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Open House: What Was Your Most Successful DIY?
For crafters and DIYers, a few failures are par for the course. That's part of the reason why successful DIY projects are such a coup. I've had my share of successes and failures, and I'm currently in the middle of one of my more ambitious projects ever.
Roundup: Context Furniture
Husband-and-wife team Bryce and Kerry Moore are the masterminds behind Context Furniture. Blending influences and inspiration from modernism and the arts and crafts movements, their pieces, such as this William and Mary Side Chair ($1,098) show these two influences off to their best advantage. I love the contrasting strip of hardwood incorporated into the Baltic birch plywood — it reminds me of a racing stripe.
Coveted Crib: A Craftsman Remodel
San Francisco Bay Area remodeling firm Harrell Remodeling specializes in renovating homes with a focus on comfort, beauty, and eco-conscious materials. In the case of this two-story home, the firm considered the needs of the environmentally conscious, active family who lived in it, and developed a low-maintenance expansion on the existing home. Using sustainable materials for this whole house remodel, the remodel focused on supplying the family with what they needed for their easygoing, active lifestyle, including additional storage space and easy maintenance.
Home Library: Plants and Their Application to Ornament
Anyone with a little design savvy, flower-philia, or an appreciation for the way that flowers' shapes lend themselves to pattern will covet Plants and Their Application to Ornament. This reprint of Eugène Grasset 's 1897 design book features amazing botanical illustrations of a variety of flowers, from water lilies to lilacs. Each flower illustration is adapted as a pattern for use in such home design applications as rugs, stained glass windows, metalwork, and tile work.
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Crafting has gotten to be a very trendy hobby lately, from knitting to making jewelry to reglazing old plates. Are you a crafty type?
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Weekend Links: Events Not to be Missed!
- Check out the Debutante Set opening at Mew Gallery in Philadelphia. Great art by talented ladies.
- If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, hop down to the Mission Indie Mart for great craft and art finds.
- The London Design Festival will have plenty of eye candy for the home design enthusiast over the weekend.
- Austinites can contribute some sweat equity to a worthy cause at Pride Build 2007, with the awesome organization Habitat for Humanity.
- On Saturday, Miami residents can check out the sale at Nadeau Imports, a wholesale furniture warehouse that imports exotic pieces from India, Indonesia, and China that will be open to the public on Saturday.
- The "Do it Now: Live Green" show continues to wow at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and features cool green home products.
- If you live in New York, and you loved the Isamu Kenmochi Kashiwado chair we posted about earlier today, then head over to the the Noguchi Museum for an exhibition on Kenmochi and Isamu Noguchi's design collaborations.
- The Providence Open Market in, um, Providence has got the art, food, flower, and d-i-y goods for you this Saturday.
- DC folks, check out the Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair in Adams Morgan to get your fix of handmade crafts from 100 talented vendors.
- Bostonians, don't miss the SoWa Open Market if you're in the market for hand-crafted accessories, original art, antiques, or just a fresh loaf of bread.
Link Time!
- Decorate with horse art. — AT:NY
- Kitchen designs for the elderly. — Charles and Hudson
- Get your shoes organized.
Link Time!
- Learn how to make these dressers. — AT:SF
- Get rid of ants naturally. — Charles and Hudson
- Check out the intricate beauty of this crazy quilt.
Link Time!
- Check out Janet Echelman's gorgeous art. — Craft
- Tour 40 Winks, a London hotel. — AT:LA
- Use the right paintbrush for the job.
Coveted Crib: Abbijane Schifrin's Technicolor Townhouse
The Gramercy Park townhouse of the late fashion designer Abbijane Schifrin is on the market for $8.75 million, and it's truly a dream. The five-story 1855 building sits on a delightful, tree-lined street and looks quite prim from the exterior, with a pair of 21 Club-esque jockeys and a cast-iron gate. But inside the house is dressed with glitzy gilt walls, bright turquoise and pink paint, and Mediterranean-style arts and crafts tilework — a drastic deviation from what passersby see.
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