Glasses House - Minimalist Home Design

The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection. The estate includes other

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August Design House - 5th, 6th & 7th

Reminder that the Design House WILL be open this weekend 10am to 5pm daily.  All of the rooms are completely redesigned and redone this month, including paint, furniture, and accessories.  Here are few photos of what you can expect this weekend...

Newly designed spaces and unique furniture, including this oversize reclaimed wood table and beautiful high back chairs with nail head trim detail.

What a great double sink vanity!

This Shiner bed is the most wonderful bed ever.  Period. (and it's proudly made in the U.S.A.)

Pops of color brought in from nature including oversize pillows, flowers, and colorful birds.

Intimate and comfy seating arrangements downstairs like this round reclaimed wood table we're using as a breakfast table.

If you're not familiar with the Design House, you can get the scoop here.  We recently posted a few pages from our Design Notebook.  To see what inspired us for the August 2011 Design House, please click here.

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See you this weekend!

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Books Under The Stairs!

Nothing turns a house into a home faster than books (in my opinion!).

Here's an example of some really nifty book storage.

Image from Bromeliad

Wish I could walk down some stairs into my very own hideaway/bedroom with plenty of room for good reading material.

Bliss.

Linda. xox

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What the... What? (#4)

We have a special phrase around the store when we find things in our travels that are particularly unusual, odd, confusing, or sometimes hideous.  When we come across one of these items, we like to use one of our favorite Lucketts-isms, "What the... What?"  Here is one of those items I came across while doing some research for another item.  We didn't have this in the store, but hey, you never know, it's quite possible.

See if you can guess what this is and leave us a comment if you think you know!  We'll reveal the item's true identity and purpose later this week.  

Can you identify this mystery item and tell us what it was once used for?

What the... What?

Leave a comment if you know!

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Minimalist Furniture Design Home Entertainment by Acerbis - Minimalist Decorating Idea

This is the minimalist design of home entertainment furniture. Modern furniture design for the living room. minimalist furniture designs by Acerbis. first introduced the theme of integration, physical and aesthetic, audio-video devices, the collection of a New Concept again subjected to further development, fully equipped with projection screen hidden in the closet, for those who do not want to

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Soft Color Kitchen Design - Minimalist Home Design

Modern Kitchen Design With Soft ColorItalian Kitchen Design With Soft ColorLuxury European Kitchen Design With Soft ColorSimple Soft Color Kitchen DesignYellow Kitchen DesignItalian Kitchen Design with Wood ThemeNatural Color Kitchen Design

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Elegant House Design - Minimalist Home Design

The Most Elegant HouseItalian design refers to all forms of design in Italy, including interior design, urban design, fashion design and architectural design. Italy is recognized as being a worldwide trendsetter and leader in design - as a matter of fact, Italian architect Luigi Caccia claims the "Quite simply, we are the best" and that "We have more imagination, more culture, and are better

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