Why We Gravitate to Mod Op-Art Style You may have heard that gray is the new beige, well that's not gonna work for people who like color.After visiting the Art by the Yard exhibit at the Textile Museum, which I'll write about in a subsequent post, I realized when I opened my Elle Decor this month that their feature on the Op Art (optical - psychedelic design) Continue Reading
Now What?
I'm asking myself, now what? We recently moved and I'm just now finding things even though boxes were labeled. I stumbled across a rather large piece of glass that was originally affixed to the top of a wine crate used as a side table. The wine crate has since turned into our one and only toy bin for the children. Now what to do with the toys? If the toy doesn't Continue Reading
Labor Day Rules
Not Labor Day rules as in something to follow by the rules but as in it's awesome, as well as referring to weird rules about not wearing white. I never understood this myself so I had fun doing a little research for this post. Labor Day Rules about Wearing White According to WiseGeek and Fletch (AskYahoo.com), the "it is not appropriate to wear white after Labor Continue Reading
A Few Forecasting Tools for Fall Design
Let's say you're ready for a change and want to revamp your interior at the start of this coming season. Where do you begin? We have a few forecasting tools for fall design to help.You can go small or go large but where are some latest accessories to see and wouldn't it be great to see how they look in your interior before you purchase them? I've found a few Continue Reading
On the Wall
The Artistic Use of Wallpaper on the Wall Back in 2003 the Fabric Workshop and Museum mounted an exhibit titled On the Wall : Wallpaper and Tableau. Wallpaper by artists was incorporated as background for furniture and sculpture by other artists and was a companion exhibit to one by RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). It included works by well-known artists Andy Continue Reading
