Designer To Watch-Stephen Gambrel

type='html'>You probably have seen Stephen Gambrel's work before, as he has been featured in several magazines. We thought we'd do a quick show of his portolio--Just so you'd have some eye candy for the day...

Images from Stephen Gambrel

Fabulous Kitchen Designs

type='html'>We had a dinner party the other day and we found that everyone just gravitated toward the kitchen, and stayed there! If you think about it, the kitchen is probably one of the most used rooms in the house. Well, in our house anyway.

Since we're feeling lazy this week, we thought we just lift material from other sources and show you some amazing kitchen designs.  Hope you'll enjoy them!

Source:  myhomeideas.com, elledecor.com.

Decorating with Colors

type='html'>Mary McDonald's book is coming out on October 5th and we can't wait to get a hold of it.  For those of you who are not familiar with her work, check out her portfolio below.  She does amazing work in mixing colors and patterns together...

Check out her interview with the Wall Street Journal for some decorating tips...

What the hell was Gap thinking?

type='html'>Did you see Gap's new logo? Isn't it a monstrosity? 

What the hell was Gap thinking?  This looks like one of those fonts you download from the web for free because you're too cheap to pay the $39 or whatever to get a decent one.

Modern Mediterranean Decorating

type='html'>Mediterranean houses are big here in California.  The problem is many of them are done terribly.  Quite often you see these large, sometime huge, faux Mediterranean tract homes with matching furniture set, heavy draping, granite counter tops--and once you see one house you see them all. They all look the same!

You only have to watch Real Housewives of Orange County to know what we're talking about.

So we were so happy to stumble upon a beautiful house in Santa Monica while browsing for real estate (just for fun, mind you).  Here is a great Mediteranean home that's done right.  See how the furniture is light, nothing is matchy matchy, and the colors are so fun and bright?

Photo credit:  DavidOffer.com

PS And just in case you are curious, the house is for sale for $3.795M.  That's California for you!