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Showing posts with label Domino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domino. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Domino's Dead

Posted on 20:19 by kumar
I need a happy Spring-like photo, not just because I'm sick of winter. The publishers of Domino magazine just announced the publication will be no more after its March edition. Another decor mag, sadly, has bit the dust.
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Dollar Store Wallpaper

Posted on 16:57 by kumar
No, it's not Mac-Tac! I found this black wallpaper with tiny floral patterns in a Toronto dollar store for a few bucks a roll and did one bedroom wall with it. The room was long and narrow and having that accent wall gave it a dollop of drama. When I moved, I found a roll of Ralph Lauren paper with trees all over it that I absolutely love - at another dollar store. I haven't done a thing with it 'cos this time I want to take it with me! Instead of putting it on the wall and leaving it there as a present for the next tenant, I'm considering somehow framing a large piece of the paper or making a screen out of it. I recently picked up the new Domino: The Book of Decorating (great book; great decor mag) and in someone had framed a lovely large piece of wallpaper like a piece of art. Well, why not? I just have to find someone to do it for me!

My Look:

I spray painted the icky brown lamps and crappy blue IKEA mirror silver and threw a sheeny retro Value Village bedspread over my beloved brass bed, found in a junk store. The 'matching' side tables were once a strange sort of vanity - an ex sawed them apart and gave them a new leg each and voila!
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