Sale Alert: 15% Off West Elm Wooden Headboards...

You’ll sleep well tonight. Through March 15, all wooden headboards at West Elm are 15 percent off. The sale includes old favorites like the brand’s signature Overlapping Squares Headboard ($169-$329), as well as some newer designs like the industrial-looking 2 x 2 Headboard ($126-$237) – so long as they’re wooden! If you need some cozy organic sheets to outfit your new bed, the shop’s...

Casa No Gere, Amazing Sustainable Home In The Midd...

Even though it is considered dangerous, there are many people who dream of a house in the middle of nature. Casa No Gere comes from architects Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi and is located in an unconventional environment. Deep in Portugal’s national park is where the owners wished to live and their request was honored by the architects by coming up with plans for this stunning building. And things were...

Do You Have an Open Plan Kitchen?...

I grew up in a house with an open plan kitchen, where the cooking and the dining took place in the same room. I loved it! Everyone tends to hover in the kitchen at parties and every day anyway, so it makes sense to have them in one place. Of course, it’s less formal, but let’s face it: my name might as well be Casual Cathy. Do you have one? Source Do You Have an Open Plan Kitchen? Yes! I have an open...

Mind-Blowing : The Future of Architectural Visual...

Traditional 3D visualization tools are limited to 2D display technology (computer monitors for instance). Zebra’s holographic images are unlike anything you have ever seen. The image literally “floats” in the air. You will be tempted to reach into the image with the expectation that you will touch the object being presented. You can move around the image to view it from a wide variety of angles with no...

Open House: What’s Your Dream House?...

I was reading about the Albemarle House, an eight-bedroom, 13-and-a-half bath estate on more than 300 acres in Charlottesville, VA, which is on the market for $48 million – originally listed at $100 million! – and felt really baffled. The neo-Georgian house was designed by architect David Easton for winemaker Patricia Kluge, the ex-wife of billionaire TV mogul John Kluge. The house is beautiful but also...

Let’s Dine-in Tonight: 5 Tips for the Perfect Ga...

For those who like to entertain with hearty, neighborhood-renowned feasts, a good dining room design is essential if you want your friends to know your taste in decorating is as fabulous as your cooking.  And if your cooking is lacking in the tasty department, then at least they can compliment you on your table settings.  Either way, it’s a win-win.  If you’re wondering what makes a beautiful dining room...

Self-Sustaining House with Slide, Climbing Wall &a...

Most kids would give up their prized LEGO collection for a slide, pool and climbing wall in their house.  Luckily for Ro and Kit, their dad, architect Alex Michaelis , believes that they can have it all without sacrificing great design (or custom-designed LEGO UFOs). Taking his kids’ outlandish ideas into consideration with a seriousness most parents couldn’t muster, Alex designed a staircase with an adjacent slide. ...

Lovely Little Vignettes: Botanical Beauty...

Here’s a post from CasaSugar Community member EarthPlusArt from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: The area between my dining table and breakfast bar needed a little style. So I put together some pottery and glassware with one of my botanical photographs in an upcycled frame made from a used kitchen cabinet. Have you arranged any vignettes of your own lately? Be sure to post photos and tales in our Lovely Little...

Architectural Digest Selects Roger Thomas to Desig...

The Oscars are really closing in on us! Architectural Digest has just announced that it has chosen interior and furniture designer Roger Thomas to create the Architectural Digest Greenroom at the 82nd annual event. The greenroom is the backstage lounge where all the Oscar presenters and honorees will relax and rehearse before their big stage debut at the Kodak Theatre. The choice seems fitting for Thomas, who says,...

Nice and New: Papier-Mâché Animal Busts...

Hunters bask in their shooting glory by mounting their prized prey on their walls, and some people can even fill a dining room wall with antlers galore . But I found another type of taxidermy to take pride in – a papier-mâché Savannah Story Bust ($68). These jungle-friendly animal heads are made by Haitians to honor their African heritage. Crafted from recycled cement bags and old French books, these perfectly...