As accessories, teapots can live in multiple rooms. Teapots and bracket shelves are meant for each other somehow. This combination might be called old fashioned or sweet — particularly with a Neoclassical Swedish half-moon style table in the mix — though it also has a cottage look. No matter. For me, teapots can be utilitarian [...]
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Unusual Plate Display Locations
Displaying plate collections is centuries old, what is new are their locations. No longer is the dining room or kitchen the only way to go. Case point, white ironstone and black transferware above a headboard. They contrast nicely with the bedroom’s charcoal walls. Crisp hotel-style linens, a zebra rug and gingham chair repeat their colors. [...]
Lampshade Couture
Creating a traditional lamp shade is an exercise of architecture in miniature. I’ve been keeping Paola Napoleone’s lampshades to myself since seeing them in a magazine. I’m possessive about lamp and shade sources and my eccentric gene fell hard for these quirky creations – some modern and some suited to Asian lamps, which are my [...]
Fabric-Draped Table’s Dramatic Return
It’s been years since tables covered by textiles have been showcased. Now they’re back, quite grandly. After decades in the corners of every room the draped tabled exited in the ‘80s along with shirred fabric on the walls and the ubiquitous apricot and green color scheme of the era. Now, with ‘80s trends returning today, [...]
Vintage Suitcase Tables
A stack of decorative old trunks or luggage can be a “setting down” surface for accessories. Mr. AM insists on keeping his Uncle Charlie’s suitcase. It’s a gorgeous piece of fine old leather and probably 40 years old about now but still in surprisingly good condition – the same style as the soft pieces used [...]
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