Enter through noon est on wednesday, november 9, 2011. She is the author of new york times bestseller in the company of women and founder of designsponge, a design and lifestyle blog. Top lifestyle blog, design mom, helps women across the globe stay wellinformed, to manage their home life and their work life gracefully, to learn new things daily. Continuing with our mission to highlight inspiring and empowering women, we were thrilled to interview grace bonney for our meet the maker series. Its a place for captivating, eyeopening, mindexpanding discussions.
I also keep a blog of what im up to and links to good stuff from all over. It was great to meet the face behind the blog ive been reading for ages. The longawaited home decor bible by the beloved design blogger thank you, wrote a reader to designsponge creator grace bonney, for teaching me that. When i found out that it would be published as a book and one of the book tour stops was here in athens, georgia, i knew i would have to attend. Its her second book, following 2011s interiors bible designsponge at home.
Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community. Its filled with 70 reallife and super inspiring interiors, 50 diy crafts, stepbystep tutorials on everything from stripping, painting furniture to doing your own upholstery. Today she shares beautifully styled house tours and inspiring makeover projects with more than 1 million readers every day. Even though you could tell she was tired from touring all over the place, she still took the time to ask me questions and even pose for photos. Decorating tips from design sponge at home country living. Weve been devoted fans of ds for years, and feel so lucky to be included on their beautiful blog. And dont forget to enter our current drawing this week for a chance to win one of two great sewing books, the burdastyle sewing handbook or sewing in a straight line. Launched in august of 2004, the site updates daily and attracts a diverse group of devoted readers across the globe, currently reaching over 2 million readers per month designsponge focuses on the creative community, with the goal of making the art and design world personal.
I dont follow the designsponge blog and got this book on sale. I didnt even know what the term designsponge meant. Bonney wrote in the company of women, a book featuring more than 100 stories about women entrepreneurs who overcame adversity. We were blogging when there were only two or three design blogs. Grace bonney is the author of the bestselling books in the company of women and designsponge at home. Grace bonney, the editor of the popular blog design sponge, has published her first book. Design sponge at home by grace bonney the new york times. An affiliate link means that we receive commission on sales of the products that are linked to in my posts. Plus, the adorable cover is sure to perk up any coffee table. I think the moment i see the shiny gold cover and the silly blog name i typed into seven years ago it will feel real. For this onlineonly miniseries, design by the book, the library partnered with the leading design blog designsponge to invite five new york citybased artists to sift through our collections in search of inspiration. Fans of design sponge will be delighted to hear that the book is a good representation of the blogs coverage of home tours, crafts and doityourself makeovers.
They can just be comfy and unique and reflect who you are, no matter how small your budget or. I didnt even know what the term design sponge meant. Today, im covering another bloggers book, design sponge at home by grace bonney, based on her incredibly popular designsponge blog. Check out house that lars built if youd like to download and print the poste. Behind grace bonneys decision to close designsponge. Design sponge blogger grace bonney, above, has taken a break from the internet for a moment to. One of grace bonneys favorite parts of running the popular design sponge blog is discovering creative and inspiring women. Designsponge at home kindle edition by bonney, grace. Big thanks to grace and the team at design sponge for featuring the cottage today. Ive just finished reading designsponge at home by grace bonney, based on her popular interior design blog designsponge. When grace bonney started designsponge in 2004, her expectations were low. Thank you, wrote a reader to designsponge creator grace bonney, for teaching me that. So if you click on a link and make a purchase from an affiliate site, then i may make a commission from that purchase.
Watch as the artists, who range from a glassblower to a letterpress printer, create unique works inspired by what they found. The ombre fade image below with painted objects is from lisa congdons blog. In the beginning the design blog was a side project she did in addition to her real job, first at a design pr firm and later as a freelance writer for house and garden, domino, and craft, among other publications. I dont follow the design sponge blog and got this book on sale. I had so much fun working with house that lars built earlier this month to put together some sweet downloadables for their june book club selection, in the company of women by grace bonney of designsponge. Design\sponges grace bonney entertains with terrariums. When undertaking web design, there are important aspects of interior design that you can take inspiration from to help you build a fantastic website that works as well as it looks. Design sponge took some time to do a quick house tour. Design sponge founder grace bonneys 4 tips for enhancing your. Its interior design subject matter isnt too shabby, either.
