Oh me, oh Maya, I was lucky enough to attend a wonderful lecture by Joyce Romanoff, President of Maya Romanoff handmade wallcoverings in March. I've been admiring this exceptional wallcovering company's products since I first saw their three dimensional Beadazzled™ wallcovering back in the late 80's, when I attended one of the Design Houses at the Washington DC Design Continue Reading
Everything’s Coming Up Peacocks?
Isn't it supposed to be Everything's Coming Up Roses? Nope. Here and now, it's peacocks. See last Thursday's post, "A Thread Runs Through It".At the Smithsonian, April 1 will be a big day for James Mc Neill Whistler's Peacock Room. Originally created in an elaborate peacock motif in 1875 for a British owner’s collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain, Continue Reading
Great Greens, What’s Happening!!
Great Greens, there were a lot of happenings last week, all having something green in common.Our first great greens started with mentioning our Green Design Inspiration Contest on the last Green is Sprouting post (it's ongoing til the end of this month, so keep posting your great entries), to a House Beautiful, Color It Green Event at Room&Board, and ended the Continue Reading
Green is Sprouting
Everything is coming up green!! Green shoots are sprouting from what appears to be early spring weather and green is the scene in interior design. House Beautiful devoted their entire March issue to green and not so much the environmental aspect, which is a fresh change. St. Patty's Day is right around the corner and we are offering some green for some green. Post Continue Reading
Keeping In Step With The Dragon
2012 is the Year of the Dragon; one of the most revered of the Chinese New Year calendar. Those born under the sign are regarded as innovative, passionate people who are colorful, confident, quick-tempered, enterprising, flexible and fearless. Dragon years have elements of earth, fire, wood, metal and water. This year is associated with water. Things happen Continue Reading
