Posts tagged: westelm
Home Furnishing Outlets: Summer Road Trip
By ModHomeEcTeacher
While you're traveling down the road looking for the next garage sale, flea market or junk sale, it's a perfect time to take a detour to a home furnishings outlet store to balance the vintage loot with a few crisp, NEW accessories. Outlet purchases are sort of reused, repurposed and recycled, aren't they? Here's a thorougly researched index of links to seven home furnishing factory outlet destinations for your summer shopping enjoyment. » READ MORE
Organic goodness from West Elm
By beccajo
West Elm has gotten into the organic game with a new line of towels, bathmats, sheets, and pillowcass made from 100% organic cotton. I love, love, love the soft color combinations, which are made with 'earth friendly' dyes.
You can even go the preppy route, and have them monogrammed!
But this pillow and throw remind me of an exfoliator, for some reason. Hmmm....
A recipe for a great tasting home office.
By timbenzinger
One thing that always seems to be a problem is keeping organized in my home office.
I am a cofounder of a design firm responsible for designing and developing really cool looking websites, logos, and more. At the moment, there are three people in this small 10’x12’ room and to make matters worse, there are 5 computers in here that turn it into a living hell because of the heat, but that’s a story for another day. We plan on moving into a office » READ MORE
Lofty Ideas pt. 2:Hit the Hay
By beccajoIt's getting closer to March 1st, which means, as I purge extras from my current apartment, I need to start narrowing down my loft-living choices. I've talked my parents (and sister) out of getting me a Murphy Bed for my new apartment.
The expense, coupled with the idea of having to keep my bed perpetually made (so it can be folded into the wall) scared me off. But I will still need a bed AND an attractive place for guests to sit when they come » READ MORE
Our Living Room
By aliciaThe living room began with faded wood panelling, had a brief stint with cream, an even more brief stint with yellow, and finally settled upon "November Sky". The relationship survived its first year, which says a lot.
When we moved in, the windows were lined with fluorescent panels and heavy wool drapes. I bought simple, cheap cotton fabric buy the bundle from a local fabric shop and sewed like mad (I am a true novice with the machine of sewing). » READ MORE
