Bohemian Chic is a non-conformist, free-spirited expression of an individual's personal style. It loathes 'obvious consumption' and interiors created to impress...
Like everything else in the design world, there are shitty decks and there are awesome decks.Keeping a deck in sync with existing details is paramount for traditional homes...
The newest minimalism includes the occasional antique piece or ethnic textile as an art object, which brings a historical reference to an often too frigid space...
Victorian Style finally coming into its own. The 19th century's "middle-class" left behind an unprecedented inventory of housing, and with it copious amounts of ornatious furnishings and decorations which have been treated heretofore as, well, ghastly...
Having just returned from Umbria with friends, I noticed so many patterns I love, especially stripes!I'm inclined to choose geometric and lineal patterns over organic ones. I've always loved stripes, concentric squares and windowpane plaids, there's a 'clean' crispness about stripes...
I've had a lifelong obsession with portraiture. Growing up, my grandmother had a ginormous portrait of her g,g,great aunt who always looked rather mean and quite butch, imagine Queen Victoria sucking a lemon...
CONSERVATORIES, ORANGERIES, WINTER GARDENS, SUN ROOMS, ROOMS WITH 'LANTERNS' - WHATEVER.... A ROOM WHERE THE ELEMENTS WON'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE OUTDOORS MATCHING ONE TO YOUR HOME IS THE FIRST STEP...
Perhaps you didn't get the memo on Lacquer, but it's been white-hot for a few years. Thick, layer-upon-layer of mega-gloss paint so thick it makes walls look dripping wet. Lacquered rooms fundamentally need to be tailored, simple and well edited...
Getting your garage prioritized - My housekeeper hit the proverbial nail on the head when she said: "I had several nice cars in the driveway and a garage filled with $100 worth of junk."I took the challenge and decided to do it up right...
A "nautical room" is one that looks and feels like someone who actually knows a port hole from a bung hole lives there. It can be in the architecture, the accessories or even the vista's...
A Handsome Room means the same thing; well-edited spaces with good architectural bones and simple furniture. It's not about 'decorative' or 'trendy' furnishings and piles of schmaltzy/girly accessories...
Time to freshen-up your porches for the heavier, high-season use. Porches are where we relax, snooze, entertain casually and feel the summer sun and breezes upon our artificially tanned and plumped skin.
