5.07.2013

Faux Marbre

Inspired by a collection of bookend papers found in his grandfather's belongings, Temo Callahan formed
Studio Printworks,
featuring Faux Marbre, hand colored wallpaper in seven different tints. Also featured are wallpapers by other designers.


Faux Marble - Vert Greige

Paper behind a bookshelf or do one accent wall in an office or study.




Recessed by Given Campbell
Hampton

This paper comes with matching fabric. 




 Bastille
I could see this in a basement as a family or media room.



Grasscloth - Foilage

For me, grass cloth can go anywhere, outside of wet areas that is.



 Sergeant Pepper Paisley, Lonely Hearts Pink
This paper comes with matching fabric.


Never met a paisley I didn't like, comes in several different colorways.


Blanton Hall, Plaster

This is beyond elegant, would be beautiful in a dining room,
 formal living room or a soothing master bedroom.



Grandiflora by George Venson
La Green Flowers

This paper is so happy. Can you imagine pairing it with stripes in a breakfast room?



South Beach Toile by Jessica Smith 
Sand and Cream

So fun and perfect for a powder room or pool house setting.

4.26.2013

Pink

Some beautiful roses planted long ago 
and still bringing beauty. 
Pink is a color I cannot get away from. 
I fled from pink to black over ten years ago, 
but gradually, the black is mostly gone again 
and pink is back (in my closet). One day, 
I will have glorious pink 
all through my home.


Benjamin Moore's Blanched Coral


Doug and Gene Meyer

What those walls could tell us.


BHG





Taken in the backyard at sunset.

Benjamin Moore's Coral Reef

"Don't give guests a white room — they probably have that at home. 
Take a chance on this bright coral, softer than orange and more hip than pink. 
Very Palm Beach and lobster salad on a summer day." — Scott Sanders




Michelle Workman Interiors.

Need this slip covered daybed for guest room real bad.




aceofspaceblog.com


Alexandra Branca.

The black trim brings it home.




Schuyler Samperton.

Western art and pink drapes!



Lovely pink linens.


Basket - check. Spray paint. Right on.


Pink walls and pink flamingo wallpaper, what could be better!


Erica Tanov, clothing designer from Marin, California in her own Edo blouse.

 Doug and Gene Meyer

 Doug and Gene Meyer

Doug and Gene Meyer


John D. McDonald



2.23.2013

Montgomery Pie



Montgomery pie

Bert Greene, cookbook author and longtime food columnist for The New York Daily News, was traveling home while in the service and happened to stay in a hotel in Montgomery, Ala., and dined in the hotel restaurant. He ordered a piece of pie and upon his return home, he tried to contact the cook to ask for the recipe, but never got a response. He called the hotel manager only to learn that the cook could not read or write, and there was no recipe. Greene returned to Montgomery and stood with the wonderful lady in her kitchen as she made the pie and recorded the recipe so that others could enjoy Montgomery pie.
2 eggs
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
1/2 cup sugar
11/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup water
4 tablespoons soft butter
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 deep-dish pie crust
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat one egg with the lemon juice and rind, ½ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1 cup water. Beat until smooth and pour into unbaked pie shell.
Beat butter and one egg in a large bowl; add 2/3 cup sugar and baking powder; then alternatively add milk and 11/2 cups flour (about 1/3 each time). Beat until smooth, then spoon the mixture over the first layer of the pie.
Bake 35-40 minutes. Check with toothpick for doneness. Cool on a wire rack. Slice and enjoy. Be sure to spoon the lemon filling left in the pan over the top of the slice before serving.

Is that a bra on the bed? 

2.22.2013

Painted Brick or No?



Limewash Recipe:

Begin with base of Pratt and Lambert Lambswool (11-30) and dilute with water and mixed with sand.

Trim: Lambswool (11-30) and Shutters: Artichoke (18-22)

Garage: Paint Lambswool (11-30) and Artichoke (18-22)


1.30.2013

A Great Room


Cannot get enough of this tasteful, John Hunt Fudge designed home in Huntsville, Alabama. I'm a sucker for a daybed just about anywhere, but in front of the fireplace 
is one of the best placements. 
Love the Oushak rug and leather wingbacks. 
Asian accents are my latest obsession.

The paint treatment may be done to resemble plaster, or they may be the real thing. Why can't I find a house with recessed walls beside the fireplace to rent or buy?


Lovely sofa placement.


Love the bookshelves, the flooring, chaise and wall color.


This window treatment would be good for those windowless bathrooms that have those hideous large-scale mirrors over the tub.

Imagine hanging plantation shutters over them, 
and wa la, a window where there is none. 

These soaker tubs are 
soooo much better 
than the tacky 
ja-kusies 

that cannot be properly cleaned, imo.

All photos by Johnny Miller in NOALA magazine.

7.14.2012

Orange is orange





Fiberglass vessels breathe life into stucco and block outside walls.

Variety of products designed and manufactured since 1950

by California company, Architectural Pottery.



Japanese maple Acer palmatum









Maple will grow in USDA zones 5-8, in other words,

no less than average annual low of -10 to 10 degrees F,

basically in areas that are not too cold and not too warm.


What a pop of vibrancy in the winter this would provide!

Tommi Parzinger cocktail table from the 1960's here.

Tray lacquered in a rich, red-orange cradled in

a brass table is a statement

and I love it.



Tilda Swinton rocks.
















7.10.2012

The Scent of Capetown



An 18th century traditional method of perfumery the hand gathered organic beeswax is infused with natural perfume. Convenient for travel. http://frazerparfum.com

6.05.2012

Mostly Blue & White


Clifford M. Schultz



Gianetti Design



Nate Berkus




Sarah Richardson


Maryam Montague



Concord Green Home