Colorful and unexpected, the Queen Anne style, popular in America from the 1880’s to about 1905, was used for houses, churches, public buildings and commercial blocks.
Key identifiers of this style include asymmetrical building forms, richly textured wall surfaces, and multi-colored paint schemes. Unpredictable window sizes and spacing, bay windows, towers, gable screens, elaborate woodwork, porches [...]
For those who truly crave the essence of light, this luminous palette will create an endless spring, indoors. Treat yourself to this pale, organic collection when you wish to cultivate tranquility and serenity in any room. For best effect, pair it with pale, white, or light woods, and of course, sunshine and flowers.
Lately we are seeing a trend toward fun in large and small ways we are striking out undaunted by the past and hopeful for the future and the trends in home décor are reflecting our needs for delight and surprise once again. What we have seen at the Milan Furniture Show [Salone Internazionale del Mobile] [...]
This archetypal palette of layered organic neutrals is dramatically reinvented with the introduction of a grounding charcoal base. All rooms can use a few black accents for drama, be it lamps, wrought iron, or picture frames… so, why not an entire wall? Try a feature wall in its deep-of-night charcoal, and to do it justice, [...]
Throughout the 18th century, unique variations on the Colonial house type evolved throughout North America.
Colonial homes typically reflected the pragmatic needs of the region in which they were located and utilized local materials such as stone, brick, and wood. The simplicity of the Colonial vocabulary, including slender, multi-paned windows, numerous chimneys, pediment-ed dormers, and paneled [...]
Light, science & decor to balance your hormones…Raise or Lower your Ceilings with Color can make all the difference.
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first
time.” T.S. Eliot “Little Gidding”
As designers, architects, and DIYers, we [...]
The adobe structures of the Pueblo Indians are the oldest surviving architectural forms to have a substantial impact on the character of regional building in the Southwest.
Beginning in the late 19th century, European settlers brought the architectural traditions that have since evolved into New Mexico’s five predominant styles. Mission Revival (1890-1930) was derived from the [...]
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