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How-To: 10 Cool Ways to Display Photographs at Your Wedding

CasaSugar — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:38 -0700

If you want to display photos of the happy couple at your wedding, you don't have to stick to a boring photo album. Get creative with these ideas for displaying photos during your big day.
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DIY: Faux Bois Photo Board

CasaSugar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:49 -0700

I recently stumbled across this clever DIY that adds faux bois to a board reserved for treasured photos. It's a quick and simple project with lovely results.

What You'll Need

Cardboard (any size)
Faux bois contact paper (about 2 feet depending on the size of your frame)
Picture frame
Scissors or Xacto knife

To find out how to make this faux bois photo board, read more.
Here's how to do it, according to Paper and Stitch.

Cut cardboard to desired size. Then remove one corner of the contact paper backing and start at a corresponding corner of the cardboard. While smoothing the contact paper to adhere to the cardboard and get rid of any bubbles, continue pulling the backing away from the contact paper and smooth as you go.
To add visual interest, cut strip several strips of leftover contact paper into various widths and apply them in the opposite direction.
Cut off any excess and then pop it into your frame.
Add photos, and you're all ready to display your latest DIY project.

Cool Idea: Log Some Sleep

CasaSugar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:30:19 -0800

Swedish blogger Design Delight recently took a trip to London and visited the new Anthropologie store there. She snapped this photo of a display bed made from piles of logs, and I'm absolutely in love with it. It's so magical looking, straight out of a fairy tale. If you want a good night's sleep, you clearly would need to use a basic bed frame hidden underneath and then surround it with the logs. But it's totally a doable DIY if you have access to logs. The white dogwood bark adds another wintry element, which is nice, too. Plus, if you run out of firewood, you know where you can find it!

Fall Style: Marc Jacobs's NYC Halloween Window Display

CasaSugar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:15:34 -0700

On Thursday, I posted a photo of the Halloween window display at Marc Jacobs's San Francisco store. Not surprisingly, a few of you called it "cute" and "cool." But community member Mica said the windows in Jacobs's West Village, New York store are "way crazier," with "a zombie swamp diorama in all three windows." She shared this photo of the window display. I must say, these decorations do look much spookier, but the San Francisco store takes the cake for chic and cute.

Source: Twitpic User micawave

Steal of the Day: Photo Display

CasaSugar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:45:39 -0800

Show off all of this year's Valentine's Day cards in your Love Shack with this simple and styling Pottery Barn Photo Display ($16.99, normally $49). Copying the look of a vintage drying rack, this cute little display rack would be perfect for cards, memos, or photos. Made of of six sturdy espresso-finished wooden pieces that are held together with two chains in an antique-bronze finish, it comes with 12 metal clips attached.

Casa Quickie: Displaying Treasured Photos at Your Reception

CasaSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:00:50 -0700

If you're looking for a more organic way to display photos at your wedding reception then steal this idea, which I found in wedding photographer Elizabeth Messina's portfolio. Just wrap a tree snugly with twine and clothespin photos to it. It would even look cuter with some custom clothespins.

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Fall Style: Marc Jacobs's Halloween Window Display

CasaSugar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:46 -0700

Leave it to Marc Jacobs to make Halloween décor chic, humorous, and pumpkin-free. Strolling through San Francisco, I stumbled upon his window display and I fell absolutely in love with his pink cow ghost. In her oversize coat and pink skin, the mannequin looks a bit tortured, too. His painted paper moon looks quite realistic, as does his flying tissue bat. I only wish I had room in my foyer to spook the trick-or-treaters with a mooing ghost.

Have you seen Halloween décor in your town's window displays? Have you decked out your own home in Halloween decorations? Be sure to add photos of them to our Lovely Little Vignettes group!

Home Library: A Girl's Guide to Decorating

CasaSugar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:07 -0700

When I think of interior designer and stylist Abigail Ahern, who also owns one of London's leading interiors stores, there are a few things that come to mind. One is the Neo Baroque Chandelier in her collection - one of the most breathtaking and showstopping pieces I have ever come across. And the other is her perfected and signature use of Farrow & Ball's "Downpipe" paint from floor to ceiling - which inspired my own gray(-ish) kitchen. And last, her playful use of both scale and vibrant colors, evident in both her own home (which you can tour here) and her sister's, which was featured in the New York Times. What this all adds up to is that the girl's got serious design skills.

So it's no surprise that Ahern's new book, A Girl's Guide to Decorating, is filled with plenty of inspiring and helpful design advice, not to mention gorgeous photos. Want to hear about it? Then read more.

The book covers a few of the fundamentals of decorating, including planning, color, light, texture, and accents, what she calls "glamorous personal touches."

When it comes to planning, some of her tips may feel irrelevant if you're not doing any renovating, but overall her advice will apply to renters and homeowners alike, with words on arranging multi-use rooms and using different types of mirrors to your advantage.

Throughout the book, Ahern offers tried-and-true how-to advice on things like putting up shelves, hanging mirrors, and making over your kitchen cabinets - task that are never as easy they seem. This might be my favorite element of the book.

As for those glamorous touches, she advocates using eccentric and rare finds and mixing-and-matching to give your home that X-factor. She offers various routes for arranging display items on a shelf, as well as artwork and pictures. And to finish it off, she recommends switching out door handles and drawer knobs.

Since we might not all be sold on "Down Pipe," Ahern considers the effects of colors warm and cool on your mood, and attempts to conquer the query of good vs. bad color combinations. Color, as you know, is a personal, subjective choice, but Ahern manages to handle it analytically. With so many swatch options out there, this is a relief. Beyond that, she gets down to the bottom of paint finishes and their effects, which can be illuminating for some of us.

She continues this combination of technical, practical advice mixed with her own design tips through her chapters on light and texture. And all the while, she pulls easy and universally affordable style advice from the photographs of dozens of beautiful, unique rooms - including the home of former Domino editor Rita Konig. This terrific tome is equal parts informative and inspiring, and both are bound to help even a "dude" decorator.

Love It or Hate It? Cowboy Boots on Display

CasaSugar — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:00:07 -0700

While these shelves might usually hold books, framed photos, or sculptural objects, this homeowner has decided to use them to display a cowboy boot collection. Do you showcase unusual collections at your home?

Source: Steven Randazzo

Get the Look: Cameron and Mitchell's House on Modern Family

CasaSugar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:46 -0700

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. While I'm not a fan of the nursery, the rest of the house displays a pleasing mix of modern and cozy elements, with a great use of color and art. Take the tour with me!
Photos Courtesy of ABC

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