Pantone Color of the Year 2013: Emerald
If you follow along in the design world I’m sure you’ve heard that Pantone has introduced their color of the year for 2013 as Emerald. But you may be wondering… what exactly does this mean?
If you follow along in the design world I’m sure you’ve heard that Pantone has introduced their color of the year for 2013 as Emerald. But you may be wondering… what exactly does this mean?
Furniture Market has come and gone. We had a great time visiting our favorite showrooms, finding great new vendors, and previewing most recent trends in our industry. Although we had an incredibly busy week scouting out the showrooms to find the perfect pieces for multiple client's projects, we were able to capture a few images to share with you all. These are only a few of the many spectacular products and showrooms at the market [...]
I don't think that it is a surprise to anyone that we love color. It excites us, motivates us, and inspires us. And while we love to use it in bold ways, it is not the ideal scheme for every client. But something interesting we have noticed as interior designers, is that in most cases, regardless of how daring a role hue and saturation plays in the main living spaces, many are willing to [...]
Wouldn’t it be easy to design a home, or even just a room, if we chose a favorite style and copied the way people did things at that period in time? Straight from a history book. We would end up with a “perfect” look and our home would turn out to look just like a museum’s vignette – just like the historical homes we all enjoy visiting when on vacation (my family excluded!). And if [...]