Whether you are headed to a Back to School Class Coffee, Halloween Extravaganza or a fabulous Pre-Holiday Cocktail Party here are some FAB gifts to bring along & impress your host or hostess (because bringing a bottle of wine is SO 2008)! Lilly Market Tote These $10 totes are darling & Lilly Pulitzer is always appropriate year round. They hold quite a few groceries or other items that one might collect during a busy shopping outing. They can be customized, but the plain would allow you to keep a few on hand just in case you get a last minute invite! State Oven Mitt I absolutely LOVE these! As with another item you will see later in this post, this is a great gift for someone you might be visiting long distance. It does involve a little pre-planning but what a hit it will … [Read more...]
HGTV Blogger Block Party for the best in DIY and Home Decor
HGTV Magazine's 3rd Annual Blogger Block Party was held in Manhattan this week to coincide with the NYNOW market week at the Javits Center. We attend the super fun and star-studded #bloggerblockparty in New York last week to celebrate HGVT Magazine and their new September and October issues in the newsstands this month. Always inspiring us with Home Decorating Ideas, DIY projects and more. HGTV Magazine showed us they were all about color and the modern style. Sara Peterson, Editor in Chief of HGTV Magazine. Introducing our speakers was the lovely Sara Peterson, Editor in Chief of HGTV's Magazine. Genevieve Garder of Genevieve's Renovation Designing for Big Impact: Fall Ideas Lots of talk about trends from the perspective of what we see in fashion, Our … [Read more...]
HGTV Magazine Annual #BloggerBlockParty
Blissfully Domestic is partnering with HGTV to spread the word about the upcoming HGTV Magazine Blogger Block Party in NYC on 8/22/16. We received some cool stuff in exchange for our support but all opinions are our own, of course! Grab your style notebook, camera, and smartphone because HGTV Magazine is coming to NYC for its 3rd Annual Blogger Block Party! On Monday, August 22, 2016 from 12-8pm there will be meeting, tweeting, DIYing, and more! And it wouldn't be an HGTV event without some of your favorite DIYers- like Genevieve Gorder, John & Sherry Petersik from Young House Love, and Rachel Faucett of Handmade Charlotte, just to name a few. You'll be treated to info-packed learning sessions, live demos, interactive opps, all topped off with a swanky … [Read more...]
Juliska in Stamford LuxeBloggers Event
Last week Jessica and I had the pleasure of hosting a local blogger event at Juliska, in Stamford, CT. I've been a longtime fan of Juliska since spotting them on the pages of my favorite mail order catalog many moons ago. Lucky for us they now have a beautiful 10,00 square foot retail showroom in our neighborhood, equipped with a coffee shop and lunch menu. I have a long wish list of table settings and serving pieces that I would like to add to my collection, so it was fun to preview all the new arrivals and additional products in person. This is a brand that celebrates artful and happy gatherings with unique handcrafted items to enhance any event. And their store is truly a visual delight of table settings, cookbooks, jewelry, gifts and more under one roof! L-R : Jessica and … [Read more...]
Vintage Decor Defined
When it comes to home decor, everything can be charted on a historical timeline with labels like contemporary, antique, vintage or retro. However since nothing is ever certified with a date, the actual period of a piece can often be open to interpretation. Add to that confusion about what these terms mean and creating a vintage inspired space, can become a real challenge. According to Merriam-Webster, the term vintage relates primarily to wine and is the modified form of the French word vendage, meaning "the grapes picked during a season." Perhaps a more helpful explanation comes from Ruby Lane, noting that "an item described as 'vintage' should speak of the era in which it was produced. Vintage can mean an item is of a certain period of time, as in "vintage 1950's" but it can also … [Read more...]
Giving back: WilsonartChallenges Student Chair Design Competition
(Sponsored) This post was sponsored on behalf of Wilsonart. All opinions are my own. The winner is "Prelude" for the 12th Anual Wilsonart Challenges Competition. Actually each student who participted is a winner. Each year the Wilsonart conducts the WilsonartChallange in collaboration with a design school to create a unique chair using the Wilsonart Laminate Collection. This year Wilsonart partnered with the College for Creative Studies located in Detroit, Michigan to have students create their own one-of-a-kind chairs. The winning submittal this year for the 2016 WisonartChallanges was was Stephen Marchio with his "Prelude Chair". Stephen along with 5 other notable design students was flown to NYC to display at the International Contemporary Furniture … [Read more...]
