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5 Signature Barbiecore Items for Every Room in Your Home

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Amanda B
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Barbiecore aesthetic has a major hold on the fashion and design world right now, and it’s not letting go anytime soon. Luckily, it’s one of the easiest home décor trends to welcome into your home and one signature pink item in each room is all it takes to give it a shot.

Living Room – Sofa

If you really want to go all in with the barbiecore aesthetic, a pink sofa in your living room will get you there. Adding a pink carpet to the mix or painting your walls is also an option.

Study – Armchair

A pink armchair will add some chic to your “work from home” routine and make your study extra fun. If you want to go small, opt for an eye-catching pink lamp instead.

Bedroom – Mirror

Curvy pink mirrors are one of the most popular barbiecore items and you can give this trend your seal of approval by welcoming one into your bedroom. Pink bedsheets are also an option if you don’t want to spend too much money.

Bathroom – Bathtub

A chic pink bathtub can take your bathroom to the next level, but what if you’re not planning a full makeover? Barbiecore-inspired shower curtains, bath rugs, and other smaller accessories will also get the job done.

Kitchen – Fridge

Pink fridges have been all the rage long before this trend took the world by storm and they’re going stronger than ever right now. If you’re happy with the fridge you have and don’t want to replace it, try other kitchen appliances or smaller details in the color pink.

Doug Aitken’s Mirror House in Switzerland is a True Marvel of Modern Architecture

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Nikoleta P
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Doug Aitken worked on everything from film and sound installations to photography and live performances, establishing himself as an all-around artist, but one of his creations stands above all else. He’s the mastermind behind a mirror house called Mirage Gstaad, located in the heart of the Swiss Alps.

Located in Gstaad, Switzerland, this miracle of modern architecture has been installed in 2019, and it’s not Aitken’s first attempt to create a mirror house. He embarked on this adventure with Mirage in 2017, which premiered at Desert X, near Palm Springs, followed by Mirage Detroit one year later.

Mirage Gstaad was a culmination of his work because he found the most perfect location for the final project from this series. Despite its generic structure, this house is a true miracle thanks to its mirror-covered walls that allow you to disappear into it as it becomes one with its surroundings.

The mountain location in the Swiss Alps allowed this house to interact with nature and reflect the beauty of its surrounding landscapes as seasons change.

“The viewer can come back to the piece as the seasons are changing, in fall in a storm or in the summer when it’s a green pasture. As our lives change the artwork is shifting with us,” Aitken told Dezeen, adding that the house is “the sum of the landscape around it.”

Looking for Inspiration? Start Following These DIY YouTube Channels

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Elizabeth N
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Are you looking to take up crafting and DIYing? Between knitting, tie-dying, home renovations, thrift flipping, and crocheting, there are tons of fun projects you ought to try, but knowing where to start can be overwhelming. That’s where these DIY YouTubers come in. They’ll give you some inspiration for your next project and they’re super easy to follow. Here are three of our favorite YouTubers.

LauraDIY

LauraDIY is one of the trendiest DIYers we’ve seen. According to her bio, she’s “your DIY-obsessed bestie that is all about creativity, glitter & petting dogs”. On her page, you’ll find everything from TikTok DIYs and thrift flips to wall art and DIY Halloween costumes. There’s even an occasional celebrity guest like Brie Larson and Josh Peck.

TheSorryGirls

Kelsey and Becky from TheSorryGirls have got you covered with home renovation inspiration, home decor ideas, and fun crafts. They also have useful information on how to repair clothes, how to use power tools, and how to upcycle thrift store pieces.

Withwendy

Have you always wanted to make your own clothes but not known where to start? Withwendy has got you covered with the basics including how to choose a sewing machine or make patterns from clothes you have in your closet as well as easy-to-follow tutorials.

The Crochet Brand Bella Hadid, Kylie Jenner, and Kaia Gerber are Fangirling Over

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Kate B
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There’s no doubt that once summer comes around crochet becomes super popular. Sure, you can buy crochet pieces at Zara, Target, H&M, or any other retailer, but if you’re looking to support artists and want to wear what the stars are wearing, you have to check out Memorial Day.

Founded by Delsy Gouw, who learned to crochet when she was just nine from her mother, she’s now got her very own brand that the biggest celebrities including Bella Hadid, Kaia Gerber, and Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter Ella Emhoff have been spotted in. She dreams of Harry Styles wearing her designs on day, as she told Vogue.

25-year-old Gouw uses textiles to release her creative energy with her collection, which started off an online vintage store and grew into a crochet brand. Due to being unable to source things during the pandemic, she started crocheting. Her brand features bright, bold colors in items ranging from bucket hats and bikinis to shoulder bags and face masks.

