Lets face it, nothing says retro quite like those original fabric prints you see in second hand stores. Problem is, how do you introduce that vintage moo moo into your chic flat without making it look like an expensive salvation army? Well fret no more, Melissa Womack of Poppycotton has done all [...]

It’s no secret that CB2 is one of the big hitters when it comes to sources for affordable modern furniture. I think its always interesting to find out the story behind the company, and aparently so does the crew over at Apartment Therapy. They recently sat down with Marta Calle, the Product Manager [...]

Well, as things start to cool down for us northerners its time to start thinking about the winter months, and all the joys that come with them, including scraping your car windows. Now, I know what your thinking, its not even Halloween yet, I don’t want to think about scraping my windows, but when [...]

Wow, first Better Living Through Design linked to us, and now Treehugger has. Both in just over a week. I have to admit I am a little flattered to have such great blogs linking to us here. For those of you who have not been here before, feel free to look around, [...]

Becky and Drew over at Design Public are excited about finally discovering where to get Lights up! lamps, and rightfully so. Lights up has been around since 1987, making quality modern lighting with an emphasis on quality and functionality. They have some great lamps available, like the Cancan Table Lamps available over at [...]

It’s hard enough to find a couch with a decent design these days at an affordable price, and when you throw green built into the whole equation, it becomes almost impossible. Well I think that the guys over at EcoFurniture.com have done a pretty decent job with their Savoy Collection of sofa’s, loveseats, and [...]

For those of you looking for a little bit of inspiration on how to tackle the whole affordable/modern conundrum, there is some new help from Taunton Press available. Its called Good House, Cheap House: Adventures in Creating an Extraordinary Home at an Ordinary Price, and it is written by Kira Obolensky who is [...]

Ok, so I know how annoying it is to have a favorite blog that only updates every couple of days, so I am making some long overdue changes around here. I am quiting my job so I can sit around all day and post blogs for you to read … Ok, so that [...]

Blogs are nothing more than a journal that are on display for the world to see. But long before the Internet existed, you could find the freshest ideas and individual discoveries between the pages of a good old paper journal. So even though blogs are taking off we shouldn’t down play the importance [...]

A special welcome to all you BLTD fans. Feel free to poke around, and see what goodies we have here. Make sure you check out the archives to see the posts from the past couple of months. Also, check out our GRM Forum and Link Database for more great content. And [...]