Saturday, January 30, 2010

Designers Guild ~ Cabochon collection


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"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.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

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.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010


A suggested back-cover for my book.....am still working on it.
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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 .........
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Friday, January 15, 2010




"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.
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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.
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Christmas 2009!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

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