The new york public library holds a wealth of unexpected sources of inspiration for artists and designersfrom vintage valentines and textile patterns, to fabric samples and turnofthecentury menus from around the world. Grace bonney of designsponge recently visited spoonflowers hometown of durham, north carolina for a signing of her newly released designsponge at home book. That reader is one of the 75,000 unique daily visitors to designsponge, who make it the most popular design site on the web. Graces new entryway 6 ways you can make a difference in design. Bonney is passionate about supporting all members of the creative community.
She also wrote the diy interior design book designsponge at home in 2004, she founded the interior design blog designsponge, which is dedicated to intersectional and inclusive conversations about design and. Think of your website as the building and the pages as the rooms, you need to look at the website as a whole. This largeformat hardcover is the book that its 280,000 followers on twitter have been anxiously awaiting. Im about to start working on a new book, and were still working on good. Grace bonney of designsponge on storytelling, inclusion, and. Homestead brooklyn is a project by summer rayne oakes, llc. Design sponges grace bonney on womens influence on the maker. The blog remains independent, owned by bonney and with no outside investors, meaning theres no. But her site quickly garnered a loyal following 10,000 readers a day in the first six months. Grace bonneys blog ranks as the most popular design site on the web, drawing over 75,000 unique visitors and 250,000 page views every day.
Grace bonney is one of the bestknown stars of the crowded design blogosphere. Shes an advisor to small businesswomen, a preservationist and has been featured and profiled in too many publications to count. In addition to providing a myriad of creative services for brands and homeowners. I look forward to loads of input from all you readers. Grace bonney is an author, blogger and entrepreneur. Design sponge has been one of my favorite blogs for a while. The longawaited home d cor bible by the beloved design blogger thank you, wrote a reader to designsponge creator grace bonney, for teaching me that houses dont have to be frumpy and formal. We asked bonney a little bit more about the bestselling book, the inaugural issue of her new magazine. Congratulations to sarah thomas from san francisco, california, winner of our giveaway for a copy of the designsponge at home book signed by author grace bonney. Recently, a couple we are friends with have had their flat featured in a design sponge article and i thought it was a wonderful example of a beautiful, personal home with character and filled with love. Designsponge at home by grace bonney, hardcover barnes. Bonney launched designsponge in 2004 and is not only making a living by exercising her passion, but is. Designsponge didnt need its trademark asterisk to stand out.
Brooklyn writer grace bonney founded the blog seven years ago, and recently published the companion book, design sponge at home artisan books. This was actually one of the very first design books i ever purchased for myself, and its one that i know ill be referencing for years and years to come, just like the. I discovered her blog five years ago and its gone from strength to strength and its a delight to see that the book which is beautifully put together made amazons top 10. The site receives 250,000 pageviews every day and has 150,000 rss subscribers and 280,000 followers on twitter. Updated daily with resources, ideas, projects, tips, recipes. Im always looking for decorating tips and inexpensive ways to improve my house. The longawaited home decor bible by the beloved design blogger. They dont have to be matchymatchy or rigidly modern. Between the sneak peaks of others amazing decor to endless project inspiration, i always enjoy reading the variety of posts. There were several phases of book cover designs, almost all of which included. Her many local fans including quite a few of us from the spoonflower crew enjoyed a craft night and had the opportunity to meet the author at our nearby anthropologie store. Gracey bonney, the founder of the popular lifestyle and design blog design sponge, appeared live on gma today to discuss her new book.
Designsponge is a daily blog run founded by writer, grace bonney. Oh joy contains paid advertising banners and some contextual affiliate links. For this onlineonly miniseries, design by the book, the library partnered with the leading design blog designsponge to invite five new york citybased artists to sift. Through her gorgeous blog design sponge and possibly more gorgeous book, she singlehandedly convinced the world that diy design can be stylish and beautiful.
Designsponge at home is the labor of love of grace bonney, creator of designsponge, the wildly popular home decordesign blog that has 121,622 rss subscribers last i checked. Apparently, it means to soak up design like a sponge. In the company of women, grace bonneys new book, features interviews and portraits of 100 of these exceptional leaders across a diverse range of races, ages, backgrounds, and industries. Design sponge soaks up fans with blogbook combo sfgate. In 2009, bonney published her first book, design sponge at home.
A followup to her first book, designsponge at home, is due out this fall. The lifestyle blogger behind the wildly popular site design sponge is live in times square to discuss her book in the company of women, and she. See more ideas about sewing, design sponge, diy projects vintage. I thought that maybe in a few years i could use it as a digital portfolio to one day apply for a job at.
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