After 25 years of designing hotel, corporate, and residential interiors, RJ Thornburg, a self-declared “antidecorator,” continues to create distinctive spaces with a refreshingly innovative approach to style, color, and scale, bringing attention to art rather than using it merely for decorative purposes. RJ hopes that the eclectic environments he creates "help people have fun with their interiors and take the design process a little less serious." His recent work includes a midcentury modern home renovation, the Stonewall Country Club in Lancaster, Penn., and the Uwishunu Guest Room at Philadelphia’s Westin Hotel. After opening a home-design store showcasing his own designs as well as those of local Philadelphia artists and craftsmen, he partnered with Warren Muller, a self-proclaimed luminary who creates fantastic lighting sculptures from found, recycled, and salvaged objects, to open Bahdeebahdu, a lighting and design studio. To see a gallery of his work, read more

One of my favorite designers, Robert Austin Gonzalez, who we highlighted in a recent Designer Spotlight, has a piece featured on this month's cover of California Home + Design.

The 4Lcombo dining table from his Grace Collection can be spotted on the cover of their current issue. Also shown in the accompanying magazine story is Gonzalez's T/Sgothic stool and side table in oak. These limited-edition pieces were sold through Five Ten Studios, a gallery in Oakland, Calif. Architect Michael Logue selected the dining table as a statement piece in his penthouse loft design.

To see a gallery of some of Gonzalez's other work, just read more

If you want to spruce up your Love Shack this month, but you're not the type of decorator who digs pink hearts and red Valentine's Day cards, then you might compromise with some of these low-key art pieces that communicate your love of good design and art, but your reluctance to play this holiday over the top.

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These sweet Fred Flare Cloud Hangers ($4.99 for three), which are imported from Japan, have a silver lining: they're on sale! Stock up on a bunch before they float away. Even if you're having trouble fitting into your skinny jeans, you'll smile every time you open your closet. Pink, white, or blue will contribute a girly touch of color and shine light on the overcast of those horrid wire hangers you've been collecting from the dry cleaner. The sky's the limit on how much you can spoil your wardrobe . . .

If you've ever been on a cruise, especially one patronized by kids, your maid may have transformed your towels into fun, yet somewhat disturbing, animal shapes. I have to admit I always wondered how to make them. Learn how to fold up your very own Babar when you read more

I snapped this picture last year when I was trolling through the French Quarter with a plastic to-go cup of Sapphire and tonic. It's actually part of a long row of Creole Townhouses, but I was too smitten with that brick peaking out from the plaster to take in the bigger picture. And if you look a little closer, you'll see what else fascinated me — the tiny plants growing in the cracks and crannies of that sheer wall.