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Issue 44
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Romantic Homes
November 2011
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Large Floral Trail in Blue and Green on White (VL9017) from Taramia by Antonina Vella Designs; Alessa
in Pink, Yellow and Green (CM2305) from Dolce Vita by Antonina Vella Designs; Teahouse Parthenon in
Blue (AR7425) from Archives II by Ronald Redding Designs; Leone in Metallic Silver on Mustard
(GM1256) from Contempo by Antonina Vella Designs
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Extreme Makeover Home
Edition, Episode #903, Rucker
family, Madison, Georgia
October 9, 2011
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HGTV Canada “Summer Home”
Honeymoon Suite Episode
August 24, 2011
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Candice Olson Dimensional Surfaces CX 1200 Metallic Cork
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HGTV Canada “Summer Home”
Parental Unit Episode
August 6, 2011
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We Budget Style
A modest budget need not cramp your style. Cash in on penny-wise ideas and clever DIY projects to
craft a bedroom that’s all about you.
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Do It Yourself
Winter 2011
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Wallpaper dresser drawers: from the Francesca series of the Antonina Vella collection; yorkwall.com.
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Wallpaper framed above mantel –Leaf Stripe in Yellow (AC6072) from Ashford House Designs’ “By the
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Wallpaper framed above mantel – Grata in Green (CM2381) from Antonina Vella Designs’ “Dolce Vita”
Collection and Leaf Stripe in Yellow (AC6072) from Ashford House Designs’ “By the Sea” Collection, both
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Corset wallpaper from Stacy Garcia Luxury Wallpapers, York Wallcoverings
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Extreme Makeovers
We gave six of our favorite design bloggers a dated piece of furniture and a challenge: Reimagine
it as something fresh and fabulous. You’ll love what they did.
Wallpaper – Roses from the Bella Rosa collection in Taupe on Robin’s Egg #LS6165
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Extreme Makeovers
We gave six of our favorite design bloggers a dated piece of furniture and a challenge: Reimagine
it as something fresh and fabulous. You’ll love what they did.
Wallpaper: Giacomo from the Dolce Vita collection in yellow #CM2376 by Antonina Vella – York
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Extreme Makeovers
We gave six of our favorite design bloggers a dated piece of furniture and a challenge: Reimagine
it as something fresh and fabulous. You’ll love what they did.
Wallpaper – Celia from the Dolce Vita collection in green on white #CM2365 by Antonina Vella.
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Entertainment Center
A stylist turns her expert eye on her unfinished walk-out basement, transforming
the wide-open space into a cool hangout for the whole family.
Paintable textured wallcovering for accent wall – Diamond S Curve Dado #PT1871 – York
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Shimmer and Shine
Company's coming. Get your kitchen and bath ready for the holidays by adding a touch of bling.
Better Homes & Gardens
Kitchen & Bath Makeovers
Winter 2011
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Creator’s Syndicate “Decor
Score” national column
Winter 2011
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Q: Our apartment is on the dark side,
your walls. Other new wallpapers are
East Side mansion overflows with
literally. We face the wall of the building
dusted with mica chips, glass beads, even
inspiration for holidays of all sorts, from
next door, so the living room stays in
Swarovski crystals so they sparkle and
Christmas and Halloween to Mother’s Day
constant shadow. We tried to compensate
shimmer in the light.
and birthdays.
light beige upholstery. But it is still too
Many patterns are subtle, often monotone,
New Year’s Eve is especially bright as
dark. Do you have any other suggestions?
the better to play up the reflective
rethought by designer Andreea Avram
surfaces. In this glimmering living room, a
Rusu. “New Years is a nighttime thing, so
A: It was wise of you to apply the physics
raised print design of curlicues is defined
lighting is important,” she explained. Her
of color to your problem, a solution you’ll
with recycled sand and metallic accents.
room at the Holiday House is wrapped in
find in many professional designers’ bags
The sand is applied with nontoxic glue
dark wallpaper and handwashed with gold
of tricks. They know that color can work
and clear-coated for durability, according
so it sparkles in the light of two
visual magic, raising and lowering ceilings,
to the spokesperson for the manufacturer,
chandeliers she made herself of brass and
stretching the size of a room and changing
York Wallcoverings. (For more about the
stainless discs, Swarovski crystals and
its mood. Ditto for slick and shiny surfaces
“Eva” print from the Venezia Collection
semi-precious stones. “I wanted it to look
that reflect light and lift spirits, like a
by Antonia Vella Designs, go to yorkwall.
like exploding confetti,” Andreea
glossy paint, mirrors, crystals and chrome.
com.)
explained.
