From the category archives:

Opinion

“Interior Designers Help Homeowners Discover Styles” from the Associated Press is a must read for anyone thinking of re-decorating their home or, better yet, hiring an interior designer or decorator, to help them.

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A component of bedroom design that is often overlooked is bedding. People tend to focus on the fixed finishes, like flooring, paint color or wall paper as well as furnishings, but if you are going to go all-out on your bedroom design, why would you leave bedding decisions to the end?

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Meditations on Paris

by Brett on 17 February 2009

Photo: Brett Valenstein, 2009

The French love eggs — they will put an egg on anything
The French love ham almost as much as they love eggs.  I’ve been told that ham is the equivalent to a hot dog in the US.  But you don’t find hotdogs on the menu in the finest restaurants in the US.  [...]

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Iconoclash

by Brett on 3 February 2009

Photo Courtesy of Bloom-Spirit

At Maison et Objet, there were several free-standing exhibits by various artists and interior designers that were created to make you think and start a dialogue about the state of the design world. 
One of the exhibits was called “Iconoclash” and was designed by Vincent Grégoire for NellyRodi.  The idea behind the [...]

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A Change is Gonna Come….

by Brett on 28 January 2009

Elsa and  the Raven by Shag
Since the Sub-Prime Mortgage bubble burst and global financial markets plunged I have often been asked how it is affecting the interior design business.  While the outlook does look pretty grim right now, I believe this is a time of change and not all change is bad. 
The financial crisis [...]

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