What's your creative media? How do you paint your palette? Some would say traditionally and others described here might say with flowers -- a petal palette.Fabulous Florals and Garden Mania are just a couple of headliners used recently by Traditional Home and the New York Times Magazine / Design Issue to describe the current fascination with floral design Continue Reading
A Quick Synopsis of Wallpaper
Houzz had a great ideabook this week by Gabrielle de Stafano about the history of wallpaper with wonderful illustrations of types of wallpapers through the ages. It struck me that many of our designs could also be used as illustrations. Here are a few quotes from Gabrielle's ideabook, and our examples.During the 1500s more ornate designs mimicking fabric Continue Reading
Flowers In May
Remember those showers I mentioned a while back? Well, it's May and here come the flowers those showers bring!May Elle Decor has an article titled A Budding Romance with this byline-"Whether they appear in fashion, fabrics, or jewelry, in traditional forms or innovative guises, flowers are ever inspiring-and ever fresh." The eight page article produced by Continue Reading
High Points from High Point Spring Market
It's all over now except the shouting, so here goes a voyeur's synopsis gleaned from a Houzz idea book by Pangaea, a savvy designer from Portland with a strong constitution albeit tired feet after 6 full days at High Point. I've done it twice so feel her pain!Here are some quotes from Pangaea and comments by me ending with a link to her full coverage with Continue Reading
In-A-Box, Out-Of-The-Box
A recent post was about e-design. Now, are you ready to take that a step further? Now you can design your bath and receive everything your contractor needs in a box from Bath Simple. No matter where you live, Bath Simple will put you in touch with a designer who will help you determine design and fixtures desired from a curated line. Cut-to-fit countertops and Continue Reading
