There’s an art to coordinating fabrics when it comes to window treatments and prints. That rises to the level of a fine art when window treatments are layered and two different fabric patterns are used on a single window. Many contemporary windows are not layered -- only draperies, or perhaps a Roman shade, is used. In this ambitious and elegant example a fabric-covered Roman … [Read more...]
Fuchsia Flashes
Dubbed Hollywood Cerise and Fandango in the early part of the 20th century, fuchsia is a floral hue. While the magazines and color gurus are trying to sell us a saccharine hue dubbed Honeysuckle, I’ve been seeing something stronger – fuchsia -- pop up as an accent color with black and white, green and gray. We’ve see a lot of it on the web (FFOOFF) and forever in Crayola boxes … [Read more...]
Same Room, Different Rugs
In the same room, different rugs change the overall mood and the style as well. Some time 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 different rugs. Yet the reason for the switch out was fairly clear. The owner of the room had started … [Read more...]
Kiwi Green Kitchen
A kiwi green kitchen was perfect for funny girl Caroline Rhea, who loves sun and brightness. Cheerful and colorful were the criteria for this kiwi green country-style kitchen created for comedienne Caroline Rhea in LA by New York designer Amanda Nisbet. Ms. Nisbet is known for her bold use of color. The green walls set the theme for the kitchen, which blends intot he open plan … [Read more...]