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2011 Your Best Year Yet

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Down-Make-Happen-Knowing/dp/0684850028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230752314&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha39eTPdiXMpoQjOlKXD78b2UESPU2NSZy96RqKnzBgJIYLgobqB2sg1XzLNC_siyo5SXiNvZpdbXiIdUO3JfVadwrc-bCSPGDa_aMiIE7Mxf48f3I-dR6HdjoO-mr1BBgcaSWW95BRcqi/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" width="209" /></a> <img height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAg6pg-YN_yfEeu_ZUhk_gF8dMk8Iq6I3t3ZFejNARch5nHfqF7Z5VY-tH4TXz3dGAr4iU_g3CUb6fPPV1MvZ9x1NTjjHbuwzSHuMRrBwjV-Jq6N3jpFM_OKuVM17PGjUV7nrFmtOWPs4/s400/moleskin.jpg" width="288" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Down-Make-Happen-Knowing/dp/0684850028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198383904&sr=8-1"></a>For those of you wanting to make 2011 Your Best Year Yet, I highly recommend this book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Down-Make-Happen-Knowing/dp/0684850028/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230752639&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Write It Down, Make It Happen</a>. I have bought my favourite, a brand new <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss__2_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=moleskine+notebook&sprefix=moleskin&sprefix=moleskin&sprefix=moleskin" target="_blank">Moleskin</a> notebook and I savoring writing in it with my yellow <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lamy-Safari-Yellow-Fountain-Medium/dp/B000R32CLA/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1230752448&sr=8-35" target="_blank">Lamy</a> fountain pen all the wonderful things I want to happen in my world in 2011. Make 2011 your "Best Year Yet" by getting clear about what you want to happen – it really works!  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lamy-Safari-Yellow-Fountain-Medium/dp/B000R32CLA/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1230752448&sr=8-35" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGjr4CkIDp03hGXVEyNHDpb4uDpVcNdFHf23gqhuaQRMTWOdoEQSzW669K4UV9a72A4yZwaHGkv1G8MRH88Hhw-i4ZT3QFNvHyC9R18gI6eKrshadxHavrQM6hbEp6qS61xfmzY3h9pQ/s400/lamy+fountain+pen.jpg" width="500" /></a> Moleskin is the legendary notebook used by Van Gogh, Hemingway, Matisse and Céline. There is a whole Blog devoted to the "Moleskin. You can check it out <a href="http://www.moleskinerie.com/" target="_blank">here.</a>  Wishing you all the best for 2011, and may it be a year filled to over flowing with all the good you desire!!!  <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/">Patricia Gray Inc</a> is an award winning Interior Design firm in Vancouver who blogs about Lifestyle and WHAT'S HOT in the world of Interior Design. <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</a>

2011 Your Best Year Yet

For those of you wanting to make 2011 Your Best Year Yet, I highly recommend this book Write It Down, Make It Happen . I have bought my f...

