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  wall decors galore…

  10.29.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The last few years in interior design have really gone overboard with wall decors. By way of i.d. magazine I found domestic.fr and I’m pretty amazed at the amount of wall decors they have produced as well as the cost; most seem to be under 100 euros. I want to put most of these in [...]

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  modern design auction at wright, chicago

  10.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A few years ago when I was living in Chicago, I attended a Wright auction. Wright is located in an nondescript warehouse, just southwest of the loop. I’m sure I stuck out like a sore thumb in the relatively small crowd but I enjoyed the auction nonetheless. It was pretty thrilling to see so many [...]

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  kids’ house by studiomama…

  09.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ll confess I saw this on Oheedoh (apartment therapy’s kids’ edition) but I had to highlight it as well. Studiomama a London-based designer named Nina Tolstrup designs furniture and spaces. I love the Kids’ House (show below). It includes a sleepy area, lego wall, and exterior blackboard wall. I built forts of all kinds as [...]

• all posts, design, garden

  $2,200 Tepee, yes it’s worth it.

  08.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If I had wads of cash just lying around our construction project, I’d buy this Tepee. Ever since elementary school, when an Native American man with three thumbs would come to our school and set up his Tepee, I’ve been pining for one. Joe even built a Tepee inspired shower for our brave weddings guests [...]

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  new Blu Dot catalog…

  07.10.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Here’s a fun video of the photo shoot for Minneapolis based design/furniture company, Blu Dot. A long lost friend Matthew Rezac designed the catalog and it proves he’s still a rock star designer. Having spent 4 years in Minneapolis, I really enjoyed seeing real Minnesota snow in the video as well as a few familiar [...]

  

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House & Fig is Sarah Wert & Joe Hebenstreit. Joe is a ‘Maker’ in all meanings of the word as well as a Product Design Lead. Sarah spends most of her time photographing very cute kids Modern Kids Photography. We got hitched in July of 2007 and about a month later found ourselves tearing down walls in our new home. You could say we're newlyweds living in a construction zone.

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