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REINVENTED COLOR PALETTE FOR 2012
Light wood finishes, chairs upholstered in vintage grain sacks and dark leather in the central seating area contrast with pastel pillows and custom finished armoires at A. Hooper & Co., a Fort Worth fashion boutique, designed by Gibson Gimpel Interior Design. Farrow and Ball "Elephant's Breath" wall and ceiling color creates a soft ground to showcase the colorful spring fashion on display.
The New Year offers an opportunity to breathe new life into tired spaces. With trends toward lighter and softer palettes on the rise, designers are invigorating this new look by pairing these soft palettes with modern, saturated, bright colors. From the 2012 Spring Fashion Runway shows, to fabrics and paint colors, inspiration can be found in novel and unexpected color combinations. High contrast natural tones and textures mix with industrial materials and finishes to add drama to the design.
The New in Haute Hue: Tangerine Tango
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(items in photo: Cordova Lamp; Formosa Tray Table; Ikat Pillow; Marimeko Napkins; Panton chair; Clairemont Side Table; Draper Stripe Throw; Trina Turk Tiger Leaf Pillow; Thomas Paul Plate; Midnight Stemless Wineglass; Faceted Table)
A new year, and a new attitude, has been officially declared! Pantone has chosen Tangerine Tango to represent 2012. For almost fifty years, industry leaders have relied on the authority to forecast our color culture. Spring lines, within the fashion and cosmetics industry, will boldly introduce this enthusiastic color. The interior design trade has fearlessly embraced the haute hue! Pantone insists the featured shade “provides the energy boost we need to recharge and move forward.”
The Art Menu sells limited edition reproduction works of art in a variety of custom sizes and finishing options, all by Dallas area artists. All artists have been hand-selected by The Art Menu Advisory Board, a team of art industry experts who carefully review each artist and their unique talent. Once approved, the artists' original paintings are digitally photographed and reproduced as high quality, limited edition giclée canvas art prints that are offered at affordable prices. The Art Menu handles it all - from framing, to shipping and even local installation.
Illuminations by Bruce Brainard: "Tokens of the Spirit"
Lake on Missing Hammer Ranch, Illuminations
For many, painting has been reduced to a pleasant decoration, frosting on consumer culture, but for some of our most serious artists it still stirs one of the great modernist ambitions to transform pigment on canvas into tokens of the spirit. Such an artist seeks to capture the essentially private experience of the divine, as manifested in nature, pure form in the creative process itself.
Art and Music: Hill Country Funk at Hill Design+Gallery
(Defiance by Doug Naugle)
Music and dance enrich and contextualize the experience of viewing the visual arts, while the visual arts enrich and contextualize the soul and rhythms of music. Pleasing both senses with art and music can maximize the design experience and if this theory isn't convincing, try going to a gallery with this mix and see if you aren't intrigued. Hill Design + Gallery will be presenting new work by exemplary artists Doug Naugle, Joanne M Ehly + Marilyn Rea Nasky. at their Hill Country Funk opening artist reception on Saturday January 21st from 6-9 PM, with the exhibition lasting from January 21st through March 31st.
New Year, New Color with Denise McGaha Interiors
As we close out 2011 and look forward to the New Year, I am looking forward to the return of bold color in my designs. The Fall High Point market gave us a sneak peek of upcoming bright colors. With this year being an abundance of bright and vibrant colors, spaces are sure to be lively and one-of-a-kind. Denise McGaha of Denise McGaha Interiors enlightens Design Guide on some great pieces that she will be installing in projects this Spring.
"Tips of the Trade" with PPDS
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PPDS was recently hired to assist a couple in redesigning the kitchen of their new home. The existing layout was impractical for its new owners and was in need of a makeover. Luckily, space-planning is what PPDS is known for! Proving that PPDS excels in projects such as these, they felt compelled to use this project as a way to share “tips” with anyone who is presented with a challenging space. Janna Paulson with PPDS writes an informative excerpt regarding the strategy behind the design.
Art Restoration: Preserving History
(Photo of "Landscape" painting half cleaned)
Over the centuries, treasured antiques and art objects have suffered the wear and tear of everyday life. In order to preserve these objects, there are experienced professionals to repair them. Restorers and conservators have been giving new life to anything from cathedral murals to the ashtray you made in art class when you were 5 years old. It takes an amazing amount of skill and patience to be a restoration professional. Laura Pate of Brown Mountain Art Restoration and her tremendous staff have been conserving, restoring and preserving our treasures for almost 20 years. Pate, with a sterling art and design reputation, shares her insight on the world of restoration with Design Guide.
Mixing Traditional Aesthetics for a More Modern Design
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(SOURCE; Interior Design by Gibson Gimpel Interior Design)
Collaboration between the client and interior design team leads to spaces rich with character and personal expression. A client’s unique collection of salvaged architectural elements, art, and existing furniture pieces can serve as inspiration for the design concept, as they did in this Louisiana Vernacular home in Fort Worth, Texas designed by Gibson Gimpel Interior Design. In a new home, the re-purposing of architectural pieces not only creates a sense of history in a new space, it tells a story about the home owner and their family. Interior designers lend expertise in facilitating the process when incorporating these pieces into the design of a home through practiced collaboration with contractors, careful communications through technical drawings, and creative solutions. Interior Designers work to showcase the clients collected elements without costly retro-fitting.
CAC Mosaic Designs Studio Enjoys Triumphant Return with End-Of-The-Year Discounts
Judging by the images it is hard to believe that CAC Mosaic Designs Studio was once semi-immersed in water. As a true artist, Connie Chantilis of CAC Mosaic Designs Studio saw past the tragedy and transformed her water-damaged workspace into a dramatic and dreamy new installation. After contemplating several possibilities Chantilis decided to design her space into a bright and inspiring workshop: open enough to work on her pieces yet intimate and whimsical enough to stimulate her artistic process. With enough room to have several projects being produced at once, there is constant design activity.
