Designers Guild ~ Cabochon collection

"Egg and Dart"

I used this "egg and dart" border as the cornice in a recent bathroom renovation. It is a plaster moulding in an egg-shape followed by an arrow or dart. Egg and dart is an ornamental neo-classical moulding widely used in the 18th century and obviously originally in classical Greek architecture. The mouldings can be made from wood, stone, plaster or pressed metal.

One of my Favourite Designers Guild Collections ~ Arabella

The Orsetti trims from Designers Guild are so beautiful and I love using them. The attention to detail is exqusite. Different textures, fabric, shapes and colour palette allows for the definition of the individual.

A suggested back-cover for my book.....am still working on it.

Some beautiful shoes! From the Marie Antoinette film. I could wear these shoes now ~ the 18th century was so fashionable.The yellow ones are my favourite .........

"Bathroom renovations" ~ use of calacutta marble on the horizontal surfaces of the bath and vanity give a sleek feel and the mozaic vertical surface lends itself to perhaps a more classic European feel. The Plaza Hotel in New York has just done a massive renovation on its private residences and used the mozaic tile which I feel adds a beautiful contrast to the vast expanse of a full slab of marble. I have used the two contrasting surfaces with restraint and then done the floor and shower recess in calacutta tiles 30 x 30's. The bath and basins are by Villeroy and Boch.

Christmas 2009 with pictures! We had a wonderful day with all the trimmings - the turkey was enormous. I did the table setting in a silver/green/white theme with some pastel lilac and pink thrown into the mix. I sprinkled the cloth with silver star scatters to give a festive ethereal feel and had a beatiful flower arrangement for the centre.

Christmas 2009!

This is a picture of my bedhead with some gorgeous monogrammed cushions and of course a bedroom is never complete without pale pink roses and green Irish bell! Am just starting to post some pictures of my work which will eventually go into my book ~ hopefully one day it might be published! Bedhead is in the style of Louis 16th .

Love this exquisite creation by Laduree............