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How-To: Share a Closet With Your Main Squeeze
If you've grown accustomed to the relative luxury of a closet space that belongs to you and you alone, it's often a reality check when you move in with a new spouse. Many times, your former sanctuary of neatly hung dresses and perfectly aligned heels is interrupted by the need to share that closet space with your honey's stinky sneakers and college sweatshirt collection. If closet space is at a premium at your home, and you're suddenly splitting one closet's space between two people, there are still ways to get around the possibly distressing mess that this closet can become.
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Designer Couples: Robin and Lucienne Day
Today, I'm continuing wedding season with another designer couple, Robin and Lucienne Day. You might say the pair are the Eameses of the UK. Like the Eameses, they're most celebrated designer couple of the post-war era, although the Days designed in different fields.
Designer Couples: Charles and Ray Eames
In honor of wedding season here at Sugar, I thought I'd take a look at some marriages that have made major contributions to the world of design. You've heard of "designer babies," but I'm talking about designer couples — be it architects, interior designers, or product designers, there are plenty of wedded duos who prove that "the couple that designs together, stays together." It's only natural to start with Charles and Ray Eames, arguably some of the most influential designers, who made their mark in the fields of industrial design, furniture design, art, graphic design, film, and architecture.
Get the Look: That '70s Style of The Box
The Box, the new thriller from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly, tells the story of a financially troubled married couple who receive a box containing a button. The next morning, a creepy mysterious stranger tells them that they will receive $1 million if they push the button, but someone in the world will die. The movie, which is based on a short story by Richard Matheson, is set in Richmond, VA, in the year 1976, so there's plenty of fun, funky styling to the set.
Casa Quickie: Plywood Pleasure
Can't afford to wallpaper your whole room? Not allowed to wallpaper your rental? Instead, cover a cheap sheet of plywood or even cardboard with a patterned wallpaper.
Home Library: Downtown Chic
No academic course will teach you how to give a derelict house a gut renovation and turn it into a fantastically unique, high-style home. That skill comes with experience and serious design savvy, something which Robert and Cortney Novogratz accidentally learned they had.
After renovating their first home in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood 10 years ago, which then was a neglected, not-so-fashionable area, they realized they had a knack for building and decorating, together.
5 Chair Before and Afters From the Archives
Over the last couple of years I've showcased dozens of inspiring redux projects in my Before and After posts. I came across an oldie recently and soon found myself poring over the archives. So, here are five chair makeovers that will wow you, courtesy of the CasaSugar archives.
Get the Look: Cameron and Mitchell's House on Modern Family
Tonight's the second episode of ABC's new winning comedy Modern Family, and I have to say I'm hooked. I love all of the family dynamics in this extended family, and I also have to say that I absolutely adore Cameron and Mitchell's home. The couple, who've been together for five years and have just adopted a baby, have a great style to their home.
Link Time!
- Learn how to make Grace's gorgeous upholstered headboard —Design*Sponge
- Home Depot and Martha team up. — Charles and Hudson
- Stock up on eco-friendly sponges. — ShelterPop
- Find new artwork from Art&Ghosts.
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