You’ve seen that large palm leaf print time and time again in magazines. In fact, you probably associate the large palm print wallpaper with the Beverley Hills Hotel and created by interior designer Don Loper in 1942. The palm print used in the Beverly Hills Hotel though is technically the Martinique which is a riff Read Post
A Crittall Internal Wall Divides a Home Office From the Bedroom
This beautiful Scandinavian bedroom uses Crittall as a room divider to create a separate space for the home office. Without windows, the home office space would be a dark and depressing antechamber without the use of Crittall. As set up currently though, the light from the windows in the bedroom floods through to the separate Read Post
Float Like a Yanagi Butterfly Stool
I love the Yanagi butterfly stool which is considered a design classic. Created by Japanese designer Sori Yanagi in 1954, the stool’s seat seems to flutter like a butterfly’s wings. The two identical L-shaped sides of the stool are screwed together in the middle using brass hardware. The resulting shape is reminiscent of the red Read Post
Pedigreed and Poised: The Paul Smith+Anglepoise Collaboration
The whole hyphenated surname thing is definitely more a British thing than American. I presume both surnames are so important, that neither of them will give way to the other? So, when two British icons get together, it seems only natural that they would produce something that had a double-barrelled name. In addition, in lieu of Read Post
Romance and the Wingback Chair
Picture this usual historical romance novel scene: The roguish yet loveable hero sits smouldering (and, most likely, smoking) in his leather wingback chair in his study staring unseeingly at the blazing fire in front of him brooding on how to win the Love of His Life who has a mind of her own and refuses Read Post