White and Wood

Photography: Lucy Berridge

White and dark wood can look so clean and rich. Love these photos by Lucy Berridge!

Michael Bargo

Photography: Douglas Friedman for Domino

This was one of my favorite domino layouts. It's clean, not too masculine, simple, with a lot of personality.

Sofas

Photography: Marie Claire Maison, Via Lotta Agaton

These are some of my favorite sofas. The first one is an Arne Jacobsen swan sofa. Its great for a smaller piece and it reminds me of an old baseball glove. It's a bit pricey though, so I thought of a strategy. You could buy a vintage one in fabric off of ebay and recover it with leather. The second one I love, and we are thinking of buying a circular sofa for our apartment. I think its a really nice option compared to a regular sectional. I love sitting a round table, it somehow feels more intimate than a square table. I feel the same way about a circular sofa. You can fit a lot of people there and the focus is not only on a tv, but on each other. The only downside is it takes up a lot of space. The third one I also love for a sectional because it can function between rooms. For instance, in a loft one side could face the kitchen and the other side is the living room sofa.

Subway Tile

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I love subway tile for so many reasons. Its clean, its simple, and its cheap. We are renovating right now and its something my husband and I are constantly arguing about. He thinks that its sterile and institutional. We were going so strong, it was seeming like we didn't care about the same things, but times have changed. Anyway, here is my ode to the subway tile.

More morrocan wedding blanket ideas

Photos via: the style files, madeline weiner

Here are some other ideas for these great blankets. The pillow is from Madeline Weiner, which you can find on line

morocan wedding blankets

Photography: W magazine, others via Apartment therapy

These are morocan wedding blankets. Apparently when a morocan girl gets married she is given one of these blankets to wear on her wedding day. I have loved these since the first time I saw them and can't wait to get one! I think they go for about $300-$500, you can click the link to a place that sells them. Oh, the woman that sells them also sells the coveted Berber rug.

A little history in her own words on apt therapy:

"They are Berber in origin and were/are woven by women weavers. Each sequin painstakingly sewn on by hand. A single blanket can take many months to produce, depending on the complexity of design and the number of sequins. The loom in Morocco is treated as a living thing and treated with extreme care. If the weaver takes care in the weaving process, then the textile she produces is believed to have talismanic power and to protect the user from the evil eye."

Photography via flickr

I always tend to avoid color for some reason. I know it's important and can really add a lot. I pulled these images a while ago from either Emma's design blog or Lotta Agaton's blog. I think they are fantastic, enjoy,.