What are you doing for the holidays? I don't know about you, but this is the time of year I start thinking about sprucing (no pun intended) up the guest room, finding that special gift for someone dear to me, decorating for a festive feel, etc. I'm not looking for big fixes or big splurges; just little "extras."Being that Casart's wallcovering unique quality of Continue Reading
10 Color Predictions – Cabaret is 4
Getting back to this ongoing series about Color Predictions for 2012 via Pantone's color authority, Cabaret is the 4th color mentioned. Although not Christmas red it seems appropriate for the holidays because it reminds me of cranberries and Cabernet wine. Hmmm, I must have some holiday cheer(s) on my mind.Here are a few Cabaret Concoctions for your home this Continue Reading
Looking Up
Recently we had a post titled Getting On The Map, and another, Things Are Looking Up. Our October e newsletter is about mapping your travels and we have a press release about our new Casart Light ceiling map mural. So when I was on a fall foliage cruise I found myself looking up at ceilings; on the Oceania Regatta and in the Newport mansions The Breakers and Marble Continue Reading
The Alluring Mary McDonald
What lured us back to New Orleans? Well, a family gathering for a sister's birthday, which turned into a family reunion, which morphed into a Thanksgiving celebration, all against the backdrop and initial kickoff event of Mary McDonald's Book Signing at Tara Shaw Maison on Camp Street.Although this was a public event, we had been invited to attend when meeting up Continue Reading
Libby Langdon Times Two at High Point
Libby Langdon must have been a cheerleader when she was in school. She is up-beat, effervescent, motivating, funny, and much more. I mentioned that I had attended both of her presentations in an earlier post. The first, How we really live/What We Really Want: Insights from the Front Lines at Makeover Television, was held in the showroom of Braxton Culler, for whom Continue Reading
