Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Beanie Babies. Cabbage Patch Kids. Tickle Me Elmo. The names may conjure up visions of people standing in line, begging and cajoling sales clerks in the hopes of getting their hands on one of these hard-to-find treasures. “There is a certain portion of the population that likes to have what other people can’t have,“ says Stu Neal, president of GearMax USA Ltd., a Hanover County-based maker of …
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BIZ BUZZ COLUMN: Hanover firm makes Peace Frog backpacks (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
After years on the decorative outs, wallcoverings are back in style. They’ve shed their dowdy association with teddy bears and tiny country prints and re-emerged in fresh, attention-getting forms.
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Wallpaper: It’s back on a roll (The Kansas City Star)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
The structural highlights of the Georgian period — brick-front houses, plaster wall panels and intricately carved fireplaces — are costly to replicate. That doesn’t mean, however, the elegance of the period cannot be recaptured today. Here are a few features and design tips from the influential period, which correlates roughly with the reigns of three of England’s King Georges and spans the 18th …
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Pieces of timeless Georgian style can be integrated into modern settings (The Kansas City Star)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
LEE’S SUMMIT — Communication, a positive attitude and creative promotions are keys to survival during streetscape construction, say Lee’s Summit downtown officials and merchants.
Continue here: Lee’s Summit officials offer advice on Streetscape (Sedalia Democrat)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Book review: This gorgeous book features 30 Parisian hotels that are unique: either because of their literary, historic or artistic flavor or as showcases of contemporary French art.
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Exquisite Rooms in Enchanting Hotels (The Charlotte Observer)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Willow Green, a décor manufacturer based in Dayton, Ky., has introduced the Authentically Eco collection of lamps, tabletop décor and wall art made from all-natural and green materials like teak, jute, recycled paper and reclaimed railroad ties.
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‘Authentically’ green local décor (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A good seller tries to target all five of a potential homebuyer’s senses to make them forget the size of the mortgage and feel like the house is comfortably embracing them.
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The art of furnishing a model home (Seattle Times)
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
South Pointe Park in the SoFi area of South Beach. IT was a sunny Monday afternoon, and the scene around the yellow-and-orange cabanas at La Piaggia Beach Club was laid-back and effortlessly chic. Waiters brought trays of chilled rosé, goose pâté and “les mini cheeseburgers.”
Continue here: The Sweet Life at the Chic Tip of South Beach (New York Times)
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
It all started with a six-year-old girl’s birthday party and a few blank My Little Pony dolls. Talitha Whidbee initially bought the dolls for the children to decorate, but the parents ended up falling in love with the concept of turning pop culture icons into art.
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My Little Pony and Beer in the Neigh (borhood) (New York Press)
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
I’m impressed and a bit surprised (given Barack ’s barebones Senatorial office decor ) that they have taken such a serious, intelligent approach to bringing the nation’s art to the People’s House, and they seem to be going about this in exactly the right way: They’re consulting museum curators who are disinterested in terms of the marketplace, but highly knowledgeable in terms of what art and …
More here: Lee Rosenbaum’s cultural commentary (Arts Journal)
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