Home sweet home.
Going back to the conversation of irrational pet peeves, one more home habit that I simply can't stand is to when cabinet and furniture doors are left open. I read a book about organizing once that discussed how disorganized people leave kitchen cabinets and other household doors open because they have a tendency not to follow through completely with their actions (like putting away the Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member h2urHome from the Su Casa group: We recently finished up a basement remodel and of course my husband bought a huge television to put in the family room. I needed a large console to hold all his electronic gadgets but of course I didn't want to spend a fortune. I found this dresser at my local Goodwill. I know it looks dated but the piece was Read more
I've been noticing these branch-base console tables at a few of my usual design haunts, and thought perhaps it's a growing a trend. I'm really loving the organic, textural quality they bring to a room, especially considering that many homes are leaning towards a more pared-down, modern look these days. Good: Shown above is the Ballard Designs Faux Bois Demilune Table ($699, reduced from $1,495). Read more
One AT:LA reader concealed something not-so-pretty with this stylish modern console table and landing strip in his loft. Can you guess what is hiding there? Read more
Brastilo, a line of home furnishings made from indigenous wood harvested from renewable resources from Brazil, takes a casually elegant approach to entertaining with their earth-friendly products. This Brastilo console ($1259) brings together a hand-finished solid pine frame mixed with cast-brass handles and aluminum hardware to create a strikingly beautiful effect. With two sliding doors and Read more
A console table is any table that is intended to be placed against a wall. In most cases, these tables have a flat back side that lines up flush with the wall. The back side is often unsightly and unfinished, so you wouldn't to have it facing the room. It's an easy way to take an empty wall from boring to chic, and a perfect place to stash your keys in an entry hallway. You can find this modern Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more
Graduation is the perfect opportunity to ask Mom and Dad for the tech you are dying to own. While grads may have once vied for gaming consoles and laptops, these days it's all about sleek, multifunctional touchscreen tablets. We rounded up the five best tablets for every type of grad that may be on your celebration list this year. Read more
It's a Glee double whammy this week as the New Directions prep for, and then head to Nationals! As we've seen at the end of each season, emotions are running high, as the kids get ready to take on Vocal Adrenaline. The stakes are even higher this year since a lot of the seniors are graduating, and there's one gleek in particular who's feeling a little left out. Season three has not been my Read more
If there's one thing our moms taught us — besides proper etiquette, being kind, and so on — it's how to be our own stylish entity. From day one, these ladies have been there for our fashion highs and lowest lows. From dressing us in adorably girlie dresses to consoling us through some of our more questionable haircuts, behind every chic Sugar girl and Sugar reader, there's a chic mom. With Read more
