Make the walls lovey dovey
WHAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH: The silk-screened-by-hand Lovebirds wallpaper from Soda by Amy. WHY WE'RE GLAD WE FOUND IT: Soda by Amy's Amy Allison makes the wallpaper herself from...
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Shelve this: Top tips for buying a good bookcase
Such a simple and utilitarian item, a bookcase. Why, then, is it so challenging to find the perfect one? House&Homes Assistant Editor Cindy Dampier has been searching for months-on-end for...
Get that pro-designer look
Everybody could use a little help now and then, especially when it comes to decorating. But not everyone can afford it. At least not in the traditional, hire-someone-to-transform-your-entire-house sense. What...
Bling it
1. TURN IT ON Dutch designer Marcel Wanders created a series of jewel-inspired bath fixtures for Hydrology, including this glamorous bath faucet. His design mimics the mathematical facet of a...
A taste of the Bubble-y
WHAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH: The Bubble Lamp Shade WHY WE'RE GLAD WE FOUND IT: George Nelson's iconic Bubble Lamp design of 1947 is timeless, to be sure, but...
Scavenging for love
INSPIRATION: A dirty old swath of wainscoting stuffed inside the crawl space of a condemned Wrigleyville home. Jodi Murphy is scared of spiders, even though her job running home-demolition and...
Embroidered linen brings beauty to the table
What we fell in love with: The new collection of hand-stitched Kila Siku linens made by Belgian linen company Libeco-Lagae. Why we're glad we found it: The elegantly stitched and...
Paper plates
For this year's DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) Dining by Design event held earlier this month, six Columbia College Chicago students set a sustainably sexy table using nothing more...
Mining a museum for inspiration
Major furniture manufacturers debut no fewer than two new furniture collections every year. Such a schedule demands deep reserves of creativity, leading some furniture designers to hunt for muses in...
Serving up good design, color at the kids’ table
What we fell in love with: The new line of children's tableware from Heath Ceramics. Why we're glad we found it: Heath Ceramics has been making organically beautiful pottery in...