Fun Junk Antiques in Rome
Last week, we stopped by this fun and funky antique store in Trastevere, a favorite downtown area in Rome. This antique shop is a rare breed. It reminds of American lifestyle fashion furniture stores which also sell (vintage) Oriental furniture. Such shop is a rare find in Rome. What makes this shop more special is [...]
Contemporary Hexagon Pillows :: Free Sewing Pattern
: this hexagon designer pillow pattern reads like a nature mosaic. Something soulful about handmade pillows that have such attention to painstaking detail. It’s an exquisite sewing pattern and it’s free. By centering 6 identical petals, the master seamstress team at Sew4Home has orchestrated yet another winning design. They share the sewing tutorial [...]
Getting Kapok
How Much Kapok Do You Need ? Depending on the exact measurements you’ll choose, for a zafu meditation pillow like this, you will need approximately 2.5 lbs. of kapok. Where to buy quality Kapok? At Carolina Morning. I’m excited to announce our new affiliation with Carolina Morning. The folks there [...]
Why Kapok in Zafu Meditation Pillows
Pin It Last New Year, I posted a tutorial on how to make your own Zafu Meditation Pillow, as meditating is a wonderful New Year resolution. To sit comfortably while you meditate you really must have a zafu. If you haven’t made one of these pillows yet, now is the perfect time to [...]
DIY Bedroom Bench
A winning tutorial: easy, fast and gorgeous. Pin It Some bloggers are amazing, and this is one of them: Carry from ‘Two Friends, Two Cities’. She created this lovely bench from start –to – finish in just 2 hours for the tiny budget of $65. I actually just bought this exact same bold marine blue/white [...]
Back-to-School College, Teenage & Kid Bedroom Decorating
This article on ‘College, Teenage & Kid Bedroom Decorating Projects & Ideas’ finishes the ‘Back-to-school Ideas’- week, however, during September we’ll add a few more individual back-to-school ideas, as they pop up in our minds. College Room, Teenage & Kid Bedroom Ideas Child Bedroom Furniture Stencil Plan This article contains free templates and [...]
Sophisticated Zafu Pillows in Paris
Those of you interested in ‘new age’ type DIY/Crafty projects, sure have seen my Zafu meditation pillow pattern. The prior version was in a simple, calm misty forest green; the pillow well-designed; the pattern illustrated and detailed. Yesterday, just off the Champs d’Elysee, Paris, I spotted a ‘happy’ version of this zafu pillow. All this [...]
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