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yellow and orange single-color dust covers by Juniper Books

Changing the Look of Books

by on February 27, 2012 in Home Decor

A genius idea for anyone who craves art for the bookcase. If you had gone backstage to the Oscar green room last night, you’d be visiting the Architectural Digest signature lounge, decorated by Waldo Fernandez to evoke Hollywood’s golden age of the 1930s and 40s. And you might have noticed something intriguing about the book [...]

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book case built under a staircase

Clever Spaces for Bookcases

by on February 24, 2012 in Home Decor

Six unlikely places to stow those extra books. Just when you think you’ve run out of room for a bookcase, think again. We found six highly unusual and intriguing locations for shelves that can do job one and even help improve the architecture of a room. Using dark wood unifies the enormous bookcase built under [...]

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Button-tufted contemporary chaise longue

Tufted Touches

by on February 17, 2012 in Home Decor

An enduring way to embellish upholstery and textiles. Tufting is a 3-dimensional pattern – usually a diamond grid – made by sewing down center points and fixing them with decoration. Covered buttons have been used as anchors since tufting came popular in the mid-19th century and on deeply-tufted upholstery they are kept small. Pillows can [...]

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collection of teapots displayed on bracket shelves

High Tea

by on February 10, 2012 in Accessories

As accessories, teapots can live in multiple rooms. Teapots and bracket shelves are meant for each other somehow. This combination might be called old fashioned or sweet — particularly with a Neoclassical Swedish half-moon style table in the mix — though it also has a cottage look. No matter. For me, teapots can be utilitarian [...]

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computers and pin boards installed in home office bookcase niches

Bookcase Pinboard and Laptop Niches

by on February 6, 2012 in Home Decor

I’ve always had a bookcase wall in my home office but now it functions in a new way. With so much information online these days, I find need less space for books and magazines but more for display and utility. So when my friend Jewel, who helped me with my Kitchen Picture Wall, also suggested [...]

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