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Wrapping up 2009

I always revel in the week between Christmas and New Year as a time diverge from routine, and welcome the New Year in with a change in what I usually read throughout the year, which are books on Interior Design. One of the ways I make a choices on what I want to read, is to leaf through several books and read the jacket covers or page through the book randomly to see if anything speaks to me. That is how I choose, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Dog-Saw-Other-Adventures/dp/0316075841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262144992&sr=1-1" target="_blank">What the Dog Saw</a> by Malcolm Gladwell. I had previously read his book, Tipping Point, and then saw him interviewed on a talk show on his third book - Outliers. While paging through his most current book, What the Dog Saw, I was immediately hooked on his article entitled: The Ketchup Conundrum. This book, What the Dog Saw, contains Malcolm Gladwell's favourite pieces that he has written over the last several years for the pages of The New Yorker. "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head."  It is a fascinating read. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Dog-Saw-Other-Adventures/dp/0316075841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142615&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vM8x5B9uvhy8T2fVPeqlBqzR-R_Fvxcwcl9d_3TIHHdN808WBNDTF3OxE9tZbQ89-lmXKlIAxmRD5M2xpIPZ9LOFYHsdcj79typ5iR5KgmFWEOb7GaotuLiwhgib2f-H-o7RgmPd3ahh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="156" /></a>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elegance-Hedgehog-Muriel-Barbery/dp/1933372605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142777&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-6MThZOJpUn0zbHUN55gDgGCvlbCMSmdaWGuKsCqcx9OpxCFXH5jb-oYb3EPb6q_6IpVhm7rjbaVuR_pJyMfVsZAL2tw_I_pmtN0KH7WMPiQ9dbTiGnfv_VNG5YHu7Yjy8gI5MrlIQQh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="162" /></a>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-Innocence-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/0307266761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262145495&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVxeGhvbqECmFaMu0L-yKmdjx0wEIdAvEZivUDLCS0NmCVusb6PCZHfQCFko8Mun4M7vxa0FUAD_MIQDsHJmKRMwMxnwQXCE-gFgKgO7vb6bNZDA1Yy41BqMf7OGRhvfTqw7_yPDEyPVN/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="167" /></a> Another favourite way to choose a book is to ask people what is their favorite book they have read. Usually they are so enthusiastic in recounting the highlights of the book that it gets me excited to read it. The outcome of my most recent enquiry was - the New York Times Bestseller by Muriel Barbery, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elegance-Hedgehog-Muriel-Barbery/dp/1933372605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262144958&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Elegance of the Hedgehog</a>. This book is set in Paris, which immediately attracted me, but the real focus of the book is about a woman who is a concierge at a bourgeois building in a posh Parisian neighborhood. She (Renee) has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. Renee hides her true talents and her finest qualities from a world that she suspects cannot or will not appreciate them. It is a story about living out her life in obscurity to hide this fact about herself, and how she reconciles herself to owning her brilliance.  Last night on Charlie Rose I watched a fascinating interview with the brilliant Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish novelist and winner of 2006 The Nobel Prize in Literature, on his new book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-Innocence-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/0307266761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142926&sr=1-1#noop" target="_blank">The Museum of Innocence</a>. The story, which takes place in Istanbul between 1975 and today, is about obsessive passion and the great question: What is love, really?, as well as a look into the minds and culture of the Turkish society. I am off to purchase this book tomorrow to wrap up my reading for these last few day left of 2009. What is your favourite book that you have read lately? Please leave a comment <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842244027880136050&postID=2686026015548575689&isPopup=true" target="_blank">here</a>, and let me know. <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/">Patricia Gray</a> is an award winning Interior Designer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who blogs about "WHAT'S HOT" in the world of Interior Design: New and Emerging Trends, Contemporary Design, Modern Architecture and Travel, as well as how your surroundings can enhance the world around you. <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/">© Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™ 2009</a>

Wrapping up 2009

I always revel in the week between Christmas and New Year as a time diverge from routine, and welcome the New Year in with a change in what ...

