Carving Out Quiet Space in the Urban Jungle
Moroccan-inspired room. Image via Destination: Unknown. It’s an urban jungle out there. Sometimes we need a little breathing room to ground ourselves; remind ourselves of the grander what’s what,...
View ArticleHealthy Kitchen, Healthy Cooking, Happy Eating
This post kicks off The Design Tree’s New Year’s Resolutions Week! Healthy, hearty bean salad. Photo credit Heidi Swanson of 101cookbooks.com This time of year many of us commit to eating in a more...
View ArticleCreating an Inspiring Home Office
via Living Etc. This year instead of coming up with a list of resolutions, inevitably abandoned by February, I’ve decided to take the word of the year approach. Basically, you pick one word that will...
View ArticleWhy the One Word Resolution Won’t Disappoint
It’s The Design Tree’s New Year’s Resolution Week Rather than picking a lofty goal like losing 10 pounds, why not try choosing a word or sentiment you’d like your life to embody? Mandy’s doing it this...
View ArticleFrom Vices to Virtues
It’s Resolution Week at The Design Tree. It is the time of year when we are more optimistic and eager to wage war with our favorite vices. For those of us who have won battles with certain bad habits,...
View ArticleLessons from Yogurt
It’s Foodie Tuesday! Cacik, a Turkish dish similar to the Greek tzatziki, made of yogurt and cucumbers. There came a time when my love for yogurt demanded more than casual supermarket encounters. A...
View ArticleA Perfect Nook
Photograph by Douglas Friedman for House Beautiful via The Southern Eclectic Many of us have areas in our home that we just don’t know what to do with. Maybe it’s a narrow alcove at the top of the...
View ArticleGiving Your Home the Spa Treatment
Image via Contemplations of My Notions No matter what your profession is, whether you work from home or in an office downtown, it is a challenge to keep the job away from your home life. Here are some...
View ArticleScrub-a-Dub: DIY Body Scrub
Image via Saffron Las Vegas I love that glowing, tingling feeling I get after some me time in those havens of hedonism also known as day spas? It’s addictive bliss, I tell you. But it’s pricey bliss —...
View ArticleQuiet Time
Via Vladimir de Thezier This week I came across this in my Facebook feed: Stop the glorification of busy. I don’t know where or who it came from — it’s one of those things that have spread virally. But...
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