Now you can add wallcoverings to the list
Other bright ideas are illuminating
No need to wait till New Year’s to
of enlighteners. The cool news from the
designer rooms in the 2011 Holiday House
enlighten your own home life. Resolve
wallcoverings industry is about wallpapers
in New York through Dec. 11. Presented
now to brighten up the dark side with a
printed in translucent metallic and
by Traditional Home magazine to benefit
little glitter, gilt and glo
pearlescent inks that add quiet shine to
Susan G Koman for the cure, the Upper
by lightening the wood floors and using
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Forget Cars: Park Your Guests in the Garage
Q: Are we crazy to think of converting our
tubing is another option (learn more at
In a power room opening off that hall, he
garage into a guesthouse — maybe a
Hardwoodinfo.com).
suggests, "something punchy on the walls,"
perhaps an over-scaled pattern that repeats
"granny suite"? It has a cathedral ceiling,
colors from the hallway paper.
concrete slab floor and opens into the
Architect Arleta Chang also designed a
back garden, which is nice. We just need
cozy bookcase alcove for the Murphy bed
some encouragement. Plus some ideas,
and used wide, white-painted wood
"It's not so that a small room demands a
like what to do about the stained concrete
moldings to bring the soaring ceiling
small pattern only," he says, shattering a
floor; should we cover it with hardwood or
down to more human size. The kitchen
persistent bit of conventional thinking.
ceramic tile?
and bath, unseen in this photo, make the
See what Redding and York Wallcoverings
new space totally independent; an
are up to lately at www.yorkwall.com.
A: Encouragement is easy: with the
added-on porch in front makes it open to
American home officially shrinking —
communication with the main house.
goodbye McMansions, hello smaller
footprints — everyone is scrambling for
Another great resource for your endeavor:
more usable space.
an insightful — and inspiring — book
called "Garage," by Kira Obolensky.
(We're not alone: according to a recent
news story in the U.K.'s Daily Mail, some
Its 262 colorful pages also live up to its
wealthy Londoners are digging really deep
subtitle, "Reinventing the Place We Park."
for more living room — both into their
pockets and below the basements of their
Q: What should we do with a long hallway
townhouses.)
that connects the front entry to the
kitchen? It opens into the living room
Garages are high on the hit list for
through an archway and into the guest
American families looking for extra space.
bath before it gets to the kitchen. If we
You're looking into one in the photo we
paint the hall one color — we're thinking
show here, used by Author Michael
of a warm yellow — do we have to use that
Litchfield to illustrate his useful new
yellow in the other rooms that open off
book, "Inlaws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats
the hall?
— Your Guide to Turning One House into
Two Homes."
A: Nice, but not necessary. An accessory
here or there should be tie-in enough.
Thanks to the exposed rafters, light and
airy color scheme, the garage feels more
Were we talking about wallpapering that
like a bed and breakfast than a place once
hall, however, top designer Ronald
meant for parking. The homeowners now
Redding has a formula to share. Redding
park their weekend visitors there; in the
is the award-winning design director for
future, it may be home, long-term, to a
York Wallcoverings (whom we interviewed
family member, who will find the new
last week), and he knows how to make the
space warm, cozy and welcoming.
utmost of a wallpaper's pattern and color.
Built into the new concrete, they had
In a hallway, he says, avoid busy patterns.
poured on top of the existing slab, there's
Opt instead for a stripe, say, something
radiant heating beneath the green slate
tone-on-tone that eases your passage. "A
floor. Hardwood over radiant heating
hall is a thoroughfare," Redding reminds.
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A touch of class: Cool Stuff
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October 29, 2011
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“Pucker Up Buttercup” by York Wallcoverings smacks of fun design. The pattern is
made up of sketches reminiscent of Gibson Girls, some with ruby-red lips that catch
the eye. The wallcoverings are made from renewable resources and contain low
VOCs. $104 per double roll at Interiors & Extras, 324 Metairie Road, Metairie
Wall coverings with texture -- truly tactile or trompe l'oeil – can make a simply furnished or
small room extra interesting. These papers and decals will appeal to minimalists and those with
petite spaces, or anyone with a too-bare stretch of wall.