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Passion - That is the Key

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This concept is especially more relevant at this time of year when the weather is warm and invites us to spend more time outdoors, thereby extending our useable living spaces.  In 1986 <a href="http://www.wolterinck.com/index_flash.html">Marcel Wolterinck</a> opened a flower shop in the village of Lauren, Holland. His concern for perfection and versatility later resulted in his own furniture range and his passion developed for incorporating the interior of the home with the gardens.  </h5> <h5>The above pictures are part of the garden that surrounds an updated 70's house.  Both the garden and the house breathe an Oriental atmosphere.  The garden by the bamboo planting around the house, and a Japanese touch is provided by the oak fence which turns gray when weathered.  The garden fountain is lead produced by W, and the table in the upper left is a work of art in bronze by the Dutch Sculptor, <a href="http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huub_Kortekaas&ei=YcsVSv2tBOaElAeVg7HUCw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhuub%2Bkortekaas%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SNYO_enCA318CA318">Huub Kortekaas</a>.  The garden chairs are teak and metal.</h5> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYxPebd1ttLHMUkrZcN0CIQViKSjqzrGa5SIRMnz4cOdQKbSgKAumzeQqgobHm0tXbhIRkZggDmV41Pe5jtMOsnfeEKI9j6GMXMK8cGO7AAhmlcSANKJl2wLr9oHGuYhi7hhuHpqcnY-V/s1600-h/Wolternick813.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 8" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuk49M3lHRA9OsnXexu2Qv-AN-e6DTel_jGMQJyyTUOW0P49wMU6CmAuTjr4Dr43llKqXF-xhkU02VheViZBa5fVVL3SWJoiMrX1Uzmm5oDOAWfHcytvkyQbQKSmPB9Sty1Jjt0JItpK7/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="298" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1dehplEUqKqwJtzpFqbdZEqPR0m4_BRBCMbruPLZ5YmHPTCS5f88oWs7poaaTsj-7jyqjCdTozf1-ETmVEUZDtv4MoyA6ycbx2h7HGNArJ8WXr5AcEjqq8bYF9gsd1s_IoYk058cknB4/s1600-h/Wolternick58.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 5" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHyj4t0VfmhSeYYoydQHBXMomFqP4s6nQufEser0oNi6UXD5tyRzMI90Hf6HFKamQ4dXe1ZqELSRsfTLFXWJzuDNQe148TupwtpQXQpIMQOSWlTdZqTc2LzDnqG7XS3bBBLa_pHUCb3Y8/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="238" /></a>  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcvBNIJO4yY5VFEuKYxn3FSBBfIczJMATZqBVaCDCI8AJU4xe6DdCBxlVFnsCkx1rSjaJ6Q6pUfMWHP5D6lYKRayt8uuy12L9sozsJmedHumGIuGcEONgLaOQ14kHjkwdA3IohLhQKAjr/s1600-h/Wolternick76.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 7" border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihje4wP-8JSFFp0jJlgrlejlS0YKU5Dlvl0_hYDvkUD5Dx7nq-Pq0rll5oZiPBnd4F5FpXBo7XJ6yEy6NCaBKF63vbJlzjbzrH5G90AzYrZSy48H_9MlRfP09JRsuGV0rPVygD4q4T31ch/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="273" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKW0ZDe_AYjXtnPJgGsAewd-CjX1EGibdK-Ok9HZFByA-A73AsaRN3uS_xlETQQ7gsaBoCcZY9JHSTxQ0_l_8EL-cpuJTtLoIWt_arTDlDXS65bRijp6MMnKPob4Ss6QTqOJVtBhJQJGK/s1600-h/Wolternick66.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 6" border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9CbRFBaTZVlZ0r4e0JsJFCvFo1ny_u9WZS2dOLSakYU5DXMhm1jzowWlwHs4Xvulu8HJBi0r40ysQZGWubd5D2J5Rt1IztnotDoGQdwPV1HcFDig4J0fJ0zH3iLAom7mcDsQ-2lbgqG7/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="261" /></a>  <h5>This Provencal Villa (above and below) is situated in St. Tropez. where the emphasis is placed on the exterior life.  This is expressed in an outdoor room and outdoor terraces.  How very pleasant to sit at the large, wooden table with a zinc base underneath the pergola overgrown with Wisteria.  The presence of an outdoor kitchen provides an additional dimension to being outdoors and can be used as an exterior fireplace lit on summer evenings. The planting is a combination of old and new.  