tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post3627775746694718109..comments2023-09-29T01:38:56.468-05:00Comments on SIMPLY GRAND: WHAT IS BART WEARING?Magnaverdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04231057342527140091noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-63135189729446427292013-10-11T23:42:35.891-05:002013-10-11T23:42:35.891-05:00Heavens to Mergatroyd! I think I'm in love wit...Heavens to Mergatroyd! I think I'm in love with you! But, for the love of God, please fold those gorgeous argyles! Don't ball them! Sock matched with mate, heel to the left, top folded over, set in drawer, stacked like tiny pairs of pants. Tiny pairs of colorful, fantastic, Ted Baker-esque pants. Treat them nice, and you won't have one with bad elastic quitting on you all day.<br /> Love your brilliant noodle!<br />MickeyDucky Shincrackershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559972367626360914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-10201929956023171542012-04-16T16:38:52.668-05:002012-04-16T16:38:52.668-05:00Well, I am a Frankianne and he can do no wrong to ...Well, I am a Frankianne and he can do no wrong to me and I'm afraid I think modern art goes everywhere. I like parchment, too, and remain slightly thankful it has not been taken up in the way, say sheet music or flour sacks have of late. If I see another sheet-music-modge-podged tray with a black rim I fear I shall create a violent scene in the glue aisle of my local Michaels.<br /><br />Sadly, I have seen glimmers of the next caricature. Oh yes, and the culprit is Annie Sloan whose paint is turning every piece of thrift store furniture into a hand-rubbed and waxed confection so it will look ~ ~ 18th C French which is well on its way to down in the dumbs. <br /><br />But I digress. Will you please throw up a new blog post so folks can visit? You are remiss kind sir.Atticmaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564678805878671105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-91987408304787865272012-04-12T12:08:31.296-05:002012-04-12T12:08:31.296-05:00Thank you for this post to get people thinking abo...Thank you for this post to get people thinking about colour. I paint plaster moulding and love how colour makes the details come alive. Inspiration comes from anywhere,carpet,furniture and even a centerpiece painted to match the antique china. Colour is everywhere. Why leave your details lost in white?Ornate Ceilings and Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165087364990778762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-667806140738612802012-03-15T17:41:19.846-05:002012-03-15T17:41:19.846-05:00You're right, Jane: Belgium is no more to blam...You're right, Jane: Belgium is no more to blame for today's drab fabrics & dessicated finishes than Tuscany was to blame a decade ago for walls slathered with red-painted joint compound, or bunches of plastic grapes hanging from scrolly iron doodads. I wonder which country's historic style will be dumbed-down & turned into a caricature of itself next?<br /><br />As far as beige's reputation as "timeless" goes--or its use as a buffer against too much visual stimulation--sometimes it's a bit <i>too</i> timeless. Don't forget how fast the Vicomte of Noailles was to fill the Apollonian perfection of Jean-Michel Frank's bare parchment walls with a Victorian-style jumble of Modern art.Magnaverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231057342527140091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-13988848534451276362012-03-15T09:19:10.686-05:002012-03-15T09:19:10.686-05:00Well, I am here waving my little color flag and ju...Well, I am here waving my little color flag and jumping up and down in glee at any push for real color. So glad you stopped by to comment on the red D&B kitchen so I could see your blog. I don't feel it's fair to totally blame the Belgians, however. I do like the linen look and I'm all for gray. But, the true blame for the no-color shabby business must be put squarely on the back of Restoration Hardware (2 years of natural linen) -- because sadly the decorating sources for most Americans are catalogs (nothing new) -- and on the sisters (HB, BH&G) which first took all the wonderful color out of Swedish interiors then beat it to death. I do think color is returning -- I'm particularly heartened by the appearance of so much lavender and purple. Bless the Brits for that.<br />I do, however, think the beige thing comes from two sources: an inexplicable yearning for "timeless" interiors (which means no one's taste will ever be challenged and they will never need to be updated) and the over-stimulation we all get from what my dear DH calls the "gizmos" and TV. So when someone goes home, they may want minimal visual stimulation. That will get worse as time goes on, I wager. So the fight shall live on. <br />JaneAtticmaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564678805878671105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-58096975839901651342012-03-09T13:12:03.023-06:002012-03-09T13:12:03.023-06:00Lively and boldly! I'm 62. I'm too old for...Lively and boldly! I'm 62. I'm too old for greige/neutrals/and, god forbid, burlap on upholstery/pillows. The world is filled with beautiful color and pattern. WTF with this neutral gray world?home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-29309401875231452892012-03-08T09:14:50.149-06:002012-03-08T09:14:50.149-06:00this was a wonderful post.
