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Do You Own Any Paper Lanterns?
Paper lanterns are the epitome of cheap/chic. A basic lantern will cost you under 10 bucks, while something a little more high-tech like these solar powered ones go for $29. They're totally affordable but also timeless and high in style.
Summer Style: Don't Forget the Lanterns
One of the most economical and pretty ways that you can decorate your outside space is with colorful paper lanterns. Not only are they inexpensive, they also look great during every hour of your party. If you choose brightly colored lanterns, like the ones shown here, they'll create a huge color splash during the day.
Love It or Hate It? Overbed Paper Lanterns
AT:SF recently cheered the use of Ikea Regolit paper lanterns over a bed. I also spotted a similar paper lantern on Domino used in the same way. While it may be picturesque and wonderfully styled, personally, I think it might interrupt any movement that's not, uh, horizontal.
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Summer Style: Paper Lanterns in 500 Days of Summer
500 Days of Summer doesn't make its debut in theaters until July 17, but I've already got an eye on the sets. Here, Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stand on a rooftop in full Summer style. Of course, the pair look quite dapper in a beautifully patterned sundress and a sharp suit, but it's the paper lanterns that complete the scene.
Link Time!
- Make some paper lantern holiday ornaments. — Design Crush
- Check out all these creative uses of concrete. — AT:NY
- A secret source for affordable art is revealed.
Nice and New: India Rose Fabric Lanterns
Don't get me wrong: white paper lanterns will never lose their cool in my book. But that doesn't mean I don't crave a little color and pattern every now and then, too. Today I have a soft spot for the new India Rose Fabric Lanterns ($35-43), which are made of 100 percent cotton with a batik polka dot pattern in brown, green, and sky blue.
Roundup: Weekend DIYs
Learn what berries to plant in your first-time garden. Make paper lanterns. Refurbish Craigslist finds.
Love It or Hate It? Easy Lamp
No one likes to see an ugly bare bulb hanging from a ceiling outlet, so Droog Design suggests using the Easy Lamp ($121). Made of translucent polypropylene, the cover simply pops on a hanging bulb. Is it just me, or can you get nearly the same effect with a $5 white paper lantern?
Etsy Find: Cinderella Pumpkin Napkins
When it comes to pumpkins, we often think of jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin carving at Halloween, but the gourd-like squash is stylish all season long. There should be nothing preventing you from decorating with pumpkins until Christmas comes along . .
Link Time!
- Craft shows you how to make some Halloween paper ornaments.
- Simply Stated gives you some money saving tips for your home.
- Charles & Hudson tells you about making your own milk paint.
- Daily Dose turns you on to a discount fabric resource.
- YumSugar reads Giada's new cookbook.
- Design Crush is fascinated with rotating outlets.
- AT:SF is decorating for Fall with orange Chinese Lantern Pods.
- AT:Australia shows you how to make something gilded.
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