An age-old olive tree dominates the view (below) and is surrounded by a row of box trees and a wealth of plants such as Santolina, Pittosporum, Senecio, Helichrysum, Laurus nobilis, lavender, thyme, and Westringia fruticosa, all creating a subtle interplay of greens and grays and a perfect match for the various local types of stone.  </h5> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAmqBG739BTXCAcg-p9h7d8HXiasy3qXBgIuvkLq7FzaqvpyJjsbuMLHjEqXkjkLcwcAGxCxyQiwsOBmOFUsw7g2787qgGAmpyDpWQvPO_ZECKb1PRsNYVNE51JaZmQf01FpvYPW7PnCE/s1600-h/Wolternick310.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 3" border="0" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHCKZ67ohDdtL12js_q5A0LvLJsNwvCRm_Lju_nM0IZ3eoEcYE_fKtGavqWPzIEWOKBidgdVchnxNbTFgtqejBM9ozo3I0t4cEP4IP8DbbOF9Ysbj0W4wVYMq6hg-HyckE1WEgzyKV9Qz/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="358" /></a>    <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnX65u6w5gR7kdwD1aqHT9smc3jYqF-FQ9F5ajIiBawZIaPt19NHJk6Qbl2zeZzZYcE5zI0y8g4AqKXky-8NVcyUyu4Lhk3Ogw55VA-HOMhRIuazWsLKK2NkIbwIMusurIDlNgP5_zQlw/s1600-h/Wolternick1419.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 14" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6tNyigH2hrcfRlrT-vk6i4080RthsceLelIXCyzJvwOn1xqHgLqMB1-bkhiyinGskKBsYui7WfDel3bP1G0s7DeFLDz6RIdU4mp3VlZjD4291OUaDZ5xUTwtMr0-MZvA0_3A0nXXrTii/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJdoF-Wj-0h6ChA7N9vhT79X-tjDGo2CLNWVDWlFPJTnYVOdBnEnNGxP56of4ZniFQKhkkPENbW9SAVRdmFNXugJBEdHQ-3oWF5WBPzulOcqEosW5v-xp1Z69iMjrU4Amm_FNvltVOvZO/s1600-h/Wolternick1614.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 16" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPyn3dPMObCyjWzkw8zwitDKJgjAm0_IEJ8JEOiQsbIH_rlz4Ico7R07QbUymcYfqOisoJSpKWVK6Gb33rYuzpX1JMZom8X3GPKzJtUf3lm0xKAunR-wAbwplgyR7i5551hpdZPZsbkAh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="248" /></a>   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kx8xvCjC27PBazvvbp6H3XNhtAbhFQwe7LBk16Okrrc1SlP7HlwcoJ4OYvzEDaqYzgtCbCw2DXKlvOBlXPR-7KkAC4ObaDdC8XW5rA6zzD0NEMnFTtTDoNNRimObXrgSuCnYxwWAo_JH/s1600-h/Wolternick1515.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 15" border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-5CKwz_KoThFPdRNK-liWURbSh8BuGctOCvYnxcX9sdHcHwJRADv-449dmu1TxwUDVZrq1BGPuuDlnLM_WwTZp-NOJ74YIRY6ta7Aur1Us1BWhHDFgLSqS3HajtMHKAYxwDURt9O600N/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="270" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefEbDTaqUdUK_HZCKRP23BnLRuovHLkxxu0OEuHIgzB5oX70VvSiL418deo-j3I9KfFj7A8vSbxs2m-4tuSTGQ3rtUIHRvmVO1Mr8Mw-EjYndvHUBk31E6L4nSfhWmkpx8KXFDg8SYO6v/s1600-h/Wolternick417.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 4" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiey7eZZmPHPlzVc1hu1YGjUmdmpf8VFRkdmqUXb0KvGGvS3SfbBk5_URXu7qlIDdbTRGyqlU_x5L56Wv-1602kbTh8gZnKXWXiNRAxuzij-b5e9KdChU8APSeJ22WBV_KqTDGgjRy2BXmD/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="221" /></a> <h5>Paradise in Algrave: This beautiful villa (above) is located in Portugal.  Wolternick arranged the seating areas surrounding the villa like rooms.  The floor lamps, tables, and chairs with cloth upholstery have been assigned a permanent place in these comfortable outdoor areas.  Taste and rhythm also apply to the exterior kitchen with its fireplace to grill dishes.  Meals can be prepared on the worktop that flanks the fireplace on either side.  At right angles with the fireplace is a bold U-shaped zinc table surrounded by delicate director's chairs.</h5>   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouBeluXSi8j_nN-ZHbLMtIqEyYh_-cm7LnlpQDcL59CGJRYuhEuzQDD11rOOKAjy4VUEm5_VCB4hkIO9BdCc8pumo4lHkxEtZEXBLn-4fVs5UycJ5oLx2T_Na_BGmNmldB7pTYDD4-0td/s1600-h/Wolternick1214.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 12" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDnlNylSUWQg4OhNj1iCMv6_xD2VQdQpGIKi_icwusENNoA2y7f3-ZyGxJ4HNcYM1kWgyTHKjWQEeEyu3alo-3UY9QceB-oc_DfL8ZkPFE6ZLxk6RyPkW_1SGEP9Fp_gyzJKgwGbMul0l/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="230" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_12CwzioRp1fbbsT0UwD4ofX1juVG_U8dFQZZ3kaD_m9Xy1aISlgfcX4WvX33n-M-cF5-XQnWqqTMiMvNs9qs5Grjcaw2p1o5jg2kT4JUsqWbr5O7wUCJA0mTj09t-K_1qMFKyxyYYgL/s1600-h/Wolternick1811.