Decorating in Neutral Colors

We love, love Reed Krakoff clothes.  Have you seen it? He does amazing American sportswear.  Classic, comfortable, and sooo classy...

What strikes us most about the below ad is how pretty the neutral room looks though. It's classic, modern and timeless.  Like a perfect black dress.

For neutral, classic furniture like this, we like Bolier upholstery. Really pricey, but they are beautiful in person.

Here are some examples:

To see more of the collection, check out Bolier's web site.

Fabulous Beatles Chairs from Andrew Martin

Have you seen the work of Andrew Martin?  An UK -based designer, he has that really cool, quirky, crazy English taste that we love.

Here are some new fabrics that just came out for Lee Jofa.   Wouldn't they be fabulous as pillows too?

Love them!

PS We apologize, we don't have the pricing for these yet as they are so new.   We'll be posting them on our Lee Jofa Fabric section as soon as they are available.  In the mean time, if you need it right away, drop us a line.  To see more of Andrew Martin's products, click here.

One Very Cool Arm Chair

It's usually a good idea to add a couple of arm chairs to your living room configuration.  You can do a really fun fabric to punch in some colors ; add some dimensions of the room by varying the height so it's not so flat, and perhaps most importantly, style it up a bit.

Here's a really cool one that we like:

The chair is made by Jessica Charles, a division of Hancock and Moore.  The price depends on the fabric, but it ranges about $1400-1600 or so.

Real Cool Barstool

We totally dig this barstool from Arteriors. It has an unique shape to it, and we love the organic look/feel.

The barstool sells at $450/each  with free shipping.

You can find the specifications in our barstool section.

Thom Felicia Furniture

You are probably familiar with Thom Felicia from "Queer Eyes for the Straight Guys".  Do you remember that show?  We kinda miss it from time to time.  We don't know any straight guy who watched it though, only straight girls, hoping to fix up their men...

Anyway, Thom Felicia is getting to be a major licensing house.  He's doing rugs for Safavieh, fabric for Kravet etc.  The latest is a furniture collection from Vanguard Furniture.  It's quite lovely and original.

Take a look:

You can see the rest of the collection here. If you need help with pricing, drop us a line.

Rattan Furniture Interior Design for Living Room

Rattan Furniture Interior Design for Living Room


Rattan Furniture Interior Design for Living Room

Traditional rattan furniture for living rooms are often designed to reflect symmetry. Furniture that comes in twos such as wooden armchairs can be used to help create a focal point in your living room. An armoire or a fireplace could be your focal point, flanked by two pieces of furniture on each side. Emphasize your living room’s focal points by using two ideal-sized identical pieces on each side.

Lighting is essential in creating the mood of your traditionally designed living room. Make sure to use the right lighting fixtures to help you set the desired ambiance. Traditional living room design calls for soft lighting to give the room a dramatic feel.

The use of correct color pallet and fabrics to help accentuate and illuminate the room is also essential. Use sheen fabrics for your sofa and chair upholstery. home equity loan rates Emphasize your living room’s color scheme by using repeated colors and patterns on drapes and upholsteries. However, do not overdo by just sticking on one pattern all over the room. Make sure your design is elegant and not redundant. home equity loan rates

Expose your sofa’s legs by using tailored or customized sofa skirts to give your living room a more traditional ambiance. Use upholstered wooden chairs to match and arrange them accordingly without breaking the symmetry of the design.

When buying additional wood furniture for your living room, make sure you buy the same finish to match your existing pieces. Do not mix and match wooden pieces because it will break the desired traditional living room design style. Do not overload your traditional living room with huge wooden pieces to avoid too many focal points and confusion.

If your traditional living room is spacious, try not to overcrowd the area with much furniture. Keep it spacious and cool. Use natural-colored rug to help keep the room feel airy.

