Elanso

it’s been a long, hot week here in brooklyn but things are looking up and carl and russell made some seriously fantastic progress on our kitchen makeover which i cannot wait to share in a few weeks! until then, here’s are a few “after” shots from maya*made’s barn makeover project. maya and her mother nancy gave the barn a few upgrades and i’m loving these two areas of the house. click here to read maya’s full post and check out the rest of the barn. i’m off to clean up around the house and get ready for a little team d*s trip next weekend so i’ll see you monday. have a great weekend- below is a summary of this week’s highlights.

• NEW: sneak peek into lena corwin’s new book + pattern contest (with prizes)!
• diy wednesdays: wooden clock project
• new sneak peeks: jen altman, carl & russell of repop (who i owe my fab new kitchen to them!)
• new before & afters: olga’s dresser, eileen’s chair, and jim’s entryway
• new d*s guest blog: thanks to andrew wagner of american craft for all of his great posts this week!
• misc.: pocka booka textiles by christy, embroidered linens by charlotte casadejus, fine art from children’s drawings, toilet paper ceramics by blake wright, new textile circles from chez sucre chez, vera wang stationery, east end fish prints by christy, emocja felt sideboard, sexy surge protectors, and lighting from wep light
• new sites: mightyhaus and limonclaro
• dish dish dish: project runway season 5 talk
• homes i love: lost river modern and ‘the modern house’ real estate
• things i love: my new vintage frame chalkboard from blue bell bazaar
• new in the kitchen with: meg mateo ilasco’s pesto pasta