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBLvQZekc4sNrfQrws0MmQKDwRhY2azQUulo3VAzLkMLGC5ArJmSYHve0Nqn1QEUg1CHqwZAh2bHR6RPe3ARombqV0JAa3tNLiYefEYis4aii21Gfw0aS6scsxKJIZ9QG0D-sStj4XIBM/s1600-h/Wolternick1913.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 19" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrhaXwCM3sqIdILqzcIgq_wy4YS3nKF5uFjmSym3C8vEfyFG1plPpaF1XPLC242TzpbGTF94UGcwwuxUosuDOCBVlnPlC3-ckvO6dsWe4CvkOEXI8Z7uDmdmCoByt_rX2Xvef2SdBwg-w/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="256" /></a>   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_12CwzioRp1fbbsT0UwD4ofX1juVG_U8dFQZZ3kaD_m9Xy1aISlgfcX4WvX33n-M-cF5-XQnWqqTMiMvNs9qs5Grjcaw2p1o5jg2kT4JUsqWbr5O7wUCJA0mTj09t-K_1qMFKyxyYYgL/s1600-h/Wolternick1811.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 18" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-X7RczgNYq8rNrPeHPJ_WGq4a5tYHCRUtV5APMrR39ESszmYyhIJlvqPeiO1n93p-mc9uEDt2vWs-nyMznpe0v9GECbN22_fnPknzXoX_KPqn26JX0r0htgVptRBZjMt5nPehfg2UM6_b/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="248" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0HSHT0zSF1tAVWd0WoNUWccoPncvUARHt64V8nsx8e_dZwIrSBTrdR_bTd8LC9Cm3xacCGw6DTCTtsZxMa8GdpOBMG72cOyHV0MY2dGCf159aIC17S6ikBqCg0pD1Jo0USjaYqPVqd3D/s1600-h/Wolternick1316.jpg"><img alt="Wolternick 13" border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjFyd8GMrmtEg5yymFI0gubOuX2x96reNVhm3TnDZ4UEwrFi8j2Kw7D062HHNDr9otXrwiHQ70kEoO18xWJ7axyAbt1hMX7N6nrE9YmcKGuvRO4zlWZy3Ar45jlHCNXjFMGLQA5MMyMYa/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="238" /></a> <h5>The above photos are part of a 20-hectare estate in Bremen, northwestern Germany.  The 16th century farmhouse on the estate is surrounded by ancient trees and hedges.  The farmhouse court, where horses once stood, was all stone, but was given an intimate character by Wolterinck by means of 60 year old beech hedges, walls, and trained box trees.  The garden has many exotic varieties of plants.  "The people who used to live on estates like these traveled extensively and brought back with them plants from distant places.  This is how many exotic varieties ended up here, like Brugmansia, Hibiscus trees, Agapanthus, lemon trees, figs and Plumbagos.  In summer these are put outside in pots, in autumn they find shelter in the orangery". The teak bench from the <a href="http://www.listerteak.com" target="_blank">Lister</a> Collection in the top right picture is in the style of the English Architect, Sir Edwin <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-LutyensSirEdwinLandseer.html" target="_blank">Lutyens</a> (1869–1944) who collaborated with Gertrude <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-JekyllGertrude.html" target="_blank">Jekyll</a> the renowned English artist and gardener.</h5> What is your most favourite garden? What makes a garden special to you? Please let me know by leaving a comment. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/EX-new-Special-Marcel-Wolterinck/dp/905897281X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1242947317&sr=1-3"><img alt="INEX Wolterinck " border="0" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S1AC42WZL._SL160_AA160_.jpg" width="160" /></a> Photos and excerpts from: <a href="http://www.wolterinck.com/index_flash.html" target="_blank">INEX Wolterinck</a> Photography: <a href="http://www.sigurdkranendonk.nl/" target="_blank">Sigurd Kranendonk</a>  <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/">Patricia Gray</a> writes about 'WHAT'S HOT 'in the world of Interior Design, new and emerging trends, modern design, architecture, and travel, as well as how your surroundings can influence the world around you. <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/">© Patricia Gray Interior Design Blog, 2009</a>

