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Bold red patterns

are everywhere in Turkey. In carpets hung outside shop windows, in blankets draped over the seats of taxis, in the floor cushion (dog bed) I just bought. Bold red patterns are also, coincidently, all over my inspiration folder…

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yellow-print

And though there’s more yellow than anything else in the clipping above, I love the red and pink it features. I love red and pink together. Maybe that’s because my birthday is right after Valentine’s Day.

I also love discovering patterns, much like when I woke up one day and realized my iTunes was full of Swedish pop.

June 26, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

I give myself a lot of flack

for my lack of DIY skills. But truth is, I wear the tool belt in my family. I can install curtain rods (shower and otherwise) and hang photos like a mofo (see exhibit a).

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But I’m especially proud of my new desk. I made it using a butcher’s block my ma shipped here from Michigan and table legs I bought at Ikea.

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Rocket surgery it was not. But still…

April 30, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

A cocktail would taste so much better

If it came from a one-of-a-kind custom-made bar. Especially if that bar were the first piece commissioned from François-Xavier Lalanne by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.

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It’s equal parts sculptural and functional. And would look lovely in my living room. The oval piece is a bottle rack, the horn in the middle is a shaker, the sphere beside it is an ice bucket and the cylinder is a vase.

From the Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé at Christie’s (if you visit the site, please note the price realized). Thank you, Kyle.

April 26, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Open design

I wish I were more of a do-it-myselfer. I really do. If I were an extremely capable one, I just might take advantage of Ronen Kadushin’s open design concept.

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The German designer has published designs for pieces like this on his site.

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You can download his designs and, if you like, modify them.

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It’s all in the name of sharing creativity. (Thank you, Melissa, for sharing yours.)

April 18, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Two of my favourite things

Design*Sponge (one of the best interior design blogs out there) + The Cross (hands down my favourite decor store in Vancouver, which is also where I found my beautiful mirror) = a very interesting interview.

Cross Design Sponge

Photo by Kim Christie for Canadian House and Home.

April 15, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Who’s as addicted as I am?

I could spend forever on the selby, which features the out-of-this-world homes, studios and workspaces of some very interesting people.

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With photos, paintings and videos by the remarkable Todd Selby.

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I can’t get enough. Can you?

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It got me thinking about my creative space, which consists of my couch and my PowerBook (with Bernie on my lap and Leroy at my feet). What’s yours?

April 2, 2009 by Kelsey Dundon

Two tickets to Turkey please

I’m going in June and the wait is killing me (patience isn’t one of my virtues).

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My friend Mike sent me a note about wittistanbul (thanks Mike), which, as Apartment Therapy points out, is done up in loads of patterns but few colours.

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