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Midday Muse: Grown-Up Taste For a Tot's Space

casasugar — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:23 -0700

When a New York couple had to make room for kid space in their open loft, they compromised by mixing grown-up taste with kid-friendly furnishings. Here, two pushed-together beds create a space big enough for a crowd, while Timorous Beasties wallpaper and an Ingo Maurer chandelier (toned down with sheets of drawings hung from it) make this space truly a balance of adult design and children's needs.

How do you moms out there strike a balance between kid-friendly furnishings and your own interior design ideas?
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Cool Idea: Subversive Lace

casasugar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:42:03 -0700

Recently, I showed you one artist who was reclaiming crochet as a cool craft. Hot on the heels of this trend comes a new fabric design one of my favorite companies, Scotland's Timorous Beasties. The subtly shocking Devil Damask ($140 per yard), which is a custom cotton lace design, takes the established identity of lace as something dainty and ladylike and turns it on its head. I love the contrast at work here. How about you?

Casa Shops: Timorous Beasties

casasugar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:00:03 -0800

Lately, I've been showing you some cool lamps that have been sporting dullsville shades. I was thrilled to recently spot a cure to this problem with a wow-factor pink-and-brown patterned shade in the recent Casa Cravings, submitted by TeamSugar member Freshpink. The shade is from the Glasgow, Scotland-based store Timorous Beasties.

To find out more about this store, and to see some of their great products, just