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15 Years: Farewell and Thank You

15 Years: Farewell and Thank You

Our 2019 Design*Sponge team: Sofia Tuovinen, Garret Fleming, Kristina Gill, Caitlin Kelch, Grace Bonney, Kelli Kehler, Lauren Day and Erin Austen Abbott.  It’s been said that if you love something, you have to let it go. And, dear friends, it...
interior decoration - 2019-08-30 18:56:44
Where to Find Us Next + Some Reading Suggestions For the Future

Where to Find Us Next + Some Reading Suggestions For the Future

One of the biggest requests I’ve gotten since announcing our closing was: can you suggest some places to read now that you’re leaving" So I reached out to our team to gather some recommendations, as well as share details about where...
interior decoration - 2019-08-30 18:56:44
The D*S Team Reflects: Looking Back On Lessons Learned

The D*S Team Reflects: Looking Back On Lessons Learned

It feels like a lifetime ago when I was sitting in the newsroom at my previous job on my lunch break, scrolling through Design*Sponge, relishing in the inspiration laid before me through beautiful home tours, DIY projects, and the like. Two things...
interior decoration - 2019-08-29 18:53:19
Creating A Forever Home in Kent, England

Creating A Forever Home in Kent, England

We moved into our condo in December of last year, and I immediately knew the space was perfect for us. It wasn?t until this past July, however, that I truly fell in love with its lakefront location. By then summer had finally rolled in, and I was...
interior decoration - 2019-08-29 18:53:19
An 1880s-Era Church Turned Vacation Home in Ontario

An 1880s-Era Church Turned Vacation Home in Ontario

Back in early 2018, art teacher Colin and his partner Matt, a banker, were nesting. They had finished renovating their Toronto loft and were thrilled to be sitting back, enjoying the fruits of their hard work. The second the pair laid eyes on this...
interior decoration - 2019-08-29 18:53:19
Our Hopes For The Future of Design

Our Hopes For The Future of Design

Pattern above by Deanne Cheuk (download here) This is the final week of Design*Sponge. I’ve been scared to write that sentence all summer, but the time is here, and I want to make these last few posts go beyond products or trends. For me, the...
interior decoration - 2019-08-27 18:54:16
Keia McSwain + The Black Interior Designers Conference 2019 Recap

Keia McSwain + The Black Interior Designers Conference 2019 Recap

When I feel stuck, uninspired or just isolated in my work, I look to see if there are any conferences coming up. I was at a conference in 2014 when I got an email from Grace Bonney, asking me to submit a second tour sample for a possible interiors...
interior decoration - 2019-08-27 18:54:16
How to Handle (And Learn From) Being Called Out

How to Handle (And Learn From) Being Called Out

When I started Design*Sponge, I had no idea just how many times I would royally stick my foot in my mouth. From poor internet behavior (I left my share of anonymous rude comments, like a proper asshole) and self-righteous stubbornness, to downright...
interior decoration - 2019-08-26 18:54:18
A Designer?s Beautiful and Adaptive Home in the Southwest

A Designer?s Beautiful and Adaptive Home in the Southwest

I feel so much gratitude for this site — for the ways Design*Sponge has helped shape other pockets of the internet and for the ways writing others’ stories has shaped me. I can look through the archives and remember working with each...
interior decoration - 2019-08-23 18:53:54
Heartache Chocolate Cake + Giveaway

Heartache Chocolate Cake + Giveaway

I started thinking about what my last recipe post would be in January when Grace told the team that Design*Sponge would be closing this summer. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted it to be representative of the work we do on the site, my most used...
interior decoration - 2019-08-23 18:53:54
You Are More Than The Best (and Worst) Thing You?ve Ever Done

You Are More Than The Best (and Worst) Thing You?ve Ever Done

I’ve been struggling a lot over the past few years to reckon with how big of a role my work life plays in my self confidence and identity. I don’t think I realized until just a year or two ago that I judge and define myself based almost...
interior decoration - 2019-08-22 18:57:03
Before & After: A Kitchen Adds Function and Beauty

Before & After: A Kitchen Adds Function and Beauty

A few years ago, I found this amazing woodworker on Instagram and immediately fell in love with her work. I asked my husband for a piece she had created for my birthday that year, and have been following her ever since. We’ve developed a...
interior decoration - 2019-08-21 18:53:37
How to Know When It?s Time to Go (and How it Feels to Say Goodbye)

How to Know When It?s Time to Go (and How it Feels to Say Goodbye)

