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2018 Holiday Gift Guide: For Millennials

November 16, 2018Shopping Guidegift ideas, gifts, holiday gifts, holidays, shopping, small gifts, style, tipsBeth and Carolina

We’ve all got that young person in our lives that we’re looking to find the perfect gifts for. Whether you’re looking to wishlist or find the perfect gift, this guide is for you.

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2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers

November 16, 2018Shopping Guidebeauty, best stocking stuffers, candles, decor, gift ideas, gifts, holiday gifts, holidays, shopping, small gifts, stocking stuffer gift guide, style, tipsBeth and Carolina

Stocking stuffers are always those fun little items that we leave until last to purchase. This year, get a jump on them with our stylish picks for those mini-gifts!

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2018 Holiday Gift Guide: For The Cocktail Lover

November 16, 2018Shopping Guidebar, bar keeping, bartender, beer, booze, bottle stopper, cocktail, drinking, gift ideas, gifts, holiday gifts, holidays, liquor, shopping, small gifts, style, tips, wineBeth and Carolina

Whether it be for the booze hound, the well-traveled foodie, or you (who just happens to love a good cocktail) here is your boozy gift guide for the holidays.

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What’s Your Candle Personality?

November 9, 2018Entertaining + Home Livingaccessories, candles, decor, gifts, holidays, home, hostess gift, ideas, interior design, interior design trends, light, personality, pulp design studios, pulp home, pulp news, scent, scented candles, style, tips, warmthBeth and Carolina

Have you ever thought about why you’re drawn to a certain scent or color? Your body chemistry has a “personality” that causes you to be attracted to certain things over others, especially when it comes to scents, tastes, and colors.

Just in time for the holiday season, Pulp Design Studios is introducing a new line of luxury candles. We spent a lot of time developing each fragrance with essential oils, designing the candles to appeal to specific personalities so there would be a candle for everyone! Take our quiz and see which one is your perfect fit:

Life of the Party

Is This You? You love the sound of a champagne bottle popping open. You’re ready to go out at a moment’s notice. You have a party dress on standby at all times. You live life to the fullest!

Candle Personality: Quartzite. This scent is Inspired by luxurious quartzite stone, and the blend of vanilla, champagne and musk will infuse your home with a clean and crisp fragrance, ready for entertaining. Pop a bottle of champagne and toast to a well-curated life.

The Nostalgic

Is This You? A crackling fire and a good book are your idea of heaven. You enjoy having friends and family over for quiet parties or a casual dinner. You like timeless and tailored looks. You are warm and welcoming!

Candle Personality: Cerused Oak. Inspired by the rich texture of a cerused oak used to create modern warmth in gathering spaces, this blend of Siberian fir needle, bamboo, and cedarwood creates an aromatic experience customized for the modern home.

The Mystique

Is This You? Your closet is filled with black – but not basic – clothes. You have a tiny (or not so tiny) flair for the dramatic. You love being seen as mysterious and secretive. People are drawn to your magnetic personality!

Candle Personality: Obsidian. Evocative of an elusive study decorated with collected oddities and moody hues, this mesmeric and masculine aroma burns a blend of smoky vetiver, leather and saffron to create an alluring and distinctly personalized scent.

Adventurous Traveler

Is This You? Your passport is up-to-date and ready to go. You love unexpected places and far-flung destinations. Your bag is packed with cashmere essentials and exclusive travel guides for those who are in-the-know.

Candle Personality: Mohair. Reminiscent of a boutique hotel in the heart of London, layers of jasmine, vanilla and citrus infuse space with softness and warmth. This alluring fragrance is inspired by the opulence of a luxuriously plush mohair textile.

Which of our new luxe candles fits your personality? Each one is hand-poured in Dallas to be 7.5 oz and have burn time of 40 hours. Click through to learn more or to stock up on yours for everyone on your holiday gift list!

4 Tips for Modern Fresh Interiors

November 8, 2018Entertaining + Home Living, Pulp Design Workair, anise kitchen + market, color, decor, designer, fresh, garden, green, home, how to, interior design, interior design trends, interior designers, interiors, laredo, life, modern, natural, naturel, organic, pattern, pulp design studios, pulp home, space, texas, wall garden, white, workBeth and Carolina

The Pulp Design Studios’ team had a blast designing a Laredo, Texas, space for Anise Kitchen + Market, a new-concept restaurant serving healthy dishes based on fresh veggies and natural foods. We gave Anise a modern fresh design – one that’s requested a lot in interiors because it’s clean, hip, and offers an oasis in your home!

Here we’ll show you how we designed the modern fresh look, and we’ll give you our top 4 tips for creating the style in your home:

1. Go Green

In color psychology, green creates harmony, balance, and renewal – so it’s a fabulous color to bring into the home. It’s also one of the colors most associate with nature, and in this veggie-centric space, we know it had to be the focal color.

2. Au Naturel

We used a lot of natural wood and other organic materials in Anise to continue that theme of a fresh concept. In your own home, consider using light stains or finishes that allow wood grains to show through. Studies have shown that natural wood gives people a peaceful feeling and adds to that feeling of bringing the outdoors in.

3. Create Space and Light

We wanted to allow every chance we could for light and air to flow through Anise, so we used open-work brick wall dividers and chairs with open backs. Consider moving light through your home this way, or even with mirrors, Lucite furniture, or glass accessories.