Wall coloring is also important. Choose colors that will help accentuate the design. Avoid bold or dark colors for your walls if you want to maintain the open feel of the room. Traditional living room design calls for classic elegance, so keep the colors in tune to keep the ambiance in tact.

Pretty and Chic Furniture for Smaller Spaces

We found this adorable line at the Las Vegas Market a couple of years back and we thought we share it with you.  They make really cute, adorable furniture that are smaller in scale --quite perfect if you have a small apartment or condo to furnish.   The furniture usually comes in neutral colors, which makes it easy to accessorize.  They are quite stylish and inexpensive.

Here are a few samples:

The occasional chair runs about $600, sofa is about $1500, chair about $300, bed about $1600. They have a huge web site that you can browse through here. If you need help with pricing let us know (Sunpan only sells wholesale). Shipping cost for furniture is usually high, so we don't recommend buying just one or two pieces. Usually shipping costs will exceed the price of the item.

Interior Design with Bamboo Furniture style

You want to focus on items that are non-toxic and won’t pollute the environment as well as ones that are manufactured with environmentally friendly methods. In addition to eco-friendly appliances, sustainable flooring and nonpolluting cabinets there are some other green interior design things that you should consider for your kitchen. While it’s great to be sure that you are putting in eco-friendly materials for your major elements, what about some of the other things that you add to the interior to embellish your decor?

One thing you might consider for your is bamboo. Now, I mean actual bamboo not the fake stuff that looks like bamboo - you want to choose furniture that is made from bamboo which is grown on eco-friendly plantation’s. Bamboo grows pretty quickly so harvesting it to make furniture has a minimal impact on the environment because new bamboo can be planted to quickly replace what has been cut down. Not only that, but it is durable, water resistant and anti-microbial.

If you’re using fabric for seating as well as your window treatments you want to consider organic cotton. These days you can get it in plenty of gorgeous colors, prints and designs so you shouldn’t have to sacrifice style for your green kitchen design.

Pretty Cocktail Ottomans

We love, love using cocktail ottomans instead of cocktail tables.  It's a much softer look, plus you have more versatility with it.  For example, if you were to get bored with it you can always upholster it, put nailhead trims around it, change the fabric on it, make it tufted or untutfed...You get the idea.

Here are some that we kinda like from Jessica Charles.  They run between $900-1000 depending on fabric.

This round cocktail ottoman is our favorite.  You can get it skirted, or un-skirted as shown below.

If you like to design your own, Vanguard Furniture has a good program for personalized, customized ottoman. You can find it here.   Contact us if you need help with it.

Cool Leather Sectional

We were perusing through our old copies of Metropolitan Home today--oh man we miss that magazine!

Anyway, as we were looking through the pictures we were struck with how many clean-lined, cool living room scenes we find in Met Home.  We thought this leather sectional fits in really well with that look, don't you?

The sectional is made by Moroni. We love this line. The leather is so supple and soft and comfortable. The construction is really nice too, firm but not too firm...Just the way it supposed to be.

You can find the  sectional here. It costs about $5K including shipping, but if you are nice, there a nice coupon that you can use (hint:  it's quite substantial).

Email us and tell us you find this item via our blog. We'll email you the secret code.

Luxury Interior Decor Textile Furnishings

Interior Decor Textile Furnishings

Five Adorable Side Tables

We have this thing for side tables.  They are so functional!  You can put them next to a reading chair, a chaise lounge, or between two occasional chairs.  They make a perfect place to set down a book and a drink.  They are small so it's easy to move them around.  Most of all, they are not too expensive, so you can swap them out whenever you feel like it.

Here are five of our favorites:

This one is from Global Views.  It's about $650.

This one is a new piece from Arteriors.  It's about $800.

This one is also from Arteriors.  It's $500.

This one is from Arteriors as well.  It's $700. 

This one is a new one from Global Views.  It's $550. The top is marble.

We'll be putting these up on our site soon (sorry, we say that a lot, but we are just so DARN busy!).  Drop us a line if you need help with it.

