Category Archives: Noticed
Guest Editor: Lisa Bayne
Ever meet anyone who just exudes both goodness and good taste? Um, sure…but you know, it could be a wee bit boring. But what if you balanced those attributes with a wicked sense of humor, energy to spare, and a … Continue reading
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Gorgeous Woods
Cloudy, foggy Saturday + procrastination = opportunity to go through design mags (not unusual) AND scan images (less usual). Take a look at this delicious eye candy from an article entitled “Good Wood” from September’s Living Etc. magazine from the … Continue reading
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Creativity Rules
It always happens this way, doesn’t it: you’re looking at one thing, and find something else that completely blows your mind. Case in point: the personal workshop and store room of Sonoma-based Craig Miller, a home accessories and lighting designer, and … Continue reading
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A Better Twinkie?
Used to be that buying fine china required an event or rite of passage: a wedding (or divorce), a certain age milestone, an inheritance, etc. Then things changed, and people loosened up and “just because” became reason enough, or maybe … Continue reading
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Not Your Grandmother’s Chandeliers
For some people, chandeliers (of the clear crystal variety, typically found in hotel ballrooms and stuffy restaurants) feel like faded elegance. I used to think of them faded, yes, but fussy and ineffably sad. Then came the black chandelier trend … Continue reading
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House + Garden UK
The January 2010 House and Garden UK (also very different from the US edition) had a fabulous spread on the 1775 Antwerp home of Boris Vervoordt, owner of Gravenwezel, and antique and design firm. In his home, industrial mixes with … Continue reading
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Elle Decoration Design Trends
We wish we could link to Elle Decoration (UK edition) but there’s no site unless you want to subscribe, and then generally you get linked to the US version. Anyway, I’m a bit obsessed with the UK version, which I … Continue reading
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All about nurturing and comfort
The Financial Times probably isn’t the first place you turn to when looking for information about design trends, but their weekend House and Home section is actually a rich vein of design inspiration and trends and tends to capture the … Continue reading
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