Mygazines.com

A friend just shared a very cool site with me.
Do you ever find yourself at a bookstore for hours trying to flip through all your favorite magazines? I have a few subscriptions to my favorites like Domino, Metropolitan Home and Elle Decor, but there's so much more.
Mygazines is a site that lets you read your favorite magazines cover to cover. They have hundreds of magazines on almost every genre. And it's FREE!!! It also lets you archive or forward articles. Enjoy!

Ceiling

The ceiling is probably the most commonly over looked area in a home. It occupies a lot of square footage, but yet most people leave it untouched. I think people are afraid to mess with it because it might make a space smaller or it'll just not that important.

In the right application, the ceiling does not only add to the room, it might be the attention grabber. I found a few examples of what you can do with your ceiling.

Coffered ceilings add classic elegance and architectural detail.


Guilded ceilings gives a luxurous and vintage look.


Painted ceilings are playful and original. It's also a great way to bring a ceiling down if you live in a loft.


Suspended ceilings can add drama to any room.

Chicago Fests

I apologize I've taken a month off from blogging to enjoy the summer. Summer is an awesome time to explore the city. There are festivals all over every weekend. Some of the great ones coming up are Black Thai International Arts, Bucktown Arts Fest and Renegade Craft Fair. You can find one of a kind pieces for very resonable prices. I also enjoy supporting independent artists.

On another note, I just found out Jayson Home & Garden is moving and they're closing their outlet location. Jayson offers a very unique selection of home furnishing, accessories and frames. Their style is a cross between shabby chic and classic modern. Now they're taking an extra 20% off their already 75% off items.

Before and Afters: 1 Bedroom Condo

This was a project that was completed last year. It was a complete remodeling of a kitchen and living room. The client wanted to open up the kitchen on to the living room. We added a lot more cabinets and counter space enough for a few stools.
We elminated the dining table so the living space feels larger. We also changed the carpet to hardwood.

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After:


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Honorable Mention

Few weeks ago, I talked about being involved in a charity competition.
CANstruction is a competition in which team members with architectural, engineering and contracting backgrounds join efforts to create artistic structures made entirely of canned foods. It was a lot of fun building the structure. Our structure took home honorable mention for the judges' favorite.
For more info, check out Canstruction.

This is ours!



Here's a few I liked.

Before and After Pics: Entrance

Custom Furniture: Desk

This is the desk from Overstock I copied for my custom desk.



Here is my desk.