Tokyo, Japan Inspiration

Interior designer, Jouin Manku outfitted Le bar at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris, with a canopy made from 550 yards of fabric. I especially love the color contrast of brilliant blue with pale purples.  Paris has so much design brilliance, it blows me away. Photography by Eric Laignel.

It was time to take my own advice It’s easy to recall special memories associated with photos, scents and music. But with furniture? I didn’t really think that was possible. Now I know better – and I understand how home décor can suffer when you’re overly sentimental. We all tend to hold onto furniture pieces…

just got the new Nikon 1 camera, so fun and all white- reminds me of the Beatles’ white album our studio in Denver, taken with the Nikon 1 …    

I hear stories about homeowners spending years picking cabinetry, appliances, plumbing… but only minutes on cabinet hardware.  That’s a shame, cabinet hardware is the jewelry or accessories of a space – the important component that pulls it all together.  Here I used: Rocky Mountain Hardware’s: Brut catch drawer pull, Brut Pendant and Brut knob.

to add to my  previous post …before/between/after pictures of a completed project in Vail, Colorado photograph on left or 1st (depending on your screen) is a before picture middle or 2nd is a computerized rendering  (presented this to my client to show what the space could look like) all the way right or 3rd is…

icy cool to luscious warm within a single entity; a rarity in interior design.