Was Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak one of your favorite children's books? Chances are you can still recite your favorite nursery rhyme and vividly recall illustrations associated with it. Nursery rhymes, fairy tales and tales with moral messages are part of childhood. An article in the October/November issue of Cottages & Bungalows explores period Continue Reading
Drysdale Design
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
