http://blog.designpublic.com Fresh New Design Featured Often Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some more beautiful shelves from flickr member hnxing. Check out the way she had the stamps framed. I've been meaning to do this with my Eames stamps before I use them all up on bills! photo from flickr member hnxing http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/06/flickr-faves-on-fridays-arranging-shelves/ It's so fun to see a new batch of photos added to our Fresh New Spaces Group! I know I just featured her a few weeks back (here), but I had to share Ivy style 33's lovely shelf arrangement with you today. I hope it inspires some weekend organizing and ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/06/flickr-faves-on-fridays-arranging-bookshelves/ Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has. Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality. -Billy Baldwin What are your loved possessions? Please share them with us! I'll start: Two of mine are these Staffordshire dogs that were my grandmother's. They always sat on her ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/04/prized-possessions-whats-yours/ Blu Dot always catches my attention by doing something creative. Starting on Wednesday, they will begin The Real Good Chair Experiment, tracking Real Good Chairs on a journey through N.Y.C. You will be able to follow the chairs in real time here. http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/03/the-real-good-chair-experiment/ "We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist." -Albert Hadley, The Story of America's Preeminent Interior Designer It also requires good eye for assembly. Through Jenn Ski, ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/02/inspiration-monday-lost-found-art/ I admit it. I forgot all about blogging some flickr faves on Fridays. I've been trying to hard to come up with a costume all day. So enjoy a stress free lovely shot of some unmutilated pumpkins compliments of flickr member anadelmann, and have a spooky weekend! http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/10/30/flickr-faves-on-friday-happy-halloween-eve/ The front walk - it's your first chance at making an impression on visitors. Since more and more crackheads are knocking on my door asking for money lately, I have thorny roses blocking mine. However, if you want to let visitors feel welcome and let them know that you are ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/10/28/modern-inspiration-the-front-walk/ I was sad to hear of Lawrence Halprin's passing on Sunday night. He was one of my favorite landscape architects. For eleven years, I lived in Charlottesville Virginia and was able to enjoy the Halprin-designed Downtown Mall. I could go on about his best-known projects, like Ghiradelli Square or the ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/10/27/in-memorium-lawrence-halprin-dies-at-93/ I love that Busy Bee turned the bellbottom pants (in the photograph within the photograph) into this darling pillow. It's just about the simplest reuse idea out there, and it has such a pleasing result. Now if I could just learn to sew... photo via flickr member ivy_style33. http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/10/27/green-idea-of-the-week-bellbottom-pillow/ Sorry, it's technically Tuesday and has been for 40 minutes here on the east coast, but I was out of town and didn't get my blogging act together too much before I left town. This morning I woke up to this, and it's the most beautiful thing I've seen in ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/10/26/monday-inspiration/