The only rule here is "Taste is the enemy of Art".
Lumini Mattia Digital Art Arte Digitale 3D Paintings
Lumini Mattia Digital Art
Milo Baughman
A beautiful room designed by Dallas designer Mary Anne Smiley. The way she mixed antiques, chrome, a beautiful Kelly Wearstler rug and Milo Baughman inspired chairs it's pure High Style!
Milo Baughman was one of the leading modern furniture designers of the second-half of the 20th century. His uniquely American designs were forward-thinking and distinctive, yet unpretentious and affordable. Today Baughman furniture is much less affordable. As with anything that is well crafted and highly collectable it is reflected in the price tag.
His prolific and highly influential work continues to be copied, reinvented and revived by contemporary furniture designers.
“With an ongoing interest in '50s and '60s design, a lot of my work has been reintroduced and been very well-received,” Baughman once declared. “Increasingly, architects are using these mid-century classics from the pioneer of this period. It’s a bit unfortunate for current designers with new interpretations of Modern. Going back to the classics is playing it safe, which limits opportunities for new concepts in design.”
Working mainly with walnut, formica and wrought iron, Baughman created simple, understated pieces; many were conceived as space dividers, functioning admirably in the open plan interiors characteristic of the California Modern style.
Baughman's work was included in the Whitney Museum's 1985 exhibit "High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design". In recognition of his monumental impact on American taste, Baughman was inducted into the Furniture Designers Hall of Fame in 1987.
Mary Anne Smiley index
Dramatic and Sexy Black Decor
Cover one wall — or even a whole room — in black, and the result can be daring, dramatic and definitely sexy.
Decorating : Colors : Dramatic and Sexy Black Decorating Ideas : Home & Garden Television
Nine Feng Shui Cures... #2
3. Opt for Curves, Not Corners
If you're in the market for a new bedside table or other bedroom furniture, try to choose pieces with soft lines and curvilinear forms. "Square corners have too much pointed energy and can create a 'sharp' environment,The "poison arrows" formed by right angles are thought to direct negative energy directly at your sleeping form, which can cause a feeling of uneasiness,If a new nightstand isn't in the cards, you can soften its corners by draping a piece of flowing fabric over the top or placing a healthy plant on top, leaves cascading over the corners. Limit what's on your nightstand to a lamp, a couple of inspirational books, a picture you love and a plant or fresh flowers, to create a "Zen" nightstand.
4. Clear the Clutter
From a feng shui perspective, clutter symbolizes unfinished business and impedes forward progress in life. So keep furnishings on the spare side and clutter as contained as possible to enable chi to flow freely around the room. Tip: Plants placed in corners are said to prevent energy from stagnating there. And don't use the space under your bed to store boxes of out-of-season clothes — doing so will block energy and lead to stagnation in life, feng shui experts warn. "Less is more" also applies to the closet. According to experts, clutter behind closed doors can be just as depleting as clutter that's in the open. "If you feel irritated, confused and overwhelmed when you open the closet door, organizing your closet will help give you a sense of control over your life." Ruthlessly weed out clothes that are unflattering, out-of-style or no longer worn, then sort by color and season. Install organizers to hold shoes, belts, scarves and other accessories, and move everything else choking your closet to another spot. Better yet, give it away!
5. Shut Out the World
The bedroom should be a place of rest, contemplation and intimacy — not work, exercise or blaring music. Exercise gear, a phone, a television or computer or a desk piled high with bills and paperwork give off and take up a lot of energy, feng shui practitioners say. They also distract you from rest and romance. "The bedroom is a place where you need to turn off the stresses of the day." If your bedroom must do double-duty as a work or exercise space, use a lightweight folding screen or beautiful fabric hung from a ceiling-mounted curtain rod to conceal them. And while a few books on your nightstand is fine, if you have bookshelves groaning under the weight of dozens of tomes, move them elsewhere; all those titles calling out to be read distract your mind from rest. Turn off the ringer on the phone, too. And if you're not willing to part with the TV, keep it in an armoire or cabinet so that you can literally "shut the door" on it while you sleep. A nice piece of fabric draped over the set when you're not using it will serve a similar purpose.
Decorating : Feng Shui : Feng Shui and Its Many Variations : Home & Garden Television
Spiritual Spaces Feng Shui #1
Feng Shui Your Bedroom
Need a good night's sleep? We've got nine feng shui cures for the bedroom guaranteed to make your slumbering chi say "thank you."
1. Use Welcoming and Calming Colors
Its cultural and spiritual symbolism aside, "there's no doubt that color impacts our psychology and our physiology," says David Daniel Kennedy, a feng shui teacher and consultant in Berkeley, Calif. Warm, rich earth and skin tones such as terra cotta, copper, coral, cream, peach, tan and cocoa for creating a cozy, welcoming atmosphere in the bedroom. Soft natural colors like light blues, greens and lavenders lend the bedroom a quiet, tranquil vibe and invite healing energy. Bright reds and oranges are typically associated with yang — the masculine half of the yin and yang energy equation — and are too stimulating. "Pink and red are the colors of romance, and using them in the bedroom can increase the romance in our relationships,"just limit these passionate hues to accents around the room — especially on the bed, in the form of sheets, pillows, throws and other linens. If pink and red aren't your thing, try variations such as burgundy, pomegranate, eggplant and magenta.