Passion - That is the Key

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Michael Taylor Interior Design

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-AjGra9Cx3XjECI5PUsb1Lnm-Nz9PSuk1kfo1CBWw1xgjHgh6ip9eggIZoC_bkVtJplu-gezOybYqh0igTsKuXmIG3SA5kWTc6KHuc4bmFByXT-qIt1GBqN5fPIleRCDGricck7gCHne/s1600-h/035%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="Patricia Gray " border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszxXlt-yvfrF1m5qlik_THuC8_Mu18PymepC7uwpPYjsp5rK7ApXr3T-nTAy09f100l3C43f3Wsw79waL9KjJA3Rj0qqUzFrygCEfaiIrSIfMeRC3Ym18gisqPOWHva9SZepthN-xRyN/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" width="295" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2OJXBdTNZxit3Siw5YIHmUuLrAQQR9PQwBzrB082JbAC2I5GBxKHYZySUyJ2PpAZSwtB6DF52xYRwoMjaRULIFvTJwwmmLSnGCkwIrLVEWhGhsOlDjM0FGm3hYLFzm3QLgvQ_YXu-HXa/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"><img alt="Michael Taylor Interior Design" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROGDW0afAdJT_s3JMVCz0883FoQTbaEvHOjGJAl_4k66LgSCho9E-Vvckf3PLnWTmuITroxQTKe7mNR_pnIVTZBYZrcrzMwJfIFS8-XJ1ZYD10jveFEtLXQb7SsUKKTRX9ToRmHX5EcFt/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" width="178" /></a> I recently received <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Taylor-Interior-Stephen-Salny/dp/0393732355?&camp=212361&creative=383957&linkCode=waf&tag=wwwpatriciagr-20" target="_blank">Michael Taylor's</a> new book, Michael Taylor Interior Design. As most of you who read my Blog know, I was greatly influenced my Michael in my formative years in Design School. Not much has been published on his work outside of a few articles in Architectural Digest, so this has been a highly awaited book for me. Michael Taylor was dubbed the "James Dean of Interior Design" by Diana Vreeland and "the best decorator in the United States " by society and fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. Michael Taylor revolutionized interior design in the 1970's and 1980's with the "California Look". Taylor brought the outdoors inside with neutral palettes, natural light, large-scale furniture, and organic elements, especially stone, slate, wicker, and plants. His interiors expressed his love and appreciation of California and the outdoors. They were casual, comfortable, uncomplicated, and free of clutter. So much of what he created, we now take for granted, but he started it all. <img alt="Michael Taylor Interior Design" height="355" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2000/01/taylor/arar01_taylor.jpg" width="500" /> Taylor believed that nature was man's best friend. His first shop was located in San Francisco and a notable neighbour on the same 500 block of Sutter Street was Williams-Sonoma (circa 1956). Taylor was particularly taken with the imported oyster baskets that were originally used to transport oysters from the coast of France to Paris. Their heavy natural weave appealed to Taylor. They had a profound effect on him. He began to use them as vessels for towering plants and trees - fishtail palms, ficus, and Zimmer linden - creating a look that became fundamental to his interiors. He believed that plants prevent "a room from feeling over-decorated", "soften the light" and "help a room breathe and feel alive" and thus initiated "the plant in a basket craze" with these baskets that he purchased from his neighbour - Williams-Sonoma back in 1956.<img alt="Michael Taylor Interior Design" border="0" height="452" src="http://www.michaeltaylordesigns.com/images/media_pc05_03.jpg" width="500" />Above: The San Francisco penthouse Taylor designed for Al Wilsey and Pat Montondon, circa early 1980s. <a href="http://www.michaeltaylordesigns.com/recenteditorials.html" target="_blank">Michael Taylor Designs archives</a> Taylor was a proponent of white walls and ceilings. His interiors glowed with a specially formulated "Michael Taylor White". (Never pure white "Michael Taylor White" was a mixture of warm colors with a beige tone.) Although Taylor's rooms were known for their neutral palette, he always "advocated a strong secondary color and repetitive use of printed fabrics for a 'certain purity' and bold unified effect." He also clarified that "There is a tremendous amount of color in my rooms, but there are not many colors." In his formative years of his career he came to idolize the renowned decorator Francis Elkins (1888-1953), who has been quoted as being "one of the guiding forces in the whole development of what is the American style today". Taylor saw himself as Elkin's greatest disciple, and he believed completely in her genius. Michael Taylor died at the young age of 59 at the prime of his career. His work and the "California Look" that he invented continue to influence interior design today. The forward in this book is written by his good friend Rose Tarlow, herself a Design Icon in her own lifetime. