Take a spin around designer Kathryn M. Ireland’s site and you’ll probably put her new book, Creating a Home, at the top of your wish list. Love the beautiful saturated color and casual bohemian charm. Many of the photos in the book were taken at her home in Ojai which she just sold to Reese Witherspoon (including the cute kitchen below – that looks like a Reece room). The all white mixed with just a couple of red pieces looks so cool and a really great showcase for all t... Read Full Story
OK – I’ll admit it…I’m a dish-aholic. I just adore tabletop prettiness of all types, vintage, ceramic, fine china, melamine … I can look and be enthralled with patterns for hours. As far as I’m concerned most designs are true works of art suitable for framing or at least hanging. If I had room I’d have dish sets by the hundreds. I’m seriously not exaggerating.
I think the prettiest tables have gobs of different patterns all mixed and match... Read Full Story
For various reasons I’ve been waging what feels like a war with my basement over the past few months – one that I’m fairly sure at this point that I’m losing.
Where I come from on the West Coast we really don’t have basements unless they happen to be small crawl spaces or garages – everything is more or less built on slab. So just the notion of descending into an underground cement bunker seems unnatural and a bit spooky to me.
Then, to be frank, I have ... Read Full Story
Thanks to the Inspired Designer for featuring our client Monte Designs new Grano Chair recently. Love the way Kristin points out that the Grano is equally as gorgeous in a nursery as in a family room. See the post here>>
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Style at Home - the authority for all things design and decor in Canada featured our client Tsunami Glassworks recently - writer Natalie Bahadur found the glass designing duo's work to be "Unique. Truly original. One of a kind..." We couldn't agree more! Check out the entire post here>>
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When I first moved to New England I was really impressed with the area’s true commitment to historical architecture and design. As a California native I came to view anything designed before 1980 as something from “olden times” – but here the residents take their antiques very seriously – even contemporary interiors seem to have a twinkle of the colonial somewhere just near the surface.
So it’s no wonder that the country’s foremost designer and cre... Read Full Story
Call them what you will: the "Whisp"erati - the Glass "Whisp"erers - Whisp (plural) are the creation of glass design duo Eva Milinkovic and Kriston Gene of Tsunami Glassworks. A riff on their uber popular Tubes, Whisp was inspired by the image of long grasses wafting peacefully in the wind. These are available in two sizes 24 inch tall, and 26 inch tall and in a variety of colors including black/iris, olive/aqua, cerulean, citron/jade, cherry/turquoise, strawberry/saffron, ... Read Full Story
Have you checked out Interiors Magazine lately? I rarely spy the actual book on the stands but the online version is quite spectacular. The Oct/Nov issue features page after page of interesting design – most projects splashed with vibrant color. The issue features a gorgeous residential project by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, an apartment in Hong Kong by Miles Young, and a home in Portugal designed by Vera Cristo – all extensively photographed and documented. Shown here are some ima... Read Full Story
