When you look up, what do you see? I was pleasantly surprised to find Philip Gorrivan’s interior design work in my December issue of Elle Decor. I admit I’m a little behind in my reading. Elle Decor replaced my subscription for Metropolitan Home. Despite the hectic pace of the holidays taking over, in some way I must have been subconsciously reluctant to pick it up because it would make the demise of Metropolitan Home valid.
I’m glad I did because there is Gorrivan’s interior design work, which I really enjoy and have written posts about before when I attended Gorrivan’s design lecture at the DC Design Center.
I was even more surprised to find his uncommon use of wallpaper on the ceiling. What a more interesting view when lying in bed to look and see an organic textured wallpaper than just a plain white painted ceiling.
I thought, “Wow, that could be our Casart faux bois, it looks so similar.” What a great idea — a small solution that makes a big difference. Although Casart reusable wallcoverings are not meant for large-scale, full-coverage use for ceilings, we have tested it in small applications with no problems. We’ll even have some new designs coming with this in mind.
Our Faux Bois removable wallpaper comes in natural, bleached, teal and ebony but can be custom colorized.
I remember thinking, when I was listening to Gorrivan describe the New Start of Luxury in his lecture, that using reflection on the ceiling was also brilliant (below photo). I imagine it could be achieved with a high polish, lacquer but I wonder if a glossy laminate would produce a similar effect? The ceiling actually opens up with this highly reflective surface. Something to try.
Can’t help but mentioning the Saints wining the NFL Championship — my hometown team is looking up, and I’m not even a football fan! Go Saints! Who Dat! Superbowl, here we come! What a great morale boost this is for New Orleans. This is a tribute and thanks to the Saints for bringing it this far; the team, the city, the people, we all deserve it.
— Ashley
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