As any model knows, good lighting is key. And just as it does for glamazons on magazine covers, the right light can give your home an instant face lift too. Which is why changing up your lighting is a great, inexpensive way to spruce up your home. We’re loving pendant lamps this season, so we’ve [...]

Imagine if your wallpaper was like a giant, touchscreen remote for your house: touch a flower here and, voila, your lamp is on; rub a petal there and, hark, the sweet sounds of your iPod begin to play. As crazy as it sounds, The Living Wall is just that. The “High-Low Tech Group” at MIT’s Media Lab, a group [...]

Whether you live for the stuff or can’t stand it, tea has at least brought us one item that is universally loved: the tea towel. If you think you don’t love the tea towel yet, just wait until the end of this post (as we attempt to convert you). (1) The tea towel is essentially the only [...]

If you’re not afraid to go outside the box with your walls, but don’t have the cash for a large-scale paint/wall-paper remodel, then this newest trend is for you. Decal Wall Stickers are an easy way to add some punch, pizazz, or even whimsy to your walls on the cheap. Here are our picks for [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to get down and dirty with Yoko Ono, now’s your chance. Well, not exactly, but you can make a great decor addition with custom designed trash cans by the likes of Ono, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Tyra Banks’ favorite noted fashion photog, Nigel Barker, in your kitchen corner. Initiated by [...]

If you’ve ever lusted over the gilded chandeliers and lusciously plump arm chairs of a Louis XV boudoir, then (whether you knew it or not) you’ve fallen in love with a little style known as Rococo. Lucky for you, Design*Sponge has come up with a fascinating history lesson and guide to help you bring the sumptuousness of 18th [...]

Despite the fact that everyone and their cousin seem capable of having a reality show these days, we never thought that a retail store would make one – or that we’d actually want to watch it. Man Shops Globe, which airs on Wednesday night at 10pm on the Sundance Channel, follows the trials and tribulations [...]

While moss is generally not something you want to find creeping up your walls, a Japanese group of architects and designers known as Nendo Studio has found a way to make moss into a veritable work of art. The group, which draws inspiration from the natural occurrences of everyday life (in this case, the moss-ridden banks of a [...]

When Joy Thigpen, a stylist and photographer, got down to decorating her new home, she knew she wanted to create a space that was lighthearted, fun, and practically bursting with color. Then she found her muse. No, it wasn’t a pillow or a poster – it was a song. Feist’s quirky “Mushaboom” to be exact. We think that giving a room [...]