With the gorgeous weather this past weekend, and a wonderful Mother’s Day celebration, I took a little “me time” to read up on my magazines. I was going to post another inspirational post from High Point but decided to save that one and run this one instead because I was so excited when I saw the possibilities stemming from House Beautiful‘s regular Paint Palette feature. I love how they pull the paint colors out from an image as in Audubon’s painting, Roseate Spoonbill.

Then I got to thinking why does this have to just be paint? Why heck, we have all these colors as the Karen Robertson Collection Stripes and as Wallfinishes, seen below.

Even some of our Organics  (faux bois and raw silk) would be a similar match to these colors and if not, you could customize it by giving us  paint or Pantone colors to match. Easy and limitless possibilities.

Now let’s see what all this might look like in a room setting. To do this, I use Olioboard to get a sense. I’ve pinned other boards on Pinterest.

Creative concepts make decorating a lot easier if you can conceptualize it before you have to do it.  Casart coverings makes it a whole lot easier than having to paint! Casart is one of the most versatile repositionable wallcoverings around. It can go over itself without permanently sticking + commercial grade so thick, durable and mold and fire resistant.

Try it with our products on Olioboard and see what you get. Let us know what other ones you want us to add.

If you missed our Mother’s Day sale, it’s not too late. You have until May 20th to order from any of our Botanical Designs. Contact us for the special code at contact@casartcoverings.com. This Pink, Black & White Flower Power was one of the more popular items on One Kings Lane. These flowers last long after the real bouquets fade.

One other extension of Mother’s Day that you may also find interesting is this article that proposes Mothers would make good business women. Why? Because they’ve been practicing the art of “conflict resolution” known as E=Q*A in business lingo. Read more here. It will make any mom feel good about child rearing and giving themselves often unnoticed (except one day out of the year) credit for all the hard work they do.

– Ashley

There were plenty of Showrooms that had lots of style at this year’s spring High Point Market. I couldn’t capture all of them because there are so many and just so many hours in the day for visiting them. I’m showcasing the ones that stood out using eye-catching wallpaper and backdrops that set the stage for their furnishings.

I’m always happy to see another female, family owned business take center stage. Lucy is the furniture designer and her sister, Holly, helps manage Lucy Smith, custom metal furnishings made in Anniston, Alabama, good ole’ USA. Kudos ladies to a great High Point showing!

Lucy Smith in her showroom. Like the wallpaper and LOVE her slide under chair table.

Worlds Away Showroom - color block accent walls with 3-d illusion vignettes

Elaine Smith - Venetian vignette - clever 3-d illusion

Tozai - Makes dripping paint decorative - darn right cool

Global Views - yellow room with mirrored wall and concave features

Global Views - mirrored wall with practical shelf inserts

Global Views - dark gray walls make these coral, white and black with silver colors pop with sophisticated-hip elegance

Finally a theme that I thought was totally unique was Cyan’s chicken coop comparing your home to your coop. Who would have thought fake grass could be fashionable? What can I say, I love chickens and yes, I used to raise them in my backyard. At one point, we turned the family play gym into our chicken coop. It was the perfect a-frame structure. I tended little cute chicks to full grown chickens there with fond memories.

Cyan - Carries the Coop theme throughout - totally unique + I love chickens

More inspirations to come….

 – Ashley

It doesn’t have to make sense to make sense. This is what I like about design, as an artist/ as a designer,  you can take your inspiration from nature and make it work as a manufactured design solution. This is where Art and Design meld.

In transition from my last post, here are some examples of butterflies as exhibited in design.

Butterfly Chandelier made of Solar Panels via Dutch Design House as discovered by DC Design Coop

Another chandelier discovered on Sage Atelier.

 The great, late Alexander McQueen had many Butterfly examples from hats to chairs, as seen in his Savage Beauty exhibit and on Where Design Worlds Coincide blog post on Avery Design Interiors.

Alexander McQueen Butterflies - Paris Breakfast Hat

alexander mcqueen-butterfly-vanessa-dining-table-bartoli via Avery Design Interior

Don’t forget butterfly wall sculpture by Paul Villinski as seen on Archithings . Here’s a previous post showcasing butterfly sculpture.

Decorating-Butterflies_Villinski via Archithings

Check out Paul Villinski’s site for many more butterfly examples that he creates with his butterflies created from beer cans.

That’s a lot of beers to drink….

Paul Villinski Butterfly Sculpture

Many Paul Villinski many different butterfly sculptures

I love this Colour Lovers site that pairs butterflies with paint colors.

Wow, when I came to it again, I realized this is where I got many of my visual references for our own Casart butterflies. I almost painted the one above.

This is beautiful butterfly wallpaper by DeGournay but be prepared to make the commitment as it is traditionally applied with glue.

 Whereas, ours you can combine designs, Raw Silk perhaps, customized to any paint color and we can add the butterflies on top. Voilá, you have this look with out the mess or commitment in repositionable, removable and reusable wallcovering.

Casart Butterfly Mural Composite

 

Butterfly Chair by Laurie Beckerman via New York Markt

And of course, how could we forget the quintessential butterfly chair from the 60′s? It’s been updated into a clear, Lucite, contemporary version, by Laurie Beckerman.  Butterflies offer a lot of inspiration for designs, so much so that I’m sure we’ll be revisiting as design is constantly evolving with new examples.

– Ashley