i am going to run over...this was a wonderful post. <br />i am going to run over to deb's to read her post.<br />i have never had an easy time of it with none color interiors. i think it is lazy design. here in florida...most of the designers do monochromatic beige. BORING.<br /><br />thanks for you post and your comment<br />:0Renée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-26052793886070485962012-03-06T20:17:01.487-06:002012-03-06T20:17:01.487-06:00Ha ha! I agree with your former teacher in thinkin...Ha ha! I agree with your former teacher in thinking that courage is almost always the best way to approach something.Kerry Steele- Design du Mondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066816712379181399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-39082898140706175162012-03-05T20:31:28.645-06:002012-03-05T20:31:28.645-06:00Thanks for the additional vote on the settee's...Thanks for the additional vote on the settee's color, Kerry. And I agree about the use of a no-color accent in an otherwise colorful room. Somewhere in the archives, I have a page torn out <i>NYT</i> Home magazine which showed an all-blue Modernist room by John Saladino, with a single pearl gray vase holding a flowering branch just coming into bloom. This was 30 years ago or more but the beauty of that room and that perfect gray vase has stuck with me ever since. <br /><br />Debra, I used to have a great summer sportcoat in marled pink linen that was just the color I'm thinking of. Good luck on finding one similar. <br /><br />And John, your comment on the relation between greige & timidity reminded me of a comment by my old piano teacher. I didn't want to take lessons in the first place, so I never practiced between lessons, meaning that there was no difference between my incompetent sight-reading a new piece one week, and my miserable attempt to play it correctly a week later. There was no way to hide my laziness from her, but in order to avoid announcing it to the other students in the rooms nearby, I used to play <i>pianissimo</i>. That I knew how to do. <br /><br />One week, after listening with growing annoyance to a few stumbling, barely-audible measures from me, she jerked my hands off the keyboard, then launched into a spirited renditon of "Camptown Races" that positively bristled with wrong notes & botched chords. Then she glared at me & said "If you can't play the RIGHT notes, at least play the WRONG notes BOLDLY!"Magnaverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231057342527140091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-57509054409252076512012-03-05T16:12:22.526-06:002012-03-05T16:12:22.526-06:00Since moving to my new house 15 months ago, I have...Since moving to my new house 15 months ago, I have embraced an entirely bolder set of colors in my decor. Gray is one of the colors but not a dominant one. I do find that treading on the appropriate side of the line between bold and garish is a challenge and a drab bit of something can bring a room back from looking like a clown suit and ground it a bit.<br />PS Watermelon on the settee would be divine.Kerry Steele- Design du Mondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066816712379181399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-8179560500302432772012-03-03T13:43:50.763-06:002012-03-03T13:43:50.763-06:00you have changed my mind bart, watermelon will be ...you have changed my mind bart, watermelon will be perfect on the gilt settee. then, let's do another pose step back and compare<br />brilliant post<br />debradebra @ 5th and statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039580956294327582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694563163726770793.post-91733014351770012422012-03-02T07:32:34.061-06:002012-03-02T07:32:34.061-06:00Greige works for timid do-it-yourselfers, but when...Greige works for timid do-it-yourselfers, but when a professional decorator does it for a client, it's just lazy -- or incompetent. <br />__ The Devoted ClassicistJohn J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.com