Change Up Your Decor For Free at the Blu Dot Furniture Swap Meet 2012


Updated 03/06/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Blu Dot Furniture Swap Meet 2012

I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, Stylelist Home! Here's your chance to switch up your furniture without spending a penny (seriously). The Minneapolis, MN-based furniture company Blu Dot is bringing back its popular "swap meet," an online auction that the company launched last year. The concept is that anyone can "swap" a personal collection, homemade craft, or yes, Read more

Guess What This Rug Is Made From?


Updated 07/21/11 8:51 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Blu Dot Rugs Quiz

One of my favorite companies, Blu Dot, recently expanded its line to include rugs. This particular rug is made from cotton and a rather unorthodox material. Can you guess what it is? (I'm excited that this rug is hot off the press!) Read more

Trade Your Talent For Some Furniture at the Blu Dot Swap Meet


Updated 03/03/11 1:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Swap Talent For Furniture With Blu Dot Swap Meet

Minneapolis-based furniture company Blu Dot is known for creating some out-of-the-ordinary promotions, including the very cool incident two years ago when they dropped 25 Real Good chairs around New York City. This time, the company is encouraging fans to swap a talent or collection for a piece of furniture. Confused? Check out this video featuring local music star Har Mar Superstar for the Read more

Coveted Crib: An Eco and Modern Home


Updated 12/30/10 1:12 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Modern FlatPak Home Features Concrete Floors and Modern Decorating Scheme

If you think that green homes equate to rustic, traditionally decorated cabins, then you're in for a surprise. The Aspen, CO, family home featured in this photo is full of eco features yet also maintains a distinctly modern sensibility. The home's most obvious eco feature is that it's a Flatpak design house. Helmed by architect Charlie Lazor (who is also one of the founders of Blu Dot), Read more

Cool Idea: Blu Dot Chairs Go Curbside


Updated 11/05/09 6:14 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 1 comment

Cool Idea: Blu Dot Chairs Go Curbside

Live in New York? Want to grab a Blu Dot chair for free? You're in luck, because today and tomorrow, Blu Dot's dropping 25 Real Good Chairs around New York City. Some of the chairs have been enabled with GPS, so you can trace the chairs' progress on Blu Dot's site. You can also follow each chair's progress on Blu Dot's Twitter feed. Blu Dot explains the inspiration for this project thusly: When Read more

Nice and New: Blu Dot For Urban Outfitters


Updated 06/17/09 1:31 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 3 comments

Nice and New: Blu Dot For Urban Outfitters

The two-architect, one-sculptor trio behind contemporary furniture company Blu Dot has done it again. This time, making their streamlined, mid-century-inspired designs available to the younger, broker set. Blu Dot has debuted an exclusive collection of small modern furniture exclusively for Urban Outfitters. As it stands, the line includes a set of white and yellow Alvar Aalto-esque stools/side Read more

Blu Dot Juice Box Digital Dock: Love It or Leave It?


Updated 05/27/09 11:25 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 6 comments

Blu Dot Juice Box Digital Dock Is a Stylish Charging Station at Design Public

Charging stations, meet your king. The Blu Dot Juice Box Digital Dock is the Mercedes of charging stations. Blu Dot, for the uninitiated, is a high-end line of minimalist furniture with style to spare. They've brought the same flair to their first charging station, one that takes my breath right out of my mouth. There is that price — $129 — which is a drawback, but it's still cheaper than Read more

Sale Alert: UMA Blu Dot Sale


Updated 04/07/08 9:30 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 4 comments

Sale Alert: UMA Blu Dot Sale

For the month of April, UMA, a furniture store in St. Louis, is offering 15 percent off all of Blu Dot items, with free shipping when you order online as well. Just enter the code BLUDOT15 at checkout to get the discount. I'd never really considered Blu Dot much before for my own home; as a whole, their designs are more modern and bare than the things I tend to gravitate towards. But there are Read more

Get the Look: Updated Diner Kitchen


Updated 08/24/07 8:17 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 10 comments

Get the Look: Updated Diner Kitchen

I like the retro diner vibe in kitchens, but it's easy to overdose on reproduction chrome furniture and 1950s kitsch. So for this Get the Look, I decided to create a modern and sophisticated kitchen with subtle nods toward diner style. Here's how to recreate it. The palette: Avoid cute overload by steering clear of bright and/or primary colors. Instead, opt for understated white-and-silver Read more