THESE STONES AIN'T ROLLING

RATHER, THEY ARE SET IN STYLE.  HIGH STYLE, THAT IS.  THE HIGHEST! VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS!

WHAT A DAZZLING AND BREATHTAKING EXHIBIT THE SMITHSONIAN / COOPER-HEWITT PRESENTS.  THE JEWELRY WAS AND IS MADE FOR THE DEEPEST OF POCKETS - -PRINCESS DIANA, PRINCESS OF MONOCO, GRETA GARBO, ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

THE Interior Design BUZZ PHRASE " JEWEL  TONES" UNDOUBTEDLY DREW INSPIRATION FROM HERE.  SAPPHIRES, RUBIES, EMERALDS & DIAMONDS, ALL COMBINED INTO MAGICAL ONE-OF-A-KIND TREASURES.

OH, DESIGNERS - -WHAT ONE COULD DO IN A POWDER ROOM OR DRESSING ROOM WITH THIS IN MIND!

I WANNA TAKE YOU HIGHER ! To the HighLine, that is!

YES, I DO!  So get yourself to the HIGHLINE - 10th Ave & 16th Street & be prepared for some wonderful surprises.  From 16th street proceed north.  The new section, 20th street to 30th street, just opened 2 weeks ago & in many ways surpasses the original.  URBAN GRIT MEETS PASTORAL FOLLY :)  all combined seamlessly, magically.  Nature as shown in the plantings - wild, yet exotic varieties- yellows, lavenders, ivories, many reds and oranges.  As for the man made dare I use the word varied "textures" abound.  Steel both silver & rusted, carved & sculpted wood, running-water-sidewalks / green green grass- - imaginative and unexpected vignettes unfold before you every two blocks.  Proceeding north & ending at 30th Street you reach a raw chain link fence, an abrupt end.  But you know there will be more; to 40th Street we hope!
INTERIOR DESIGNERS take heed: Color, Pattern & Asymmetry are all here for fresh inspiration.

Art & Designed Interiors!

This season I just can't seem to get enough of multi - color.  It must be fueled by the tropical fruits and Italian ices all around.  Again- - - this week see this beautiful composition by a young contemporary artist.  At HIDDEN PICTURES 764 Madision Avenue is a small yet stunning collection featuring emerging artists aged 21-31.  Any one of the works could not only be hung in a room; it could also serve as a basic inspiration for an INTERIOR.  These colors, lines and atmospheres would make great starting places for any imaginative DECORATOR !  

KANDINSKY KAN DO *** your home palette!

As Part Two to last week's MOMA entry....Color, it seems, is being rediscovered.  Look at this mix-meister's compostion. COLORS WITH COLORS YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT!  The unlikely muses for inspiration harken to FRESH PRODUCE - -Eggplant, Peppers, Watermelon.   Any one of them beautiful!  2 together - - -Great!  3 together - - -can truly be an Artful Mix.  Coincidence how today's AM New York newspaper featured "Color Blocking" on the runways.  These colors could well have been from Kandinsky's "Landscape with Factory Chimney" circa 1910, pictured here.  What's old is new again!

These days the colors used in INTERIOR DESIGN no longer trail those used in CLOTHING DESIGN.  Thanks to media & communication they are running in tandem.
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So COLORS - Paint with them, Wear them & Love them!

A TWISTER? A TORNADO? THIS SHOW'S AN UPHEAVAL!

"THE GREAT UPHEAVAL". TO BE EXACT.  THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM JUST HOSTED A STAGGERING EXHIBIT FEATURING REVOLUTIONARY ART BY CHAGALL, DELAUNAY, KANDINSKY, LEGER, MALEVICH, PICASSO & MORE!  PICTURED HERE ARE MONDRIAN'S "SUMMER"(aune in Zeeland) AND KANDINSKY'S "BLUE MOUNTAIN".

AT A LOSS FOR A HOME COLOR SCHEME?  LOOK NO FURTHER.  AMAZING HOW WHAT WAS GREAT IN 1910-1918 IS STILL....GREAT!

BLOGFEST 2011 - THEY'RE HERE!!

THEY CAME FROM ONTARIO, THEY CAME FROM NOVA SCOTIA - THEY EVEN CAME FROM NEW YORK! YES THE BLOGGERS ARE HERE, OUT IN FORCE FOR 2 DAYS.  AT 200 LEXINGTON NYDC I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING A TOUR GROUP THROUGH SEVERAL SHOWROOMS AND THE ORIGINAL RESTORED 1926 HALLWAY ON THE 12TH FLOOR. WORLD CLASS SHOWROOMS, WORLD CLASS PRODUCT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR BLOGS OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS! 

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE aka A FAST REPUTATION

NOT ONLY HAD THEY BEEN AROUND THE  BLOCK - -

 THESE  EXOTIC BEAUTIES CAME FROM AROUND THE WORLD - -

SURPRISE SURPRISE MANY FROM ITALY - -OF COURSE YOU HAD TO PAY THE PRICE TO ENTER - -BUT EVERYONE AGREED A THING OF BEAUTY (as in interior design) IS A JOY FOREVER. 
For the last 8 days the Javits Center was taken over by red hot creations from around the globe THE AUTO SHOW!
SMALL WONDER THE VOYEUERS- IN- THE- KNOW PRACTICALLY HAD TO BE DRAGGED AWAY SO OTHERS COULD SEE - -THE MASERATIS, LAMBORGHINIS, BUGATTIS - -ASTON MARTINS, BENTLEYS, ROLLS ROYCES even lowly JAGUARS!
Designers all share a well known creed:  Inspiration comes from anywhere. Thank you to all the wonderfully sculpted bodies &  the marvelously shaped headlights / forward thinking!  Can't wait 'til 2012!