We were invited a couple of weeks ago to attend a lecture in New York, given by interior designer Mary Douglas Drysdale of Drysdale Design.She had used some of our Casart wallcoverings for a photo shoot for some pictures used in the lecture that she was giving about "green rugs."Eliko Showroom and the Green Rug Event that set the backdrop for the Drysdale Design Continue Reading
Friday the 13th-me, superstitious?
I couldn't let this Friday the 13th day that happens rarely infrequently go by without giving mention. The most often the 13th of the month will fall on a Friday in a calendar year is 3 times, as it does this year. This will not occur again until 2015.According to Wikipedia, superstition holds Friday the 13th to be lucky or unlucky. Of course, most of us are Continue Reading
Think Pink!
We think pink is the new, "hottest" color and so does Metropolitan Home's in their Colorwatch feature.This got us to think pink, even though, I've never been a super BIG pink fan but I love this color in nature and particularly when it is paired with the appropriate accessories and color combination in a room design. I had a pink and green room in my childhood Continue Reading
An Artichoke Toute Seule
When you cook for just one, it’s easy to get in a gastronomical rut. Having determined I was in one, I purchased Judith Jones’ new book, The Pleasures of Cooking for One. Ms Jones is senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf. She was the editor for Julia Child’s first cook book and continued as her editor until Julia’s death. After turning down a few pages Continue Reading
Balancing Act
What a classic balancing act -- yellow and gray are great color combinations. Yellow is bright and cheerful and gray is subdued and neutral which makes them balance each other perfectly -- a great balancing act indeed. Go bold with bright yellow walls and gray molding and floor accents shown below at the Spring 2009 DC Design House by Annie Elliot of Bossy Continue Reading
