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We ask the best design blogs to pick the 10 new blogs you should add to your morning must-read list.
You are probably familiar with the usual suspects when it comes to design blogging, but blogs haven't stopped popping up. In fact the blogosphere is still growing, and we're thankful because there's a whole new breed of eyecandy that's just a click away!
I asked some of my veteran blogger friends -- Jessica Baker from Black.White.Yellow., Kelly Beall from Designcrush, Holly Becker of Decor8, Joy D. Cho from Oh Joy!, Sherry and John from Young House Love, and ShelterPop's very own Lauren Fenton -- to help me create a list of 10 new blogs that we're currently reading. I've defined new as having launched in the past year. As we all know, sometimes it takes a few months for a blog to find its mojo...
From stationery to photography to home interiors, you'd better clear your schedule and get ready to spend some quality time with your RSS reader:
Jessica's pick:
The Marion House Book
"The Marion House Book is a fantastic source of inspiration," she writes. "Her house is fantastic. Emma is featuring a series called 52 Objects where she is documenting her life through objects in her house. It is a fantastic concept, and I'm enjoying following along."
Kelly's pick:
CMYBacon
"All awesome design, all the time," says Kelly. "Martin Refsal has a great eye for cutting edge design. My favorite recent post was on pothole yarn bombing where the artist, Juliana Santacruz, 'repaired' Parisian potholes by filling them with vibrant crocheted pieces. To me they ended up looking like urban incisions that I couldn't get out of my mind. I've found more times than not CMYBacon provides these little tidbits that I'll be thinking about hours later."
Holly's picks:
A Creative Mint
"Leslie Shewring is a stylist and photographer who lives in Los Angeles and never fails to inspire me with her delicious eye candy," says Holly. "Everything on her blog is styled and photographed by her making it so appealing to me personally as I love seeing how she translates her inspirations into projects."
Arianna Interiors
"UK design blog written by Arianna who is an interior designer and blogger who once worked for some pretty big design firms in London," she says, "so she has a background in the field and a genuine passion for her subject matter."
Joy's picks:
Lovely Stationery
"From the folks behind Lovely Package, Lovely Stationery is a graphic designer's & type lover's dream," says Joy. "The blog compiles the best of logos, business cards and other corporate stationery which I find so inspirational when working on new projects or even when I'm procrastinating and just need some paper and type eye candy."
From Me To You
"Jamie Beck's blog From Me To You not only kills me (in the best way possible!) with her amazing photography," she says, "but the subtle bits of motion she adds to each photo is unreal. Those images give me goosebumps!"
Sherry and John's pick:
House*Tweaking
"Dana has an amazing sense of creativity, using everything from a painting drop cloth to make a giant and graphic entryway banner and an empty mirror frame to stencil a seagrass rug," says Sherry. "The girl has even used reclaimed fence boards to DIY an insanely cheerful sliding barn door in her bedroom (along with the help of her handy hubby). I always love peeking in on her life to see what she's up to! Check out some of our favorite posts like DIY Fence Headboard and How to Stencil a Seagrass Rug."
Laura's picks:
Wood&Faulk
"Victoria from SFGirlByBay lead me to Wood&Faulk through a link -- and I am so glad she did," says Laura. "On a personal level, I love Matt's style -- from his vintage Barbour jackets to his sliding barn door. Plus, I'm a sucker for a blog that's not the least bit precious. It's also refreshing to read a site written in man's voice."
Manhattan Nest
"I discovered Daniel's blog," says Laura, "after Anna from Door Sixteen linked to his site. I immediately loved Daniel's very funny voice and his low-budget DIY projects. I sometimes find it hard to believe that I hang on every word of a sophomore at NYU. Yet when I see him giving his thrifted Bertoia diamond chair a bath or read his account of a particularly good score, I felt a deep kinship with Daniel -- no matter how old he is."
My pick:
MyVibeMyLife
I'm a little obsessed -- okay, a lot obsessed -- with designer Kelly Wearstler, so when I learned she launched a blog recently I let out a gasp of delight. MyVibeMyLife is a place where Kelly shares sneak peeks into her design process, a day in her life, and her stylish life beyond the fabrics and products she uses. Basically, if you like Kelly's unique sense of style, it's eyecandylicious.
For more of what we're reading in the world of magazines, check out what we think the forthcoming Lucky Home might look like and our peek inside Matchbook Magazine's second issue.
For more great ShelterPop stories, don't miss:
Lucky Home Mag: Sniffing Out a Sneak Peek
Are You an Organizing Extremist?
Home Office Org: 7 Tips
Here's a video from a blogger about a DIY project she did in her home.