Furnishings

 

My blog got hacked last week and set me back a bit, but all is well now and I am happy that I didn’t loose all my content.  A little bit of this and that, some great products from this month’s Veranda.

A beautiful new fixture from Corbett ‘Chimera’.  It has nickel and crystal tassels.  The frame is a silver leaf finish.

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My past favorite the  ’Dolcetti’.

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Another  gorgeous and exotic fixture from Corbett, ‘Nirvana’.  Fabulous with  Moorish. It is brass.

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Some great mural and  panel art from the incredibly talented Paul Montgomery Studio.

 

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New Moon Rugs a classic look that is not an oriental.

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Another beauty from New Moon, Corinth in Cerulean Blue.

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Antigua Del Mar Tile – Beautiful mosaic reproduction tiles handmade in Spain.

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All these products share a color palette that really works for me.  The inspiration for this Zimmer & Rohde fabric came on a design trip to India and the photography of Norman Parkinson called “Pink is the Navy Blue of India”.  You can’t see the texture of this fabric in the picture, but it is felt. Felt found its origin in one of Parkinson’s infamous photos where he juxtaposes architecture with fashion. The contemporary design was developed with hand-guided machine, Aari embroidery on a felted ground. It simulated the crewel stitch technique. Suitable for drapery and bedding.  I think a two-story window wall in a great room would look fabulous with full length panels.

 

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Restoration Hardware now RH has introduced Objects of Curiosity and architectural plaster fragments.

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Fabulous isn’t it!!

I love the use of damask on the headboard surrounded by beautiful gold ornamentation.  If it is upholstered it does not look padded.  You could purchase damask yardage and stretch it to your pre-cut template, or do the entire wall in a stenciled or fabric damask and then attach the composition ornament directly to the wall or just add the ornament to the template you have prepared.    I used our hand painted damask canvas we offer for our wall panels.  It is $185 for a custom 2-color application 32″ x 60″.  The color is Gold Stone.  A gold background with biege pattern which coordinates with our Gold Stone Finish.  Painting the damask on canvas you can get canvas large enough to cover the headboard without any seams.  Excuse my seams from my stock size of that canvas panel.

 

Decorators Supply List of ornament

#9864      54″ x 11″  $237.02

I rearranged the ornament to create the shape of our inspiration piece.

#9583  5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″  right and left pair $69.97

#5390  8-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ right and left pair $50.53

This is one of my choices for the floral swag beneath the centerpiece.

#1751F  9-3/4″ x 6-3/4″   $29.14

This design can be refined.  If you purchased two additional C curves the shape could resemble the inspiration more closely and there are other options for the center feature.  It’s a good start though on this great look.

 

 

 

Upholstered beds are my preference.  Since bedrooms are all about the bed it makes sense that a statement bed means a fabulous bedroom.

 

 

This is one of my favorites.  I would change the chandelier and add the headboard I will be showing in in my next blog,  Inspiration Headboard and How To Get The Look.  I can’t wait to do the research for the ornament.  It probably will not adapt to an upholstered headboard but it is fabulous.  So until next week.

 

 

 

 

 

Some classics that have a place in any interior.

The Bergere Chair

Ballard Designs

Wing Chair

Love this chair from Ralph Lauren

The ‘Louis’ Collection of Chairs.

Louis XVI Upholstered Side Chair

Love these colorful stripes on this classic.

Louis XVI Chair from the Hoentschel Collection at the Metropolitan Museum

 

Beautiful version from Restoration Hardware

Fun take on a classic.

Rooms with these classic pieces.

Feb 282013
 

Nature provides us with the most beautiful creations.  I don’t know why the Mineral Kingdom is not present in all our homes.  Mineral specimens are valuable investments.  I have used them in commercial projects as well, placing  large specimens on  pedestals.  They move beyond personal taste therefore appealing to everyone.  This beauty is gold and quartz from Arkenstone Fine Minerals.

Quartz is an excellent choice to begin with.