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P R O M O T IO N
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NATURAL
Feast on
these earth
tones.
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ORDER
Birds of a Feather
Layer these feather
necklaces to give any
outfit a strong, yet
delicate free spirit.
$45–$64 at Maverick
Fine Western Wear,
Fort Worth, 800-282-1315.
Midas Touch | A portion
of the proceeds from
Raven and Lily’s leather
leaf earrings benefit
women in need. $22 at
ravenandlily.com.
Animal Instincts | Hunter and Deer, an unsigned
oil on canvas housed in a carved wood frame,
showcases warm, rich texture and color. $27,600
at Wilson Street Gallery, Fulshear, 281-533-0404.
Rock Star | This Chinese
Gypsum Calcite lamp by
Katy Briscoe Home is like
jewelry for the home. $5,000
at Longoria Collection,
Houston, 713-621-4241.
Luxe Layers | Cozy
up in this Peter Nygard
textured faux fur collar
jacket without breaking
the bank. $159 at Dillard’s,
dillards.com.

Time Machine
Count down to
fall with this green
and gold Timex
Easy Reader.
$60 at Nordstrom,
nordstrom.com.

Buckle Up | Note the detail on
this sterling silver hand-engraved
alligator buckle set by Horst
Schrader. $695 at Pinto Ranch
Fine Western Wear, Houston and
Dallas, 800-393-8001.
Reptile Style | Ronald Redding’s
wall coverings get eco-chic, made
with renewable resources and
water based inks. $67 per roll at
yorkwall.com.
Pure Glow | Give winter
skin a radiant glow
with Estée Lauder's
Pure Color Illuminating
Powder Gelee. $30 at
Estée Lauder counters,
esteelauder.com.
HotList-1111.indd 4
Python
(NT8988) from Ronald Redding’s Natural Instincts Collection
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Putting the Kitsch in Kitchens
Lemons are the theme of this other Bistro
750 pattern, which also is available in
black and lime green on white as well as
rust and yellow on white.
Another very retro and colorful pattern is
Kitchen Contours, which features a
collection of useful kitchen tools available
in white on black (KB8593); white on teal
(KB8590); white on beige (KB8591); white
on canary yellow (KB8595); white on
salmon (KB8596); silver on white
Kitchen Contours is just one pattern in
the Bistro 750 collection from York.
(KB8598); white on ruby red (KB8599);
and white on lime (KB8600).
Vintage in feel yet thoroughly modern,
the patterns serve up an easy way to
update a kitchen without the cost of a full
remodel ... truly some food for thought!
For more information on this and other
collections, visit www.yorkwall.com.
Lemons are the theme of this other
Bistro 750 pattern, which also is
available in black and lime green on
white as well as rust and yellow on
white.
Place settings of silverware whimsically
grace Silverware with Damask, another
pattern in Bistro 750.
Kitchens have become sooo serious of late.
cooks up all its designs, Bistro 750 is a
Maybe it's the popularity of gourmet TV
savory mix of novelty designs depicting
shows. celebrity chefs and space-age
fanciful fruit, cutlery, kitchen utensils and
appliances, but many kitchens in the last
coffee cups. Colorways in the collection
few years have become less warm and cozy
encompass avocado, mustard and salmon
and more like sleek and severe shrines to
grounded with peppery blacks and salty
haute cuisine.
whites.
However, kitchens don't have to feel as
A prime example is Silverware with
stressful as an episode of "Iron Chef." They
Damask, a graphic rendering of a flatware
can be as happy as any other room in the
setting. The pattern is available in putty,
house, suggests York Wallcoverings which
white and stainless steel on red (KB8566);
has put the fun back in kitchens with its
stainless steel, white and black on ivory
new “Bistro 750” collection.
(KB8567); teal, white and lime on ivory
(KB8568); and stainless steel, white and
Named after York's 750 Linden Street
headquarters in York, Penn., where it
taupe on charcoal (KB8569).
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BHG Décor
Fall-Winter 2011
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Edda CM2341 from AVD Dolce Vita
Marianna TX5369 from AVD Francesca
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Congas STG2027N from Stacy Garcia Traveler
Priscilla TX5399 from AVD Francesca
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Ring It In
I just love having my friends and family over to help ring in the New Year. To keep things
simple, I like to set up a hearty spread of appetizers that everyone ca graze from all night long.
