Adding Vintage to your Walls

Adding Vintage to your Walls

Christopher Stott is an artist that has become a favorite of one of my clients, and is now one of my favorites as well.  He captures vintage items for his paintings in everyday compositions.  One of Sacramento’s galleries, the Elliott Fouts Gallery,...
Colours de la Nuit

Colours de la Nuit

Sometimes I will see an item, piece of furniture, area rug, wallpaper or piece of art that will make me stop and think about what kind of room I would design around it.  That happened today as I was perusing an online art retailer and came across this painting by...
Tenderly, The Flower Chair

Tenderly, The Flower Chair

The Chair as an intimate journey,from the nucleus of the home toward far-off destinations.Like a light, free flying carpet.A heart, a leaf, a flower, opening up majestic to let you in.Carnal, yet bizarrely infantile, sumptuous but rested and secret.A wonderful charm:...
A Study on Hanging Art

A Study on Hanging Art

One of the most common  mistakes I see when I visit my clients houses is that the art is hung too high on the wall.  It makes it seem to me like the room is shrugging it’s shoulders or raising it’s eyebrows and needs to relax. The common...
Mixed Media: Dolan Geiman

Mixed Media: Dolan Geiman

I recently (and randomly) stumbled across Dolan Geiman’s website and was pleasantly rewarded with these beautiful art pieces. I have always been a fan of mixed media and Dolan has quite a portfolio. Definitely worth checking out! To obtain a fabulous work of art...
Beyond window shades – it’s art!

Beyond window shades – it’s art!

I have been in love with this product from Delia Shades ever since I clapped eyes on it in a magazine a while back. I think the shades speak for themselves as pieces of art, perfectly shielding light and in turn being illuminated in a pleasing manner. This is my...