This post, What do you know about contemporary American paper? is a follow up after the Never Say Never post about a wonderful book titled Wallpaper A History of Trends and Styles by Carolle Thibaut- Pomerantz. In it, you can find all you want to know about Chinese, European and American wallpapers. What do you know about contemporary American paper? After World War Continue Reading
A Nice Little Find
I stumbled upon a nice little find with the discovery of artist Vic Vicini and found myself a bit captivated by his use of color. Below are a few pieces I quite like.And another. I'm always intrigued by the way a reflection is distorted.I chose one last piece called "Yellow Retro Stove", matched it with a gray Faux Linen temporary wallcovering by Continue Reading
Interactive Casart Designs
How about a little interactive Casart Designs?With a new year comes new things to try. We' re always thinking of ways to help our customers envision Casart wallcoverings in their own spaces and we've found an interactive way to help you get this impression through Kaboodle. It's similar to StumbleUpon but it's a very user friendly site for "flagging" Continue Reading
New Year’s Day in New Orleans
It's a New Orleans New Year's Day holiday so I'm taking a holiday from wallcoverings and Casart Coverings. Instead, I'm putting on my apron and going to the kitchen to grab my recipe for cabbage casserole. Everyone has holiday traditions and my family is no exception. On January 1st we always have ham, black-eyed peas (not the musical group) and rice, cabbage and Continue Reading
What Is Christmas?
What is Christmas? This poem helps to explain: More than the tree or the decking of halls, More than the music and mobs at the malls, More than the feasts that are planned and prepared, The family stories remembered and shared, More than the lights that will soon disappear, The manger and star that get stored till next year, More than these things which all Continue Reading
