Garden & Outdoor
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Mother Nature, The Original Muse
I created the inspiration board below for a client this week. The concept of “bespoke-modern-organic” is specific to this particular project, but it’s also an underlying theme I try to channel in my work. I often find that design is at its best when it is inspired by something true and natural. And I don’t mean conservative. Mother nature is not exactly bourgeoisie; she rocks some pretty crazy stuff. She informs some of the most interesting, avant garde art and design. She’s the perfect muse. Samples of stone slabs and my Christmas wrapping from last year. The “bloom” of the coolest plant ever, Asclepias…
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Tune Out and Turn On
I’m inspired as of late. I’m finding crazy/wonderous/beautiful things everywhere I look. It’s like I’ve snapped out of a foggy stupor. I haven’t discovered a new vitamin or taken up Buddhism, but I have made a committed effort to unplug from the oversaturated and under-inspired world of regurgitated design. It’s become pretty obvious lately that most of what’s online, in magazines and in the stores is the same recycled concept over and over again – i.e., a random mix of genres with the ubiquitous pop of color, pseudo-ethnic pillows and obligatory mid-century focal piece. Bleh, enough! In this day and age it seems that the internet has become our main…
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Chez Huntley – update 07/15
After a painful start to 2011 and an arduous renovation on the Huntley & Co. office, I am happy to say that work has finally begun on my own home. Phase 1 is underway! The millwork, the hardware, the furnishings and the fabrics have all been selected. The subcontractors are on site and all is chugging along. It’s a little bit surreal, in fact. I’ve overseen dozens of renovation projects, but it feels a lot different in my own space. I’m fortunate that I can document all the progress on Luxe & Lucid for posterity. Cheers to progress. Cheers to design. And cheers to the new and improved chez…
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There is one question I receive more than any other from prospective clients, writers, editors, vendors and the public-at-large. “What’s Your Style?” Simple enough I suppose. After all, most designers and novice decorators have a catch phrase … “edited elegance”, “shabby chic”, “retro glam”, etcetera. The funny thing is that despite having worked as an interior designer for fifteen years and having my own firm for five, I’ve never been able to provide a nice neat answer to that all-important question. I guess I found it difficult to sum up all of my professional passions and aspirations into a few choice words. And perhaps subconsciously I realized that I…