2. Position Your Bed With Care
In feng shui, the "commanding position" for the bed is as far away from the bedroom door as possible, but which still allows you to keep an eye on the room's entrance. "This gives you a sense of safety and protection while you rest,"
Decorating : Design Principles : Creating Spiritual Spaces in Your Home : Home & Garden Television
Jan Showers
Jan Showers is known for creating rooms that stand apart from the usual, and yet, are completely livable and reflect her clients' lifestyles.
Showers' favorite quote is "The first thing I tell my clients is that they need to look great and feel good in their own rooms, otherwise, why bother?" She is known for using luxurious fabrics, leathers, colors that are unexpected, and the ability to mix traditional with mid-20th century modern.
Jan Showers & Associates
Classic Carpet
David Hicks rug in a Steven Gambrel room
These geometric prints have graced many a floor and are always the focal point of a room.
David Hicks Carpets - Main
S.R. Gambrel
Steven Gambrel established his New York-based design firm, S. R. Gambrel Incorporated, in 1995, only three years after earning an architecture degree at the University of Virginia. Whether he’s designing a polished uptown duplex, a rambling country house, or a weekend beach house, Steven serves the needs of each client with his passion for timeless, comfortable houses that improve with age. His fresh, innovative approach to color and form has been widely celebrated in magazines and newspapers, including House & Garden, Elle Décor, Interior Design, Departures, New York Times, and New York Magazine.
S.R. Gambrel - Portfolio
Alan Campbell, Home Couture
The most appropriate fabrics for Summer are, in my opinion, cotton and linen. Why not change out those heavy curtains for some breezy linen panels in a solid color? And to add dash to your room, how about having some pillows made in a graphic- print linen or cotton? Some of the best summery graphic prints around are by Quadrille.
Quadrille, China Seas, Alan Campbell, Home Couture
Meg Braff
A true daughter of the old South (Tupelo, Mississippi), MEG BRAFF has cultivated a warm, traditional southern hospitality and combined it with a passion for color and fabric design. This Jamaica Lane, Palm Beach House photo shows her Vibrant Style.
Meg Braff Interiors
Must be a fairy!
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn...
About Her
She is still the vintage gal * wearing vintage clothes * collecting vintage jewellery * and She still serve her guests, tea from a silver teapot, along with a friendly chat * she loves flowers from grandmas' garden ~ daphne * gardenias * pansies * foxgloves & hollyhocks - and she just so happen to be a hedgewitch *in Daisy's words ~ "which basically means using herbs for healing, planting by the moon and a belief in being fair to all things when they are fair to you and living in tune with mother earth"
Must see what she's got on her blogspot, click here*
Philip Gorrivan
Gorrivan style of fresh and modern designs with a touch of the past and punches of color is absolutely brilliant! Recognized as a 2007 "Tastemaker" in House and Garden Magazine!
Philip Gorrivan Design - Home
Simplicity Meets Bold
With a red and black color palette, Christina's design is all about balance and symmetry. Her floor is made of black construction paper and she transforms brooms into organic flower arrangements. To top off her space, she places real plants around the room and makes side tables out of laundry baskets.
To view all the rooms and derive your own conclusions click Simplicity Meets Bold : Challenge 3 (Specialty Store) : Rate My Work - HGTV
Andy Bell's
Born in London in 1966 which makes him 38. He is currently living in Basingstoke and working in London as a web/new media developer.He used a camera for the first (time) when he was about 11 he thinks, but he was never really interested until about 4 years ago when he got his first digital camera.
Deceptive Media - Andy Bell's photoblog from the UK :: portfolio
this is glamorous
I simply love Chandeliers! and Grotto Shell Chandelier by Currey & Company looks perfect above all.
"This is glamorous" is a wonderful blog, full of everything I adore!
this is glamorous
Jay Jeffers
SENSE OF STYLE AND PLAYFUL DESIGNS. Jay Jeffers describes his style as “sophisticated fun,” adding, “You don’t have to take it too seriously.” Yet people in the know take Jeffers quite seriously. He was named one of House Beautiful’s top 100 designers of 2005, earned compliments from the celebrities who hung out in the private lounge he designed for the Screen Actors Guild Awards show, and has attracted commissions for residential and commercial projects all over California.
Jeffers Design Group - About
Simply Beautiful
Intelligent integration of Interior Design, sophisticated color and strong silhouettes, SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!
Victoria Hagan Interiors
karen Wise
I've found a new, beautiful blog! Perfect Bound is a blog dedicated to pretty pictures and is just full of inspiration. You must visit this blog!
perfect bound
Steps To Interior Design
We don't need to go that many years back in time to find things being completely different than they are now in most of the industrialized world. There was a time where interior design in the form of trying to stand out in the crowd was only for the people of royal heritage or people belonging to the upper class of society.
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