Artwork by Nick Misani When I posted on Instagram about these final essay spots in our calendar, so many of you wanted to know how I knew it was time to close Design*Sponge and what ending a chapter feels like. I’ve been sharing some of the...
interior decoration - 2019-08-21 18:53:37
A Vision (Board) For The Future

A Vision (Board) For The Future

When I first learned about vision/inspiration boards years ago, I was a major skeptic. I didn’t see how cutting images out of a magazine could actually lead to any sort of substantive clarity ? until it did. The simple act of letting your mind...
interior decoration - 2019-08-20 18:53:56
Dear 23-Year-Old Grace: Let?s Write Letters To Our Younger Selves

Dear 23-Year-Old Grace: Let?s Write Letters To Our Younger Selves

Last week I mentioned that I only had a few spots left in our Design*Sponge calendar before we closed up shop. I asked what YOU wanted to hear about ? or if you had any questions left that you wanted answered before I retired my blogging hat for...
interior decoration - 2019-08-19 18:54:36
An Eclectic Home Brimming with Custom & Creative Touches in Los Angeles

An Eclectic Home Brimming with Custom & Creative Touches in Los Angeles

Heather Swallow and Atom Willard are no strangers to exploratory DIY projects — whether they’re reviving vintage pieces (and giving them a totally new spin), building a couch together, or deciding to rip all the upper kitchen cabinets...
interior decoration - 2019-08-19 18:54:36
Easy-to-Make Sweet Coconut Quick Bread

Easy-to-Make Sweet Coconut Quick Bread

So many times on Instagram I’m drawn as much by the images themselves as the enthusiastic writing of someone who genuinely seems to enjoy explaining their craft, whether it is food-related, art-related, sports-related, something technical, and...
interior decoration - 2019-08-16 18:53:59
DIY Glam PVC Pipe Walls

DIY Glam PVC Pipe Walls

It wouldn’t be a proper final month of Design*Sponge (I’m not crying, you’re crying!) if we didn’t leave you with one more knock-your-socks-off DIY project. Today I’m thrilled to be sharing the work of one of my...
interior decoration - 2019-08-16 18:53:59
5 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice I?m Glad I Ignored

5 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice I?m Glad I Ignored

Photo by HomePolish One of my earliest Design*Sponge memories involves a bit of unsolicited advice I received from a fellow design blogger. He pulled me aside at one of the first professional events I ever attended and said, “You’re...
interior decoration - 2019-08-15 18:54:08
In Philadelphia, An Industrial Loft Full of Wallpaper & Whimsy

In Philadelphia, An Industrial Loft Full of Wallpaper & Whimsy

After 15 years of featuring incredible homes on Design*Sponge, it can feel like every cool home we see has been featured here or elsewhere. But when this incredible Philadelphia, PA penthouse came across my desk, I gasped — it had all of the...
interior decoration - 2019-08-14 18:53:32
Travel with Us: Our Hopes for Future Design*Sponge Travelers

Travel with Us: Our Hopes for Future Design*Sponge Travelers

When I started Design*Sponge back in 2004, I had no idea that city guides would become such a big part of what we published. DS City Guides (we have over 300 in our archives!) came about naturally as people asked for design recommendations. As we...
interior decoration - 2019-08-13 18:53:51
Accessible Design in 2019 & Beyond

Accessible Design in 2019 & Beyond

At our farewell celebration at Philadelphia’s Terrain last week, amidst steady laugher and clinking glasses, I met one of our readers who told me about her work advocating for accessible design. She mentioned her latest projects and the...
interior decoration - 2019-08-12 18:55:27
How My Mom?s Aesthetic Inspired My Love of Design

How My Mom?s Aesthetic Inspired My Love of Design

As a child, I was fascinated with my mom’s desk. It was a refractory table that was part of our living room. I was usually the first one awake at my house and I would sit in her seat and pretend to type on her typewriter or get out one of her...
interior decoration - 2019-08-09 18:55:09
Passing the Baton: One Final Podcast Episode about Closing Design*Sponge & Good Company

Passing the Baton: One Final Podcast Episode about Closing Design*Sponge & Good Company

This year has been full of big professional decisions. The first was deciding it was the right time to close Design*Sponge ? and then figuring out how we’d like that to go and feel. The second was realizing that, despite our best efforts and...
interior decoration - 2019-08-08 18:55:58
That One Piece: The Perfect Blue Globe

That One Piece: The Perfect Blue Globe

When I was in college — in the mid-90s — I discovered the art of thrifting. I was working in a vintage store at the time in Tampa, FL called Decades Ago-Go. My bosses Laura and Dan taught me so much about vintage and all the things to...
interior decoration - 2019-08-07 18:54:39
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