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Love It or Hate It? Crew Towels
These Crew Towels ($3.99-$7.99) from Linen and Things embrace the love for all things prep. Would you hang them in your bathroom?
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Steal of the Day: Preppy Plaid Chair
The price is right on this Urban Outfitters crisscross plaid chair. Marked down from $200, it's 75% off at $49.99. I love how the classic modern shape is given an entirely different dimension thanks to the upholstery fabric.
Open House: Can Design Talent Be Inherent?
Drew University student and Charlotte Moss intern Maximilian Sinsteden made waves this week when his preppy, eclectic, and decorated-to-the-nines dorm room was featured in New York magazine. As it turns out, the 21-year-old senior, who has no formal design training, has already officially started his own interior-design company. He's had a knack for the art since before he was 12.
The Card Shop: Sealing Envelopes the Cool Way
If you weren't satisfied with the colorful Japanese masking tape . . .
Nice and New: Rubie Green Bedding
Eco-chic upholstery fabric designer Michelle Adams of Rubie Green has ventured into the bedroom. With a new bedding line, that is. Now her downtown preppy patterns can be yours even if you're not up for reupholstering a sad chair or having custom curtains made.
Get the Look: Grand Slam Glam
I've been tuning into a lot of U.S. Open matches this week, and watching tennis always makes me want put on a cute old-school tennis dress and play a few sets. It also got me thinking that the preppy '80s vibe that tennis often conjures would make a great decorating theme!
Link Time!
- AT:SF is inspired by pops of color.
- Craft shows you how to use one pattern three ways.
- Danny Seo features a gorgeous blanket made from scarves.
- Dwell has photos of a floating pool.
- Charles and Hudson tells you about the Reuse Everything Experiment.
- Elements of Style finds preppy ikat.
- SavvySugar tells you how the Wall Street crisis affects you.
- Shak in Style has dreamy horse photographs.
Love It or Hate It? Ralph Lauren Madras Quilt
Even though I was the furthest thing from a preppy in high school, some part of me still loves the look of madras. However, I'm torn about whether I could pull off a Ralph Lauren Madras Quilt ($249.99) in my bedroom. Obviously, I'd switch up the style a little with some less country-cute pillows, to give the quilt an edge, but I'm not sure if that's enough of a change.
Casa Craving Challenge: Blue Striped Danish Bench
Every Thursday on CasaSugar, I'll give you a decorating challenge and ask you to go Casa Craving for items that fit the look. (Here's a post explaining what a Casa Craving is and how to create one.)
The latest Casa Craving Challenge is inspired by the thought that you the readers don't necessarily have the same home décor tastes as CasaSugar. So, this challenge will be training in how to make something work that may not necessarily jive with whatever furniture, accessories, tableware, lighting, and other home accents you're usually drawn to.
Would You Dress Your Floors in Monogrammed Rugs?
This George Monogram ($30 to $35/sq. ft.) by Diane Elson Bankoff is part of Elson & Co.'s children's collection, and I assume it's meant for a nursery. I'm not going to lie: It's certainly a good-looking rug.
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