Modern & vintage variations on slipper chairs for any room. Part 4 - Exposed Frames. One reason I've done this series of posts on slipper chairs is purely practical. These are, for the most part, exceptionally approachable and affordable pieces of furniture everyone needs. One chair may be better for perching while another is made for lounging – that’s fairly obvious. But … [Read more...]
Screen Porch Heaven
Summer is prime time for using a screen porch, the ultimate indoor-outdoor room. Like a gossamer cage, a screen porch encloses a space yet rarely limits it. Anyone who has spent a warm afternoon or a brisk evening in one of these airy rooms that magically exist without walls or window glass knows the joy of feeling the flow of air while enjoying the view. Naturally, the … [Read more...]
Tailored White Kitchen
A bright white kitchen is dominated by a French table with lyre-shape base. Atlanta Designer Suzanne Kasler worked her magic in this bright white kitchen in a wonderful coastal South Carolina Brays Island home. Keep the interiors second only to the outdoor marsh and Pocotaligo River views which are famous in the area, this kitchen is located in the "bunkie house." That is … [Read more...]
All-White Kitchens – Trend Over
The all white kitchen trend lasted for a decade. Now it needs these updates. The all white kitchen trend – cabinets, back splash, counters – set the style for the first decade of the 21st century. It’s the “manor house” look modernized and marketed by English kitchen designer Christopher Peacock [above], which draws directly from English kitchens of 100 years earlier. Usually … [Read more...]