Eye For Design

  Brown is having a renaissance. First it took the fashion world by storm and now brown interiors are showing up everywhere! With colors like Warm Root Beer, Chocolate Truffle, Turkish Coffee,...

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Edith Piaf understood it when she sang the iconic French song "La Vie En Rose" which translates to "Life in Pink" or "life seen through rose-colored glasses" The color pink has always evoked the ...

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A skirted round table can be an impressive piece of furniture that can be a beautiful asset to any dining room. They are a great way to make you dining room seem warm and inviting while adding c...

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I am delighted to welcome a classic friend back from the scorned and rejected décor area. I have always loved the comfort and style of the Wingback Chair and once had one covered in crewel emb...

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  Purple....it's not just for kid's rooms any longer! With a range of hues occurring between red and blue on the color wheel, purple can evoke a lot of different interior moods from romantic t...

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The folding screen was originally made in China but is now a mainstay in interior design throughout the world thanks to its beauty and functionality. By the end of the 19th century, they were hi...

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THERE ARE THOSE WHO LIKE THE SERENITY OF ASIAN INSPIRED DÉCOR WITH IT'S BALANCE AND SOOTHING NEUTRALS. AND THEN THERE ARE THE REST OF YOU WHO LIKE YOUR CHINOISERIE TO INCLUDE BOLD COLORS, WHIM...

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Aqua isn’t new to the home decorating scene. Actually the color aqua and it's many lovely shades started trending last year but seems to be gaining in popularity. The color aqua has many nam...

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  Traditionally just off of the entryway where a guest might pop in for a quick glance and review, the powder room today might also be tucked into a corner or even a mudroom. Many homes have a ...

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A kitchen that is filled with cabinetry can many times come across as hard and lacking in the warmth and hominess that traditionally is associated with a kitchen. Kitchens should be inviting and...

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  As well as elegant additions to your home, antique wooden boxes can be the beautiful solution to your storage problems. We all need a place to store  the smaller items we have accumulated. I...

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Thanks to the revival of the old world maximalism style of decorating, beauty, craftmanship, and history can be collected and appreciated in your homes and you can enjoy beautiful treasures once ...

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  If your interiors need an injection of the exotic......fantastical oriental scenes and sinuous, stylized flower and bird motifs, then you might consider a redo using Chinese wallpaper. Chinoi...

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Maybe it is the sophistication, maybe it's the contrast. One thing we know for sure is that the classic black and white bathroom never seems to lose it's appeal. The popularity of these elegant ...

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Decorators and collectors are once again bringing to prominence a utilitarian object that at one time symbolized power, class, and influenced fashion. Pretty big achievements for such a small obj...

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With the return to elegant old world maximalist interiors, learning to display your treasured collections, or as the French say, objets d'art, is a must. Objets d'art literally means "art object"...

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Botanical prints are no longer the wallflowers of interior design. Floral prints, big and small, have been a trend on the runways and as we know, that always trickles down to home interiors as w...

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British architect James Stuart (known as the "Father of the Greek Revival") visited Greece with Nicolas Revett in 1751 and the rest is history. Stuart and Revett then published the multi-volume A...

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A very popular mode of European transportation for centuries was the sedan chair and it's use spread from Italy to France and on to England and Scotland. The name is probably from the Italian 's...

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  I love the fact that the four poster canopy bed is one of the fastest growing trends as residents today are making the sharp turn to a more elegant and traditional style of décor. Sales of f...

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I have recently fallen under the spell of the collectible Putz sheep. Building a flock of these wonderful old wooly, stick leg, German sheep can become an addiction...... so let me warn you!! I e...

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I love the way that centuries ago the most mundane utilitarian objects were still so very beautiful and pleasing to the eye. Take for instance the subject of this blog post, the antique French ba...

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Yes! Yes! Yes! I have always been an advocate for the separate dining room and have maintained a formal one through the ebb and flow of their popularity. I like classic dining rooms and think th...

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As the title says this post spotlights blue and white buffalo plaid interiors but let's first have a history lesson to learn more of this fabrics interesting history and how it got it's name.  ...

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  The import of lacquerware to Europe from the Far East, that emerged at the end of Louis XIV's reign, strongly influenced 16th century decorative arts. Fascination and growing demand, as well...

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