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Luxury home for less: One Kings Lane
For all you nesters, homebodies, and wannabe interior designers, this is the site for you. To use their own words: One Kings Lane offers “designer décor and home essentials, entertaining and travel needs, fantastic gift selections and more” at incredible discounts. The first site of its kind (think gilt group …
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Shine a light with shabby chic votives.
While out shopping with Melina in Soho one weekend we stopped in Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic where we actually had the pleasure of meeting the gracious Rachel Ashwell herself! I love her whimsical, romantic style and could buy everything in her store (even the antique ballet shoes that aren’t for …
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Pillow Fight: Pillowsandthrows.com
Ever feel like your apartment or house needs a change? Just a little something to shake things up a bit without doing anything too drastic (or expensive!)? Well you can follow in Melina’s footsteps who changes her couch pillows and bedding every few months! These types of small adjustments are …
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Brocade Home: Elegant French Style
Anyone who knows me (or has been a loyal MKIA reader) can attest to the fact that I hold a dear place in my heart for the city of Paris after living abroad there. This basically means that I am absolutely and undeniably obsessed. I have turned every dorm room, …
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Revival of the Hand-Written Note
Whatever happened to the simple pleasures in life? Taking a leisurely walk on a sunny day, a home-cooked meal, or a hand-written note? Walks now accelerate into shoving other pedestrians out of your way, home-cooked meals are made in someone else’s foreign kitchen, and hand-written notes are typed and sent …
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Sizable Additions: Photograph Canvases
Photography has always been a great love of mine, and I wish I knew about GreatBigCanvas.com to cover the naked walls of my first apartment while moving in. The site is home to larger than life panorama shots of major cities and landscapes printed on canvases that definitely make a …
Continue Reading »Rosannainc.com: A Domestic Diva's Dream
In a world where beautiful things often cost too much, those of us with high-end taste but lower-end budgets often feel left out. Enter Rosanna Inc., a purveyor fashion – forward tableware and accessories. As the website says, it is Rosanna’s “goal to create high-quality, functional dishware, both richly handcrafted …
Continue Reading »iPig
This little piggie went to market, this little piggie stayed home, and this little piggie rocked out to his iPod allllll night at home! These ipod speakers, appropriately named the iPig, are not only adorable—but so functional! With an iPod docking station that syncs with all iPod models, sensory touch …
Continue Reading »Bring The Fantasy Home
Although the name is inspired by the owner’s former home on Jane Street in Manhattan, this site is a gateway for International interior design. If you are looking for something unique for your home or a gift for a host or hostess, this is the place. Their accessories are both …
Continue Reading »Art Collecting 101: Lumas Gallery
If you like to surround yourself with beauty there is no better or more affordable place to start collecting art than Lumas. This ingenious site offers original art in affordable editions. The selection is fantastic and they have a great newsletter showcasing new artists. My husband and I recently purchased this piece by …
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My name is Melina Starr and MKIA is my version of the perfect online magazine. I created it for women like me who are interested in fashion, home décor, music, cooking, beauty, health and fitness and want thoughtful, researched advice on what’s worth buying and trying. Oh, and we want it to be one-click away too. That’s why everything on MKIA can be read, downloaded, purchased, or obtained in some other magical way online.
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This may not be the newest song, but I am so in LOVE. I’ve been blasting it in the car every chance I get to escape without the new babes. Check it out here
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Soulful beyond her years – Adele does not disappoint with her sophomore album. Download the entire catalog and hit shuffle – itunes.com/adele.
