Recently, we received a note from a former employee about his current design adventures. Brad Dufton started his own design business called colorTheory in Boston, MA. Brad, along with his business partner Ben Scott, offers interior stylings, expert interior painting, color consultation and wallpaper installation. The team even was awarded Boston Home Magazine’s “Best of Boston Home” for interior painting. Brad and his wife’s apartment was even featured on the website “Apartment Therapy” due to the awesome use of colors and textures.  Hold It Home is happy to see Brad doing amazing things in design on the East Coast. And be sure to check out their website.

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Great iPhone Apps can lead to hours and hours of entertainment and often save users from boredom, but this Apps is actually extremely useful, especially within the design community. The “Photosynth” by Microsoft offers users an interactive panorama capture experience. By simply following the direction of the app and taking photos with your iPhone, you can turn a few simple photos into an panoramic image that you can share with friends.

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Searching for new upholstery can be exhausting- so why not just choose a few of your favorites and create a unique patchwork design. These ordinary objects have been created into whimsical designs that will brighten up any room. The patchwork design can also offer a great vintage look to furnishings, without the pieces looking worn or tired. Overall, patchwork is a great way to add some creativity to a space.

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Del Mar’s best restaurants are joining together on June 23rd for Summer Solstice. The event will feature tasty bites from Del Mar restaurants and drinks from wineries and breweries from all over the state. The event is a great way to sample the cuisine of Del Mar while soaking in the fabulous ocean views of the village. Summer Solstice will also hold a silent auction and offer live music- all in celebration of the start of summer.

Tickets are available online for $50.

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A glass house home in Lithuanian offer its residents a comfortable modern home and the preservation of a historic building. This home was built around, and within an old cannon foundry. The old building received full restoration before the modern structure was built around it. Now it holds a Turkish bath in the basement, a spacious living and dining area, and a master bedroom in the attic. Lithuanian architects from Natkevičius are responsible for this interesting and historic structure.

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Spending hours upon hours in airplanes can be uncomfortable and even miserable, but these hotels have taken planes and turned them into relaxing retreats. The Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica offers vacationers two private rooms within the fuselage of an 1965 Boeing 727. The plane has been refurbished with custom teak paneling, kitchenettes and dining areas. And if enjoying luxurious accommodations in a plane, on land, isn’t enough, the plane looks out over the pacific ocean. In Stockholm, Sweden, a Pan Am 747-200 jumbo jet has been transformed into a hostel, right next to the international airport. With a dining area, 27 individual rooms, and 9 bathrooms, the plane offers plenty of space, without worrying about tray-tables or turning off your electronic devices.

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This is not a test of your emergency broadcast system. But if you have been longing for those foregone days of technicolor stripes and high-pitched ringing, here’s your chance to relive it all over again. FLOR’s new Line By Line rug set combines four designs (High Beams, Skip a Beat, Parellel Reality and Dashed Off) to create a vibrant display of analog charm. You may now return to your regularly scheduled broadcast.

$47.96 per set of 4 tiles

Available at Hold It Contemporary Home.

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Indulge all your senses this summer at the 2nd Annual San Diego Spirits Festival. Clear your calendars for June 2-5, 2010 for a Festival jam-packed with events, seminars, chef/bartender challenge, mixology challenge, nightly mixers parties and many more surprises! Meet and mingle with Industry professionals, network, meet old friends, make new friends, each evening will end with a fashion show at different venues in the Gaslamp.

Tickets are $50 for public- $100 VIP

Kick off your summer with a Fourth of July celebration! Conductor Marvin Hamlisch leads the way with a patriotic extravaganza featuring the San Diego Symphony and American Idol’s David Hernandez (Season 7) and Lakisha Jones (Season 6). These singing sensations will entertain with all-American hits from Broadway and beyond. There will be rousing John Philip Sousa marches, a salute to the military and spectacular fireworks to light up the sky!

Embarcadero Marina Park South