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Not Your Grandmothers Wallpaper: Hand blocked wallpapers by Adelphi Paper Hangings

Yoko Ono clearly didn't have the experience of this wallpaper. I found video of wall papers being hand block printed and then hand painted as well. Pretty amazing works of art that can be customized for each client. Check out... Continue Reading →

Bet you didn’t know…. The origin of the design of a rug

In working toward my MA I am reading so much and accumulating some seriously trivial knowledge still interesting all the same. I am currently reading an essay by Michel Foucault “of other spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias” a more philosophical look... Continue Reading →

5 ways to achieve a beach modern look in your home: Less Kitsch More Diverse Materials

Living in a beach town and working as a designer some styles can become exhausting. So many people move here from up north or out west and want a classic or typical beach house. The reality is that it means... Continue Reading →

The Accent Chair

We all have that favorite chair we sit in at home. Is yours the overstuffed one? Is it leather or fabric? One way you can tell which is the favorite chair is by how stained the arms are or if... Continue Reading →

A failure of architecture and community: the development and down fall of Cabrini-Green, one perspective

Here's a story about Cabrini-Green I just read in a textbook for rhetoric for highschool students. It is Ryan Toppings The Elements of Rhetoric: How to Write and Speak Clearly & Persuasively. I am working towards my masters in Rhetoric... Continue Reading →

The Anatomy of a Pop Up Shop: a new cultural trend in retail sales for art

Most of have been to some sort of little sales thing at a friends home whether it was Tupperware, unmentionables, wine, jewelry, etc, we have had the experience or know of it. A pop up shop is a little different... Continue Reading →

Mom life rant #2947

I'm a working Mom because my mother was a working mom. I have 2 teenagers so I drink some. I don't assign myself any headings as they change on a daily basis. There is no work life balance, it is... Continue Reading →

Screw Preparation. Let’s Just Do This Thing: Hiking the Appalachian Trail One Section at a Time

Anyone who really knows me and I mean really really knows me, knows that I may be mostly organized but I do not prepare for things in life. I don’t plan, I don’t save, I simply jump in eyes closed,... Continue Reading →

A little Self Indulgence and Some More on Setting Goals: Training to Ride the Epic 50 Miles of Trails in Ocala.

Riding on beautiful path part of the rails to trails project, the thought came to me of what I want do in the next year. I don’t know if it’s exciting or pathetic that I always need to set a... Continue Reading →

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