Have you all noticed an increasing amount of abstract art popping up on Pinterest and elsewhere? This type of artwork works so well in many types of interiors, here are some of my favorites lately…
Spinal Tap
Grotto
Painting 05
The Journey is the Destination
Field #2
…women who crossed oceans, rolle up their sleeves, won the vote, raised kids, went off to work and still found time to bake. The did it with grace and style.
-Stella & Dot
Are you someone who craves a stylish lifestyle? Are you also practical about how much time you have to achieve this? My friend and client Naina Single, creator of blog, Stye’N knows exactly how you feel!
Naina’s blog covers fashion, food, motherhood, design and how to keep these areas a priority amidst our busy schedules. Reading her blog feels like having coffee with an old friend. Being a full time working Mom, Naina is honest and informative. She speaks a language all of us can relate too.
On top of it all, she has immense style. And when we began designing her office/guest room, I kept in mind her love of color; her ability to mix high and low priced items and her love of texture.
I photographed her in her space the other day.
Naina blends colors and details effortlessly. She is wearing a midnight blue silk dress with a beaded blue, brown and turquoise and patent leather brown heels. She accented it with a gold and brown bracelet. Like Naina’s predominantly blue outfit, we stuck with a strong blue color palette and accented it with brown and green accents.
Piece of advice? Pick a color you love. And add varying shades of that color and accent it with 2-3 pops of other colors.
I believe the best wardrobes are a mix of high and low. Naina achieves this really well. I will admire a shirt she has on and it’s from H&M and then she’s mixed in some Stuart Weitzman shoes. I do this a lot for interiors too. Like here, West Elm tray and accessories and custom linen wrapped filing cabinets. Much like her outfit here, a dress from Flock in the South End mixed with a bracelet from …
Piece of Advice? Mix it up. Just because the price tags may be different doesn’t mean they can’t mingle together.
Texture is so key in fashion and interior design. You can be wearing the same color throughout or design a room in one color and texture can make it so intriguing. Naina used texture really well in her outfit here. Her silk dress juxtaposed against the patent leather heels. Since all the office furnishings were going to be white, I played up texture like in her desk chair.
Piece of advice? Linen and silk, wood and nickel. Combining textures quells the curious eye.
Thank you Naina for taking part in Closet Studies at the Design Lab! Until the next closet encounter…
I love obscure colors. I love taking more traditional colors like marine blue or a soft grey and mixing it with a more nonconformist color.
Have you had a green apple lately? Then you know one of those colors I am talking about. It has a hint of yellow in it to give it that intensity. I always laugh when I think of this color because my mother really dislikes it. The (green) apple fell far from the tree on this one but that’s about the only way my Mom and I are different. When it’s added as an accent, it is unexpected and fresh. My Mom might even agree with me there.
See the acid green in the room scheme below? It is going on this chair in a client’s den.
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I used it on a personal day, my wedding. Wallpaper panels were strewn throughout the tent. I wanted people to feel as though they were dining at the restaurant at Bergdorf’s where every wall is paneled in this. While selecting the colors that would be painted on the panels, the peony below was supposed to be robin’s egg blue. Nice, yes but I saw it needing a pop of green apple so the flower was changed to this…
Look at this trim. I have it tacked to my bulletin board in my office. Someday I will find a use for it.
I loved this bead trim I found at Zimman’s in Lynn Ma. It complemented the Grey Watkins floral well.
Here is the color palette for a new project coming up. This color palette is a huge love, see the apple green? It is going to mix well with any of these other colors, grey, taupe, and eggplant.
I love Ikat fabrics. Look at it in this moss green tone and ivory…
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See how this color added in small doses can be a great addition?