Really Cute Bed for Kids

The other day we were shopping for a gift for a kid's room, and golly, everything is blue or pink or yellow. What's up with these three colors anyway? Did someone decide a long time ago that these are defacto kid colors and the whole industry just follow suit?

Frankly we're a little tired of pink and blue. Here are some alternatives that we think would be really nice for kids or teenagers. They are great focal points and you can build themes around them...






The furniture is from Guildmaster (we would have listed the link here but it's for the trade only so it won't do you any good, sorry). Prices for the headboards run from $800 for a twin to $1200 for a queen. Email us if you need help.

Furniture Home Decor Interior Home Design 2009

Furniture Home Decor Interior Home Design 2009

Colorful Upholstery Furniture from CR Laine

One of our biggest complaints about American furniture manufacturers is how BORING their furniture can be. Year after year you see this same old stuff--they call it classic but we think they are just unimaginative. We're talking about brown, dark wood furniture, heavy upholstery in taupe and cream, plain styling. The sad thing is, 80% of households have this stuff. Why? Because we don't have lots of choices.

So we were really happy to see some colors this seasons from some of the old-school uphoslterers. They are finally getting it! Who wants to be surrounded by drab all the time! Give us some vibrancy and happiness! Give us colors!

Here are some from CR Laine that we kinda like. This company makes great upholstery furniture. Most of their stuff is fairly standard (as you will see from the web site), but here are some jewels:




To see the complete product line, visit to CR Laine web site.

Modern Interior Design - Dining table

modern dining table
A very innovative dining room with simplicity brightening in every item of it; the colors used are so matched with a great contrast effect, the form of every item in this dining room is so simple which further emphasis the usage of two simple colors in solid areas.

You can see in the wooden buffet how the designer succeeded to make an intellegent asymmetrical balance using the shapes of the unit's shutters itself and by their colors too; which breaks the systematic look of the normal formal balance. 

dining area

Speaking about contrast; here's the master of all contrasts with the never ending black and white, let me tell you that the secret of a well balanced contrast of black and white comes in the finding the right ratio between both colors and the placement of the elements of each color so as not to feel attracted to any one's area than the other.

The plastic material gives an ultra modern sense and just as simple as a tree leaf shape and a solid straight colors with a great glossy look; that's why it's widely spread in the interior design furniture and decoration as it also gives a great formation abilities more than wood.

modern dining table

Another truly modern,balanced,catching and just relaxing dining room design; the white color area are just perfect with the wood veneer color and texture, you can instantly feel the balance and the harmony in this room, and know that the designer reached the exact right blend that every designer long for.

The simple but smart decoration playes a major role in delivering the designer's message as they match the colors used in the furniture perfectly, and contains the design soul of the room as you can see in the built-in shelf in the window's wall and how it's with the same ratio of the buffet in front of it.

Modern Office Furniture

desk + chair

Small wonders. A roll-out extension doubles your work space. Top with the hutch for extra storage. Wood construction.
Offuce

desk chair

Comfortable seating with a contemporary slant; chromed metal base raises, lowers, swivels and rolls on five casters.

Office Furniture

Office Chairs

Sleek, supportive seating for the home office. Luxe Italian leather, wrapped over an adjustable chromed-metal frame on five sturdy rolling casters for easy movement.

desk chair

tubular desk chair

Cushioned gray wool felt seat swivels on a height adjustable, black nickel base.
office Desk

office Desks

Substantial storage for files and office supplies. Wood construction. Oak veneer.
office furniture

wooden office furniture

Simple, traditional office storage in substantial wood construction. Assembly required.
lateral cabinet: Two large file drawers hold both letter and legal files.

office furniture

Contemporary storage with top drawer for office supplies, bottom for hanging letter or legal files. Wood construction, with polished-nickel drawer pulls and legs. Cubby: Stylish open storage with an adjustable shelf.

wooden office furniture