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I came across this image from Cavern Home shortly after Becky posted last week on Black and White Bedding and I knew right away that this was something I had to share. This space may be a bit too “matchy matchy” for some, but visually I think this room is stunning! Can you imagine the room without the Blackbird Wallpaper? I surely can’t. I try to vision the wallpaper replaced with wall art and I think, “No, no, no.” It might work if the pieces were super simple and super white and super clean, like large white frames with white matting and a simple image in the center, but it wouldn’t have the same feel. I think Cavern Home hit the head on the nail with this place. Bravo Cavern Home! Bravo!

To recreate the look checkout the Cavern Home Blackbirds Wallpaper options on DP.

I really enjoyed the post over at Elements of Style about how to get the look of Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment renovation. I decided to chime in with a few products from the movie you can find right  here at Design Public! We spied this bedding from Dwell Studio in Mr. Big’s apartment and Charlotte’s apartment:

Click on the pics above to find out how to get your own Sex and the City sheets!

So I started to tell you about the Modern Atlanta Home Tour yesterday but I didn’t get very far! I wanted to show you more from my favorite home that I saw on the tour (stairs described yesterday are pictured above). By the way, I only made it to five. I’d say five to six is the maximum you can really see when driving from place to place in a five hour time limit. It’s exhilarating but also exhausting. Also, once in Decatur my car automatically drove me to Victory Vintage, and I stopped by my house for a snack before visiting the house down the street. That’s how I roll.

O.K. So first, the architects who live in the house with a soul also designed this house around the corner (photos immediately above and below). It’s absolutely gorgeous, and the inhabitants have a smart mix of high end items and art and IKEA. I just found myself wondering if all the stuff they usually keep out was smushed in the “not part of the tour” closed door rooms, or if they are really this strictly minimal. That’s cool if they are, I just know that I could not accomplish such discipline in a million years:

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Yesterday was "Matteo Appreciation Day" here at Design Public HQ. Matt Lenoci and Jackie Hernandez from Matteo came up to San Francisco from L.A. to check in with us and show us their new Spring line. In short, this is some of the most amazing stuff we’ve seen. Matt’s attention to detail and knowledge of luxury linens is simply astounding. After reviewing the new line and talking shop we then scored some delicious crêpes and quiche at our local haunt, Butler and the Chef ! Thanks for stopping by guys!

Fall is officially here. Soon the leaves will change color and drop, we’ll trade out our T-shirts for wool sweaters, and baseball will give way to football. I love to change out my bedding with the seasons - off with the crisp summer white and on with the cozy printed duvet covers and shams. It gets darker so much earlier that I wind up going to bed earlier and thus enjoying my bedding for more hours of the day.

New this week, we have added some fab new prints from Inhabit. I usually associate Inhabit with their wall artwork and printed placemats; now they have applied their modern graphics to bedding. These are pre-orders for a brand new product, so for October we are discounting them 15%!

If you need crisp light colors and too much of a wild print makes you nuts, the subtle print of Luna in Taupe is for you. Add Weeeee and Grass pillows for a graphic 1-2 punch. If you like your bedding a little more bold, the groovy waves of cool blue and deep chocolate in the Soak pattern is for you. I’m envisioning this pattern with one orange wall behind it for some reason - it works well with warm or cool colors. Order now so you’ll have somewhere cozy to hide out when it’s depressingly dark and cold out at 5 p.m.

Check out the complete Inhabit line.

Intricate, simple, and luxurious - Area’s India bedding encompasses all the juxtapositions that we love about their products. For instance, larger subtle stripes from a distance turn out to be slim lines of slightly different shades of color. Once again, we are wowed by Anki Spets and her Area creations!

View the India line from Area.

New this week - FOLD’s new Honeycomb bedding is now available in white with gray stitch, light blue with dark blue stitch, and brown with beige stitch. These neutrals complement FOLD’s other accent pieces perfectly. A chartreuse green Swoop blanket and Ray pillows really pop against the brown honeycomb. When you feel the need for a new color scheme in your room, you can switch out the accents without having to invest in a total redecoration.

Be sure to check out the extra pictures for more combinations that we love.