If you’re a lookiloo like I am (and I have a feeling you are!), then you’ll love the website Lookiloos, which offers “a peek into the style and stories behind every door.” They featured this house recently, which underwent a major remodel, more than doubling its original size from 2,000 square feet to 4,400. I [...]
Hope you’re having a nice, lazy Sunday. Those are the best kind! Here are a few links to check out this weekend.
Alicia Tapp Tile Designs has a page of customer testimonials featuring photos they’ve sent in of her tiles and how they used them. This client wanted a little Monet in her shower — and [...]
After Friday’s “Hooked on Toile” post, my husband pointed out that I had forgotten the “t” in the word “toilet.” Apparently he thinks I’m hooked on toilets, and bad at spelling. Um, no. I’m hooked on toile, as in Toile du Jouy. Pronounced “twall,” not “toil.” Lest there be any misunderstanding (Dave), here’s the official [...]
Here’s a little something to kick off this week’s Fantasy Open House series. So many of you played along last time when we toured homes for sale in Hyde Park, Ohio that I thought we’d do it again. For the next Open House series I’m showing you some amazing properties on the market in Birmingham, [...]
Yesterday we talked about the difference a framed mirror can make in a bathroom. Today I’m going to show you the difference it made in one of ours.
This is what my 5-year old daughter Lily’s bathroom looked like when we moved into our house in 2003 (in the days before we had a digital camera, [...]
It may look like a playhouse for children, but it’s not. Believe it or not, fully grown people actually live there. My guess is that they aren’t too tall and they don’t weigh very much.
Built in 1912 by contractor Arthur Weeden, Toronto’s Little House, as it’s known, is only about 7′ wide, 47′ deep, with [...]
As promised, I’m now going to tell you how I used those black-and-white pillows that I found at Ikea.
I had an empty corner of my master bathroom underneath the window, so I had added a bench there with a couple of pillows. The seat of the bench opens up, adding handy storage, but the natural [...]
Tired of having ugly toilets spoil the sleek, modern decor in your bathroom? Then hide it!
What do you suppose lies behind this mild-mannered exterior? And what do you think the Realtor was thinking when he took the photo (”pretty sky!”)?
Take a look at what $1.6 million buys you:
Leggo my . . . washing machine? If you’re looking to make a statement in your laundry room, then the Eggo Washing Machine from Brazilian household appliances company Brastemp may be the answer (photo via Coolhunting). The brain-child of designer Jun Nakao (above), the Eggo holds up to two pounds of delicates at a time. Watch the Eggo’s dramatic “birth” in this video, [...]
