Inspired By Nature...

It is a foggy morning here in Portland. As I sit facing the window, I can easily daydream myself into a forest with thick mist clinging to the tree branches. Momentarily I am a bird perched with my beak tucked securely under one wing...delightful. So let's see what the Design Style Guide can do for my fantasy...The brilliant blues of this "What A Hoot" pillow cover from Sun2Create add a retro touch to my reverie. Measures 12x16" / priced at $14A...

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Look how the Lilies Grow....

Lilies have been on my mind - a lovely shape to decorate with, a meaningful flower of gentleness and remembrance. So as I thought about this post, I decided to search for Lily on our website The Design Style Guide. The first four items that came up on my search are excellent example of how talented and how varied our artists are here on the Design Style Guide!Take and look and click on the picture to see more wonderful items from these creators:Fragrance...

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A New Home Office

This is such a wonderfully talented group of artists and I am happy to write about them here. And I hope you will enjoy reading about my favorite finds. Now on to the post….We are planning to move in the next few weeks into a much larger house. A house where I will get my very own office. Of course I’ll need to decorate it with inspiring, hand crafted pieces. I found a wonderful assortment of items for my new home office. I’m sure these will...

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Urvi Agrawal, Etsy Artist from India

Urvi Agrawal is one of the newest members of Design Style Guide. She has an Etsy shop which houses a beautiful collection of Soft Home Furnishings. Urvi took the time to answer a few questions and I figured, what the heck, why not publish them?1. What is your shop name and what do you sell?The name of my shop is The Home Centric. I sell a wide range of handmade home decor mainly soft furnishings. This includes Decorative Pillow Covers, Throw pillows,...

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All That Glitters...

It's rather dark and bleak at this time of year, and whilst perusing the array of great items available through Design Style Guides group of wonderfully talneted artisans, my eye was drawn, Magiepie style, to all the glittery things on offer at the moment. Here are my favourites.. Vintage brass three arm candle wall sconce by highstreetmarket Set of 7 Vintage gold trimmed glasses for the bar by highstreetmarket Shabby Mosaic 3 Piece Silver Tea Set...

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Crunch Time!

In these dark economic times, isn't it nice to know there are still handmade home decor options out there that won't break the bank! Have a peak at these lovely items from Design Style Guide that are for sale for less than $20 a piece...Add a little sweetness with this 4x6" original flower watercolor painting from Karen Faulkner Art - $15.This wonderfully bright sunflower-inspired trivet from Annie K Designs can be used as a table runner, comes...

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Dinner Party

Welcome to my first post for the Design Style Guide blog. I'm pleased to be a contributor. Design Style Guide is a great place to find beautiful, unique items to set a table for your next dinner party that you won't see on everyone else's table. Here are just a few of my finds that I think, while eclectic in style, would coordinate very nicely together.Bella Wine Glasses by V Silcox Designs 9-piece Salad Bowl Set by Blue Sky Pottery Eyes of the...

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Boone's Hooks -- Distinctive Hand Forged Accessories

Smyth Boone is an eighteenth generation blacksmith, a family legacy that goes back to the time of the Vikings. Smyth combines his inherent blacksmithing skills with the versatile design talents of Robin A. Boone. The unique arrangement of Smyth Boone’s internationally recognized forging skills and Robin’s complex designs combine to form one of the strongest unions in the field of contemporary ironwork.Unique designs and talented forgings have led...

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Winter Wonderlands

Here in southeast Michigan there's about a foot of snow on the ground, and the thermometer sits at 12.8 degrees F. (Thank goodness for that .8 degrees, or it would be beastly cold!) Everyone I know complains that it's too cold, they're tired of shoveling snow, and they're sick of winter. But I'm one of those rare and perverse people who happens to love winter. To me there's nothing quite as beautiful as a snow covered landscape glistening in...

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Today is so historic!

I had a completely different post ready to place on our blog today but decided to change the subject in view of the historical event due to take place today in America! The inauguration of the new President of America, Barack Obama. I can't remember the last time there was so much interest, worldwide. Here in the UK we have been avidly watching and following the events leading up to this auspicious day. In recognition of the importance of this...

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