Graphic Power: Diamonds & Stripes

June and July Stripe pillows, courtesy of Pine Cone HillWhat do Annie Selkie, warm breezes, cool linens, and ocean blues have in common?  They all evoke the perfect summer vacation home!  But you don’t need to have a vacation home to achieve this sunny, relaxed atmosphere – just a few additions or replacements to your interior design will create the look.

Annie Selkie is a textile designer and owner of several companies, Dash & Albert and Pine Cone Hill.  Together they bring affordable rugs, bedding, and pillows to the home.  Above we have a summery June and July Stripe pillows from Pine Cone Hill, complemented with their herringbone matelasse coverlet. 

striped rugs from Dash & AlbertSelkie also designed a wide range of striped rugs in bright colors and varying stripe widths. There's one for every color scheme you may choose! The diamond rugs have different styles. The tribal rug below is Rhapsody in a woven wool material.  The multi-color diamond is the Harlequin and is a woven cotton rug.  The blue and white diamond is an indoor-outdoor rug in polypropylene – great for beach homes that have a lot of wet traffic. 

rugs from Dash & AlbertWe have discussed other graphic patterns in previous posts – take a look at Graphic Power for more inspiration and ideas.

Interested in learning more about accessories and floor treatments?  Take a look at Sheffield School's Complete Course in Interior Design.  At Sheffield, you will learn how to transform a space, create color schemes, and select furniture, lighting, and accessories. 

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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Graphic Power: Geometrics

Is the sight of the same old solid colored wall getting you down?  Does the prospect of picking out a print throw you into paralysis?  Well, suffer no more!  My series on Graphic Power is here to help you pick out a pattern.

There are many kinds of patterns out there but they can be categorized into just a few: floral, nature, animal, geometric, abstract, and scroll.  In this issue, we’re going to concentrate on the graphic power of geometric prints.

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