HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

They say "the cobbler's children have no shoes" ... well in this instance this is certainly not the case! Ronda Rice Carman's new book Designers at Home, Personal Reflections on Stylish Living beautifully illustrates the intimate spaces of fifty leaders of design world. In my opinion, there is no space like that of your own home that says more about your personal style and aesthetic. That being said, we as designers, probably have a love/hate relationship with designing our own spaces. Our standards are exacting and sometimes (often) our taste preferences certainly exceed our pocketbooks (speaking for myself, of course). I remind my children frequently as they are complaining about my obsession with household details that I get paid good money to be OCD.

Our homes are our canvases on which we craft our art, so thank you Ronda for such a thoughtful glimpse into these extraordinarily talented designers' self-portraits!

  

Martyn Lawrence Bullard



 

Barry Dixon

Brad Ford

Steven Gambrel

India Hicks

Mary McDonald

Charlotte Moss

Christopher Spitzmiller

Vicente Wolf

THE WELCOMING HOUSE

For years we have been shopping at Circa, the fabulous store owned and operated by Jane Schwab and Cindy Smith of Circa Interiors in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now just out, their new book depicting the classic Southern interiors they are so well known for, The Welcoming House, The Art of Living Graciously by Rizzoli is full of their trademark timeless rooms. Southern charm at its very best abounds- always welcoming, always warm, always inviting with stunning photography by one of my favorite people Laura Resen! Congratulations girls!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG....

...or at least almost! The daffodils are up, the tulip trees are blooming and in Atlanta spring is truly the most spectacular time of the year. Carolyne Roehm's exquisite book Flowers encapsulates all the beauty the season has to offer in each and every sumptuous arrangement and vignette. There is nothing that transforms a room or a tabletop more than an elegant spray of flowers- c'est magnifique!

INSPIRED

Mood boards or inspiration boards in our industry are indispensable. We are enlisted on a daily basis to create a visual dialogue with our clients and actually more to the point, with ourselves, in an effort to stimulate the creative juices within us or inspire the people we are having a dynamic aesthetic discussion with via imagery.


We all draw from visual stimulation in our respective worlds and I for one never know where that "aha" moment may stem from and move my soul. These "boards" are to the designer much like the drawing is to the artist...the purest expression of self.

Be inspired!

Alexa Hampton- The Language of Interior Design

Clarkson Potter Publishers

Photos: Scott Frances

David Scott- Outside The Box

Pointed Leaf Press

Photos: Antoine Bootz

Charlotte Moss Decorates

Rizzoli

Photos: Pieter Estersohn

Inspired Styles

Assouline

Photos: Barbel Miebach

Barbara Barry, Michael Berman, Eric Cohler, David Easton, Thomas O'Brien, Candice Olson, Suzanne Rheinstein, Windsor Smith, Kelly Wearstler, Michael Weiss, Vincent Wolf