Articles in the Color Category
Posted in Art/Museums, Color, Interior Design/Decorate, Lifestyle on 24 September 2009
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Ever had the problem of trying to find the right size artwork for that narrow space on your wall between two doorways or a really wide picture to put above a mantel? Now someone has come along to make your designing life a little easier - Art That Fits.
This company provides a wide selection of [...]
Posted in Color on 8 September 2009
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Your faithful Stylehound just came across this great wedding blog, Style Me Pretty. Really crisp photos, interesting posts on all kinds of wedding designs. Check it out here:
http://www.stylemepretty.com/
…and scroll down for a post on a wedding with a bird motif—adorable and innovative.
The current post is on the party the author created for her daughter’s first [...]
Posted in Architecture, Color, Feng Shui, Green Design, Interior Design/Decorate, Lifestyle on 2 September 2009
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Have you been stuck at home, wondering what’s going on in design in the world beyond your little corner? Or maybe you’ve just come back from your summer holidays, and your appetite for new ideas is whetted. Either way, you should check out the new Designer Monthly that just went up today, with features on [...]
Posted in Color, Furniture, Interior Design/Decorate, Remodeling on 10 August 2009
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Wow, thanks for all the votes on the pretty glass drawer pulls. It appears red is the winner, with green coming in a close second. I’m going to order the reds and then I’ll re-photograph and let you know how it looks.
Posted in Color, Furniture, Interior Design/Decorate, Remodeling on 4 August 2009
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I found the drawer pulls! Online, at a place called House of Antique Hardware, which, by the way, also has all kinds of old-fashioned door knobs and door hardware, those little things that people used to make so they’d be pretty as well as practical.
So, I may be able to Save the Cabinet after all. [...]
Posted in Color, I Want One, Lifestyle on 21 July 2009
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How do we measure the passage of time? digital numbers changing, hands on a clock turning, shadow on a sundial?
How about ink spilling forth from a bottle?
Get a load of this “Ink Calendar” by Oscar Diaz. He is really one of the most inventive, interesting designer/artists we’ve encountered lately. He’s in London.
Here is his own [...]
Posted in Color, Feng Shui, Furniture, Interior Design/Decorate, Remodeling on 16 July 2009
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I’m sick of my front hall. And I know better than to have a lousy front hall. The little I know about Feng Shui includes the idea that the entrance to a home is of utmost importance—another lesson from Feng Shui that also squares with basic design sense and basic good sense.
So. From the front [...]
Posted in Color on 13 July 2009
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We just found this very cool interactive color site. You can see how color changes a Van Gogh painting, see how colors interact with each other, and generally learn about how color theory works. http://poynterextra.org/cp/index.html
Posted in Color, Furniture, Interior Design/Decorate, Readers' Questions on 6 July 2009
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We love it when someone who knows a lot admits to needing help. And we also love Heather Clawson’s design sense as exhibited on her blog, http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/
Today, she’s asking for help from readers. She has a client who’s fallen in love with the wallcovering shown here, which is from the Roger Arlington showroom, which has, sadly, [...]
Posted in Color, General Posts, Interior Design/Decorate, Lifestyle, Remodeling on 23 June 2009
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In nosing around for wallpaper ideas, your faithful Stylehound found that the Janovic website has before and after photos of “success stories.” Here’s the current one:
http://janovic.com/inspiration/successstory/