4. Live Acts

Garden walls are huge in Europe and Asia right now, and they’re surprisingly easy to create in your own home. If you’re not up for any sort of maintenance or indoor gardening, you can also design garden walls and boxes out of succulents or faux plants that look luxe and live. The wall we created for Anise looks real, but is a low-maintenance faux.

If you’re in Laredo, be sure to visit Anise Kitchen + Market. In the meantime, use these tips to make a modern fresh design in your own home!

Colors to Watch in 2019

November 5, 2018Pulp Design Work2019 trends, benjamin moore, blue, choose paint, color, color trends, decor, decorating, Design Insider, green, home, how to, interior design, interior design trends, muted brights, paint, paint trends, pink, pulp design studios, pulp home, saturated, sherwin-williams, trends, yellowBeth and Carolina

We love this time of year, when Colors of the Year are announced by paint companies and color forecasters. We have a unique take on color trends because we travel to cities and shows around the world where we see the latest products and new ideas for the home.

What we’re seeing for 2019 is a palette of muted brights – colors that are highly saturated, but with a tint or shade that makes them more subdued, like this gorgeous blue we used in a winery project.

Muting an intense color makes it classic, polished, and just different enough to stand out, like this toned-down red-orange in a powder room we designed.

Another muted bright we’re loving is an orange with a bit of gray in it. If you’re worried about using a color like that on your walls, consider it for and accent like counter stools in a kitchen, as we did in this family-friendly home.

Or use a toned-down orange on the front door – it’s a perfect complement to the stone exterior on a house we designed in Dallas. Front doors are a great place to experiment with color!

A less-dramatic fuchsia is another favorite of ours, and here it adds just the right punch in a white-and-bright bathroom we designed for DXV.

Yellow can be a super-intense color, but the muted version is less intimidating to consider in your home. It makes a fantastic accent color for the bright green wallpaper in this bathroom.

Greens are definitely going to be big in 2019, especially in the quieter olive or almost khaki shades.

A deep teal is also one to watch. It adds a richness and suppleness, with a bit of mystique, to any color story or space.

Use our color guides to help you choose the perfect new palette for your home in 2019.

Founders’ Picks: The Friday 5

October 12, 2018Shopping GuideBeth and Carolina

It’s been a busy week of travel and design events… just how we like it! Before we dive into a weekend full of High Point Market excitement, check out our favorite finds of the week…

Interior Designer Style + Home Favorites

BETH’S PICKS

Modern geometric shapes in moody hues are a style must this season… especially for earrings!
A stunning sculpture for the modern and fearless home.
Sculptural furniture that looks like art will always make the list.
This velvet belt pack from Gucci is one of my favorite fall trends.
Palo Santo with great packaging for your weekly dose of good vibes.

CAROLINA’S PICKS

Mask-like art makes such a statement in any space. Love the vibrancy!
These ceramic lamps are nothing short of jaw-dropping. We’re using them in a current project!
This textural stool is perfect parts modern and glam.
Broaden your culinary horizons with a tagine…so delicious and so beautiful!
A little luxury in the form of leopard print heels.

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Pattern Play

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6 Dynamic Schemes Using Our Pulp Design Studios for S. Harris Collection

October 10, 2018Pulp Design WorkBeth and Carolina

A few weeks ago we shared some of the amazing schemes using our Pulp Design Studios for S. Harris textile from the design community. We were so inspired to see how fellow designers are incorporating our fabrics into their own designs — each just as unique as the other.

Of course, as we’ve been getting down to work designing for our own clients, we’ve been incorporating the textiles into spaces to add that perfect flair for the unexpected that we love so much. We’ve pulled together a few of our own schemes using the textiles to give you an inside look at what we’ve been up to recently…

Globally-Influenced Textile Schemes for Home Inspiration

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We can’t wait to see these schemes come to life as each project moves forward. Our clients have a variety of amazing custom furnishings and textile accents coming their way. And as always, if you’ve been scheming with our textiles, please share your photos with us!

6 Wallcoverings You Can Use in Your Bathroom Without Fear

October 8, 2018Shopping GuideBeth and Carolina

It’s no secret that we love wallcovering at Pulp Design Studios. Our love truly knows no bounds — we use it in bedrooms, living spaces, on the walls, on the ceiling and even in bathrooms.

Yes, you read that right! You can use wallcovering on your bathroom walls without fear of it deteriorating or damaging over time due to humidity and the occasional splash. Before you go crazy plastering up any old paper on your walls, it’s important to look for a few key details when deciding on a bathroom wallcovering. Just like we wouldn’t put a delicate rug in a high traffic entryway, we would never cover our clients’ water-prone walls with something that would be ruined by liquid.

It all comes down to wipeable surfaces. If a wallcovering is wipeable, it’ll likely be perfect for a bathroom setting. It’s designed to withstand contact with liquid, so the humidity from a shower or droplets from a running sink will roll off with no damage in sight! Check out a few of our favorite bathroom-ready wallcoverings…

BETH’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

“Playful, nautical vibes are perfect for the bathroom. We used a custom color way of this wallcovering in our Fearless Style project, proving it’s just what every powder bath needs to make an impression.”

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