Dark neutral walls -- the color of toast -- add some formality to the look of a kitchen. Walls the color of well-done toast may not sound like a recipe for a style trend in the coming decade. But a quick study of this sleek-but-not-slick, chic-but-not-impractical kitchen by Swedish-born designer Patrik Lönn shows how adapting a dark neutral color scheme usually associated with … [Read more...]
Silver Ceilings
My fascination with silver ceilings began when I watched my dad use silver leaf on old furniture. My Dad would have loved these silver ceilings. He always had a project or two going. I remember watching him painstakingly apply the sizing (adhesive) then position oddly fragile, 4-inch silver leaf squares on a chest of drawers, peeling away the paper around them and testing out … [Read more...]
Inspired Design Showhouse
Tour the Inspired Designs showhouse in NYC with rooms dedicated to extraordinary women. Move over Kip’s Bay. A group of 15 premier New York interior designers combined talents in a unique showhouse event to launch a new condominium building on West End Avenue, a street that hasn’t changed so much in 30 years or perhaps longer. As it happens it’s in my neighborhood, … [Read more...]