These specimens are amazing and so is the price tag.  This one is beryl, emerald and calcite.

How about this for aquamarine.

From my collection a quartz sphere.

Nature is a source of inspiration to create objects of beauty.  Furniture makers incorporating the beauty of wood, bone and mother-of-pearl into intricate inlays are one of my absolute favorites.  They deserve a place of honor to be appreciated for their artistry, craftsmanship and materials.  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a new furniture gallery where the focus is on materials and techniques used by furnituremakers from the 15th century to the present.  This eye-popping Mexican bureau veneered with mother-of-pearl required an artisan to saw shells for 5,000 hours.

Just received a catalogue from Wisteria with this Moorish chest with bone inlays for $2,999.

Wunderley offers the most beautiful selection of Middle Eastern inlaid furniture.  This mother-of-pearl chest is $10,500.

Mexican furniture maker Alfonso Marina’s beautiful craftmanship.

A magnificent  stone tub from Elegant Additions.

A Marble sculpture from Marble Statues.

What are your objects of beauty?

 

 

 

 

 

Some great examples of stand out lighting that  makes the space fabulous.

 

 

 

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The ornamentation over the mirrored panel is one of my favorites from Decorators Supply.


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Last month Architectural Digest showcased the latest resort Selman Marrakech, a sprawling Moorish-style hotel minutes from medina. Developers Saida and Abdeslam Bennani Smires and decorator Jacques Garcia the creative force on the project. The exteriors are pure redbrick grandeur.


Love Moorish designs with all the intricate patterns.



There are 56 guest rooms and five riads. The interiors are Second Empire elegance with Napoleon III-inspired chairs, ebony-stained plasterwork, and antique carpets.
The ebony stained plasterwork is amazing.






I so enjoyed researching the other resorts mentioned in the Architectural Digest article. I know you will enjoy seeing them and want to add a trip to any one of them to your bucket list.
The Royal Mansour – Magnificent!

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The ideal bedroom is more than just a place to rest.  Having just returned from an extended visit to help my 92 year old mother recover from a massive stroke, a bed is your healing place.  Few things can enhance your feeling of serenity and comfort  like an upholstered bed.  The softness of a cushioned headboard requires fewer pillows to create a variety of positions in which to curl up in.  Here are some great resources from Veranda’s article on the world of upholstered beds and some additional resources and beautifully designed bedrooms.

These beautiful beds are from Ferguson Copeland, Ltd.

LOVE the look of a wing back chair for this headboard from Charles P. Rogers.



Some dramatic curves from Emerson et Cie.


Classic beauty from Emerson et Cie.


Restoration Hardware’s Wing Style Bed.

Their tufted bed.

Oly’s wonderful Margaret bed.

A lovely shape from Ann Gish.

My favorite inspiration beds. Unfortunately I do not know the source to purchase this one. If anyone does, please let me know.

This one is antique and on Beaux-Artes‘ product wish list.

Love the fabrics on this inviting bed.

My final inspiration picture is from Grimaldi Palace in Monaco.

Sep 252012
 


This months’s Veranda is filled with fabulous designs. I found Matthew White’s interior design a great combination of classical features in a modernist villa. He is my kind of designer, a classicist, with a deep love of antiques and decorative arts made through old-world techniques.

Matthew White built this Hudson Valley retreat with his partner, broadway producer Thomas Schumacher. A take on a Palladian villa with bold modernist lines, and a warm stone facade. White worked with architect Dennis Wedlick to capture the feel of a historic villa in a contemporary way. “Those villas are designed with the outdoors in mind,” says Wedlick who brought limestone from Minnesota.

Love the wallpaper in the dining room which was digitally produced by enlarging 17th century engravings.

Details were kept to a minimum; plaster walls, linen fabrics, a quiet color scheme.

The Garden Room is lined in pale-toned encaustic tiles.

Elements such as reclaimed oak flooring and steel window frames give the villa a grand but relaxed Italian style says White. Love this door.