Design Quote of the week

"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."

— Charles Eames

Nothing like the words of a genius to give us hope and brighten our day, right?


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The New Traditional Style

A lot of decorators are now moving forward to create the ultra-livable New Traditional style. It is a style that I personally find fascinating. I love the classics and the old stuff but I also love the comforts of modern life. That combination is the key to New Tranditional.

We once thought of as traditional is rooted in English country style [with saturated colors, matching window treatments with heavy layers and also matching furniture, etc]

Basically the New Traditional is all about combining elements such as comfort, the use of formal furniture with simpler lines and personal touches. Classics in a larger scale, cabinets to hold media equipment, modern elements and mix of finishes and periods.

Designer Keller Donovan says "I think that new traditional is a little stronger, a little brighter, a little more defined"

Amen!.....

Need images??? here they are!

Today's designers' favorite finish: lacquer. "Lacquering things makes them more sculptural. The sheen has a more modern feel," says Celerie Kemble.

"You appreciate the things around you more when you can see them."
Eve Robinson

"Colors have changed -- they're less saturated, much more atmospheric," says decorating genius Jeffrey Bilhuber.

"I would suggest people find objects they're really excited by and display them in a way that showcases them as art," says the lovely Celerie Kemble, who hangs vintage board games and antique toys on her walls.

Yup, this is so ME!

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Images: BHG

Design Quote of the Week

I would show my my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: “That’s nice dear.” And then she would say, “Did you write it?” or “Did you do the drawing?” or “Did you take the pictures?” I’d always answer “no,” then I realized the problem. My answer was then, “I made this happen. It’s called design.”

— Brian Webb

Design Quote of the week!

Better rooms better furniture,

Better objects d'art

Can only be created

For a society interested in living

Not existing.

Van Day Truex

Design Quote of the week... thoughts?

Darlings, today, I'd like to introduce a new feature. Weekly intersting Design Quotes I know you will love... Today's quote: Charlotte Moss for the NY Social Diary in 2006.

What are the warning signs

indicating clients

you don’t want to work with?

"Bad shoes.

Polyester napkins.

A ‘library’ with no books.

Very wealthy people

who are not philanthropically inclined.

Oh, and the ones

that tell you that

‘this house is going to be good

for your career.’"

Interior Decorator,
Charlotte Moss
NY Social Diary, 2006

Found at the Errant Aesthete

Image via: Southern Accents