"Never underestimate the power of great natural beauty to bring you inspiration, peace of mind, and clarity of thought.
In nature, you find yourself." Wayne Dyer
Wishing you a Happy Weekend
Top 2 photos Eric Piasecki, Bottom Left unknown, Bottom Right Kjersti Berg
Patricia Gray writes about emerging trends, her inspirations, "What's HOT" in the world of Design, as well as sneak peaks of her work.
"Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It's, well, it's magic." Albert Hadley
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© Patricia Gray Interior Design Blog, 2009
: : just read the sad news on d*sponge that domino is closing down. it was my favorite interior design magazine, and the only one I subscribed to. is this yet another sign of our economy going downhill or is it a sign of the digital times where newspapers, books and magazines all struggle to stay alive? I can't imagine a world without books, newspapers and magazines!
: : .shepard fairey. a wonderful and very influential street artist. you've probably seen his famous obama illustration. he is currently decorating the streets of Boston with pieces from his new exhibit at the ICA {Boston Institute for contemporary art}. I found two on my way to work the other morning, and sadly discovered this morning that one of them had been painted over with white paint. the middle photo is my own, the rest you can find .here. 
In my real job (non-blogging) I am finding that more and more people are interested in building a more environmentally responsible and healthy home. Leaving political discussions and arguments about “climate change” behind (I don’t like being preached to and I don’t like preaching), I believe there are many common sense reasons to build a “Green” home. Here are two pretty good ones:
If you want to build a Green Home there is an abundant amount of information available to you. But start investigating Green and you begin to realize there can be a daunting number of decisions to make – and they all impact your construction budget in some way. Building Green can start to look incredibly complicated and expensive - and neither of these notions is inherently “Green”. Well it does not have to work that way.
So what I want to do, starting with this posting is to help you simplify things. I am starting out with a top 10 list of green things to do. This will give us some focus for more detailed discussions to follow. Those discussions will provide more detail on my top 10 list. So here goes.
Top 10 Green Things to do! – When building your new home.
So that’s my Top 10 Green Things to Do list. You may notice that I don’t specifically mention solar panels, photo-voltaics or geo-thermal systems. Well those items might be a great addition to an overall sustainable building plan, but the initial costs are high and the payback is longer. I’ll discuss more in future postings.
By the way, if you want to buy a “green” house plan that you can build. You might start at Simply Elegant Home Designs. All of the plans in their portfolio have been designed keeping many of the green principals listed above in mind.
Yellow tulips speak to me of Spring and the promise of sunshine.
What could be more optimistic than that?
Pantone, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industry has selected 'Mimosa', a warm, engaging yellow, as the Color of the Year for 2009. It was selected for the view that the world is in a time of economic and political change and for the fact that yellow more than any other color represents optimism, hope and reassurance.
"The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance," explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. "Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation."
While all the above testaments to the effects of yellow on the psyche are so true, yellow is a color that is a tried and true favourite and has been used abundantly throughout the annals of time. Although I don't subscribe to the fickle market trends of color ......thank-you very much Pantone for your re-packaging and re-marketing of the color Yellow and for giving it it's year of fame!!
Sunset in Morocco taken by my girlfriend Ann on her desert safari expedition 2007.
Yellow lanterns on the Island of Giudecca for the famous Rendentore fireworks celebration 2008
Albert Hadley was using yellow in his designs in the 80's
David Hicks (left) used yellow in the 70's
Conran has introduced a yellow velvet for this sofa (left) just in time to catch the yellow wave.
A yellow ottoman at the showroom of Dennis & Leen in Los Angeles that I was attracted to on a visit in 2008 (right)
Yellow tufted ottomans (left Nate Berkus, right KWID)
Yellow toss cushions and trim on draperies add a lively spark to these rooms. EKB Interiors
Jeffery Bilhuber's famous library using the iconic yellow of the National Geographic magazines
Yellow in large scale abstract artwork
House Beautiful Nov 2007
Yellow wall coverings KWID
Framed wall paper panels by the fabulous Maison 21
Bold & graphic yellow stripes in this bathroom
Yellow for draperies
Fabric and trim from my files for a Master Bedroom I designed in the 90's
Clarence House Silk draperies
Yellow Bedding
Yellow paint for walls. Benjamin Moore's St Elmo's Fire is a great yellow with just a touch of green in it.
Yellow slipcovered dining chairs Vicente Wolf
Yellow lamps were starting to show up in abundance in 2008
Jan Showers lamp (left) Michael Devine fabric (right)
One of my favourite pieces of artwork by Kenton Nelson
View as a slide show below............
What do you think? Is yellow a color you will want to introduce into your home in 2009, or will you be content to let others use it?
Click here to read a post I did on the color Yellow February 2008
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