If you follow this blog then you’re probably aware that I am always on the prowl for inspiring color and style ideas. I also love of a good party (especially ones filled with interesting and creative people). When these two occasions merge you can say I’m truly ‘living in full color’ !
So it should come [...]
Who knew that Leatrice Eiseman and Mother Nature were so close! Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute, Leatrice Eismen has forecasted mimosa yellow as the color of the year for 2009. “The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance… Mimosa also [...]
It’s seems almost apropos that the minute I’m inspired to write about the stylish trend of Peacock motifs, I would find an article claiming that the male peacock’s elaborate plumage perhaps has much less to do with attracting it’s mate then had always been thought. Instead a scientific study done on Indian Peacocks and Peahens [...]
It’s kind of like the age old ‘chicken or the egg’ argument when it comes to color trends. Which industry has more influence over the other.
I have to admit that the answer to this question was something I never really thought about until I began writing this blog. I always felt I knew what I [...]
They say you can’t keep a good man, woman or in this case Idea down.
When Domino magazine seized publication 8 months ago design junkies and hip DIYers let out a communal cry from coast to coast. A favorite of the blogging world, the magazine and their online site provided much fodder and inspiration. The post [...]
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NYC’s Spring 2010 Fashion Week kicks off with a shopping spree like no other: Okay, it really is too early to be naming next Spring’s specific color trends ( though Neiman Marcus’s Fashion Director Ken Downing did tell NY Magazine that we can expect to see lots of Blue), there is one definite trend [...]
Any one who follows this blog may know that I love taking color and style trends from one industry ( fashion/home/beauty/garden/design/art -you get the picture) and mixing them into another.
I tend to find most of my inspirations this way. Whether its something I wear or buy or even a color I might suggest to a [...]
As if being included in House Beautiful wasn’t exciting enough today I popped over to the website and saw that my “What the Color Says” was in a preview slide show for the September issue. What a big surprise! All I can say is thank you House Beautiful. You made my [...]
This week we are giving a Sensational shout out to our favorite shelter magazine House Beautiful and their spectacular September 2009 Color Issue!
This is the very best color issue ever and you can only imagine how ecstatic I am to have been included. Now don’t go telling Stephen Drucker but if he had been in [...]
t last night’s House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year event Ina Garten said that she sees the kitchen as the living room for the way we live today and I couldn’t agree more. This year’s kitchen exemplifies her philosophy.
Like the Barefoot Contessa I’m a rather relaxed hostess and love to focus on my [...]