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Frances-Elkins-Interior-Stephen-Salny/dp/0393731464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234719928&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="Francis Elkins Michael Taylors Mentor" border="0" height="250" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11000000/11000485.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Private-House-Rose-Tarlow-Author/dp/0609604724/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234720025&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="Rose Tarlow The Private House " border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7pEMJseXZ8N62zhRYHaqeMGuLaS5mt6cfED_5N09sxMU3P4s-mh7-av3SVMbDxAVIFSvp8nK6bc0UphlSmUiqrNWkfUusMhwTMISV2gXph7HUA3KmsoZ2rEk0_yAQANM-gIws_Ag4oWZ/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" width="191" /></a> Michael Taylor was known for his extravagant shopping marathons which are legendary. When Taylor entered a shop, he always paused at its threshold and scanned the entire showroom. He had the reputation of being able to home in quickly and precisely on the finest pieces of inventory. He "never forgot beautiful things. He constantly absorbed everything he saw and banked it as a source of reference." He imparted his depth of sensitivity to his clients, and made them aware that "it's got to sing and talk back to you, and be A plus, plus if it crosses the threshold" of your house. At Taylor's death in 1987 he had amassed an enormous trove of beautiful objects. Their was an auction of 1355 lots, including his clothes, books and orchids. The following is the official auction catalogue with several color photographs of the furniture and objects in their rooms and in place in the garden with a nice foreword by Paige Rense, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Digest. I got my copy from the Bill Hall at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.highvalleybooks.com" target="_blank">High Valley Books</a>.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Estate-Michael-Francisco-Butterfield-Catalog/dp/B000PRRUI8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234727406&sr=1-2" target="_blank"><img alt="The Estate of Michael Taylor " border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVldz0RjMHI7sFaej6XhUnqiK8BKV7C90tE1VrOFN6nlllvq1Wza6XOrnuERrbA2-QaZg5vb4GvJNh102lQF7g1ggCnyLdq9nJlxbWpPHg4aDZpI8r0oW2lUZIFJ3eIlkmXg0B__QxrmJ/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" width="212" /></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Private-House-Rose-Tarlow-Author/dp/0609604724/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234720025&sr=1-1"></a>Interesting Statistic: House and Garden magazine devoted a record eighteen covers and more than one hundred articles to his work over a period of thirty years.Previous posts on Michael Taylor: <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2007/07/michael-taylor.html" target="_blank">Michael Taylor - Good Design is Timeless</a> <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2007/09/david-ward.html" target="_blank">David Ward Artist for Michael Taylor</a> Top photo <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">Patricia Gray</a> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" height="200" id="Player_5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129" reinit="reinit" reinitswf="reinitswf" width="600"><param name="_cx" value="15875"><param name="_cy" value="5291"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwwwpatriciagr-20%2F8010%2F5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="Src" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwwwpatriciagr-20%2F8010%2F5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="0"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value="LT"><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="Scale" value="NoScale"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value="FFFFFF"><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"> <embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwwwpatriciagr-20%2F8010%2F5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_5501bdc4-20b0-4f37-9fe7-13bf04bcd129" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="200px" width="600px"></embed></object><noscript></noscript><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/">Patricia Gray</a> writes about 'WHAT'S HOT 'in the world of Interior Design, new and emerging trends, modern design, architecture, and travel, as well as how your surroundings can influence the world around you. <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/">© 2007-2009 Patricia Gray Interior Design Blog</a>

