Another fun “Night Walk” in Central Park…Dad and Dog Dance!
The upside of Winter 2015…enjoying the beautiful park!
Dancing in the Dark
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NYC Central Park Night Walk
Even in the dark..this park is awesome! Winter Wonderland 2015.
Photo Credit @nancy_fire
Pillow Power…Lives On!
An inexpensive yet effective way to refresh any room in your home is to change up your dec pillows…with so many affordable and fun choices today it’s easy to update your style sensibility without making a huge investment.
With the resurgence of embroidery and many handmade techniques this season, dec pillows provide another way to layer in texture and dimension in any room.
Trending…”Cozy Comfort” and Texture!
Its no surprise with the weather this winter that “cozy comfort” is trending in the home category! Textures have become the new chevron of the season as we are seeing them in various shapes, size and color. In fact, this season it’s the layering of textures especially in bedding that people are gravitating towards. I especially love this natural throw @homenaturestore because those tassels are awesome…and the weave detail is beautiful. If your looking for shades of grey this season (which is also trending for other reasons) these throws from @westelm are another option for “cozy comfort” this winter!
Stay warm!
New Perspective NYC
Had to share this Central Park West photo I took from the frozen reservoir in the park yesterday. Love the new perspective the snow-field creates in the foreground of the CPW Skyline! It might be freezing outside but the park is so enchanting with all the snowfall this winter….
Trending Colors Even in Succulent Plants!
Funny how “what comes around goes around”, even in plants these days. Heading back from Paris last month I was elated to see that the softer side of color was out and about in many product categories…even in the composition of these beautiful succulents!
The beauty to me was the addition of the lava planters used to offset the feminine pastel coloration of the plants. Nice display of the trend “Rustic Glam” that I wrote about a few weeks back in one of my posts!
Beauty comes in many forms and these succulents sure prove that through color and texture.
Finding the Beauty in a NYC Winter!
It’s that time of year in NYC when even the strongest of “New Yorkers” are trying to keep their NYC spirit alive!
Waiting on freezing subway platforms for the train that never seems to arrive or fighting the slushy sidewalks of commuters or those client cancellations due to mass transit delays.
Take some advice from a “Native New Yorker”…enjoy the rustic glam that NYC has to offer…the lighting this time of year reflecting on buildings is incredible, Central Park is truly a winter wonderland and a photographers paradise both in the day as well as the early evening!
The skies might be grey, the buildings might look a bit dodgy from the winter weather and the streets might be full of debris from past storms but it’s all part of the NYC winter experience!
Try looking at our “Rustic Glam” sensibility like a ” Native New Yorker” and enjoy the beauty of a New York City winter!
Photography-Nancy Fire
Home Sweet Home…NYC
Always great to come home after many weeks of traveling for business…cannot complain when my travel was to Germany…Paris…Las Vegas…and sunny Tampa…but returning to NYC is an adventure in itself!
Wanted to share this beautiful NYC greeting….it’s nice to be back in NYC and to take the time to appreciate the natural beauty that we some times take for granted!
“Rustic Glam”
Trending at retail, in restaurants and in many homes these days is a sensibility I call “Rustic Glam” It’s a mix between “glam and raw materials”. Best to think of this style as “the new industrial” something I have been talking about for the past two years!
Coming off of a two week trend and research trip both overseas as well as in the states…I really am enjoying this universal sensibility and style.
The first photo is a great example of using metallic accents as the “glam” against wallpaper that has a more rustic style…shown here from the KBIS Show last week in Las Vegas!
The next photo was taken in Germany at the Heimtextil Show which received 615 likes on my HGTVHOME Instagram!
The brick, mirror and light fixture are from a very groovy resturant that I visited while art directing our HGTV photo shoot for HSN IN Tampa…called “Oxford Exchange” located downtown at 420 West Kennedy Boulevard!
Yes, it’s in the mix and this season it’s refreshing to see different substrates
like wood, metal, sequins and texture working together in the home.
Enjoy the mix and “make it your own” by combining techniques and textures that are inspiring!
Happy Designing!!!
Color, Chaos & Creativity 