Design
- NewsAlexandra Panzer
Sibling Bedrooms: How to Create an Effective Shared Space
A lot of parents don’t have a choice when it comes to making their children share a bedroom. “Children who share a room are learning how to live together, tune in to each other’s feelings, compromise, problem-solve, and defend themselves,” Adele Faber, a parent educator and co-author of Siblings Without Rivalry told Parents magazine. Not only is it a great learning experience, but according to Patricia Dalton, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and family therapist, sharing a room can be comforting.
- NewsAlexandra Panzer
Elegant Doghouse Collection Will Put Your Human Home to Shame
The cost for these dog houses and dog pens ranges from $82 to $435, and each carefully crafted house is designed to be easily assembled through magnetic and interlocking mechanisms. The collection has a little something for everyone … who loves modern design.
- NewsChristine Erickson
Artist’s Beautiful Concrete Shoes Will Stop You in Your Tracks
Designer Sandra Plantos has created footwear that forces you to stop and smell the roses. At the London College of Fashion, Plantos presented her graduate collection, titled Presence, which features shoes made of concrete. Though it may seem unproductive to walk around in shoes made of the same heavy material as pavement, the artist has mental well-being in mind. Her material of choice “entraps and restricts the wearer’s movements, slowing down the pace of daily life, and thus our experience of
- NewsChristine Erickson
Photographer Features Cat in All Four Seasons for Picture Purr-fect Series
In 2013, photographer Magdalena Grześkowiak adopted a rescue cat. The thin, 2-month-old kitten was so photogenic that her owner named her Kate. Grześkowiak describes the cat as a “supermodel,” and she’s not kidding. In the past year, the photographer brought her four-legged muse along for different photography shoots.
- NewsChristine Erickson
Most Whimsical Knitters Ever Make Ashtrays, Teapots Out of Yarn
When she’s not making yarn clones of her son, knitter Marieke Voorsluijs crafts up some serious whimsy. Voorsluijs, along with co-founder Barbara Lohnen, owns a Dutch knitting supply store called Club Geluk. The two wool experts have knitted everyday objects into beautiful still lifes. As you might expect from a woman who’d knit a doppelgänger of her own son, the items in each still life create a quirky juxtaposition — for example, a burger sitting next to a saw cutting a log.
- NewsTess Panzer
Hot New Design Trend Wants You to Cross to the Dark Side. Can You Handle It?
Pinterest just announced its predictions for the biggest home design trends of 2016, and be warned, things are about to get unusually dark. Brooding grays and looming blacks are set to infiltrate designer houses, decor blogs, and your living room in the year ahead, and it’s a bold move many may find unapproachable. Though a grand departure from lighter color palettes of years past – remember when everything had to be white? – it is a logical progression. Over the past year, designers and deco
- NewsYahoo Makers
Dad Spends 18 Months Building Daughter Fairytale Bedroom (Complete With Giant Tree!)
Reddit user Raddamshome transformed his daughter’s bedroom into a fairy forest, complete with a giant tree that she can climb up or sit in. Raddamshome admits the entire project cost about $4,250, including room renovations.
