Making a House a Home

I loved decorating my apartment back in Chicago. It gave me such happiness and it's a great feeling when you  look around your home and feel good about what you've created. In Korea, I have a small studio with three types of awful wallpaper, yea three. I can't put anything on the walls and I don't really want to spend the money to make my apartment look the way I'd like. The lack of space for creativity makes me a bit sad but I have found a way to compensate, I have been decorating a dollhouse.

I found wooden furniture that I have been painting, I made rugs out of cork and paint and I've started making the actual house. I've been looking for some fabric scraps for bedding and upholstery too. I'll be excited to show off the finish product and will give a few updates along the way. Derek likens me to an old woman who goes home, paints her miniature furniture while watching her shows and drinking wine, and I have to say I like that picture.

Lantern Inspiration: DIY

Lanterns are super easy to DIY and make them your own. Here are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Personally, I love the pom pom one. Also, remember the bigger the better!

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Lantern Inspiration: Home

So, I've decided to do a monthly feature that takes the inspiration I have encountered in Korea and translate it into other parts of life and design. I think it will be nice to look back and see all the ideas that Korea has given me and hopefully use some of them. For my first Inspiration series it will be all about lanterns taking inspiration from the Jinju lantern festival I wrote about here.  

First up are lanterns for the home.

above photos via design sponge

via desire to inspire

House in the Home

Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Fiber Art

Fiber art will always make me swoon. I love the 3-D qualities, the depth and the creativity it takes to work with fibers. I was so excited when I found Chang Yeonsoon from Seoul, South Korea who received artist of the year in 2008. I hope to see a lot of fiber works in Korea and Japan. The last work would look great in a long hallway.

  

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Camp Design Sponge Review

Yesterday I went to Anthropologie to grab the summer Design Sponge newspaper, and boy am I glad I did. What a great inspiring publication to bring people back to those summer camp days. 

I was so inspired. For example, a blog that needs to be created that is based the girl scout badge theme. The blogger posts a project and when others do the project (with their own take on it), they post a picture and earn a (cute) badge that is sent through the mail. Feel free to take my idea so I can participate!

It also included this spot that's close to Chicago. It looks like a dream and I WILL stay there one day. 

 Finally, Derek and I did the puzzles together which was great fun. The paper made me ready to get my project on and the graphic design was super. Basically, I am telling you to pick it up today!