Tour a colorful, eclectic, plant-filled apartment in the Midwest. Tulsa couple Chuyi and Zach have decorated their Tulsa home with beautiful vintage rugs, DIY modern furniture and plants, plants and more plants.
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Hey guys,
Can you believe it's time for the weekend again?! We are so excited for our Studios at Retro Den Grand Opening tomorrow from 11-6! There will be make-and-takes, free knitting lessons and other specials to be had. Most importantly, we're excited to welcome four of our favorite women-owned businesses into our brick-and-mortar. Hope you can stop by! In the meantime, enjoy feasting your eyes on these gems from this week.
Get a load of this plant store! I want to visit it!
Read MoreHome design ideas about how to mix wood in your decorating. Examples of how to mix different types of wood furniture and home elements.
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This week we're busy working on home tours (can't wait to share them with you!) and also rearranging the shop. The next time you come in things will be a bit different! Also, be sure to mark your calendars for our first ever Studios at Retro Den Pop-Up Event on January 27th! Meanwhile, Palmer's been drawing on the walls of her daughter's room and Daly's been hoarding morning glory seeds for the spring. Now here's some design inspiration for your eyes and heart.
Beaaautiful home tour- check out the kitchen sink!
Read MoreI've been lying in bed thinking about this quite a lot over the past year. My life ritual is to swing from one extreme to another, then gently wander my way into middle ground. I did this with boyfriends. I did this with work. I'm doing this with my bedroom decorating, duh. So my once packed bedroom became quite a blank canvas this past year. And it's from this place, I have been contemplating the difference between minimal design and something not quite finished.
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At the moment of writing this, our dear friends Sarah and Adam Heatherington's Lortondale home is up for sale! We've had it on our list to take photos for a home tour, so we ran over there as soon as we heard our time was dwindling. We are so happy to share this thoughtful home with you.
We always say our clients are stylish people, but this has never been more the case than when we worked with local blogger and house renovator Emily Netz. Emily and her husband Jeff recently renovated their 1920s Tulsa home (which you can see and read about here) and Emily designed and furnished nearly every space except for her boys' room. When it came to this room, Emily felt stuck on how to create the space she had imagined in her head and wanted an extra pair (or two) of eyes to help bring it to life. We were more than happy to help!
Well, I can't believe it. Our kitchen is actually done. Done, I say! It's been so long, I'm ashamed for you to look back to see the date of the "before" kitchen post.
Okay. It was April 30th.
So that means the kitchen's been about six months in the making. Now to be completely fair, our kitchen has been functional since mid July, but the "finishing touches" took nearly as long as the bulk of the demo/installation. But whatever. It was our first renovation and we went at it without a general contractor and it's done now, so who cares if it took six months? Who's even counting, right? (I can say that now that it's over, because I did care. I was the crazy woman counting!).
The difference between minimal and unfinished decorating
I've been lying in bed thinking about this quite a lot over the past year. My life ritual is to swing from one extreme to another, then gently wander my way into middle ground. I did this with boyfriends. I did this with work. I'm doing this with my bedroom decorating, duh. So my once packed bedroom became quite a blank canvas this past year. And it's from this place, I have been contemplating the difference between minimal design and something not quite finished.