Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Summer Cottage Book Giveaway

By Decorati | Published: June 29, 2010

This week’s book giveaway features The Summer Cottage: Retreats of the 1000 Islands by Kathleen Quigley, Photography by James Scherzi. Thanks to our friends at Rizzoli, one lucky reader will win a free copy of this wonderful design book. “Cherished cottages are passed down through generations or purchased by those taken at first sight while cruising the river.  The [...]

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Sporty Traditional: Joseph Kremer

By Decorati | Published: June 29, 2010

Keep reading to learn how designer Joseph Kremer creates traditional, timeless spaces with ease that incorporate modern functionality and technology for today’s living. How would you describe your design style? Sporty traditional – but getting more modern. I like to use beautiful things in my work and try to stay current, but not too much [...]

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Color in the Streets of Paris

By Decorati | Published: June 24, 2010

By Susan Serra CKD, Decorati Contributing Guest Blogger and author of The Kitchen Designer blog. I just returned from a vacation in Paris. Having done no research beforehand except to find an apartment to rent, I wanted to go to Paris with as few expectations as possible outside of my lifelong perceptions. I wished to [...]

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The Elegant Balance: Irwin Weiner

By Decorati | Published: June 22, 2010

Keep reading to learn how designer Irwin Weiner creates balanced, timeless interiors that are complete in record time using new media. What makes a particular design last? It’s a sense of the unexpected combined with a reference to what we’re familiar with already. Taking classical architecture and using it for day-to-day use like Palladio’s 15th [...]

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Luxuries in Light: James Beebe Hawes

By Decorati | Published: June 15, 2010

Keep reading to learn how James Beebe Hawes of Virgina based design firm Caldwell- Beebe creates “effortless, unstudied, and natural” spaces infused with global inspiration and just the right hue of paint. What do you do, or where do you go, for inspiration? We all get flat from time to time – design burnout I [...]

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Why Were Some Interior Designers Busy in 2009 While Others Were Not?

By Decorati | Published: June 11, 2010

Starting in 2007, the market for interior designers turned into quicksand. The credit markets tightened, and projects that typically went to designers were brought in-house both residentially and commercially. HGTV and the Internet created more competitors in the middle of the market from the consumers themselves, and frankly, for most designers, those weren’t and aren’t [...]

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The Art of Comfort: Jessica Dauray

By Decorati | Published: June 8, 2010

Keep reading to learn how designer Jessica Dauray of Elements of Style Interiors Inc. creates classic, cozy, and comfortable interiors inspired by the country’s furniture capital, North Carolina. How did you become interested in interior design? I have been decorating for as long as I can remember. Growing up in New Canaan CT, I spent a [...]

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Win a Free Copy of The Great Lady Decorators

By Decorati | Published: June 8, 2010

This week’s book giveaway features The Great Lady Decorators by Adam Lewis, Foreword by Bunny Williams. Thanks to our friends at Rizzoli, one lucky reader will win a free copy of this wonderful design book. The first book to fully survey the complete history on the subject of the legendary lady designers working from 1870’s through the [...]

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The Playful Modernist: Bruce Bierman

By Decorati | Published: June 1, 2010

Learn how RISD trained Bruce Bierman creates modern, crisp spaces that are livable, functional, and push the envelope of design. How did you become interested in interior design? Who were your mentors in the early days? While studying architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, I found myself drawn to the interiors rather than [...]

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