The woman who helped usher the interior design industry into full flower in the United States was prolific in putting out ideas that will help freshen up today's interior design business. Look at our latest Designer Monthly, Interior Design: Look Forward by Looking Back to Dorothy Draper.
Did you ever have a problem designing small spaces? Take a look at how top interior designers solved this common problem in our latest Designer Monthly, How to Design Small Spaces at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House.
Sheffield Admin Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 11:20AM The Stylehound is one luck hound indeed, to have such friends as will email reports from dinners out that aren't just about the food or the company but that include detailed descriptions of the decor of the hosts' house. This just in from our Vermont correspondent:
Sheffield Admin Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6:28AM We’ve just seen some new photos up at Desire To Inspire, one of our favorite design blogs. Everything on this blog is clear, and clean, and crisp as a fresh piece of celery. Or fresh as a stainless steel square of wheatgrass from the portfolio of stylist Gerri Williams.
Desire To Inspire also features the work of Vancouver interiors photographer Marcos Armstrong.
We suggest a visit to the blog:
http://desiretoinspire.blogspot.com/
We are inspired!
Sheffield Admin Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 1:34PM Browsing around today for some new design finds, I came across this terrific speaker on http://holistic-interior-designs.blogspot.com/
It's from Earth Balance Interiors, and everything about it is environmentally sound, from the packaging (100% post-consumer content) to the wood casing (rather than a heavy plastic casing) to the fact that it's energy-saving to run.
And it won't wreck the environment of your home, either, because it's simple and pretty to look at.
Sheffield Admin Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 3:10PM Okay, let's have some advice for the next residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. We want to hear from you. What should the Obamas do with those 132 rooms? Granted, they aren't really allowed to make over the whole place, but every first family has made its mark on the White House. George Bush put in a pool room. Word is that Obama is hankering after a basketball court.
What would you advise them to do to make the place their own, or to make it feel like home?
Would the country-casual-elegantl-simpe look work? Send in your comments.
Sheffield Admin Friday, November 14, 2008 at 10:20AM A blog we love: http://www.6thstreetdesignschool.blogspot.com/
Kristen Sue (this is her):
has a great sense of style, and right now she's offering tips on getting designer looks on the cheap, like this:
Check out her blog for more tips and fantasies about having designer furniture in your future.