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Archive for February, 2009

Black Bathrooms: Yes or No?

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Goth taste, Disco nostalgia, a need for intimate drama, or an overabundance of natural light would be reasons for creating a black bathroom. The effect is stunning but using an all-black bath is an experience you don’t forget.
Recently, black rooms have been making a comeback. Over the past year or two we’ve seen a series [...]

Confession of Garden-Challenged Decorista

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Gardens and plants always look brilliant to me, especially views from my 12th Floor apartment window of beautifully landscaped terraces, or photos of amazing gardenscapes online. For many years, I lived on 20, with south and eastern exposures, and managed to keep an orchid plant alive and blooming plus a pot of basil going (thought [...]

Antique to Modern Kitchen Shelves

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Know how it is when you’re clearing out piles of old magazines and suddenly something looks so familiar it stops and makes you think? That’s what happened when I spotted the charming, big jade-green shelving unit over the sink of Laura Robinson’s “back kitchen” a wall housing a sink, dishwasher, dish cabinets, refrigerator drawers, and [...]

Hand-Block Prints Go Modern

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

The gifted artists within Galbraith & Paul Philadelphia studio workshop must ooze with creativity when designing their bold graphic patterns. Their organic designs are transferred onto textiles using the ancient technique of hand block printing. The simplest but slowest method of textile printing allows spectacular results. The photographs (above) seem to make work look more [...]

Value of Black and White

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Watching the Academy Awards last night underscored the power of black and white. I know that mimosa yellow is newer and the hoi polloi are painting their dining rooms purple. But like the best of the Oscar gowns (Angelina Jolie in black Elie Saab and Taraji Henson in white Roberto Cavalli) black and white is [...]

Pearl Studded Rug Passion

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

The only thing that would trump my passion for rugs is my passionate obsession for pearls. For me, those creamy white colored gems, so basic and unassuming, ooze glamour and sophistication. Forget about diamonds, pearls are the way to this girl’s heart. With that in mind, you can imagine how my heart [...]