Color Me Lovely: Designers Guild

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Purple

If someone were to ask me if I like the color purple, I would say, "it's ok". Nothing too enthusiastic. Yet, when I look at my house, what do I see...purple, when I look at my gardens, what do I see...purple! I think the term purple gets a bad rap, don't you? My first instinct is to think of an ugly, intense Minnesota Vikings purple -- eeek! Do you think that too? What is it about the Vikings color that makes me wrinkle up my nose? I guess if I look more closely, the colors I am surrounded by are more lavender, desaturated and dusty purple, fuchsia, etc. With every color, there are so many variations that I think it is truly difficult to say you "hate" a color. Oh really, you say, even Vikings purple...yes, even Vikings purple. We all have our favorites that truly speak to us, and mesh with our "color comfort zone". Honestly, there are no colors I hate, as long as they are used appropriately whether that be the proportion, the environment, the combinations, the application (not a football jersey), etc. Every color deserves 15 minutes of fame!!!

Let's look at some rooms where purple, and variations of the hue, really reign (pun totally intended)!

Mr. Peacock Style blog

Susan E. Brown

photo by Per Gunnarsson

Pinterest - I know, not a room, but how stunning!

Yikes! Purple Passion galore!

Susan

Monday, July 11, 2011

Linnaeus Collection wallcovering - Is Dr. Seuss in the house?

I am loving this Spring's Designers Guild Linnaeus Collection wallcoverings! If you aren't aware of Designers Guild, they are a well known home furnishings company (fabric, wallcovering, bed & bath) based in the UK, and founded by Tricia Guild. The images of the Linnaeus collection have such wonderfully classic, yet almost whimsical, topiary forms (very Dr. Seuss). So fun!

Noir

Close up of Noir -- They have a wonderful sketch-like appearance as if someone walked right up to the walls with their chunky colored pencil or charcoal and started sketching away.

Indigo

Acacia

It comes in 11 different colorways such as a striking black on white (Noir), or a more subtle white on soft tan/green (Linen), or even a very dark black on charcoal grey (Graphite), plus more colorful options like the above Indigo or Acacia.

Linen

Graphite

It would be a fabulous addition in so many different environments. I can see it in a traditional living or dining room, a cabin or summer home, a children's play area, a bathroom or powder room, etc. The applications are endless!!

Can you think of a place in your home for this fabulous paper? I sure can!!

♕♕♕♕♕ Susan ♕♕♕♕♕

Monday, June 27, 2011

The Shining--Patterns

Hello, hello!

Last night my family and I watched the movie The Shining with Jack Nicholson, and Shelley Duvall, remember it? Actually it was my 13 year old daughter's suggestion that we watch the movie, if you can believe it!! It wasn't quite as horrifying as I remember when I was younger (of course, not that much younger ~~ tee hee :) It's really about the last 10-15 minutes it gets gruesome and scary--the rest is a huge build up. All I could think about through a lot of the movie were the sets, particularly the awesome carpets! As soon as it was over, I immediately got right on line googling images from the 1980 movie. Talk about history repeating itself. The patterns and some of the colors are currently very popular within the design industry right now, and of course, I was in love with them! Let me show you!

This was the main carpet throughout the Overlook Hotel in the movie. Isn't that awesome, and that pattern is sooo popular right now. It also totally makes the space, granted I would have added a bit more color to the pale, cool walls going down the hallway.

This was the fancy ballroom/party room with gold, textured walls. Look at the carpet pattern again~~the scale is magnificent!

This pic is a bit dark. Sorry! I think you can still see the purple/green rainbow arcs, large scale patterned carpet, can't you?

And this was the men's bathroom! It would be a wonderful commercial bathroom even in a large hotel today. Interesting how modern it is when the rest of the hotel was so elegant. I wonder if that was intentional for some reason as part of the subliminal messages.

And here are some examples of carpets and fabrics today: