Tell Me A Story

How Big Is Your Imagination ?

Did you take creative writing in school?

Did you ever have an assignment in that class, where your teacher showed you a picture and.....

said " Tell me, what happened in this room ?"  "What do you see ? "

What did happen in that room ? Hmmmm ?

To me, it looks like maybe sex, maybe something sinister - some kind of struggle, or maybe it is just a place where the guests at a party have thrown their coats.

What does it look like to you ? 

Tell Me A Story.

This picture is from a Paris Design Show. I think it is rather clever.

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Not The Same Old Room !

I think this yellow room with it's custom (tall) storage cabinets on either side of the fireplace, is a good look. And a clever idea.

Who couldn't use extra storage? And we all have things we seldom (if ever) use.

This is a small room but the tall cabinets do great things for the design of the 'impact wall' in this room. 

Don't you think ?

Look what you can do with this tall cabinet concept ! 

This is the same room, but it is rustic in theme, and the pattern on the cabinet door is the only change made to the tall cabinets. But, the cabinet doors make the room. 

Don't you think so ?

I do. 

I just love design !

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Personalize with Accessories, Take These BABY RATTLES...

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When I am working on a clients home, after making sure that all the
Basics are taken care of …..them comes Accessorizing.

The thoughtful part, the time consuming part,
And often the laborious part of design.

The fun part is the actual HUNT, and most times you have to
very carefully get it to the client‘s home in one piece if it is breakable.
Me personally, I don’t like breakable anything but what choice do I have?
If it is RIGHT, it is RIGHT!!

And I have always had great luck when ignoring the shop keepers
who want to wrap it up like a mummy in bubble wrap.
It seems to me it often increases the risk of breaking it just getting
the bubble wrap off that an overly zealous salesman has wrapped.

I always have a lot of the big beach towels in my car.
Depending on the Accessory, I may roll up in a towel and place it behind
the front seat of my car on the floor.
It seems to brace it there.
If it is larger I just wedge it to death with all the towels.
You might carry a couple of old pillows in your trunk
when on an Accessory Hunting Expedition.

After all this……it’s always nice if they appreciate how ’brilliant’
the piece is for that particular space.

I was doing a Baby Doctors Home, hence the BABY RATTLES.

I was in Paris and saw these in a shop window and was so intrigued.
What in the world could they be?
They were beautiful.
They were antique baby rattles, and to me they looked like some sort
of jewelry.
They were made of sterling silver and some had ivory as well.
These were referred to as ‘Nanny Rattles’ because
each one would do something different, and the Nanny would use
these ‘Nanny Rattles’ to distract the infant.
Some rattles had whistles, some had quickly moving parts
( the sterling portions of the rattle ) including noise makers.
They were so great.I purchased about 7 and placed them in a bowl.
They were a huge success.
But, most importantly they were very personal and related to the Doctors Profession.
I was told that anyone who saw them always asked what they were, and he proudly
Tell them , “ oh my designer picked them up for me in Paris “ and proceeded to tell his guest the Nanny Rattle story.

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Using The Greek Key In Design

Do you think there is too much of the Greek Key Pattern in this room ?

I love the piano !

My Post On The Greek Key

1st dibs
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A Neat And Tidy Residence In 'The Flower-Box Building'

This apartment is in the 'Flower Box Building' in Manhattan.

The furniture opens and closes back into the walls as if it were a Swiss Army Knife.
"A wall of ivy was planted along the interior balcony that overlooks the living area. Directly below the garden is a shallow, 12-foot-long reflecting pool, where goldfish dart just below the surface."
I am a real sucker when it comes to English Ivy. I think this ivy covered wall, and the indoor pond are just wild, clever, and certainly unexpected. I love love love love it !

If I were a kid living in or visiting this place ... I would be dropping a 'Super Ball' off that kitchen balcony, and bouncing it back up to try and catch it ...and do it all over again.

Does anybody out there in the blog-osphere 

remember ' super balls ?'...They would bounce crazy high....

Not to mention , these are polished concrete floors.

Excellent for bouncing a Super Ball.
Come on people, get playful, maybe even a little mischievous. 

It will keep you young and happier than you were before the mischief.

Nothing like a good giggle to get the blood flowing in the right direction.

(Neat and Tidy Living, The Flower Box Building in NYC)

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