…and the skies are gray
March 4, 2012
Still. But, California Dreamin is off the sticks. Done and done. Ready to take the chill off those cool desert evenings. This newest blanket is near exactly as I had anticipated while gathering the yarns…a definite woven look like some of the earliest Knoll and Herman Miller textiles. And, the hand is wonderful…softer than I expected considering the mix of recycled fibers, cashmere, cotton, linen, merino and hemp( even a touch of nylon )… the colorations are complex at close range while receding to neutral from a distance. I like it.
Just the ticket
March 3, 2012
Nothing says Simple…Quiet…or Modern quite like this. The best (and my personal favorite) fabric…Linen…for it’s color, texture and durablity combined with the simplest of design. Who couldn’t use a stack of these in their linen drawer? Even the identifying mark stamped on each item keeps it simple, insuring against someone wiping the corner of their mouth with the tablecloth. Hey, I’m just saying…http://shophorne.com/shop-designer-fog-linen-c-55_77.html?view_all=1&sort=2a
In like a lion…
March 1, 2012
March. We are nearly out of the woods of winter anticipating the new beginings that spring brings. Yet, oddly enough, among the gray skies and melting snow you can find the perfect inspiration for a new project. Mother Nature again providing a creative nudge through a small piece of birch bark blowing across the yard…which leads to the selection of a terrazzo vessel…which then leads to a new backsplash? Bath renovation? OK, let’s not get nuts…maybe a few new towels is the simplest solution. http://www.target.com/s/bathroom+home+spa+towels
Well…it ain’t beige
February 20, 2012
Pantone’s 2012 Color of the Year…Tangerine Tango. If a dose of this injected into your neutral interior doesn’t shake things up, well…it’s time to start checking pulses. Don’t know where to start? Should the tangy Womb chair and ottoman ( Eero Saarinen 1948)at http://hivemodern.com/ make too much of a statement then maybe a Tangerine Tango Journal http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=1270&ca=33 is just the ticket. Me, I’ll take one of each please.
When all is said and done…
February 19, 2012
tulips have got to be my hands down favorite. Parrots, fringed, Dutch or French…there is nothing that compares in the floral world. The range of colors is unbelieveable, white being my absolute first choice if given one. The blast of the coming season they provide is always welcome ( readily available and easily affordable). It is no wonder they were more valuable than property or gold and prized by earlier Asian and European nobility.
Pull out your glass cylinder,add water, a quick fresh cut and literally drop in a bunch or two. Simple. 
OMG…
February 3, 2012
will surely be the reaction upon opening this amazing Valentine gift. An air plant, almost no maintenance is required…a mist of water every now and again will keep it’s sculptural beauty thriving. Beautifully presented in it’s white box this specimen Tillandsia from Flora Grubb Garden makes quite the modern statement. Me?…I’d love to recieve this. Wall mounted and multiples? I’d love it even more. http://shop.floragrubb.com/spectacular-xerographica-gift-box/
Plato knew…
February 1, 2012
it needed to be said.
“The wise speak when they have something to say. Fools speak when they need to say something.”
Even 2500 years ago the message was simple. If you don’t have anything constructive to add to the dialogue, shhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Rock that roving
January 29, 2012
In no time you can have a stunning result from a tangled mess of Paton’s Wool Roving and some DPN’s. A little adjustment here and there to the WEE PODS pattern you’ll find on Ravely.com… the addition of some smooth river pebbles…and a quiet Sunday will result in this beautiful sculptural grouping of stacked stones. I had never felted a project before this..simple, simple, simple…and the result, quite modern. What a quiet and creative way to spend a cold January day.
How’d that work out for ya?
January 22, 2012
Did you go with the color matched stone or the kraft paper bag for your wall color? In this interior the stone was the way to go, a perfect compliment to the plywood floors and existing linen textiles on the upholstery. The addition of ANY color for accessories or flowers will work here when desired…white, however, continues to keep it simple, quiet and modern.
Better late than later.
January 20, 2012
California Dreamin, continued. OK, I finally got some time to cast this on and see where it takes me. It’s going quickly, even with a yarn change at every row. Already 10 % in…unbelieveable.
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