Designer ideas and quotes give lots of interior design inspiration.If you see something of interest in a magazine, clip and save for you never know when you will reference it later, especially if you are renovating or moving into new digs.HGTV magazine editor, Sara Peterson recently said, "This is the second year in a row that I've delivered a design Continue Reading
Personalizing An Internship
The transitive verb, personalize, means to mark (something) in a way that shows it belongs to a particular person. Wikipedia defines personalization as using technology to accommodate the differences between individuals. Once confined mainly to the Web, it is becoming a factor in education, health care (i.e. personalized medicine), television, and in both "business to Continue Reading
Did You See This?
It's been a busy two weeks but did you see this? Our newsletter went out last Thursday about a new tortoiseshell design, Ann Alger's Bloom series, re-introducing Casart Decor pillowcovers, Libby Langdon's special Daykeover show with HouseBeautiful aired on LXTV on Sunday, the 24th and House Beautiful's Dec./Jan issue with an article about the Daykeover hit the news Continue Reading
Put a Bird on It
I was first going to entitle this post Bare Naked...Trees but with Thanksgiving right around the corner, it seemed more appropriate to call it Put a Bird on It, which was the title of Jane Kim's art exhibit in which she used Casart custom wallcoverings.She used her beautifully illustrated birch tree design to create an interactive exhibit for RISD's alumni and Continue Reading
Neutral Is Nice, Light Can Be Lively
Rooms in predominantly neutral shades or light tones are not dull. There, I said it! Now, here's the proof.This is a room by designer Mary McDonald as seen in the September House Beautiful. Be sure to follow the link for more lovely photos by Amy Neunsinger.The McDonald- designed English-style bookcases in taupe have backings painted a pale blue. In Continue Reading
