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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.

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Thursday
Sep222011

Graphic Power:  Abstracts

Are you one of those who want to break the rules, color outside the box, and do the opposite of whatever everyone else does?  Then abstract patterns might be up your alley.  In our continuing series on the Graphic Power of prints, we’re going to take a quick ride through the unpredictable world of abstract prints

Abstract prints are the complete opposite of geometrics, the pattern that we discussed in our last blog.  Geometrics are based on basic shapes of circles, squares, and rectangles whereas with abstracts anything goes.  Abstract patterns play well with contemporary and modern style interiors.  They’re usually fresh, wild, and won’t remind your friends of your grandmother’s taste. 

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