Finding alternative uses for every day items personalizes our homes. Repurposing means taking an object and using it in a different way than originally intended. We all know it’s the “green” thing to do but many of us don’t do it to save the trees. It’s done to express creativity, to be unique and avoid [...]
Archive | February, 2011
Same Room, Different Rugs
The addition and removal of only one component changes the feel of the room Awhile back I saved this picture to use for a post on Heriz rugs. Imagine my surprise when I went back to the original source, the website of designer Amanda Nisbet, and found the same room but with a different rug. [...]
Bamboo In Home Decor
As a material and a motif, it has been used for centuries on many continents. A versatile material in decorating, bamboo is equally at home in a comfy cottage or modern urban loft. This bed is new, but the motif has a vintage feel. The hand-blocked textiles add an exotic influence. Note the vintage screen [...]
Old, Crazy Tableware
One thing that makes me so partial to English majolica is the silly foodie-ness of it all. Before I ever heard the word majolica, I already owned a soup tureen shaped like a head of green cabbage. I’ve been eyeballing sets of those salad plates shaped like green lettuce leaves for years — you know [...]
Fabric Schemes 1-2-3
No vague answers from Jamie Gibbs. Our designer pal explains how to pull together textiles for any room. Professional designers don’t think much about fabric schemes. After years of experience, pulling a room together becomes automatic. The client provides general guidance about the colors and designers already have a mental data base based on looking [...]