Michael Taylor Interior Design

I recently received Michael Taylor's new book, Michael Taylor Interior Design. As most of you who read my Blog know, I was greatly in...

10:11 AM

Santa Baby - Get a Head Start on Christmas

Good Books Make Great Gifts A brand new book is slated to hit the bookstores just in time for Christmas - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Huffington-Post-Complete-Guide-Blogging/dp/1439105006/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product" target="_blank">The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging</a> with a Section titled: THE BLOG REVOLUTION IS HERE! (but we know that already)  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Huffington-Post-Complete-Guide-Blogging/dp/1439105006/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xJ-6dSE3ZN-Iu2bl2zRLrZcjTL01hyYxwTgrRz0k5twJRchn5TjO1o30NJIXas1KuooZzxi9hsIv2cHq1hmyZqOD1k_DSk1x_jurDmwOGt9UqHI6Txp9hPclFYPtF0jc35J8J13_iLc/s400/51d58ELSYNL.jpg" /></a> This book refers to Blogging as "the advent of a new form of human communication - one that is more interactive, more democratic, and just more FUN than what has come before."  But we all know that  Blogging and Blog Surfing is  fast, interactive, and totally cool.....and I will add that it is also extremely informative.  News, Ideas and inspirations take mere seconds to share. And to prove that Blogging travels at the speed of lightening <a href="http://libertypostgallery.blogspot.com/2008/11/complete-guide-to-blogging.html" target="_blank">Liberty Post</a> has also just talked about this book on her Blog.   Patricia Gray writes about Interior Design inspirations, emerging trends, and the world of Design.  While you're here, <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/patriciagrayincblogspot">subscribe to this feed</a> so you don't miss out.

Santa Baby - Get a Head Start on Christmas

Good Books Make Great Gifts A brand new book is slated to hit the bookstores just in time for Christmas - The Huffington Post Complete Gui...

3:49 PM

The Divine Law of the Great Chair

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasc0-GnAZOrYEaYGgASdpPTwkAuKGDAh2EFfCVrg8b7wEq4DWZ4ydFrWYL2H0HT7a3y4N2PAE31lgguFio_NStn3A9aEOoU071SBpYiLeXjwrmeffEOsYIitZ8Mt9bozmkGGcLyaBK3nx/s1600-h/image42.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8pL5oPoVm3-z1nEIIgk9EbReQpynIWCdpsQ7EfEOu7lB3_cVZw4dqqOxdE6eIUUvVURHEnQe05yvMfYN2YrmLGfc6uxEXUrLiTO2R4zk97AacNhDCk87gHvBpooserhP9sEbMiHKtPdf/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" width="317" /></a> The excerpt below is from a wonderful Blog by <a href="http://carrieanddanielle.com/the-divine-law-of-the-great-chair-friday-focus/" target="_blank">Carrie and Danielle</a>. It totally ties into my love for chairs and also the spiritual aspect of surrounding yourself in your homes with things that you love. Carrie and Danielle are also authors of the best selling book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Style-Statement-Live-Your-Design/dp/0316067164/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226680253&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Style Statement:</a> Live by your own Design <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Style-Statement-Live-Your-Design/dp/0316067164/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226680253&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivo0-rWYlO46TlLuEtw1D7Gvh3hCbAhRNPiIxXYpc5gD8Wcf-ZspQc-NT9VAmfET6EObRWiWVdeO02YOSyY3vpqPCA_NRtaAYJ2sC3WSvDGcUhuzVcgGUXvTZYaRRKjMmP1FZ-lWyAN_M2/?imgmax=800" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" width="238" /></a> Here’s a radical notion: what if you really liked, even outright adored every material thing in your own life? What if the quality, shape, color, function, and feel of the things you owned gave you satisfaction, pride, and delight? Enter, The Divine Law of The Great Chair. When you let go of things you don’t love, you create space for things that you do love to show up. EVEN IF: it’s “useful”, it’s filling an “empty” place, it was a gift, it was inherited, expensive, imported, exotic, or you truly loved it once upon a time -– if you don’t like something in your space, it’s dragging you down. This isn’t about old, or new, or what you can afford – this is about how STUFF makes you FEEL. THIS WEEK: Identify the “old chair(s)” in your life that you’re making do with, and get rid of it. 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The Divine Law of the Great Chair

The excerpt below is from a wonderful Blog by Carrie and Danielle . It totally ties into my love for chairs and also the spiritual aspect o...

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