ROOM ELEMENTS & DETAILS

WINDOWS & DRAPERY

Exquisite French lace curtains are pulled back with Swiss floral embroidered ribbon, which has been applied on top of a blue scalloped ribbon.

Matching Lee Jofa chintz and wallpaper, with a custom cornice. Note the second fabric and fringe applied to the valence, as a border.

Custom hand painted silk dupioni window cornice.

Matelasse lined with silk, with French antique brass holdbacks.

FABRICS

Seven different fabrics work well together, as they are all

in the same palette.

Toile fabric upholstered powder room walls.

LAMPS & SHADES

Silk chandelier shades with hand painted gold interiors produce a lovely, soft glow of light at night. Silk covered chain.

A South African vase was custom made into a lamp. The shade has a sheer coordinate to the headboard fabric. It is finished with Nina Campbell turquoise glass bead and silk trim.

This lampshade was embellished with ribbons and ruched trim. The base was painted to match.

An Italian antique putto lamp (one of a coordinating pair) with a custom shade covered in

Florentine marbled paper and silk fringe.

Chinese porcelain figurines (a woman and a man) have silk lampshades with hand ruched tops and bottoms.

Pleated sisk shades with diminutive gimp trimming.

Chinese parrot lamp in front of Brunschwig & Fils silk drapery.

Handmade Brunschwig & Fils silk border trimming on silk plaid.

Two different pompom trims (above and below).

Even the simplest white shade can be enhanced with sedate trims.

CEILINGS & WALLS

The ceiling of a masculine library was glazed to evoke the feeling of a cigar-smoke-stained gentlemen's club.

Cathedral ceiling of a Cape Cod breakfast room, painted as a rosy sunrise.

Antique framed portrait hung with hand dyed silk ribbon.

THROW PILLOWS

A hand painted boudoir pillow incorporates a scene from the toile wallpaper and fabric. Swiss embroidered ribbon edging on bench cushion

Silk pinstripe pillows, a hand painted boudoir pillow

and custom quilted floral fabric from Brunschwig & Fils

I love mixing fabrics for pillows.

I love plaids and florals together.

More mixed fabrics.

Two different Scalamandre fabrics, and their fabulous pleated ribbon trim (above and below).

Hand painted silk pillow with Scalamandre silk fringe.

A fun handpainted pillow for a teenage girl.

Grosgrain ribbon detailing


A woven ribbon pillow with white pique cording.

A brush fringe just makes this box pillow.

Custom cashmere monogram pillows were my gift to newlywed friends.

CUSTOM MONOGRAMS

Custom monogram with leafy letters

This monogram incorporates the French fleur-de-lys.

Both machine and hand embroidery grace this bedding.

 FRAMED ART & PHOTOS

Simple black silhouettes are a perfect foil for the mix of floral and plaid fabrics here.

MEMO BOARDS

I love using gorgeous fabrics for memo boards. I always secure the criss-crosses ribbons with something interesting, such as these little brass fleur-de-lys.

Upholstered memo wall in Kate's design atelier/office at Tranquility Lodge.

The entire wall was upholstered in fabric, and then the trim was added.

CHINA, SILVER & COLLECTIBLES

China and silver in a wall niche

Hand painted plates

Hand painted tiles with themes similar to the animals in the toile wallpaper.

Hand painted fire screen.

Please note that all of the photos in this post are of my own designs, and are copyrighted. They may be reproduced on other blogs, but I ask that you please give me credit, and link back here, when you do use them. Thank you!