Birdhouse Blessings

I am so excited by what I found today. I was looking through our listings on Design Style Guide and came across these adorable birdhouses of Birdhouse Blessings by S&K Creations. I would like to start using bird houses and bird feeders to attract more birds to our yard, and these beauties stopped me in my tracks. Yes, they are functional birdhouses, but many of their customers also use them to decorate the interior of the home. The workmanship and details are delightful.
Now you may ask, who is S&K Creations? Well, this is a husband and wife team, Steve and Kate, and their etsy store is called Birdhouse Blessings. Steve builds the birdhouses, and Kate carves the shingles and paints the birdhouses. They are painted on all sides, including the back, so they look great from all sides, and clear coated.

Welcome Home Birdhouse with Doghouse

Hillbilly Birdhouse

Birdhouse Business Card Holder

Be sure to check out S & K Creations etsy shop

Contemporary Home Decor Treats

Sleek, clean lines and bold, contrasty colors are what's on the plate for today's post. It's difficult to narrow it down, so search 'contemporary' at designtstyleguide.net and see what else catches your eye!

Sometimes, the proper accent makes the difference between blase and beautiful. Before you re-paint crisp, white kitchen cupboards or ditch the old chest of drawers, you may want to consider accenting them with these gorgeous fused dichroic glass handmade drawer pulls from Uneek Glass Fusions.






This 16x20 original landscape painting from Helen Janow Miqueo is titled "Twitter" and I suspect, hanging in a bedroom or in a sitting room, it could be a portal into another dimension, or at the very least, the basis for a series of lovely daydreams.









Simple, comfortable, functional. This sleek ottoman from Sooo Sweet Design embodies the essence of contemporary design, combining simple form and function with eye-popping retro upholstry in black, white and gray.








Fulfilling my chair fetish is this minimalist piece called "con moto" from Joshua David Gregory. I adore this chair, the supple ash, modern angles, simple design and sturdy joinery, are all beckoning to me loudly.














It's true that I'm ga-ga for glass and this contemporary periwinkle soap dish from BPR Designs, perhaps combined with a new set of towels, is one of those mega-accents that just might save you from redoing the entire bathroom!








Seriously, I could go on forever here, but I'm capping it here, with a delicious vinyl wall decal from Janey Mac. Contemporary decor doesn't get any easier or more modern than this: the Modern Dot Tree!