2012 is the Year of the Dragon; one of the most revered of the Chinese New Year calendar. Those born under the sign are regarded as innovative, passionate people who are colorful, confident, quick-tempered, enterprising, flexible and fearless. Dragon years have elements of earth, fire, wood, metal and water. This year is associated with water. Things happen Continue Reading
Every Now and Then
Every now and then you'll run across a periodical with all kinds of useful information. Such was the case with Country Collectibles' 2011 Decorating Shortcuts.Some suggestions appeared in a December blog post, What Are You Doing for the Holidays? Here are a few more.1) Designer John Loecke-"Use wallpaper in an unexpected way. Paper ceilings. Your eye Continue Reading
Is It Spring Already?
Is it Spring Already? Can it be that it's almost time for the next High Point Market Week? Better flag April 21st-26th. Seems like we just attended the Fall Market Week and wrote about all the trends we saw in our blog posts and November e newsletter; including coastal, nature, and classical.Last weekend I was thumbing through the January Wisteria catalog and Continue Reading
Decorating Decisions
It's a new year. It's time to freshen up the house with decorating decisions. But, you're not sure what you want to do. Maybe you can glean some suggestions from the magazines. Veranda has a bright cover with the subject, The Joy of Color but when you thumb through the pages, there's only one article with bright colors titled Haute Hues.Well, that's not Continue Reading
How Would You Describe Yellow?
How would you describe yellow?For me, describing yellow is difficult because there are so many shades of yellow; the pale color of an onion skin, the refreshing look of an iced glass of lemonade, the morning sun, the golden wheat field, a swallowtail butterfly, a daffodil.The dictionary defines yellow as: the hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying Continue Reading
