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July 2015

  • scone montage

    Sconces! So many sconces.

    The new apartment came with three sconces installed in various places, and as far as rental fixtures go, they’re pretty nice. I’m used to apartments coming with those gross faux-brass things with…

  • New Mexico Piñon Coffee

    Summer obsession: New Mexico Piñon Coffee, iced.

    On a recent trip to New Mexico, I was introduced to something called piñon coffee, specifically that from the New Mexico Piñon Coffee Company in Albuquerque. It’s Arabica coffee blended with piñon…

  • Mint-green bathrooms.

    Photo via 1st Dibs How happy does this sink make you? Those knobs! That chrome! The minty goodness of it all! This beauty was designed by George Saiker for the American Radiator…

  • Kitchen island + coffee station.

    The kitchen in the new (ahem, “new”) apartment is more of an area than a designated room. You can see what I mean in the floor plan and photos from the real…

  • k is for black leaves + dots

    Leaves + Dots, D16-style.

    The other day, I decided I wanted to make myself a new iPhone case to match the new D16 site design. And then I thought a mug might be nice, too…and maybe…

  • Wallpaper backsplashes from KitchenWalls.

    I have a confession to make. My mother sent me a link to these wallpapered backsplashes last week, but because I’m a horrible monster child, I didn’t actually look at her email…

  • IKEA Ilse Crawford SINNERLIG

    SINNERLIG: Ilse Crawford for IKEA.

    Yesterday I posted about the IKEA 2016 catalog launch, and shared a glimpse of SINNERLIG, the new collection created for IKEA by London-based designer Ilse Crawford. I was really looking forward to…

  • IKEA 2016 catalog launch!

    On Wednesday night I went to a press event thing for the launch of the 2016 IKEA catalog. It was held in a really cool event space near the Empire State Building…

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