Month: April 2009

domino, The Book of Decorating is the result of the very and still mourning magazine’s philosophy;  Making living with style more approachable to those who love living beautiful within a budget.  Anything I say wouldn’t be enough to describe my disappointment when I found out that one of my favorite magazines was closing.  Lucky for many and me they left behind a fantastic book with all of their greatest rooms ever featured.   It explains how to decorate your home and which pieces to select depending on the look you are going for. Because I love this book so much I was so happy when the generous people at Simon & Schuster decided to giveaway two copies to two lucky Belle Vivir readers.  The winner will be selected on April 10th, Friday.  To enter, all you have to do is e-mail me at bellevivir@gmail.com describing how you would decorate a room using the gorgeous green Chinoiserie wallpaper on the book cover.  The two entries with the most original use of the wallpaper will win. Good Luck!

domino book

domino book

 

school project, Julie Paulino Design

Cassandra‘s post last week reminded me of these drawings I made last year for a
School final project. We, the students, were provided with an empty space with specific square footage to design our dream office. That was a very fun and interesting project. For my dream office the two most essential elements, style, and comfort had to go hand in hand. I decided to divide the space into four sections: my office, a conference room, the secretary/library room, and the reception. Below is what would be my office. I picked the Herman Miller executive chair, my all time favorite.

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