By filling my menu with plenty of dishes that I can make ahead—like most of the recipes in this
chapter—I have plenty of time to enjoy my guests. This little entertaining trick also gives me
time to make sure I catch Michael under the mistletoe a few times, too.
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This is wallpaper? Trends incorporate faux
treatments, glittering jewels and 3-D effects
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leafy texture from Graham & Brown, can be
hung in its pure white state or painted to
your color scheme (www.grahambrown.com/
us/index).
And to get truly interactive with your
wallpaper try "Frames: Black & White" by
Graham & Brown artists Taylor & Wood.
The lively pattern of whimsical geometrics
encourages doodling, piecemeal painting and
ever-changing displays of keepsakes and small
family photos.
Bling's the thing
Wallpaper gets glamorous with
Candice Olson Dimensional Surfaces
Collection
Mystic Vine GC0857 from Stacy Garcia
Luxury Wallpapers
enhancements like metallic shine, lacquer
Celebrities reinvent themselves all the time,
beaded-black).
Candice Olson Dimensional Surfaces
so why not a design element that has graced
Modern wallpapers are also replicating
enhances papers with glass, sand and metallic
walls since the days of ancient Rome? Playing
traditional woods. From Wallpaper
thread, while offerings like "Mystic Vine"
second fiddle to plaster and paint since the
Collective, "Scrapwood," designed by Dutch
from Stacy Garcia Luxury Wallpapers buff
'90s, wallpaper is shaking things up in the
designer Piet Hein Eek, captures the look of
up a botanical theme with embedded glass
design world again with curiously inviting
old, distinctly colored vertical planks
beads (www.yorkwall.com). Maya Romanoff
surfaces, tone-on-tone patterns, surprising
(wallpapercollective.com/designers/
specializes in designing exotic wall coverings
color schemes and sparkling embellishments.
piet-hein-eek/scrapwood.html). Meanwhile,
from paper that feels like leather (www.
Here, three top trends:
masonry and the look of a well-loved library
mayaromanoff.com). This year's True Paper
comes from "Bookshelf," a clever offering of
Croc, embossed with a crocodile pattern and
Traditional, with a twist
Basildon Wallpapers' Special Effects
lacquered with latex for durability and gloss,
Traditional patterns look new in fresh color
collection (www.wallpaperandborders.co.uk).
comes in gleaming hues like a crimson Ruby
and even crystals. At York Wallcoverings,
Roo and a popular Saddle Brown.
palettes. "Blue Mountain" from SherwinWilliams reinvents a classic damask in
Artistic applications
chocolate on turquoise (www.sherwin-
Modular wall coverings -- available with
Swarovski Elements takes things a step
williams.com/do_it_yourself/wallpaper),
intricately carved wood, metal, vinyl and
further by embedding crystals in several
while Cole & Son gives mauve and orange
even leather panels -- are also springing up in
wallpaper patterns (www.swarovski-elements.
hues to vaguely familiar patterns in its Classic
paper formats. Mioculture's modular,
com/wallpaper). "Plume" depicts velvet-
Exotic Flock line. (www.cole-and-son.com) At
recycled paper-form collections are available
flocked ostrich feathers against a solid
Farrow & Brown, the Broccato Papers
in styles with names like "Flow," "Ripple" and
backdrop styled with a metallic leather effect,
collection's lavender "Crivelli Rose" renews a
"Acoustic Weave" (mioculture.com).
then puts the finishing touch with tiny
brocaded design of oak-tree plumes, acorns,
Designers Jaime Salm and Kris Daniel
Cabochon pearls and Xilion crystals on the
roses and trellising (us.farrow-ball.com), and
created the lightweight 3-D wallpaper tiles on
quills. And for those on a budget, Design
at Stark Wallcovering, "Lace, Beaded Black,"
the theory that two dimensions simply aren't
Your Wall's Glitter Collection offers options
created by British textile and wallpaper
enough, and DIYers can rotate and paint
like "Iridescent Paisley Damask" and
designer Jocelyn Warner, pays tribute to
individual tiles for unique results.
"Iridescent Reflective Green Stripes"
broderie anglaise lace with a graphic
black-on-white interpretation of it (www.
Paintable papers have also come on strong
jocelynwarner.com/products/wallpaper/lace/
this year. "Eden," a paintable paper with a
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