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accessories & homewares

Lose an hour, gain some great deals this weekend!

Chromalab – 15% off all clocks, through 3/14.

diseño I bos – 25% off pillows, cushions and throws, through 3/14

Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams – 20% off all tables and storage, through 3/14.

DWR Semi-Annual Sale – Save 15% on most items throughout the store. Free upgrade to white-glove [...]

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From spring cleaning sales at a local studio to semi-annual sales at a national retailer, this is a good week for deals. Know of a sale coming up that we should mention? Let us know!

JHill Design & Jill Rosenwald Spring Studio Sale – pieces as low as $5. Through 3/6.

Vessel – 40% off Roomies and Fusionware.

Mitchell [...]

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How much do you love the MBTA? Enough to display the map in your bathroom? If so, Izola Shower has your solution.
The Izola MBTA shower curtain is made of translucent PVC-free PEVA and has the full MBTA map — both subway and commuter rail lines — shown. It’s a playful display, depending on how often [...]

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Do you like handmade design? If so, you need to know about Boston Handmade.
Boston Handmade, founded by local photographic mixed-media artist Jessica Burko in 2007, is a consortium of handmade designers “who support one another in the pursuit of creativity made by hand.” There are currently over 25 member of Boston Handmade, from fields as diverse as [...]

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It looks like spring cleaning is hitting early! All around the city, retailers are offering sales to clear space for new merchandise. Know of a sale coming up that we should mention? Let us know!

Infusion Furniture – 50% off selected inventory: Side tables, coffee tables, console tables, etc. Contact for more details. Through 2/28.

Grand – February [...]

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Design Museum Boston, the new non-profit I met last month “with the goal of creating and maintaining a network of virtual and physical exhibit spaces online, in Boston, and across New England”, is throwing a party to launch their museum and social network, DesigningAMuseum.org.
For one night, the digital becomes physical as both designers and non-designers alike come [...]

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What a difference a week makes! Things have really picked up from last week.

Drinkwater’s Cambridge – 20%-50% off all winter merchandise through 2/13.

Magpie – 25% off all jewelry and valentine’s cards on Saturday 2/13 – and free cupcakes!

Good – Winter sale – up to 50% off throughout the store through 2/14.

DWR – The Bedroom and [...]

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How do you like the combined listing of design sales? Is it more useful? Let us know, and be sure to tell us if your store is having a sale!
After the flurry of sales last week, this week’s a bit quiet. No doubt everyone’s getting ready for the Super Bowl tomorrow.

DWR – 15% off all [...]

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If you follow any of my activities outside this blog, you know helping connect non-profits to their supporters using social media is one of them. Combine my passion for design and desire to help those less fortunate? Sounds perfect to me!

Didriks in Cambridge is donating 5% of sales throughout February to Food For Free, a [...]

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I was hoping to make the New York International Gift Fair this week, but sickness between and my would-be travel companion kept us both home.
Though we weren’t able to make it, it looks like it was a success for at least one local shop: Eastern Accent of Sudbury won the Accent On Design award for [...]

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