! We'll see you there.

DIY

Ask a Designer: Christiana Coop Talks Wallpaper

We are excited to kick off our new Ask a Designer series with design consultant Christiana Coop.

We are excited to kick off our new Ask a Designer series with design consultant Christiana Coop. As one half (the other half is her childhood friend Aimee) of both Hygge & West and Ferm Living Shop, she spends an inordinate amount of time around wallpaper, and she wouldn't have it any other way. "I'm kind of a wallpaper junkie," jokes Christiana, who has wallpapered everything from her stairs to her kitchen.

To help us get peel back the mystery behind one of the most enduring, but intimidating, aspects of home design, Christiana sat down to answer all of our burning wallpaper questions.

Bedrooms

Desire/Acquire: Origami Pendant

The perfect mashup of Japanese cool and midcentury style, origami pendants add sculptural elegance to any space.

The perfect mashup of Japanese cool and midcentury style, origami pendants add sculptural elegance to any space. Made popular by George Nelson (Herman Miller's design director from 1946 to 1972), this saucer-shaped pendant from Design Within Reach is the sort of investment piece that never goes out of style. The crisscross pattern looks spectacular when illuminated, but it's even lovely during daylight hours. Still, the $359 price tag categorizes it as a lighting fixture you'll be committing to for a while.

If you like keeping your options open, design-wise, allow us to introduce you to an option that doesn't require plunking down triple digits worth of dough.

Editor's Pick

Anatomy of a Romantic Room

It's time to fall in love again.

It's time to fall in love again. . . with your home. This year, get in the mood (and stay in it!) with 10 ideas for adding romance to any room. From unexpected color combinations to must-have materials, from the bedroom to the kitchen, these ambience-enhancing tips will tempt you to stay indoors and turn up the heat.