Category: Honor Roll

How brands are approaching marketing with your Instagram pics. And is this where stock photography is heading?

A house gets a fresh coat of white paint. In every room.
Are you feeling the urge to do this lately? Everything on Pinterest is indeed white, white, white.

America is exporting most of the fish we catch, and importing most of what we eat. It makes little sense, until you realize that “we want our food cheap and easy.”

Three generations of women, one setting, one dress.

The Potato Salad guy on Kickstarter basically won the internet lottery.

Nico offended Melissa McCarthy so you don’t have to.

Oh, Dolly!

The nurseries for Eleanor and August were both done with neutral grey/beige walls, so I’m thinking it’s time for something different in this house for baby number three. Except I’m not settled on what that’s going to be quite yet!

So harsh! Architectural critiques of famous buildings and landmarks.

So maybe You Oughta Know isn’t about Dave Coullier after all. Cut. It. Out.

Wishing I’d read this before shopping the souks in Marrakesh (though I think we did all right!).

And here are some tips for shopping the European flea markets too.

Goodbye, pinkstone.

We’re getting closer to fully understanding how anesthesia works, and with it, perhaps some secrets about consciousness.

Are you in need of a nice summery tablecloth to celebrate all of the delicious fresh food of the season? Let’s remedy that, shall we?

Start with a nice, but basic kitchen (white cabinets, wood floors, stainless steel appliances), and add happy hits of color and whimsy to personalize.

The figures are estimated and extrapolated from there, but it’s an interesting article nonetheless on how top style bloggers may be earning $1 million a year.

On what others think of us.

Come on. Where is our taco emoji already?

Pick a secret shame…

Thank goodness! Some baby name choices for us to consider. Manimal has such a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Aw, you’re just a little kitty, aren’t you!?

If you want to add some black and white art to your home, I’ve got you covered. Geometric, landscape and architectural photography, illustrations, abstract, and animals: take your pick.

Bill Watterson is doing comics again! Well, sort of. Briefly, and secretly.

Decorating advice from Better Homes & Gardens from 1975.

A DIY dartboard that’s adorable and easy to make.

40 maps that explain food in America.

What’s so hard about covering up to breastfeed in public? A lot, actually.

Um, was that John Waters by the side of the road?

Two dozen of my favorite pots and planters for all of your indoor and outdoor plant-based decorating needs. (Because we all have such needs, yes?)

Decorating with pink and blue, beyond the nursery. A living room that gets it right.

The all-white walls and trim look works well in a 170-year-old home.

Such a sweet video celebrating 10 years of Apartment Therapy!

The first track from Dan the Automator’s new project, Got a Girl, is streaming now.

This explanation of what makes a dance song so danceable was interesting, but what was really fascinating was the referenced detailed breakdown of syncopation.

Watch six dancers from the Washington Ballet perform their most difficult moves, in slow motion.

Get the look: amazing leather dining chairs.
I gave a couple of options to recreate a similar room. Which would you pick? I love the vintage Charlotte Perriand chairs, if we’re not taking into account the going rate for them.

Black for the exterior? Oh, yes.

Dance break! (And here’s 1st place.)

How old is Herman? Dorothy? How about Liam? It’s not too hard to guess, just based on a name.

A manifesto against the tyranny of luxury white kitchens.

Kristen’s got your lifestyle blog right here.

Me, sometimes.
 

Get the look: a demijohn bottle as singular design statement. (I think you know something has hit mass trending when you can buy it at Target, right?)