Few months since we paid someone to refinish our bathroom tile all white and shiny. So far? Success! I’ve even tried to learn about white balance for the occasion. Quick refresher: Same water pressure, same soap, and yet only the refinished, white version can make you feel clean. Obviously this Instant Results project was my favourite [...]
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Help! My apartment’s got a stupid hole in it. After the Domino Debacle, I’m still pretending our little dining table, Ikea Ingo, is an extra desk – tucked not so elegantly against the couch. This leaves a huge wall and a huge void – some 15% of our total apartment is just… a weird L-shaped [...]
Two truths. 1) I picked this book up because it matched my walls, and, 2) I had no idea what Domino was. Which is why you’re rolling your eyes as I review & test out a book released in 2008. Domino, apparently, was quite the cult. As I’ve since become best friends with author Deborah Needleman, I [...]
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Bonney vs Needleman sounds like a landmark court case. After reading Design*Sponge last week, I had to give design books another go. While I enjoyed flipping through it, I emerged none the wiser. And I need help! I’ve got six thousand miles of blank walls to cover, plus a very yellow bedroom. Someone, somewhere, is [...]
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Late to the party? Nope. I’m trying to drum up some enthusiasm for the decoration phase of our apartment – and the book’s #1 in three Amazon categories. It’s an apt investigation. If you regularly read Design*Sponge and/or love design, you already own the book (it’s probably signed). For the rest of us – here’s [...]
We went back on forth on things – Paolo wanted a dark bathroom floor and I wanted a lighter one. More importantly, we agreed the walls couldn’t be a colour – otherwise we’d end up completing the third swatch in our accidental Easter basket. Actually – left shiny turquoise, it’s a pretty close match as-is. [...]
(25 days to possession) Carry on? Pah! I’m racing on. Today? I’m trying to gain ground identifying the ugly baby’s look and feel. For the ugly baby to be all it can be, I need to be certain I’ve pictured its every last inch of potential. ::Jumps headfirst into details, starts drowning:: How on earth do you make these decisions? You [...]
