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Trending - Oriental Blue for Interior Accents

Entrance hall - Milan Italy | House & Garden
Strong powerful colour shades can be a beautiful addition to a space, but knowing when to stop is key. Applying shades like oriental blues or 'Yve Klein' blue with experience and restraint can be elegant and polished, but go to far and you end up with vulgarity. Avoid so-called 'accent walls' and add your favorite colours with artworks.

Escultura de acero inoxidable de Aldo Chaparro
The new trends and forecasts are all about the colour blue. The brighter the better! But limit yourself and invest in mostly long-lasting pieces that you love with just a sprinkle of 'now' items that can be easily edited in and out.

Jacques Majorelle - Berber Painting
Tuareg, Niger © Victor Englebert
Peacock Pavilions in Marrakesh
Yve Klein Blue painting

Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech

People aren't going to dig you or get you, but this isn't your problem.

"see with your tongue"

People aren't going to dig you or get you, 
but this isn't your problem. 

You can't own it or accept it. 
It's just their decision, and they're wrong. 

Maybe they'll be right another time, and they'll get you. 
So don't get mad. Just smile and leave and walk home knowing they're wrong. They didn't get you today. 
They'll get you on one of the tomorrows. 

Their decision is not your problem, and it is not your truth. Just keep working and walking toward your goals. And tell yourself you'll be fine. 

Borrow money. Give money when you have it. 
Be a shoulder. Be a friend. Get there. 

Believe only the best of yourself and others. 
We're all gonna get there.


Ruth GordonInterview with James Grissom 1984

Icon-Baby Loves Islamic Inlay Furniture

Icon-Baby LOVES Inlay furniture
1.  Late 19th Century Syrian Inlaid Chest of Drawers   2.  Beautiful mother-of-pearl mirror hand made in Damascus   3.  x-leg stool from antiques-indian   4.  Mirror from Emporium Home   5. Ottoman in ebony teak ivory-bone-mother-of-pearl bijouterie table


Islamic inlaid furniture developed for the most part during the 19th century when Europeans went on the grand tour and the orientalist movement flourished. Prior to that, Islamic furniture consisted pretty much of low seating along the walls, boxes containing dowery textiles and niches in walls for display of precious things. 

Once Europe and the Islamic world started to influence each other, workshops in Istambul, Aleppo, Damascus and Cairo started to produce European style furniture such as cupboards, chairs and glass door cabinets and to decorate them in Islamic style. The ornamentation is based upon arabesques, florals, geometrics and calligraphy. The designs were applied by two methods - inlay work where the mother of pearl, bone and ivory pieces were planted into the wood and marquetry where the pieces were laid like a veneer on top of the wood. 



Mother-of-Pearl furniture

Amrita Sher-Gil photographed in autochrome by her father Umrao Singh Sher-Gil in 1924 
Serendipy
Icon-Baby loves bone inlay furniture
Icon-Baby loves Bone-inlaid furniture (Windsor Smith)
Orientalist Painter Lawrence Alma Tadema drawing room -1887.   Inlaid Syrian chest.
Mother-of-Pearl inlay vanity and vintage mirror

Trending - Blue shades for fashion accessories

Icon-Baby | Trending - cool blues for accessories
1. Elie Saab  2. Creneaux Bracelet, circa 1928, by René Lalique   
3. Brahmin   4. Melbourne Collection Duxbury Croco-Embossed Satchel   5. Creneaux Bracelet, circa 1928, by René Lalique  
6. Paula Cademartori blue suede Thea bootie  7. Tory Burch, Robinson zip tote.

ELLE BRAZIL - FEB 2016 - MODEL BELLA HADID


The Velvet Booties The Fall Accessory Trends

Gucci 'Vintage'
Any fashion lover appreciates Tom Ford’s incredible rise from intern (yep, he was an intern at Chloe in Paris) to making the then-dusty design house Gucci profitable. After he was given creative control in 19994 sales rose 90%! This picture is from Tom Ford’s first collection for Gucci in fall 1995. I still remember the impact this collection had on me. Maybe it’s time to get back to these fabulous silk sateen stretch blouses…!

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