For a multi-story home, the stairs are something you likely use every day. But do you ever really stop to look at the space around them? Staircases and stairwells are an oft forgotten about area when designing the interior. But a space that gets so much foot traffic deserves to look as nice as the… Read More Stop and Stair: The Best Ways to Bring Style to Your Stairs
Decorating an entire room in one color can be an intimidating thought. But there are actually numerous benefits to going monochrome. For small spaces a monochrome palette can make the room feel larger and less cluttered. Monochrome can create harmony and make a space feel more unified and peaceful. If any of these options sound… Read More Surrounded by Color: How to Create A Stunning Monochrome Room
As has been noted in posts about trends, what’s old often becomes new again, with trends constantly cycling. When you look back at the trends of the past you can get an idea of what’s popular more frequently and what conditions might lead to certain elements becoming popular again. That’s why we decided to start… Read More Throwback Thursday: 1980s Style
All walls could use a little something to help them be less bare. Paintings, prints, photographs, and mirrors are the standards for adding visual interest to a wall. But what if you want something a little different? Or what if you’re just feeling a little thrifty? Luckily there are a lot of unique things, some… Read More Art Everywhere: Five Things to Frame and Hang as Art
As has been noted in posts about trends, what’s old often becomes new again, with trends constantly cycling. When you look back at the trends of the past you can get an idea of what’s popular more frequently and what conditions might lead to certain elements becoming popular again. That’s why we decided to start… Read More Throwback Thursday: 1970s Style
When you first see the title of the website The House That Lars Built, you probably expect to see a Scandinavian man doing the posting. But the face of (and brains behind) The House That Lars Built is Brittany Jepsen, who started the blog as a grad school project and kept it going from there… Read More Sitting With… Brittany Jepsen of The House That Lars Built
The results are in and there was a clear winner when it came to which color you’d like to see the Clam Chair. Our Instagram stories poll pitted earth tones and pastels against each other. While the results were close, ultimately earth tones took the title. The winner for our poll here was more easily… Read More Clam Chair Poll Results
Wednesday we introduced you to the Clam Chair as Astrid’s latest prediction for trending furniture. While it makes sense that a chair named after a clam would be off-white, we think it would look great in different colors too. The problem is, we can’t decide which we like best! So we’re opening it up to… Read More Poll: Color the Clam Chair!
What better way to spend the weekend than looking at some beautiful interiors and dreaming about how to interpret them into your own space? We put together some color palettes to inspire your design daydreams and now are pitting them against each other to see which one reigns supreme. Here’s the palettes a bit larger… Read More Weekend Inspiration: Color Palette Contemplation
Despite the fact that it feels like New Year’s was just a couple of weeks ago, we’re already into March. Though March’s birthstone is aquamarine, undeniably most people associate March with the color green. Spring starts in March bringing new signs of plant life sprouting up, and St. Patrick’s Day has green showing up everywhere.… Read More Pin-spiration: The Best Green Interiors