Last week I attended Design Camp Seattle, put on by celebrity designers Lori Dennis and Kelly Ellis. The line up of speakers was amazing and I came away both inspired and informed. The opening speaker in Seattle was Bill Indursky, founder of the online shopping site V& M. Bill spoke on trends and as a color consultant I [...]
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Ronda Rice Carmen’s New Book “Designers At Home”
This past Saturday I came home to the BEST surprise, a Fedex package containing a book I had won from Interior Designer Karen Davis’s blog giveaway. Karen doesn’t know this but her blog called The Adventures of Marker Girl was one of the very first blogs I started reading when I first got into reading Design [...]
I’m Going to Camp!
I am so excited because in just 2 days and counting I will be heading off to Camp. Well not actually this kind of camp but Design Camp in Atlanta GA. For those of you who know me, you know I am a life long learner. Maybe it is because I am a Gemini but [...]
The Global Trend Yeah Or Nay?
I first noticed the Global Trend a few years back when it started showing up in the pages of Design magazines. It has become hugely popular and Moroccan design, Ikat patterns and tribal prints is now on everything from dinner plates to picture frames. I keep wondering when the Global trend is going to run [...]
Friday’s Photo
Continuing last Friday’s theme of questionable design choices. Today’s photo comes from Restoration Hardware’s new “deconstructed” furniture line. I don’t know about you but I can’t wrap my head around spending $2,545.00 for a sofa that looks like something you stole from the upholster before they started to work on it. So I ask you [...]
Friday’s Photo
I’ve had this image over my desk for about a year now. I can’t decide if I love it or if I am horrified by it. Love it or not, whatever your opinion, it does what all great art and design should do: it evokes an emotional reaction, makes you think and leaves a lasting impression. What do [...]
Juan Montoya and Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Design Boston 2011 wrapped up last week at the Boston Design Center and in my previous post I shared wisdom from Candice Olson. As promised, I wanted to share a little something from the other two Design Super Stars who also spoke; Juan Montoya and Martyn Lawrence Bullard. I will start with Juan Montoya. I [...]
Wisdom From Candice Olson
Every October the Boston Design Center hosts a wonderful event called Design Boston. It is 3 days jammed packed with back to back seminars, new product introductions, color forecasts, trends, and always a few Design celebrities. This year the organizers out did themselves and I had the thrill of attending talks by Juan Montoya, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, [...]
My Ben Moore Color Stories-Story.
I first heard rumors that Ben Moore was going to be introducing a new line of full spectrum paint way back last Winter. I asked all three of my local Ben Moore paint stores and not one of them had heard a thing. Then as luck would have it, my blogosphere friend Kelly of Restyling Home by [...]
You say I-KAT, I say E-KAT
I first started seeing these beautiful tie-dye looking fabrics a few years ago. These beautiful Ethnic designs are called IKAT and for the longest time I pronounced them phonetically, “I-Kat”. Much to my embarrassment, I later learned they are pronounced ”E-Kat”. Ikat is a very old method of weaving that originated in Indonesia. Wikipedia defines IKAT as “a [...]
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