21Nov

Thanksgiving Decor Inspirations and Ideas

I’m very excited about Thanksgiving this year because my sister from Virginia is coming over and spending it with us. I’m accumulating as much images of Thanksgiving decor as I can for inspirations and ideas to decorate around the house. The Holidays are for decorators what Candyland is for kids. The decorating, the planning process and the anticipation of having a great time with loved is overwhelmingly energizing.

The idea of putting the flowers inside a pumpkin is pretty cool and I guess there is a base with water inside to keep the flowers fresh.

Chic + Glamorous Table Setting Ideas

chic glamorous table setting blue and white and crystal chandelier

This traditional blue and white table setting is what makes a modernist want to convert back.

May you not worry about your table for the Holidays ‘cos I’ve got you covered. If you are looking for table setting ideas for your Thanksgiving or Christmas fete, that is. I know that all these inspirations are perhaps too chic and glamorous. Too over the top, but they can be reinterpreted your way. Flowers can be replaced by winter seasonal ones and accessories can be traded for pumpkins and/or Christmas ornaments.

Kitchen of the week: Yellow Cabinet Kitchen + Coffered Ceiling

Waking up to a Kitchen with bright yellow cabinets is like being greeted with a “good morning sunshine” every single day. With such an impressive antique ornate coffered ceiling, a simple and delicate pendant is the smartest thing to do. If all the previous failed, for sure a black and white polka dotted floor will do. Enjoy!

Have you had your sunshine today…

image from Veranda Magazine via Splendid Sass and Pinterest

16Nov

Outliers In Interior Design: They’ve got their 10,000 hours or more

Outliers In Interior Design, Albert Hadley

If you have read Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers: The Story of Success then you’re familiar with his theory about how all successful men and women besides having wonderful and enduring qualities have a continuous common factor among them which is an incredible amount of hours at practicing and getting perfect at what they love and what they are passionate about. Gladwell claims that in order to be an “Outlier” one should complete 10,000 hours doing what one wants to excel in. The book is way deeper and more explanatory and it goes into greater details about his theory and how everything makes totally sense, so if you haven’t read it, I strongly suggest that you do.
I can’t help connecting everything I read to design, so the first American designer in my list of Outliers In Interior Design that came to my mind was Albert Hadley and with him some members of what I call “The magic circle.” No I don’t mean Palates, you!, I mean all the successful designers who once worked for Albert Hadley and seem to have enduring success. I’m not going to go into detail as how I calculated the hours because it could be tedious but only the period from 1962 to 1999 during the time of Parish-Hadley partnership He seems to have had under his belt more than 72,224 hours; business hours only. That is not counting the times when a designer keeps working mentally and takes every detail of the work home. Isn’t that amazing!?

Outliers In Interior Design, Bunny Williams

Bunny Williams who worked for Alber Hadley for 22 years. During that time she had only 42,944 hours. Amazing!

Miles Redd, even though he didn’t work directly for Mr. Hadley but he got some of the magic circle through Bunny. Miles opened his firm in 1998 and before that he worked for Bunny Williams for 5 years and before that for John Rosselli. That is approximately a total of 23 years. You do the math…

David Easton worked for Parish-Hadley from 1967 to 1972 to then found David Eston Interiors. He’s been working ever since. Yes, that many hours! Uhm… I wonder if blogging counts. ah.. I don’t think so. 🙁

15Nov

Food for Thought

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15Nov

A Purple and Green Wedding Decor Inspiration

It’s been ages since I last posted a wedding decor inspiration here in this blog. Since purple is so in vogue right now, a purple and green wedding would fit just perfect. It is also a color combination that can be used for a striking decoration or for a table setting. Purple is that kind of color that could be intimidating but when paired with green, chartreuse or even gray could be quite unique.