Brooklyn Home Tour

Emma & Mike's Brooklyn Home Tour from David Land on Vimeo.

Michael Fusco and Emma Straub have resided in Lefferts Garden for one year now. They run a design studio out of their brownstone creating record covers, concert posters among other cool things via their company M + E. Design*Sponge featured their quintessential Brooklyn home two weeks ago and I thought I'd share with all of you if you haven't seen it already. Wow, a tree house in New York City?! That is really something special; it's truly inspiring.

Oh, and I have their headboard fabric in my own home! Ikea has the least expensive and beautifully designed textiles you can purchase by the yard. Now you know.

Forever Inspired...

The supremely talented illustrator Alessandra Olanow is a recent Brooklyn transplant and her beautiful Cobble Hill (my old neighborhood!!) brownstone is featured in Design*Sponge. The home is a perfect balance of mixed and varying textures from leather to wood to soft cottons. The design scales are balanced so evenly and beautifully this case.

Don't you just want to tuck yourself into those amazing Turkish linens featured above and gaze up at the old tin ceiling for a few hours? I know I do.

Enjoy the spread and beautiful light filled rooms here.

Decals from Artist Shanna Murray

Artist Shanna Murray just launched a debut new line of the most adorable (and I mean adorable) decals.

The vinyl hand cut lettering and designs are a great peel-and-stick concept that will add much sweetness and interest to your walls or anything you want to put them on really.

Prices range from $10-$40 dollars for these little darlings but you can also request custom designs.

From Design*Sponge.

Notable Interiors...

Design*Sponge features gorgeous and very livable spaces on a weekly basis. I love being able to catch a peek into these homes that often tend to be more casual and candid than the traditional photo shoots found in the pages of design magazines. My recent favorite from the site is Catherine Taret's, a franco-American writer living in Paris, home in Montmarte.

Enjoy browsing the typical Parisian interior that is filled with gorgeously curated collectibles and furniture.

Merci beaucoup Design*Sponge!

Inspiring Office Spaces...

More and more of us are finding ourselves working from home in this economy. I have found some office inspiration for those of us that aren't going to the traditional (and often dull) spaces we once were flocking to everyday.

Isn't the above office from Design*Sponge gorgeous? It belongs to the creative team at Parliament based in Portland, Oregon. Click here to view, browse and become inspired by their amazing space.

I would happily work endless hours in the Parliament offices.

Made with Love

Are you taking the plunge into a small business and can't afford letterpress or expensive business cards? No need to worry because Design*Sponge gives you a quick lesson in DIY networking the old (and much preferred) fashioned way.

Yes, letterpress looks best but these self made (with love) cards are equally, if not more, precious.