Books, Books, and more Books

Richard Keith LanghamI love Books. They are such a source of inspiration. And I know there are a lot of you just like me who are very visual. The Peak of Chic did a great post on books yesterday and posed the question: "How best to display books". Let me know how you display your books. I display my books all over the...

Category › Bookshelves , Inspiration

Frank Lloyd Wright - Design Legends

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'Ode on a Grecian Urn - KeatsFrank Lloyd Wright - Architect 1867 - 1959Falling Water 1935 Pennsylvania photo from Galen Frysinger photo archive via Desire to Inspire...

Category › Design Icons

French Pink

I found this wonderful blog by Melanie who lives in France and has a shop in Provence "LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES" I love all things French and I was fortunate to have studied Architecture in Paris and Interior Design at Le musée des Arts décoratifs through the Parsons School of Design. However you will have to bear...

Category › Color

Paul Grant Cutright - Photographer Extraordinaire

Paul is a dear friend of mine and an exceptionally talented Fine Art Photographer living in heaven - Santa Fe, NM. He works with digital and alternative processes. The first image is a "hand-etched SX-70 Polaroid image". I have no idea how he does it, but I think the technique is pretty amazing. It is so technicolor and...

Category › Artists

Axel Munthe - La Strada della Dolce Vita

Villa San Michele, CapriThe house was small, the rooms were fewbut there were loggias, terraces, and pergolasall around it to watch the sun, the seaand the clouds -- the soul needs more space than the body. Reading this poem just makes me sigh and relax. It is so true what he says that "the soul needs more space than...

Category › Inspiration

Thank-you

"Every post we each create leaves an imprint on our world. We are contributing to the creative success of each other. Every comment we leave for one another is a 'hand up' to more ideas - sharing - caring - confidence." LibertyPostGallery Thank-you to all of you for taking the time to post comments on my Blog, and for...

Category › Blogging

summer

: : this is where you'll find me for the next 10 days. at my summerhouse in Sweden! see you later![view from the hou...

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Rörstrand

: : For a long time I have been wanting to tell you more about Rörstrand, Sweden's oldest China company, located in the town of Lidköping where I grew up. It wasn't until a few years ago that I truly understood the importance of Rörstrands influence on Swedish design history. I feel so fortunate to have been part of the...

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Paul Montgomery Studio Wallpapers

Paul Montgomery Studio™, Inc. is a line of hand-painted wallpaper murals that I saw at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. They are exquisitely beautiful. The Niermann Weeks showroom that carries this line of wallpaper, had an entire wall in their showroom papered in "Views of Italy". Canton Garden/Custom Mono The above two...

Category › Wallpaper

Raoul Textiles

Raoul Textiles is an exclusive fabric line that is carried at the Chicago Merchandise Mart in the George Smith showroom. I want to bring it to everyone's attention because it is a very beautifully designed fabric line.It is hand-printed on a very fine Belgian linen in Santa Barbara, California. I wish you could touch these...

Category › Fabric