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Lucite lamp on top of my 19th Century English mahogany breakfast table with brass inlay.
My table is surrounded by my favourite chairs. The Louis XV Bergere Chair I have had for 25 years. It has a down seat cushion with a 1/4" flange edge, and is covered (in it's 3rd reincarnation) in a Scalmandre' damask fabric. The shield back chair is Georgian.
These are the Lucite handles gracing my pantry cabinets. My floors are 24" porcelain tile. I love it because it looks and feels like limestone without the hassles of limestone. Nicole, my little Yorkshire Terrier, and my grandsons like it because it is heated.
Postscript Jan 8 2008
Thanks for all your comments. I will post more pictures of my Kitchen as when it is finished.
Lucite Lamp - My Kitchen
Lucite Patio Bench
White butter cream icing surrounded by red fondant.
Fresh red roses between the top tiers.
Topped with sugar paste bow & C monogram.
White Cake with Red
Update Dec 27 2007
A reader has just informed me that there is a Blog devoted to the "Moleskin.
If you are so inclined you can check it out here.
2008 Your Best Year Yet - Write it Down Make it Happen
A creative chocolate wedding cake for chocolate lovers. Topped with white chocolate-hazelnut ganache drizzle.
Chocolate Drizzle Cake
My favourite Interior Designer, Albert Hadley in front of his famous red bulletin board
A classic Chinese Bamboo chair painted bright shiny red is complimented perfectly with the matching red trim on the draperies.
Richard Mishaan Elle Decor June 2007
Check out the red piping on this sofa and the detail on the skirt, and of course you all know my fixation with zebra carpets.
Martyn Lawrence-Bullard via Cote de Texas
I love this beautiful ornate armoire juxtaposed with the clean lines of the contemporary chair. And of course the well photographed coffee table book - Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. 2007 might well be dubbed as the year of Red Coral and this book may go down in the Guinness World Book of Records as the most photographed book.
Picture source unknown
Everything is perfection in this room. My favourite chairs by Phillip Stark-The Ghost Chair
Elle Decor Nov 2006
Another classic chair by Harry Bertoia shown with a red leather cushion. A 1950's Chair designed for the Knoll Group
And last but not least my favourite sofa of the year designed by the late John Hutton and appropriately named the "Touche Sofa". Available through David Sutherland Showrooms
Red Inspiration for Christmas 2007
Cartier "Le Basier du Dragon" 18K white gold & ruby earrings based on Art Deco style. The lucky thread is tied, as when making a wish.
A Merry Red Christmas Eve
HAPPY WEEKEND & HAPPY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
White Flowers for a White Christmas
This is from Pink Wallpaper...a picture of her daughter
Best Present
Work in progress - Master Bedroom
"When you realise that a beautiful interior has very little to do with objects and a whole lot to do with spirit, general well being and upliftment you find the soul of interior design. If you have respect for your surroundings and everything has it's perfect place you interact with your world differently you carry yourself differently. My father used to say that the state of your surroundings is the state of your mind. (My bedroom was usually a mess at this point)Look around your home, let your home be the foundation of your aspiration!!"
Photos Frank Roop Interiors
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The Soul of Interior Design
Three tier cake with castle as topper. You can make it by creating 3 tier square cake first. Then, put a castle with stone constructed on the top of cake. To make it looks real, put decorated cylindrical towers on every sides.
White Castle Cake
I like the way that Thomas Pheasant has treated this bedroom architecturally.
The wrap around tufted low headboard creates a unified feeling to a room that has angled walls.
Vincente Wolf is a master at juxtaposition.
His signature element in all of his rooms is a large over sized mirror, usually resting on the floor.
This is Nancy Corzine's very elegant bedroom.
The mirrored screen creates a lively play of light and images.
Super Luxe by Alberto Pinto.
I like the layering of the padded headboard on a padded wall.
Fun & whimsy by Antonia Hutt
Hotel Luxe Marrakesh
This is a master bedroom that I did for a bachelor in Vancouver's historic Gastown. There are recessed sliding glass doors on each side of the bedroom to close it off from the dining room and the ensuite bathroom.
Mimmi O'Connell
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Picture Credits for last 4 photos:
Thomas O'Brien
Mary McDonald
John Stefanidis
Tom Scheerer