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building blocks of a room | area rugs

by DesignBabylon on 25 February 2010

Rugs are a key building block when I design a room’s decor. The design, texture, and colors in a rug provide a great jumping off point when coming up with the color palette, and later, selecting fabrics and furniture.

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all i want for christmas….

by DesignBabylon on 21 November 2009

A glorious insider’s view on Hermès’ richly coloured world for fashionistas everywhere The fashion gift book for Christmas 2009

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*le sigh*: Coco Avant Chanel

by DesignBabylon on 24 August 2009

Quand j’ai vu cette vidéo, il a été le coup de foudre.
Loosely translated, “when I saw this video it was love at first sight.”

The film focuses on Gabrielle Chanel’s late 20s — her work as a seamstress and cabaret singer to her life as a kept mistress of wealthy playboy Etienne Balsan and her fling with a British industrialist Arthur “Boy” Capel, all the while developing her signature style that became de rigeur for the modern woman of the 20th century.

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I really wish I had been around in the 60s as my personal style is so highly influenced by that decade — the clothes, the interior design, even the hair and make-up! I came across some stills from “The Party” starring Peter Sellers today and immediately fell in love with the house it was filmed in

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Because of the popularity of the open-plan, formal dining rooms are getting used less and less, so why not take your kitchen up a notch and have dinner parties there?

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