Is there anything more lovely than Paris in autumn? The City of Light is hard to beat in this glorious season, and last month, we got the opportunity to travel to France to visit both Paris and Bordeaux. It wasn’t a purely leisure trip (though how can Paris ever feel like work?) — our main intent was to meet with French wallpaper company Isidore Leroy. We were first introduced to the brand through a friend from design school, then partnered with them on the Lake Forest Showhouse. This collaboration sparked the idea for another: What if we developed a wallpaper collection…
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Hi everyone! I’m back from our trip to Florida, we had a nice vacation and I feel so rested. I received a question from a reader who’s teen is off to college about what are some necessities for living in a dorm. My daughter spent a year in a dorm last year. I remembered a lot of what we had purchased for her, but she also reminded me of a few items that she liked having since she lived the experience. Last year, we shopped on Dormify and PB Teen and also hit up Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, and…
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It’s “paradise at the end of the world,” once said Barbara Stauffacher, the graphic designer who created the ram’s horns graphic adorning the lodge at Sea Ranch in Sonoma County, California. Built in the 1960s, the quiet coastal community about three hours north of San Francisco was imagined as a means of living harmoniously with nature by a small group of architects, designers, and master planner, Lawrence Halprin. It was also a response to the kinds of gated communities found elsewhere in the country that bent the wilderness to its will and barred outsiders. A bench seat was added to…
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OH MY GOSH. Welcome to EHD’s annual Fourth of July sales guide! I have some great news for my fellow fiscally responsible friends: OUR PATIENCE HAS PAID OFF. This year, the July 4th sales are incredible. I mean: there’s 70% off furniture at McGee & Co.! There’s an extra 40% off sale pieces at Anthropologie! There’s 60% off clothing at Alex Mill! (And that’s barely scratching the surface – there are so many more good deals below!) This weekend, Team EHD and I will be updating this post with our design editor-approved favorite deals in furniture, decor, fashion, beauty, and…