Seeing Autumn leaves and trees reminds me that fall officially arrived last Saturday but the October issues of HGTV and Country Living took note of the season and beat it by a week. HGTV suggested papering your stair risers and showed a stylized leaf pattern in their illustration.Designer Helen Tucker is quoted as saying that she measured often to insure the Continue Reading
Archives for September 2012
How Many Stripes Does it Take to Make Plaid?
Have you seen it or is it just me, all indication points to plaid on the horizon, but before I begin, let's start with stripes, since it takes several to make a plaid.Stripes are classic have been around since early forms of decorative painting, but I'm always impressed in how they can be used in new ways for interior design. Just look at these Continue Reading
Pretty As A Peacock
Flipping through the pages of the September issue of Better Homes and Gardens, I saw a beauty article titled Pretty as a Peacock. It featured wonderful turquoise, violet, plum, emerald, peacock blue and gold colors accented by one peacock feather.They looked so luscious just like the colors of Casart's French Peacock Damask and Quill patterns. Just look at Continue Reading
Signifying Summer’s Sunset
I'm sorry to see summer coming to a close but when I see it ending with a sunset from House Beautiful paired with beautiful paint colors, I get inspired.I think of some recent sunsets I've seen while on summer vacation.From our house....From our pier...From the ferry...And sunset colors from Casart Continue Reading
Hurricane Isaac and Me
I’ve lived in New Orleans all my life and have dealt with many hurricanes; some bad, most not so bad. I didn’t have a “light bulb” moment, a revelation or epiphany during Isaac but I did learn some things. But first I’ll summarize what I consider is important to know about hurricanes and then I’ll tackle Isaac.Houzz recently had a timely ideabook about disaster Continue Reading
