Designamour inspires with their breath-taking decorative painting of the boutique hotel, Peacock Pavilion’s ceiling. The artwork these ladies created is nothing short of amazing. They share their journey, work and final masterpiece in their post, “A Tale of Ten Painters“. Be sure to visit, and spend some time reading and looking through older posts, [...]

The Real Simple Design on a Dime benefit for Housing Works was a success. Raising $650,000 for the New York charity Housing Works that “strives to ensure that homeless and low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and their families have adequate housing, food, social support, drug treatment, health care, and employment.” – from housingworks.org.
Thanks to Natasha [...]

The Sampan wicker day bed is a contemporary styled outdoor bed made from a weatherproof polymer resin and coated metal frame that will stand up to the harshest of weather conditions. It’s a beautiful addition to any well-appointed outdoor living area, and this piece of outdoor furniture is spacious enough for two. Available at homeinfatuation.com [...]

HGTV Pro has a series on Green Building design that we really like and think you will too.
Jackie Von Tobel talks designer chair back beds. There’s lots of beautiful images and wonderful commentary from Jackie, it’s a must read.
View an extraordinary home in Tenerife Spain through the eyes of TheCoolHunter.net. The site does load a [...]

Chaise lounge chairs are ideal for a variety of outdoor living areas: terraces, poolside, patio, beachside, and garden. The chaise lounge derived from the French “chaise longue” meaning long chair has a rich history, think back to images of Romans and Greeks laying leisurely upon an early version of the chaise lounge. This [...]

Terraza, an outdoor and indoor rug from The Rug Market, illustrates the bold, bright earth inspired colors and patterns.
Koko Company Green Classic outdoor mat gives traditional design a twist with a lime green color that is unmistakably modern.
Also from Koko Company, a new addition to their quirky, colorful and interesting rug collection, the Trees.
Out-Durable Braided [...]

The La Jolla outdoor sofa from Restoration Hardware is so pretty and inviting that just looking at it makes us want to sink into it with a book and an iced coffee. The collection includes the above sofa, love seat, coffee table, table and chairs, daybed, armless chaise and coordinating fabric cushions [...]

The very best and most luxurious designs in outdoor furniture can be found at Brown Jordan. The Monaco and Monaco Ville outdoor living collection by Brown Jordan consists of elegant, contemporary sectionals, side tables and chaise. Retail locations at brownjordan.com.

Green living Guru Danny Seo shows us how to easily arrange wall art.
Girl Meets Glamour shares the latest in haute outdoor living.
2009 design trends embrace international style; and one of the styles that is greatly influencing home decor and accessories design is Asian inspired. Mrs. Blandings gives us a guided tour of Black Bamboo, a [...]

The color Orange continues its stellar run as a fixture for home décor color in 2008; and the leader in Color forecasting, Pantone, projects that the Orange color trend will continue on to 2009. It’s no surprise why, Orange is a warm, inviting, dynamic, invigorating and energetic color.

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The Ankasa Moroccan Sequins pillow can [...]