Kitchens Glorious Kitchens

The kitchen is the work area and heart of our homes. In the kitchen we cook, we eat, we talk. We often say our hellos and good byes.

This post isn't so much about how to layout your kitchen for function. This is about making your kitchen your own, visually and aesthetically.

Adding color, your color, makes that kitchen yours.

Kitchens Jonathan Adler

This bright, colorful kitchen was designed by Jonathan Adler. Jonathan's use of green, turquoise and yellow makes the room sing. The color is plentiful but not overwhelming.

Kitchens Blue Cabinets

The vibrant blue cabinets give this kitchen the jolt of color wanted by designer Christina Rottman. When you are confident of your color, go for it.

Kitchens Blue Walls

A small kitchen space can be just as wonderful as larger space. The Robin's egg blue on the walls gives this kitchen a spirited visual lift.

Kitchens Scalamandre' wallcovering

The eating area of this kitchen features the Scalamandre' wallcovering Baldwin Bamboo. I mentioned that pattern here a few posts ago. It is a wonderful wallcovering and a great way to add color. The designer for this kitchen is Ashley Whittaker.

Kitchens Decorative Painting

Designer Erin Martin's use of decorative painting on the walls and ceiling of this kitchen creates an outstanding effect of color and pattern. Beautiful

Leave a comment. Which look is your style?

photos from www.housebeautiful.com

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The Chicago 2010 Dream Home at the Merchandise Mart is glorious and ready to be seen by the world.

The sitting room was created with an opera star client in mind. Designers Monica Pedersen and Becky McCallum designed a brilliant room highlighted by the Scalamandre' hot pink velvet on the sofa.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The foyer of the Dream Home was designed by Summer Thornton. Summer found her inspiration in Alice In Wonderlandesque photos by Annie Leibovitz. A stunning entry to the Dream Home.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The dramatic dining room by Simeone Deary Design Group pays homage to the glamour of the Jazz Age. A beautiful tribute to a vibrant era.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The living room is that of an art collector. Designers Alex Jordan and Dan Smieszny created a setting filled with artifacts of their imagined client. The green walls are the perfect background to their natural palette.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The master bedroom by Jeannie Balsam is a study in grey with blasts of color. She has designed the room with a balance of feminine and masculine elements. This is a comfortable, luxurious bedroom.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

Tony Stavish designed a home office that is functional, comfortable, attractive and eco-friendly.

I especially like the mix of patterns and textures in this room.

Chicago 2010 Dream Home

The kitchen by Neff of Chicago features curved cabinetry made of exotic woods. An exceptional look in this exceptional Dream Home.

Which room is your favorite?

All photos from Chicago Sun Times Media

Designers Guild Barcelona Collection

The new Barcelona Collection from Designers Guild is bright, vivacious and bold. The printed fabrics showcase graphic modern flowers in fresh lively colors. Seeing the fabrics up close in the showroom adds a whole other level of appreciation for this dynamic collection.

www.designersguild.com

Designers Guild Pavilion Collection

The Pavilion Collection from Designers Guild reflects influences from the Brighton Pavilion. There are fusions of classical and exotic. The combinations include formal graphic elegance and floral Chinoiserie.

Designers Guild Pavilion Collection

The collection includes beautiful embroidered silks as well as printed silks. Each have exquisite details and an amazing range of colors. The showroom samples give the opportunity to view the full repeat of these lustrous patterns.

Designers Guild Pavilion Collection

The collection also includes a graphic architectural pattern on linen and a printed silk with the look of a hand drawing.

The Pavilion Collection is stunning.

Leave a comment. I'd like to know what you think of these fabrics.

The Colors Of Spring

Spring brings a burst of bountiful colors. The most exuberant of these colors can be found at an elementary school's Spring Musical Program.

The Colors Of Spring

A production of Bugz by John Jacobson and John Higgins was performed by first graders in costumes as bees, lady bugs, ants and one stink bug!

There is a great variety of color, pattern and texture bursting from the stage. Spring at its very best.

The Colors Of Spring

The same students were also the set designers. They created the butterflies and dragonflies in the background. It was an amazing use of color and pattern. Stunning Beautiful Wonderful

The patterns created on the butterflies are brilliant bursts of color.

The look of paisley was painted on more than one happy butterfly.

Spring is here.

Stray Dog Designs

More delightful light fixtures from Stray Dog Designs. First the Little Debbie Sconce. The blue and green color combination is perfect and pretty. The fixture is hand cut and shaped from recyclable tin. Little Debbie is 20"high X 11" wide.

Next is the Alice Pendant. The buds and blooms on the bright green background are delightfully charming. This fixture is handmade on recyclable tin. The Alice Pendant is 18" high X 18"diameter.

www.straydogdesigns.com

Stray Dog Designs

Each variation of the drum light fixture is enchanting. The brown stripes, the solid pink or the pink stripes makes a great choice for a fun, whimsical light. Each drum fixture is 17" high X 16"deep.

www.straydogdesigns.com

Lovely Light Fixtures

The Wanderlust chandelier is made of hand blown glass balls. The spiral shape is 43" high and 20" in diameter. This contemporary chandelier in a silver leaf finish would add a dramatic effect to a high ceilinged entry.

Chandelier from Currey and Co.

Lovely Light Fixtures

The graceful Bella Luna chandelier is 16" deep and 26" high. It has a silver toned finish on wrought iron. I recently used this in a powder room. It was the perfect addition to the space.

Chandelier from Currey and Co.

Lovely Light Fixtures

The Tartufa is a great modern look for a chandelier. It is 20" deep and 22"high. The hammered metal circles are covered in an antique silver finish.

Chandelier from Currey and Co.

Lovely Light Fixtures

Lighting adds so much to a room. This Candy Stripe Pendant from Stray Dog Designs would be wonderful in a breakfast area or over a game table in a family room. The combination of painted stripes and blue glass finial add a whimsical element.

Light fixture from Stray Dog Designs

Habitat For Humanity

Thursday April 15 is Shopping Day at Target for the Habitat For Humanity Project. If you would like to participate I will be at the Target in Brentwood from 5-7pm. Purchases can be made from the list of items needed for the Habitat Homes. I am working on House Two. Hope to see you April 15.