Award winning and much lauded Los Angeles designer Kerry Joyce has launched a new fabric line at West Week that has a universal appeal and classic resonance. I’m loving it! Every pattern has a classic base but exudes a casual elegance for which Joyce is noted.
He is quoted as saying “ I reject trend or fad. Creating a timeless enduring interior is very important to me” I think this philosophy is evident in his collection.
The colors are soft and muted giving the fabrics a sense of age.
You can see his entire collection at Kneedler Fauchere in LA and San Francisco and Dessin Fournir in New York & Chicago.
I'm heading to Nashville today to speak to the Middle Tennessee chapter of the WCAA and then it's off to High Point for some home furnishings industry fun. This is my idea of a very good time!!!
Charleston Symphony Design House – Hardware by NR Designs
One of the happy benefits of traveling all over the US to speak to design professionals is having the opportunity to meet so many amazing and creative people.
Charleston Symphony Design House – Hardware by NR Designs
Last month I did a day long event in Atlanta and met a great gal who mentioned that she had a new line of drapery hardware. I promised to look her up after the event and we would talk about her products.
Of course I had good intentions but time got the best of me and I forgot to email her – lucky for me she tracked me down. To say that I was amazed with her products is a gross understatement – I was floored! The entire line was stunning, all based on organic elements and finished in beautiful custom colors. Inspired by nature it resembles realistic coral, bamboo, driftwood, twigs, palm leaves and more.
Each piece is first molded from clay and then cast in resin. What I truly love about the line is that it retains the hand molded details of the clay original.
Another important design element of the line is the use of ornate brackets in place of finials. Nancy explained that in Charleston where she works and lives there are many homes that don’t have enough clearance for traditional finials. She solved this problem by designing brackets that function as both with simple end caps at the end of the rod. I’d say it’s a design that works!
This bamboo bracket is stunning.
Palm leaves are arranged in a fan for this bracket. What a great choice for a beachfront residence.
Palm leaves up close
The driftwood collection is as realistic you would think it just washed up on shore. I love the barnacles!
These fish and waves pieces have a great whimsical touch.
Here’s a close up of the coral end bracket.
Nancy’s passion is working with designers to create custom designs to fit the specific needs of her clients. Her pieces are truly couture window hardware. By the way she is also a fabulous person and would surely be a joy to work with.
Unbelievable news today on the shelter mag front. Blog beloved and much appreciated Editor in Chief of House Beautiful Magazine, Stephen Drucker will be leaving the magazine he has captained for the past 5 years to take the helm at another Hearst Publication; Town & Country.
Stephen Drucker
Newell Turner, current House Beautiful Creative Director will take over the reins as Editor in Cheif at HB. (HUGE sigh of Relief!!! - Why fix something that is not broken! ) Turner along with Drucker has brought a well received emphasis to the magazine on the editorial content and photography, publishing lush, large and lengthy features in the mag. Hopefully that will continue under his watchful eye.
Newell Turner out on the town with Margarette Russel of Elle Decor
Hearst Magazine Veranda's much admired founder and Editor in Chief since 1987, Lisa Newsom is to be replaced by Dara Caponigro a founding editor of the very popular but now defunct Domino Magazine! This seems to signal a huge shift in content for Veranda which currently has a much more sophisticated and high end demographic than Domino. Newsome will continue on as Editor at Large at Veranda and will work on related book and editorial projects.
It seems things are heating up again in the Shelter Mag arena. I hope that this editor swap will mean good things most hopeful; a new emphasis on shelter content for Town & Country! The most troubling hint of things to come for me is the change underway at Veranda. After the almost incomprehensible loss of Southern Accents last year all we die hard traditionalists had left was Veranda. Over the past few months there has been a significant shift in their content to more modern and transitional projects. Looking back now this shift had some method to its madness.
It should be an interesting year ahead for all of us as we see how these new editors guide their respective publications. All I can say is get out there andSUBSCRIBE!!!!! The thought of losing any one of these remaining mags is too horrible to contemplate.
I'm heading over to Town and Country right now to sign up!!!
Read the full press release from Hearst Publications here
Thanks loads to the great gals over at Material Girls Blog for featuring my home in their Design Bloggers Homes series. I only sent in pictures of my office because I don’t have any good photos of the rest of the house. I plan to remedy that soon and show you the rest of my home so stay tuned.
Marty had his glamour shot in the post. There will be no living with him now.
Here are a few pictures of my office before my remodel last year. I really love working in it now. It is bright and cheerful and everything is easy to find.
The fireplace is now covered up with my fabric rack but I never use it anyway.
I thought I had a ton of storage in the beginning but I’ve since filled it up and overflowed into my upstairs library. I use my son Geordies room for storage as well (he’s in college).
Here is the office as it is today minus the usual mess.
I still haven’t got any window treatments up - you know what they say about the shoemakers children having no shoes! Hopefully I will take care of that soon.
Found this crazy Peeps pic on Angela Henry's blog here. She has some other adorable pics of Peeps and I have to agree with her; they are also my favorite sweet treat of all time.
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