No, it's not a 5-piece Indie Rock band. It's decorative patterns or designs or art based on simple geometric shapes (as straight lines, circles, or squares); utilizing rectilinear or simple curvilinear motifs or outlines in design. Geometrics have been used in designs for centuries. They are found in mosaics, pottery shards, paintings, etc., and continue to show Continue Reading
Get Your Groovy Gait On
Run, no walk -- slow your gait to take it all in! In fact, you can actually stroll and enjoy Libby Langdon's Groovy Gate Design exclusively for the Holiday House. Enjoy other designers' work while you're there too, like Thom Filicia, Donna Livingston, Design Studio among a total of 22 others. So many wonderful designers and too long to list! Be inspired by all their Continue Reading
Big, Bold, Beautiful Stripes of Another Color
Beautiful stripes really never go out of style. Their colors, and combinations, widths and positioning are constantly changing. This makes them fresh, new and now. Elle Décor featured these patterns as a Trend Alert in their March issue.Here are some inspirational ones in a barrel-vaulted room. These linear patterns help to soften the expanse of the ceiling Continue Reading
Interview With The “Interior Stylist”
New Jersey designer Tonisha Ramona is known to her clientele as the “Interior Stylist”. I know she thinks “out of the box” because I understand she once designed a dog hotel and spa! I was curious. I had questions and Tonisha had the answers.Tonisha, first, how would you define interior stylist? An Interior Stylist is someone who styles spaces based Continue Reading
A Coastal Climate
Summer is nearly here and we must have going to the beach on our minds. Makes sense. We all need a break near the end of the school year calendar. You can't work well without a break to refresh here and there. I'm seeing this Coastal Climate concept is in nearly all shelter / home and decorating magazines since May but particularly this month. Here are just a few Continue Reading
