If you're looking to spruce up your kitchen for Spring but aren't ready to shell out for a costly renovation, consider transforming it with easy styling tips instead. It's possible to have a functional kitchen that still feels like an extension of your home. The key is to incorporate decorative details just as you would for any other room. Keep reading to discover some of our favorite tips for easy kitchen upgrades!
For fans of minimalist Swedish design, we're highlighting cool, contemporary pieces to help you copy the look of this striking Stockholm property. With its streamlined pieces in neutral shades, polished black accents, and rustic wood furnishings, this site's modern, eclectic vibe is worth stealing for your own space. Take a tour of the gorgeous property, then check out similar pieces to get the look!
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.
With muses like design giants Nancy Lancaster and Elsie de Wolfe, Mary McDonald's new fabric, trimmings, and appliques collection for Schumacher and rug collection for Patterson, Flynn & Martin pay homage to traditional glamour but offer plenty for edge-seeking modernists. "I wanted to design pieces how I shop for a room . . . pairing classic and feminine with simple and modern — and something a little zingy and edgy!" says Mary.
For the Schumacher fabrics, unabashedly romantic designs (like the blossoming Chinois Palais) feel remarkably fresh — even cool — thanks to dramatic scaling, vivid colors, and silhouette-like patterns.
If you find trimmings to be tantalizing, her assortment of appliqués and tapes for Schumacher will tempt you to add couture-like details to sofa skirting, lamps, and anything else that will take.
Still, it might be her Patterson, Flynn & Martin rug collection that brings forth the Mary McDonald boldness that we crave. The silk Tibetan designs are exquisite if you're looking for a more formal option, but our favorite (and Mary's!) is a design from her abaca rug selections, the French Conga. "It's a natural fiber, like sisal or seagrass, but no one is doing it like this," says Mary. Sophisticated geometric patterns and color palettes instantly elevate this durable, weather-resistant material — a characteristic that is especially appealing for anyone with pets or kids.
Take a peek at her Schumacher and Patterson, Flynn & Martin collections, and tell us what's catching your eye!
Lay the foundation for a chic, modern space by decorating your floor with a graphic rug. "Graphic" doesn't have to mean bold and bright, either — we've curated a range of on-trend options, both striking and more subtle, to help you find a rug that suits your taste. Shop these eye-catching picks for a floor that's anything but boring!
While kiddie-specific furniture and decor serve a purpose, we're also big fans of integrating more "grown-up" pieces into children's rooms to create a balance of sophistication and fun. A beautiful rug can set the tone for a room and add an element of structure to its layout. These nine graphic-print rugs weren't designed specifically for little ones, but we think they'd fit right in to a stylish tot's space!
Spring is here! From a retail perspective, at least, and the timing couldn't be more perfect. With the tinsel stashed and the new year in full swing, we're looking for decor that feels more transitional than the standard pastel and floral offerings of the season. Enter Serena & Lily. While you can still pick up softer, Spring-inspired pieces like the brand's swiss dot curtains, it's the saturated colors, graphic prints, and organic textures in its latest collection that really shine.
An interior design staple for the global sophisticate with a groovy edge, these pattern-happy shags are available as antique finds or reproductions.
This antique Beni Ourain Rug from 1stdibs dates back to 1920s Morocco. It provides the subtle fading, luscious texture, and fringed detailing that makes these rugs particularly covetable. Still, at $5,000, it isn't exactly the most attainable option out there, which is why we did a double take when we found this remarkably affordable version
Whether you display them alone or layer them over woven rugs, cowhides make a stylish statement. Suitable for both upscale modern and country chic decor, cowhides add just that bit of flair every room needs. But, this exotic accent comes at a price. Design Within Reach sells a Spinneybeck Leather Cowhide Rug ($970) that perfectly defines the luxury of this trend. Impressive in size, this premier Italian hide will easily become the focal point of a room. I can't help but think how its caramel coloring could bring out the colors in wood flooring, yet is neutral enough to be doubled up among an equally impressive patterned rug.
Keep reading to find the budget friendly version of this chic trend!
