I'm gone for 3 weeks and come back to color, color, color everywhere as in these current magazine issues and their covers! I opened the first page of the Wisteria catalog and what did i see?Houzz had an ideabook on the truths and myths about certain colors. And another Houzz ideabook on Yellow, Friend or Foe. I gathered from it Continue Reading
Silhouette Me!
Are you wearing masquerading in anticipation of Mardi Gras tomorrow? If not, you might want to but you might also want to get your silhouette on too! According to Traditional Home's latest February/ March issue, silhouette design is the New + Next great thing. Who knew? We're happy to hear this as we've just launched new silhouette designs by Edward Doyle Designs with Continue Reading
Garden Life with a Mardi Gras Mambo Style
The day after the Super Bowl is tough, isn't it?! Not when you know Mardi Gras is right around the corner. While in New Orleans, you must party like New Orleanians (even though a lot of residents leave town as tourists swamp the city) but it's part of the New Orleans way of life -- to live life to the fullest, enjoy each day and celebrate with friends, family and Continue Reading
Folk Art Not for the Faint of Heart
Murals have traditionally been painted to tell a story from the Caves at Lascaux to Renaissance High Church murals to Picasso's tribal-African-mask-inspired Guernica to modern day masters but they don't always have to be realistic or abstract. Sometimes whimsy and stylistic pattern can add a decorative element that realism may bypass.Here are some examples that I Continue Reading
Sprucing Up Your Space With What You Have
Laura Gaskill presented a terrific ideabook on Houzz last week. So I'm sharing with you about sprucing up your space. Speaking of Houzz, we just learned that Casart has been selected by the Houzz community as a winner of their 2013 "Best of Houzz" awards! We won in the "Customer Satisfaction" category. This award is based on a variety of factors including ratings Continue Reading
