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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Year of the Dragon — Chinese New Year

Photo by Uwe Duerr. (Foto­pedia Mag­a­zine) Happy Chi­nese New Year! January 23 marked the offi­cial start of the Year of the Dragon. A quick look at Wikipedia explains that “Chi­nese New Year is the most impor­tant of the tra­di­tional Chi­nese hol­i­days. In China, it is known as “Spring Fes­tival,” the lit­eral trans­la­tion of the Chi­nese name […]

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Swimming with the…Elephants?

Rajah, The Last Swimming Elephant in the Andaman Islands, India

I always heard the phrase “swim­ming with the sharks.” But swim­ming with the ele­phants?  The Tele­graph recently posted a story about the last swim­ming ele­phant in the Andaman Islands. The pic­tures are spec­tac­ular and inspired us to include on our own blog. According to The Tele­graph, “Brazilian pho­tog­ra­pher, Daniel Botelho, 30, trav­elled to the Andaman Islands in the […]

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I Love Lucy!

Lucy dressed up for Gasparilla

Clayton Gray Home loves dogs. More specif­i­cally, we love Lucy.  She sits with us in our office everyday…all day. Lucy is a three year old Wheaton Ter­rier and is the sweetest, most loving dog ever. She greets vis­i­tors with a smile and a wag and makes everyone feel at home and at ease. When Glamour pub­lished an article about the health […]

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Pantone 2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango

pantone17-1463TangerineTango

Clayton Gray Home loves Pan­tone 17–1463, Tan­gerine Tango. You may have noticed our home­page this past Tuesday show­casing our “Orange Crush.” According to Pantone’s web­site (www​.pan​tone​.com) “orange has grown in pop­u­larity and accep­tance among designers and con­sumers alike.  Fashion designers Oscar de la Renta, Tommy Hil­figer, Nanette Lepore, Cyn­thia Steffe by Shaun Kearney, Elie Tahari and […]

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The Office

Get to work in your new office fea­turing the fol­lowing (left to right clock­wise): 1) Pruitt 5 Light Adjustable Floor Lamp by Arte­riors Home 2) Com­mander Desk 3) The Leather Glove Chair (Vin­tage Brown) 4) Thinking Egghead Lamps (Pair) by Arte­riors Home 5) Paris Wide 2 Door Wood and Iron Cab­inet What do you have in your office? Happy Friday!

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