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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Scale And Proportion In Interior Design
Scale and Proportion in Interior Design always sounds so math – like and boring. And it is mathematical , based on the Golden Section of the ancient Greeks where “the ratio of a smaller section to a larger section should … Continue reading
Rain , Road Warriors , and Weekends
Here comes the weekend rain , it is the worst kind. Yeah , yeah , I know we need it. I can see my orchids smiling all ready. But when it comes on a TGIF , and a day you have to … Continue reading
Repurposed Garden Furniture: Bringing The Inside Out.
After our recent move , this weekend we finally got around to setting up the lanai and garden. The house was built in the 60s and is fairly small , but it has a nice size enclosed lanai and a fenced backyard. Our … Continue reading
Great Women In Design:Frances Adler Elkins-”A Head Of Her Time.”
Frances Adler Elkins (1888-1953) was a bold and eclectic Interior Decorator who was California without the Coastal. Her brother was the famous Chicago architect David Adler , with whom she often forayed throughout Europe. They visited art galleries and junked through antique shops. … Continue reading
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Are Your Client’s Crazy ? Or Is IT You?
I am in a profession where you can think every-body’s nuts , and perhaps you’re the lid on the jar. My wallpaper installer is the best in the world at hanging paper , but he chatters like a chipmunk. I tell my … Continue reading
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Finding Your Room’s Focal Point.
Yesterday I was with a new client that had an attractive dining table and Classical Parson’s chairs. There was a built in Ebony bar and some really colorful Tropical artwork . But I was ”reading” the room in bits and pieces. … Continue reading
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Trending and Tranquil , Terrific Teal!
Growing up I loved the Peacock feathers my mother kept in a tortoise shell colored glass vase. Mainly because of the Teal center at the base of the feather. Teal has long been a complex and intriguing decorating color. It … Continue reading
His and Hers Master Bedrooms : A Good Idea?
It’s time we come out of the closet about separate martial bedrooms , in case you’ve gone to sleeping in your walk-in to escape your spouse’s snoring. Biologically men’s and women’s sleep preferences often do not mix. There is only … Continue reading
Porch Ceiling Blue , Living With Southern Traditions.
I have long been an advocate of a Blue Ceiling in the Master Bedroom . I could go on and on about the restiveness and the tranquility. But Blue Porch Ceilings are also a wonderful Southern tradition , a way to extend … Continue reading
Designing With Shopping Carts and Other Wheeled Things.
Human beings have long had a fascination with the wheel. Truly one of our first and greatest inventions. And one of the original applications was to add wheels to some type of cart so that we could drag all of … Continue reading
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