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Velvet is presumed to have been developed on the shuttle loom by the Chinese more than 4500 years ago, and was constructed of pure silk. It was woven by the Persians about 2000 B.C., and … Continue Reading ››
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The 2012 Hearst ‘Designer Visions’ Showhouse
featuring apartments by David Rockwell, Matthew Patrick Smyth, & Antony Todd
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This years Hearst 'Designer Visions' Showhouse event is set up in 3 apartments at 250 West Street in NYC, and while the building is still a construction site, it's very much worth seeing. … Continue Reading ››
Holiday House 2012
Benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Photo credit The New York Times
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New York's Design Showhouses are among my favorite events to attend. They're an opportunity to meet both the well established and the new-to-the-scene designers, and to see spacial creativity at … Continue Reading ››
Park Avenue Armory Fall 2012
The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show
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With the fall season in full swing in New York, Connie Lee and I spent the afternoon at what's considered to be one of the most important antique exhibitions in … Continue Reading ››
Liquid Elements
new technology in poured seamless flooring
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While shopping at Unika Vaev last week with Connie Lee, I heard about a new poured floor covering called Liquid Elements, and my interested was … Continue Reading ››
Explaining the Design Process
Carl Lana of Beale-Lana Interior Design
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"As I think about my history in interior design, the things that have always been at the foundation of my work, my inspiration as it were, are history and culture."
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