While the designer gets her yarn from Joanns, she wishes to one day be more sustainable and use deadstock yarn. Her next projects include collaborations with The Consistency Project, which will feature a ready-to-wear collection with sustainably sourced yarn, and a bikini line with Tyler McGillivary.

WOHA Architects Will Rock Your World with Their Sustainable Buildings

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Amanda B
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Sustainable architecture has experienced a huge rise in popularity in the past few decades, and it’s showing no signs of stopping. Many architects are trying to minimize the negative environmental impact of their buildings with sustainable and eco-friendly designs, including Singapore-based firm WOHA Architects.

Founded in 1994 by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, this architecture practice has been wowing us with its sustainable designs ever since. According to their official website, this duo is known for “their distinct approach to biophilic design and integrated landscaping, finding nature-based solutions to regenerate and forge new relationships between the man-made and natural world.”

This basically means that their buildings are meant to be as eco-friendly as possible and integrate natural vegetation and greenery as a building element. They’re also meant to foster the communities where they’re built and create a connection between their members.

The majority of WOHA’s projects are located in their home country, including Singapore’s Oasia Downtown Hotel, Kampung Admiralty, and Parkroyal Collection Pickering. China, Thailand, Australia, and Indonesia are also home to some of their eco-friendly designs that bring a dash of greenery to every neighborhood.

LaceMade’s Designs Will Take You Straight Back to the Past

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Elizabeth N
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It’s not uncommon for fashion designers to draw inspiration from past eras, but LaceMade is taking things to a whole new level. Their designs will make you feel like you stepped into a time machine and traveled decades or even centuries back to the past.

LaceMade was originally founded in 2016 and they mastered the art of crafting vintage clothes with a modern touch in the years to come. According to their official website, they draw inspiration “from oil paintings, old movies, historical clothing and the beauty of nature.”

Their designs can be described as delicate, dreamy, and romantic, and they usually use floral prints, jacquard fabric, bows, ribbons, and lace in their creation. Their clothes perfectly fit into cottagecore aesthetics, and we wouldn’t blame you if you mixed them up with historical clothes from the eras that they’re inspired by because they look truly spot-on.

LaceMade mainly focuses on crafting “feminine but powerful” clothes, with a special emphasis on corsets. They’re the brand’s signature product, but their offer includes a wide range of other clothes, from skirts and dresses to tops and knitwear.

You can head to the brand’s official website to discover all the whimsical designs they have in store and pick the one that will help you bring your fairy tale to life.

HolyClothing Makes Fairy Tales Come to Life

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Nikoleta P
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Image via holy___clothing/Instagram

We’ve all dreamed about dressing up as princesses and fierce warriors growing up, but being an adult shouldn’t stop you from realizing your dreams. HolyClothing will help you turn fantasies into a reality with their whimsical outfits that look straight out of a fairy tale.

This outlandish brand was founded back in 2001, and it became one of the leaders in this niche over the course of the past two decades. It prides itself in empowering women of all body shapes to realize their fantasy by crafting one-of-a-kind clothing with a dreamy feel.

Their official website is divided into several different sections, ranging from renaissance and Wiccan to Viking and Celtic styles. Most collections feature dresses, tops, and skirts, but HolyClothing has everything from cloaks and coats to pants and nightdresses.

HolyClothing is also committed to being as sustainable and possible. They use plant-based fabrics, trims, and threads to make their clothes, and all of them are made to order so waste could be avoided. Diversity and inclusivity also come first for HolyClothing, and they’ve been making clothes in sizes ranging from S to 5X since the inception of their brand.

Head to HolyClothing’s Instagram page to discover some of their dreamiest designs, and visit their official website if you want to get your hands on one of them.

Agnes Hansella is Mixing Architecture and Macramé Art Together

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Mark O
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Macramé art experienced a real boom and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. The list of artists who found exposure online thanks to their incredible textile creations is pretty much endless, but there’s something that sets Agnes Hansella apart.

The Indonesian textile artist caught our eye after she started crafting ornamental wall hangings, which can be used to decorate entire buildings. The latest art installation that she impressed us with was made for Bali’s Locca Beach House, which measures 766 cm from top to bottom.

The piece in question is titled “Mountain”, and it took eight people and 12 days to stage the entire thing using three enormous macramés. The final result is truly stunning and it proves it’s possible to mix this textile art form with design and architecture elements.

Large-scale macramés may be Hansella’s most impressive work, but they’re not the only ones she has in store. She’s a self-taught artist who’s been doing textile art in 2017, and she’s created many amazing pieces throughout her creative journey, ranging from decorative wall hangers to hammocks, umbrellas, and stools.

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