The Cultivated Home

Stripes remind us of spring—and even our dreams of the approaching summer!  We are counting down the days until we are sitting under a stripped awning, on a stripped lawn chair, in our stripped bathing suit, and drinking some fabulous frozen drink out of a stripped straw.  With stripes in our thoughts and in our dreams, we thought we’d share with you some of our favorites on this lovely Friday!

Stripe Cotton Pillows – These pillows from Be Still are great by themselves or as a pair on a couch, stool, or bed.  Priced at $42, they’re a definite must!

Dash and Albert – Their collection of woven, cotton, striped rugs are some of our favorites!  From black and white to lime green and brown, they have stripes for every color range and space.  They even have fabulous indoor and outdoor rugs that we love for areas that get a lot of foot traffic!

PB Classic Stripe Bedding – This classic bedding reminds us of awning stripes and the freshness of warmer months.  With matching sheets and shams, this bed can be an All-American classic or, for something different, throw in a bright colored sheet set.  Either way you’ll have a fun, new bed that you are excited to jump into every night.

Sag Harbor Stripe Dinner Plates – Whimsical and nautical, these blue and white stripped dinner plates from Kate Spade make us want to eat every meal on something so chic.

Wallpaper, wall stickers, graphic pillows, oh my!  Our love for everything ferm LIVING runs deep, and each time we visit their site we find a little more that we love about this company.

Not only is their wallpaper eye-catchingly beautiful with patterns like Branch, Squares, and Voila, but they also have amazing wall stickers that we can’t find anywhere else.  We love their Keys, Suitcases, and Birch.  The best part is you can temporarily apply them to your wall, and they make a great fit for any apartment or nonpermanent living space. Also, if you want something a little more portable, all of their graphic pillows and accessories are to die for!

Think it can’t get any better?  If you ever wanted to wallpaper a space by yourself, then you must check out their amazing “How to Wallpaper Video” that breaks down the process so anyone can do it themselves!

Check out ferm LIVING today and get obsessed!

We have a love for everything Michelle Adams does—from her smashing online magazine, Lonny, to her blog, M.A. Belle, to her first products at Rubie Green! While searching through her Rubie Green site this weekend, we noticed that her amazing fabric she used to create beautiful organic bedding is now available by the yard as upholstery fabric!

This fabric uses only 100% certified organic cotton and is printed in the US with only water-based, non-toxic inks. It’s available in a wide range of patterns that we love, such as her classic East Village and Habibi patterns and her new Marilyn, Patsy, and Portobello patterns just to name a few. We can’t wait to use some of this fabric to make over an outdated chair or create a few eye-catching pillows or even a headboard!

Her fabrics are all so fabulous, and everything she touches is a success, we know that her newest products will be a big hit as well!

We love IKEA sofas—from the Ektop to the Klippan and their arm chair counter parts too!  However, with most IKEA furniture, each piece arrives dressed in a basic stock colored slipcover, with only a few additional options to choose from.  This is fine for the people who don’t like having choices or want their living room to look just like their neighbors, but the majority of us enjoy having options and want to make our space our own. Also, the idea of having a custom slipcover made that will end up costing as much as the couch itself seems pretty impractical.

Luckily, we have stumbled upon Bemz, a company based in Sweden, which sells slipcovers for all our favorite IKEA sofas and chairs!  With tons of different fabric options to choose from, you will find something that will fit perfectly in your design scheme. Even if you just want to explore their library of inspiration images they have on file, we suggest you check them out today!

Updating your living room has never been easier!

Repeat Studio was created by founders, Roisin Fagan and Arounna Khounnoraj, out of their shared interest and love of patterns and hand printed textiles and, we have to agree, it was the right decision for these two to create patterns!  We are head over heels over some of their patterns, including “Poppies”, “Pussy Willow”, and “Fresh Green Grass”.  Besides their brillant patterns, another great part about their fabrics is the fact that they are all printed on eco-friendly fabric with environmentally friendly solvent-free ink.  You can check them out at the Repeat Studio website or at their Etsy store!