tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post8332298861509565360..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: Baton Bob and Synonyms in DecorationBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-68038125170594342622014-09-30T17:15:00.824-04:002014-09-30T17:15:00.824-04:00Mrs S, thank you. My apologies for a late reply. I...Mrs S, thank you. My apologies for a late reply. I looked at every set of photographs "The Selby" had to offer and, frankly, was underwhelmed. There is very little on that site I find of interest but having said that it isn't, in my opinion, about interior design. <br /><br />Trawling flea markets and second-hand stores is not an activity I consider equates with being creative. <br /><br />I also wonder if creativity is possible given, as you say, the Tumblrfication of imagery. With so much to copy why look inside to what might satisfy the inner man or inner woman when all you have to do is go online and have your thinking done for you?Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-7857867996962131082014-09-30T10:18:04.866-04:002014-09-30T10:18:04.866-04:00home before dark, ArchitectDesign, Thomas, Mrs S,
...home before dark, ArchitectDesign, Thomas, Mrs S,<br /><br />I'd like to express an extra "thank you" to each of you for giving me more to think about – I'd like to think it will bear fruit in the upcoming weeks. Again, thank you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-85785344573213726512014-09-30T09:49:30.165-04:002014-09-30T09:49:30.165-04:00Thomas, thank you. My apologies for a late reply. ...Thomas, thank you. My apologies for a late reply. I know the decorator you refer to and his cohorts also – might even had had one in a classroom. Anything clone-like is always unsatisfying - even a white orchid. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-5574817708364006892014-09-30T09:42:11.072-04:002014-09-30T09:42:11.072-04:00ArchitectDesign, thank you and apologies for a lat...ArchitectDesign, thank you and apologies for a late reply. What a wonderful job you have – to be working with such clients. It's almost unimaginable nowadays that such a decorative scheme is not thought of as disposable and is still beloved after all this time. <br /><br />I read once that the woman who established McMillen, Inc, Eleanor McMillen, once she had decided on her decor did not change it except to renew worn-out textiles and to refresh paint. etc. She had got it right the first time. A remarkable attitude that could have little currency nowadays and only shows how exceptional she was, and your present-day clients are. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-15243462675157482362014-09-30T09:28:03.100-04:002014-09-30T09:28:03.100-04:00home before dark, thank you. My apologies for a la...home before dark, thank you. My apologies for a late reply but what with trying to find the right dog (greyhound, whippet or Italian greyhound), entertaining friends new in town, getting locked in strange buildings, and visiting show houses, I find I've had little time to concentrate. What's the old saying about the devil making work for idle hands? <br /><br />I totally agree with you – the globalization and if I might add, industrialization, of everything from decoration to deception has taken the individuality away from life. Uniformity rules – in the first world.<br /><br />I visited a show house in a newly-minted rural "community" this last weekend and found myself in a house drained of color. Absolutely dreadful! And the assumption that accessories solve problems of space planning seemed to be the most idiotic of all. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-61243007655055222122014-09-27T12:03:17.743-04:002014-09-27T12:03:17.743-04:00Imitation lends itself to appearing "off"...Imitation lends itself to appearing "off" or absurd. The eccentric English country house trope has been played out so many times and seems to have been condensed down to a Chesterfield sofa presided over by ungainly taxidermy. My hipster grandchildren, loathe to be called what they are, alas, subscribe to this overplayed trend in decorating their over-priced and tiny city apartments: Ottomans upholstered in Hudson Bay blankets (borrowed) from my closets, table tops choking with tarnished silver trophies for sports they cannot play, my mother's LV steamer trunk tarted up as a home bar, and the glass-eyed heads of hunted wildlife staring down(ironically, of course) at my anti-gun, anti-hunting namesakes.<br />I do enjoy those who can decorate in both an eccentric AND an original manner. Henry Davis Sleeper's "Beauport" in Gloucester, Massachusetts is a personal favorite in terms of lettering your creative freak flag fly. I am not so sure about today. With the Tumblrfication of images, is originality even possible?<br />What do you think of the alleged original creativity of the interiors of "TheSelby.com?<br />Mrs. S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-62611817021070698622014-09-26T14:10:41.036-04:002014-09-26T14:10:41.036-04:00I know the look of the girls you mentioned- A very...I know the look of the girls you mentioned- A very well known designer here in Atlanta who had to retire for health reasons lately had an office full of those girls- Absolutely interchangable- Indistinguishable from each other the exact same hair color and cut -same shoes- it was a bit disturbing-Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-40451086120165876802014-09-26T12:43:52.466-04:002014-09-26T12:43:52.466-04:00This house still looks great 50 years later and re...This house still looks great 50 years later and really isn't that what matters? Anything too 'trendy' seems unthought or even impractical and will need to be 'updated' again before being worn out through living.<br />I've never heard of the 'character' in the wedding dress but it really is quite happy making! I wish we had someone like that around here to catch site of.<br /><br />I'm working on a project right now where the clients had a muralist, who became like family to them, decorate THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR over a period of years with a fantasy of Italy and Classicism. 30 years later they still love it and are remodeling around the murals rather than move onto something more practical because they have become a part of it. THAT is successful decorating I would say. The very well known decorator they are working with, that I cannot name, is having to work around the murals without mimicking them and tie new spaces in the addition into the 'spirit' of the murals and is doing a very artful job. It's about 2 months from finishing and I am really excited about it. Nothing is trendy about the work but reflects not only the muralist and the new designer, but also the homeowners. THAT is the formula to a great room.ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-66321039414599459812014-09-26T12:10:04.896-04:002014-09-26T12:10:04.896-04:00I do so love it when you fall down the rabbit hole...I do so love it when you fall down the rabbit hole and take us along with you. As for fashion being act of extortion for acceptance, I got off that merry go round long ago. The globalization of decor, the speed of light sameness, has been rather astonishing to watch. All of these all white/neutral rooms with bookcases holding objects not books makes me nervous!<br /><br />Having a rather theatrical nature, I am always drawn to rooms that seem to be over most people's tops. I have been greatly influenced by set design. If life's a stage, you might as well play the part, no?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.com