How to care for washable wool

A lot of Apricot’s Home products have washable wool in them, so let’s talk about what washable wool is and how best to care for it. Why do we use washable wool? It is a dream material for many winter goods and doggie products, providing unparalleled quality. From absorbing moisture in the cold, to natural…

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Welcome to the Apricot’s Home shop

I am happy to introduce the Apricot’s Home capsule collection, a small preview of some of Apricot’s favourite things. Everything in the Apricot’s Home shop is designed for puppy play, and Apricot is already having a great time with her adorable new doggie toys and doggie blankets. We set out to solve some hard questions…

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Fashionable learning: one fabric swatch at a time

The first fashion internship on my career path was a production internship at a small atelier in New York City’s Meatpacking District, a few months before the global financial crisis imploded. At the time, the neighbourhood was vibrant with contemporary fashion brands during the day and the hottest clubs in Manhattan at night. While my…

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Is your quiet luxury home preppy at heart?

One of the hardest interior decorating choices in American luxury homes, is whether or not to include upscale preppy influences. Is covering your walls with paintings of horses and dogs subtly nostalgic, or, is it tacky and fake? Anyone with old school preppy grandparents can tell you, it’s ok to be fake as long as…

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Decorating 101: what the best sheets are made of

The best bedding sets are expensive. Have you ever wondered why high-quality sheets and duvets cost so much? The answer has a lot to do with the raw cost of materials and there isn’t much that manufacturers can do to reduce the price. The bedding set in the picture is all cotton. The sheets are…

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Furniture mods: how to customize a bench

When you buy storage furniture, there are usually several ways to customize your new furniture. For the storage bench in the picture, I changed the cabinet pulls, the pillow on the seat, and the pillow cover. These modifications shifted the aesthetic of the bench from outdoors to indoors. Customizing new furniture allows it to meld…

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Make it for the gram: black and tan

If you’re looking for the perfect March drink, with an Irish twist, the black and tan is an all-beer cocktail that is low-key enough for a pub crawl, and classy enough for entertaining. The layered beer creates an Insta-worthy visual appeal, while the creamy texture and subtly sweet undertones are hearty and satisfying. What makes…

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The 5 best puppuccino recipes

There’s more than one way to make a pup cup, and, here are five of my puppy’s favourite puppuccinos. A little variety keeps treats exciting and fun for your puppy. I like to use 4-oz dishes for pup cups as they’re easy for a dog to eat from. The small white, porcelain bowls in the…

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Custom decor: make your own pine toy box

The toy box in the picture was designed based on the beer crates that Detroit Brewing Company used to carry bottles of beer more than a century ago. I loved the cool, industrial feel of the Martzes’ beer crates, but wanted something new and modern for my puppy to store her toys in. When it…

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Great book: Soul of the Home

Some coffee table books are so great, that you don’t just decorate your coffee table with them, you read them cover to cover. Tara Shaw’s influential interior design book Soul of the Home: Designing with Antiques is a “must-have” for anyone who has inherited antiques or an interest in shopping for antiques. Unless you’re refurbishing…

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