A thread runs through it all started with the April issue of Elle Decor and an article about Maryam Montague and her husband, Chris Redecke's home in Marrakesh. I spied a peacock pillow on the daybed in a photo of the beautiful blue master bedroom.You may have guessed that blue is my favorite color from last week's post, Blue Mood. Pick up a copy of Elle 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
Water – Clean, Clear, Water
We don't do this sort of thing often, but today's post will be a departure. This will be about water. Specifically, potable, clean, clear water. That is one of the many things we take for granite. Living in New Orleans, which is below sea level, water is very important for a different reason. We know the suffering of having too much water. On the other hand, Continue Reading
Will It Be Butterflies?
At High Point last fall we saw lots of butterflies; framed, fabric, wallpaper, on pillows and just about everywhere we looked. But will that trend continue? With spring right around the corner, it just might.In a Houzz ideabook, Samantha Schoech said, "Now, I am no predictor of trends, but if I were, I'd stake my claim on butterflies as the next fauna to make it Continue Reading
Every Now and Then
Every now and then you'll run across a periodical with all kinds of useful information. Such was the case with Country Collectibles' 2011 Decorating Shortcuts.Some suggestions appeared in a December blog post, What Are You Doing for the Holidays? Here are a few more.1) Designer John Loecke-"Use wallpaper in an unexpected way. Paper ceilings. Your eye Continue Reading
