I generally don’t spend a lot of time in the design studio looking at fabrics. My focus, of necessity, is on what exists in the present, so I don’t often look at the special order possibilities. I indulged myself the other day, however, and as I rifled through the rows of samples I was struck [ read more… ]
Every space has a point of entry, a perspective from which it will most often be viewed. Like the vanishing point in perspective drawings, sight lines draw the eye to the back of the space, the end of the road. Figuring out where those are and how to use them to draw the viewer further [ read more… ]
There’s nothing like setting up a showroom to force an otherwise left-brained visual junkie to be brutally analytical.
Well, here we are in August and the heat is on. It’s easy to forget that six months ago, temperatures were in the single digits and frozen pipes were bursting in houses all over the area, OURS included. The damage was spectacular, and the repairs lasted six weeks. Living without ceilings or insulation in the [ read more… ]
It’s easy to identify a look that’s French or Italian or Japanese. Scandinavian Design was once a company as well as a national style! The intricate patterns and lush colors of Indonesia are becoming more familiar as the world markets expand. America has incorporated so many styles, in various forms and places, but each part [ read more… ]
After our fireworks viewing 4th of July experience we all go home to the different corners of America, all of which look distinctly different from each other. When you think about it, few other countries have the regional diversity of styles that we enjoy.
