COLOUR YOUR WORLD!!!

Here's the loveseat that started the project.......

My clients LOVED my mitred pillows, made from my drapery workroom (and BFF, Marlene)!!!!

...wanted to share with my loyal followers that this Designer sometimes "goes outside the box" and has fun with COLOUR.

Several years back, this client wanted a "punch" of colour for her sunroom.  She had a dated loveseat, and needed me to re-upholster it (and have my upholsterer make a couple inexpensive chairs to compliment the loveseat).

I grabbed a couple small paintings from her wall that she and her husband had bought in the Caribbean.  These two treasures were my inspiration for the entire project,.....it's how I work,.......paying attention to my clients' love of art and travel.

I called this my trefoil "birthday cake" ottoman!!!!!!!

.......I found these antique Chinese ceramic fish (they were used in the  1920s to hang flowers on the wall) and had them made into great lamps.  Fantastic bowls, potpourri, and other accessories were the clients; they have WONDERFUL things from their travels!!!!

I had these chairs made from scratch from my upholsterer,......VERY-reasonably-priced!

The photos show the furniture I had installed in her sunroom on Clifton Road, and they worked JUST-PERFECTLY in her new Dream House that she and her husband bought on Springdale, in Druid Hills.  Soon after the Big Move, their house was chosen for The Druid Hills Tour of Homes; I was so touched and honoured,...to be sure!

Enjoy!
Mark.

It's All-About Texture

...just thought I'd blog about a project I'm currently working on.

My new clients, who live in East Cobb County (Marietta, Georgia), met me last month at Scott Antique Market, where I exhibit each month.  They picked-up one of my cards, and later that weekend, checked out my Design Portfolio on my website and on the Elle Decor Registry.

They liked my work, and, although they do not need a STICK of furniture, they're doing a lot to perk-up their wonderful home built in the late-80s.

This photograph shows how I'm incorporating TEXTURE as well as COLOUR into their "soon-to-be-new" Dining Room.

The grasscloth wallpaper on the left: a well-priced paper from Ernest Gaspard and Associates, ADAC.  Of course, The Hangman, Inc. will install, as always.

The fabric shown is one I found at an "off-the-bolt" fabric store.  The soft sage-greens really compliment  the tones in the wallpaper.  We're re-upholstering their 8 Dining Room chairs in this geometric-woven fabric.

And, to save money on custom-made-draperies,......I'm installing that wonderful "tortoise" woven wood shades in the windows. The simplicity of these woven wood shades (unlined) should really provide that fresh, simple look that my clients were going-for! http://www.kirsch.com/products/natural-shades/

It's simply "a texture-thing" sometimes........

I'll post "after" photos when the project is completed next month.

Cheers,
Mark.