Archive for March, 2012
Spring Colors
Today is the 1st day of Spring, although, with our expected high of 86 here in Louisville today it feels like the dead of Summer. To revive that Spring feeling, I visited one of my favorite places, Design Seeds, a visual feast. If you need color inspiration or just love color, this is the place […]
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Tags: Color Palettes, Design Seeds
You may love your apartment, condo, or home, but, hate that your living room is tiny and you can’t find a sofa that doesn’t end up being an actual elephant in the room. Or maybe you have tried a loveseat and it’s just too small and cramped. Take a look at an apartment-sized sofa. They […]
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Tags: Apartment sofas, blu dot, Gus Modern, sleeper sofas, Small Spaces
Mark Shaw as mentioned in a previous post was a well known fashion, celebrity,and Kennedy family photographer. Below are photos taken during the 50’s and 60’s. More of his work may be seen at Mark Shaw Photographic Archive and may be purchased through Andrew Wilder Gallery. pb All images via 1st Dibs
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Tags: celebrities, Kennedy, Mark Shaw
Clay and Little Architects
I fell in love with the W.H. Davis house in Austin, Texas. The grey and white with pops of color highlight the gorgeous wood floors. All images from the website. pb
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Tags: Clay and Little Architects, color schemes
Mark Shaw (1921-1969) BW Edition
Mark Shaw was noted fashion and celebrity photographer as well as being the unofficial family photographer to the Kennedy family during JFK’s run and retrieval of the Presidency. Shaw was also a photographer for Life Magazine from 1952-1968 and during that period 27 issues carried cover photos by Shaw. Many of the shots below are […]
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Tags: Earth Sweet Home, Kennedy, Life magazine, Mark Shaw
Go Green!
“St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time — a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.”~~By Adrienne Cook Yes, I had to follow the masses and do a post on green and St. Patrick’s Day after our mailman told us, shortly after 10:00 a.m., that there was a large crowd already partying at […]
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Tags: St. Patrick's Day, The color Green
“Dear contemporaries, don’t you realise how different we are? Although I depict you as equals and like the ancients you never change.” Piero Fornasetti You would never dream that Piero Fornasetti was expelled from the Brera Art Academy for insubordination in 1932 by the 11,000 items he created over his lifetime. You notice as you […]
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Tags: artist, Fornasetti
MCM Cravings:Modern Surfer
Let’s say dear old Uncle Fred leaves you his huge prized stuffed Sailfish, what now? Build a stylish Surfer lounge of course. No, I am not an advocate of theme rooms, I am a staunch opponent actually, however, I also would find it quite odd to walk in a room and see a huge fish […]
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Tags: bertoia, Greg Lotus, Jenna Snyder-Phillips, Jonathan Adler, Milo Baughmann, Modern Surfer, Probber, Surfboard
Alex Katz’s Soho Loft
Architectural Digest recently visited Alex Katz‘s Soho Loft that serves as both studio and home since 1968 when as he says “it really was an industrial slum” but “I paid for this place what one month’s rent would be now”. He shares the loft with his wife and muse Ada and his works will be […]
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Tags: Alex Katz, Architectural Digest, Soho Loft
Weegee (a phonetic play on Ouija board) was the pseudonym of Arthur Felig, a Lower East side press photographer in 1930’s and 1940’s New York. The nickname was supposedly received due to his uncanny knack of showing up at crime scenes only minutes after they were reported to the authorities. However, it is more likely […]
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Tags: crime photography, Lower East side, New York, Weegee
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