Archive for March, 2011
With all the look alike tech pieces out there, you want yours to stand out. Check out Charbonize for a custom sleeve for your laptop, tablet, or phone. Showcasing sleek and subtle elegance, the owner behind this collection of utilitarian cases keeps the focus on making sleeves that enhance the owner’s individuality. Personalize it with your name and make sure no one walks away with your prized technology.
Head on over to Charbonize on Etsy to see the collection.
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Post written by Rachel Anne Williams. Rachel Anne is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called Goose and Trisser.You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
These playful knit stools from Claire Anne O’Brien are so amazing, I am not even sure I could bring myself to sit on them. But they’d sure look good in our home. Here’s a little more info…
“Inspired by elements of the knitted stitch itself such as rings and loops, the structures are revealed and celebrated through exaggerated scale in bold and textured forms. Lambswool and Sheeps wool, in a mix of hand and machine knit stitches, are constructed into playful statement pieces.”
Visit Claire’s website for more unique furniture.
As a fellow Midwest girl, I was taken with the images from First Light Photography. Her heartfelt visions of the Illinois countryside, featured in prints, photo blocks and pendants, show the subtle beauty of her favorite places. I’m partial to the photos of old barns and their various inhabitants.
Check out First Light Photography on Etsy to see the entire collection.
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Post written by Rachel Anne Williams. Rachel Anne is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called Goose and Trisser.You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
Last week’s installment of Interior Obsessions with FormFire Glassworks took a look at brightening your home with wallcoverings. Today we take a peek into a different method for bringing life into the home – the indoor garden. Pulling nature in from the exterior of the home adds color, texture and oxygen to our interior environments. Once relegated to the random potted plant placed here and there, bringing the outdoors inside became a focus of architects starting in the late 40s and continuing through the 60s, exemplified in the Case Study program and much of modern California architecture. This became more commonplace in tract homes built after this period. My house was built in the late 70s, and sports a planter pit directly below the open staircase that lends itself to larger-size potted plants. Fast forward to today, and we once again see a resurgence of interior gardens that are making a comeback in some new and different ways.
From atrium-style groupings of large potted varieties, to smaller kitchen herb gardens to full-wall vertical gardens, the choice is tremendous, even to the average homeowner. Using natural light from windows or skylights is certainly the easiest, but full-spectrum bulbs make it possible to keep a garden even in darker areas and cooler climates. Be sure to do some research into local plants that will stand up to this unusual environment, especially if you are using heat or air-conditioning. If the vertical garden appeals to you, but the cost seems prohibitive, newer products, such as Wooly Pockets, which can hang on interior and exterior walls, and planter wall tiles that can be used in conjunction with flat tiles may be an easier and less expensive way to go. Whichever you choose, the addition of living things to our static environments is a great way to boost your spirits!
(above) Curved Garden Wall
Overhead Vines + Lush Office Atmosphere
Vertical Inset + Kitchen Herbs
This simple space is a perfect way to end the day. Uncluttered and spacious. So lovely.
Could you consolidate your space down to just a few things like this room?
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Erin and Cris’ Fishtown Fixer Upper (great house tour btw)
So, I’ve been anxious to announce that I am working on a new project filled with diy projects and tutorials (amongst a few others unrelated to diy) that I think you’ll love. I am super excited about this new project and where it will take me, BUT I need your help.
I want to know what you want.
Yep, you! What can I make for you? Let me know by filling out this super quick survey, and I will do my best to create something that you will absolutely love! Cross my heart.
*Anyone who fills out the survey (and leaves their email address at the end) will be entered to win a giveaway prize as my way of saying thanks.
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image c/o me (for the new project) get excited!
Budget conscience? Aren’t we all these days. That doesn’t mean you don’t deserve some pretties to decorate your space.
The illustrator behind Studio M.M.E. believes that “high-quality artwork shouldn’t break your piggy bank but instead add value to any room in your home.” Her pen and ink prints featuring laughter inducing scenes will spruce up your pad without costing an arm and a leg.
Check out Studio M.M.E. for an rich looking eyeful
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Post written by Rachel Anne Williams. Rachel Anne is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called Goose and Trisser.You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
