Ahoy there! We are having a sale. Pull up a deck chair, put your feet up, and pour something tall and cool while you get ready to sail away with us on our Summertime, the Living is Easy, Summer Salebeginning Wednesday, July 17th. Nothing like a summer breeze to break the peak of the weak! Don't let this boat sail without you or you'll miss a boat-load of Continue Reading
Feeling Hot? Think Cool…
A way to beat the heat is to think cool. I've often thought the hottest days of summer are in July and we're right smack dab in the middle of it with that sweltering, soupy, humid heat. Dwell magazine touts what's hot with new, modern decorating trends and products and décor. Bold, hot walls were noted recently in an online posting. Here's their example.We Continue Reading
Geometrics In Design
No, it's not a 5-piece Indie Rock band. It's decorative patterns or designs or art based on simple geometric shapes (as straight lines, circles, or squares); utilizing rectilinear or simple curvilinear motifs or outlines in design. Geometrics have been used in designs for centuries. They are found in mosaics, pottery shards, paintings, etc., and continue to show Continue Reading
Big, Bold, Beautiful Stripes of Another Color
Beautiful stripes really never go out of style. Their colors, and combinations, widths and positioning are constantly changing. This makes them fresh, new and now. Elle Décor featured these patterns as a Trend Alert in their March issue.Here are some inspirational ones in a barrel-vaulted room. These linear patterns help to soften the expanse of the ceiling Continue Reading
A Coastal Climate
Summer is nearly here and we must have going to the beach on our minds. Makes sense. We all need a break near the end of the school year calendar. You can't work well without a break to refresh here and there. I'm seeing this Coastal Climate concept is in nearly all shelter / home and decorating magazines since May but particularly this month. Here are just a few Continue Reading
