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This is the story of a French postman who spent thirty years of his life building his dream home– a palace made of pebbles and stones he found along his postal route…. Ferdinand Cheval allegedly first began building his “Palais Ideale” in 1879 when he tripped over an unusual stone. Inspired by its shape, he [...]
It could be the house of a pirate king who keeps his treasure buried in the waterbed beneath, but this plywood palace built around a broad-leafed maple tree in Redmond, Washington belongs to a regular Dad who built it for his kids. Sadly, all three of Steve Rondel’s children grew up before he could ever [...]
Before you get too excited by these images, as the title might suggest, this is not an article about a new designer fashion trend for crocheted bags. (And you may or may not remember a little article I did a while back called 3 Reasons to Stop being an a** hole and say NO to [...]
So it’s that time of year again when magazines do their crappy annual gift guides, “guiding” you to buy $100 cashmere socks, $75 scented candles and generally the most mundane, over-priced gift ideas you could ever think of (and would land in serious debt if you actually took their advice). So for the people living [...]
I know it’s still a little early to be talking Christmas gifts, but if you’re one of those people that likes to give something better than a box of sweets you picked up in the line at the supermarket, I think I’ve found the perfect idea. Cheeky Booom is a “micro maison de broderie“, a [...]
Hey, do you like DIY? Good, because you can now DIY your own Fendi iconic Baguette purse! All you’ll need is your very own Fendi craft kit, maybe some extras from the craft store to really go all out and oh, $1,500! Haha! And there you were thinking a designer label was going to be [...]
It’s Friday afternoon and there’s nothing really left to talk about except cocktail hour, now is there? And at the end of a long work week, what could be more rewarding than fixing yourself a cocktail in your very own home bar? I couldn’t help but notice that retro style bars in all shapes and [...]
I‘m not here to pretend I’m some kind of crafty DIY blogger that goes around magically decorating my room with a new make-over every week. But I do however know how to spot a super simple DIY project, so easy that you could probably do it while getting tipsy on a bottle of wine, which [...]
So I came across a game-changer this morning on that wild and wonderful place called Pinterest. Just imagine how this picnic table / wine cooler / instant bar could improve your al fresco summer dining and help you become a better wino… The table pictured above was designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects but [...]
Any champagne drinkers out there? Here’s a little DIY project for you. Turn your left-over champagne wire cages into a collection of mini Parisian style café chairs! Why? Artist and blogger Becky Kazana (The Fab Miss B) suggests using them as place card holders for a charming touch to your dinner parties. The rest of [...]
The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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I had you at ‘Free Wine & Cheese‘, didn’t I? If you’ve been umming and
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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This is the story of a French postman who spent thirty years of his life building his dream home–
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It’s still a work in progress so I don’t have a whole stack of images but I really
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After only five years in Paris, “Genevieve de Milwaukee” has gone from editorial
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So painstakingly detailed, you could easily mistake these photographs for real life-sized rooms
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Anna Karina arrived in Paris at the age of seventeen from Denmark. She spoke no French and
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“What brings us together and what keeps us apart” “All Star Nobody”
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What is more enchanting than an artist’s studio? When these painters, sculptors and creators
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It could be the house of a pirate king who keeps his treasure buried in the waterbed beneath, but
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The boulangerie, boucherie, the epicerie, the caviste, the chocolatier, la coiffure; everyday
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Before you get too excited by these images, as the title might suggest, this is not an article
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