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August 8, 2011UncategorizedDesigners, Mrs. B at Home, ProductMrs. Blandings

Sometimes the things we need seem 911 when they are really only 411. I am trying to take the emergency out of the situation by starting here first.

I have not so much as googled as I am avoiding what could be hours of clicking and checking. I was thinking my designer friends just might have a resource that could help. I bought a vintage star lantern like this a week or so ago. What I need, the emergency, is the canopy. That piece that fits against the ceiling. Anyone?

Image, Veranda, July/August 2011, design by Andrew Raquet; photography Max Kim-Bee. The fixture pictured here is Charles Edwards.

Paper Dolls

June 29, 2011UncategorizedMrs. B at Home, ProductMrs. Blandings

Cole & Son Georgian Trellis may be the paper for the front hall. The color looks remarkably not like this at all, but is a creamy background with a bronze design.

I’ve had Rooms to Inspire in the City open to Tamara Mellon’s London apartment, designed by Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, for about a week. This paper is Cole & Son as well, Pompeian in Beige and White, I am pretty sure. It’s such a striking room, but what caught my eye was the lovely shade on the ceiling. Nowhere near “ceiling white” and making a humongous difference to the room. Which is leading to more ceiling paint here at The House with No Name.

Image from Martyn Lawrence-Bullard’s site, used without permission – please, please forgive me.

Sucker for Seersucker

June 3, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

My sister-in-law, she of the very big brain and very good taste, sent me this link. The conundrum? Color, of course, but also being betwixt and between on wanting to use them and risking the barbecue stain. I say throw caution to the wind. And serve cucumber sandwiches.

Image via Kim Seybert.

The Simple Things

June 2, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

When I was little I drew on walls. Intricate neighborhoods down staircase walls and animals and friends, but mostly I drew flowers. I was an only child at the time and my mother’s nonsensical question, “Who did this?” resulted in the immediate and clever creation of an imaginary friend/scapegoat. In the slightly unreliable landscape that is my memory, I recall that the flower garden, a mural really, over Krissy Livengood’s parents’ bed was the last straw. Grounded? It was before that was vogue. Spanking? Tried and ineffective. (It was a different time.) No, my mother, who I think reveled in the concept, but resented the removal, relegated the inside of my closet free reign. I could draw whatever I wanted there – as far as I could reach.

I know money can’t buy happiness. I know things do not bring us joy. But Lindsey Adams Adelman’s Blow light fixture above my dining table just might return me to the days before the pink and purple crayons stayed crisp and sharp in the box and stems were just one curving green line from earth to bloom.

Image, Elle Decor, June 2011 via their piece on Jason Miller and Roll & Hill.

Climbing the Walls

May 25, 2011UncategorizedMrs. B at Home, ProductMrs. Blandings

You can’t, you know, decorate in isolation. This room this and that room that. So as I piece together the living room and plan the dining room, the downstairs hall and family room must be considered. The image, top, in the May issue of House Beautiful, caused one of the tumblers to fall into place offering up the answer for the hall. “Trellis. Of course.”

Then, while visiting the Kips Bay Showhouse, I lingered long in this room. Captivated by the paper, delighted by the furniture. When my dining partner said, “What was your favorite room?” I replied, “Those mirrors!”

A classic room with unnoticeably unconventional choices, I adored Richard Mishaan’s use of Philip Jeffries embroidered grass cloth for the walls. Trellis.

Which reminded me of Little Augury’s project. Trellis. With an edge.

Then, while pulling out Influential Interiors to see if it was right for a friend, I was reminded of this image using Colefax Trellis.

And then this. But my first leg of the hunt (on-line or in the showroom) has not been a success. (Try searching “trellis wallpaper:” A bazillion images of Imperial Trellis pop up.) By this time I was planning on two or three samples taped to the hall wall. Nada.

I could paint it. But then there’s the math. You know I hate math.

Images from top, House Beautiful, May, 2011, design by Meg Braff; photography Thibault Jeanson. Paper, Sea Island Trellis by Brunschwig & Fils; New York Times, design by Richard Mishaan, photography Trevor Tondro. Paper, Philip Jeffries; via Little Augury; Influential Interiors; photography James Merrell; Farrow and Ball: The Art of Color; photography, Edward Addeo.