Chairs

A Navy and Golden Moment

Posted by The English Room on Dec 25, 2012 in Chairs, Color, Fashion, Furniture, Gold, Interior Designer, Navy, Uncategorized | 1 comment

VIA These are heavenly doors. This image struck me to share my recent cravings for navy and gold. I would love to create a room from musings below. VIA Chanel, snakeskin gloves, a navy cashmere coat and lame wide leg trousers…need I say more? VIA This chair look center stage at Fall market at High Point. It is a stunner. VIA Casual cool kicks… VIA Dinnerware at a steal… VIA A bedside chest that mixes modern elements with a traditional shape. VIA This Oscar de la Renta gown is a show stopper from the Spring 2013 collection. VIA Cleopatra would be green wit envy over these beauties. VIA Christopher Spitzmiller can do not wrong with his...

Red Hot

Posted by The English Room on Oct 3, 2012 in Abstract Art, Chairs, Chandelier, Color, Fashion, Furniture, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Red, The Chic Shop | 0 comments

I am feeling the need to rock the red these days… Betsy Burnham home office with De Gournay paper. This is perfection to me with colorful layers of zebra, ikat and hand painted wallpaper. via Jennifer Davis Designs Joe Nye Dining Room Other than being obsessed with the chic red rooms above, here are the the reds on my radar…. Chic leather chairs available through The English Room Red Limed oak bookcase available through The English Room PS1 by Proenza Schouler Red Carousel Lantern available through The English Room Ring of Fire finial via The Chic Shop Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge Modern Red Table Lamp Kenneth Jay Lane Chandelier...

Cool Craniums

Posted by The English Room on Oct 1, 2012 in Alexander McQueen, Chairs, Color, Fashion, Ralph Lauren, Wallpaper | 0 comments

Kyle Bunting Louis in Extremis pillows I have always had a bit of a skull fetish, not in a goth way but, I think they are tres chic. I realize they are still on trend and can be taken overboard. Done correctly and in small doses however, I think skulls can be timeless. Here are some of my favorite finds appropriately timed for this October season when we are approaching Halloween, Day of The Dead or Dia de los Muertas. Kyle Bunting Louis in Extremis pillows Skull Scarf Skull Bookends by Phyllis Morris Skull Blouse Cool Skull watch via ASOS Howling Wolves Pillow Kosta Bota skull votive Hot Pink Velvet Skull Loafer Charles...

My Breakfast Room Update

Posted by The English Room on Aug 20, 2012 in Abstract Art, Aero Saarinen, Chairs, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Orange, Pink, Yellow | 2 comments

As a professional hazard I tend to feel the need to make changes and upgrades. I do believe a home is never really finished. It evolves with the collection of the owner and the phases we go through. I have picked a few things to liven up my breakfast room. Happy to say the least. Colorful kilim for under the table from PB Teen A tulip oval table from DWR. I have a great farmhouse table but dream of this. My favorite monkeys having happy hour for the curtains with fuschia grosgrain bands on the leading edge. Orange Wishbone Chairs Lucite Fixture Silver Grasscloth (already there) Rana Rochat Encaustic from Hidell Brooks...

Loopy for Loop Chairs

Posted by The English Room on Jan 24, 2012 in Chairs, Furniture, Orange, Turquoise | 0 comments

I love the loop chair originally designed by legendary American decorator Frances Elkins. To learn more about her amazing career in design read this Architectural Digest article. I hope to one day own these beauties in orange, of course. Todd Merrill Antiques via 1st Dibs James Andrew's Library Blue and White from Coastal Living Ruthie Sommers Mecox Gardens Dragonette Wonderful outdoor version from Downtown in...