Color Inspiration: White Christmas

I am dreaming of a white Christmas... glitter and sparkle, stars and tinsel, beautiful chandeliers reflecting the winter light... white linens, silver and gold... mixed with an assortment of evergreens...

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Pink Bedroom Furniture Design Ideas by Karim Rashid

This new bedroom suite by Karim Rashid is hot – hot pink, that is! Designed for Italian furniture house Valdichienti and geared up for its big reveal at Salone del Mobile 2010, this pink bedroom furniture represents a new ideal in furniture, combining fashion and function, with a little flair thrown in for good measure. This playful set is characterized by its rounded corners, soft lines and of course, it’s stand-out color great for a girl’s bedroom or a sophisticated bedroom retreat.

Modern Armchairs Design by Polsit

These ultra modern armchairs design from Polsit is where functional art comes to fruition. The unusual Sculpture armchair by Andrea De Benedict is presented as the debut piece of the new Desart collection, which transforms original art into usable chairs and armchairs for the consumer with an elite sense of style.

Luxury House Interior Design with Extraordinary Views

This extraordinary house design by Architects Cadaval & Sola-Morales stands out among the primitive peaks. Perched on a steep hillside overlooking the Spanish Pyrenees,the house stone exterior is characteristic for its steeply pitched roof,which flavors the exterior and interior with its uniquee shape.

Contemporary Dining Table Design by Joe Doucet

The below table is designed by a popular American architect and designer Joe Doucet. At glance, this minimalist furniture looks usual but after you see it a bit closer you’ll find it as a luxurious table.

Contemporary Dining Table Design

Beautiful Luxury Carpets Design Ideas

Rug is one of great complement to our interior design. Now we’d love to share eight beautiful rugs that will be a new center piece to your home. The first idea comes from Kyle Bunting that brings cowhide rug designs. These collections come in a range of vibrant colors and attractive patterns and motifs that you can choose from geometric to organic spots and stripes. These rugs are also available in custom-made option, so you decide the sizes, colors, and designs to suit your space. This comfortable rug sure brings heat to your room during autumn or winter.

Magical Handmade Christmas Ornaments

Robin Kranitsky and Kim Overstreet are the artists and designers of these magical handmade Christmas ornaments. Their designs of intricate, stylized pins and precious metal pieces have gained a national reputation and their work has been chosen for museums, private collectors (such as Robin Williams), and galleries across the country.

The creations you see here are smaller versions of their intricate pieces. The result are these amazing ornaments of all kinds of material and personalities. Antique dominoes are magically transformed into beautiful figures. They use light weight materials such as balsa wood and foam as well as items from nature such as pine cones and thorns from plants. Old tins and assorted objects are recycled into an amazing works of art.

Each and every piece is decorated by hand, with added costumes and accessories. Some are innocent and some are slightly mischievous.

Their work can be seen at Quirk Gallery in Richmond as well as the

Va. Museum of Fine Arts during the Picasso exhibition in the Spring 2011.

You can contact them here ~ info@lostandfoundstudio.com.

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Brown Sugar Baked Sweet Potatoes

My family did not grow up eating sweet potatoes and we definitely did not have sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving.  And quite frankly, I don't really care for them.  But as many of you know, when you get married and start a family of your own, you adapt to new traditions.  One of which, in my case, is sweet potatoes.

This past week, we spent Thanksgiving with my Mom and her new (as in just got married a week ago) hubby, Allen.  Like I said before, Mom and I don't do sweet potatoes, but we wanted to make sure we kept our guys happy so we added sweet potatoes to the menu.  Rather then doing a giant sweet potato casserole that would only be eaten by 2-3 people, we opted for another solution - Brown Sugar Baked Sweet Potatoes.  And let me tell you, these were a big hit!  If you are looking to add some sweet potatoes to your holiday entertaining menu, I highly recommend you give these a try!

Brown Sugar Baked Sweet Potatoes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 medium-sized sweet potatoes

4 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons butter

Cinnamon, to sprinkle

32 small marshmallows or 16 large ones cut up

Directions:

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Place sweet potatoes in a deep baking dish and poke several holes in each one.  Place in oven and bake for 45 minutes or until tender.

Meanwhile, cut your two tablespoons of butter into four equal pieces.

Cut each sweet potato down the center (length-wise).  Be careful not to cut all the way through the potato.  Place one piece of butter inside each potato.

 

Next sprinkle each potato lightly with cinnamon (as much or as little as your family likes).  Then sprinkle the inside of each potato with one tablespoon of brown sugar.

If using large marshmallows, cut them into pieces.  If using mini-marshmallows, then just skip this step.

Divide marshmallows out and place 1/4 in each sweet potato.  Place sweet potatoes back in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until tops are golden brown.

Remove sweet potatoes from oven and allow to cool slightly.  Place sweet potatoes onto serving platter and enjoy!

If your family really enjoys sweet potato casserole, they will definitely enjoy this recipe.  Try this easy recipe on a weeknight to go along with your family dinner.  Super-easy and super-delicious!

Modern Extremely Dark Apartment Interiors Decorating Design

This 94 square meters apartment is part of a couple with two children and lives in St. Petersburg, Russia. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open area for dining, cooking and spending time together. Everything is in dark tones, but with plenty of recessed lighting.