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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Pantone’s 2012 Fall Color Palette

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Pantone’s just released its 2012 Fall Color Palette! (Press release) “From love potions and the mag­ical hour of sunset to witches and war­locks, fan­tasy and illu­sion are inspiring designers this fall season. With an unex­pected mix of darks, brights and neu­trals, they clev­erly manip­u­late reality to trans­port con­sumers to an enchanting place, free from the […]

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And The Winner Is…

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No matter who took home an Oscar last night, Clayton Gray Home loves the Oscar Green­room! Cre­ated by inte­rior designer Waldo Fer­nandez, the Archi­tec­tural Digest Green­room is actu­ally decked out in shades of gray.  “It’s soft light, so they will feel com­fort­able and they will look beau­tiful,” Fer­nandez said Thursday before the Oscars. “We wanted to […]

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Design Tips (Week of February 24)

  We posted this week’s design tips on Face­book, Twitter and Pin­terest. In case you missed them, here is a quick review…plus a few extra photos for added inspi­ra­tion. Monday’s Tip: Create a sample board when plan­ning a room. A sample board is a col­lec­tion of fabric scraps, paint chips, finish sam­ples, flooring bits, photos of fur­nish­ings that tells the room’s design story. Make it […]

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Oscar Worthy Interiors 2012

We thought it would be fun to pick our favorite inte­riors from the Best Pic­ture nom­i­nees. Which movie set do you think is oscar worthy? Take a look at the photos below and cast your vote on our Face­book page. Cast your vote on our Face­book page up until Oscar Day , Feb­ruary 26, 2012!

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Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez

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In honor of Mardi Gras, take a look at some stun­ning exam­ples of classic New Orleans archi­tec­ture. According to about​.com, during the early 1700s, French colonists set­tled in the Mis­sis­sippi Valley, espe­cially in Louisiana. They learned building prac­tices from the Caribbean and the West Indies to design prac­tical dwellings for a ter­ri­tory prone to flooding. One example […]

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The Home Office — Tips and Tricks

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More people work from home these days. And we con­tinue to notice a few “home office” trends that we adore. While each office is dif­ferent, some ele­ments remain con­stant.  1) Great lighting — and mul­tiple sources of it. Photo from Houzz  2) Excel­lent use of ver­tical space for shelving and storage.  3) Desk place­ment in front of a bookcase […]

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The Campaign Desk

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Happy Pres­i­dents Day! In honor of our past, present and future Pres­i­dents, our blog post is about the Cam­paign Desk. Not cam­paign as in elec­tions or pol­i­tics. Cam­paign Desk…as in fur­ni­ture. According to wikipedia “a cam­paign desk is an antique desk of normal size which was used by offi­cers and their staffs in rear areas during a mil­i­tary cam­paign. The campaign […]

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Design Tip Review

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We recently posted design tips (from a few of our favorite dec­o­rating resources) on Face­book, Twitter and Pin­terest. In case you missed them, here is a quick review…plus a few extra photos for added inspi­ra­tion. Tip#1: Estab­lish an entryway with a chest and a chair placed near the door. (Domino: The Book of Dec­o­rating. Photos from Pin­terest.) Tip#2: Use a barn […]

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Meet Trina Turk

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(www​.tri​naturk​.com) “Trina Turk con­siders her­self lucky on two counts. First because she knew at a fairly young age what she wanted to do when she grew up – to design clothing pro­fes­sion­ally and second, because she is suc­ceeding at doing it and has suc­cess­fully evolved what began as a women’s con­tem­po­rary clothing line into a mini lifestyle brand. Born […]

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Moss Is Back

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Moss is back. And we are not refer­ring to Kate. According to gar​den​de​sign​.com, moss was “a fad in the late 19th cen­tury, when newly dis­cov­ered plants were being car­ried across the globe, and Vic­to­rian gar­deners and arm­chair hor­ti­cul­tur­al­ists enjoyed domestic dal­liances by cul­ti­vating mosses in ter­rar­iums and mosseries. When the craze abated, though, mosses were more […]

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