by studiotullia | Oct 2, 2011 | INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT INSPIRE
I used to work for Randolph & Hein, a posh showroom in San Francisco, about ten years ago. I really wanted to work there because they had Osborne & Little and Designer’s Guild fabric lines. Old time favorites. The quality, colors, style, and marketing of these iconic English companies was wonderful to sell and be around. Not to mention the trade shows in NY, London, etc where I got to meet Tricia Guild, Nina Campbell, Anthony Little. Such characters, great style, and so many gorgeous fabrics! I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time when fabrics were discontinued and fabric wings were being given away. One of these great silks ended up in my collection, that I ultimately used for a pillow in my store.
Just my luck, HGTV magazine chose to feature the pillow with the fabulous fabric that is not available anymore in their debut issue hitting newsstands on October 4th.
http://www.chron.com/life/article/HGTV-Magazine-debuts-Oct-4-2191560.php#photo-1629511
I have tried to track down this fabric, made several phonecalls, emails… to no avail.
Well, I have been revisiting Designer’s Guild’s latest offerings and per the usual, everything is fabulous.
I did happen to find some wonderful silk fabrics that might be appealing to a reader who likes the above pillow. What do you think?
I thought I would also share a few other fabulous shots from Designer’s Guild’s website:
Here is the link, if you want to see more:
http://www.designersguild.com/fabric-and-wallpaper-showroom/fabric/
Just a weekend at one of the chateaus where they have their photo shoots would make me a happy girl…
by studiotullia | Jan 11, 2011 | INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT INSPIRE
I am starting out the New Year with a fresh visual drink of inspiration from interior designers I have admired over the years. I am going to seek out the extraordinary this year and try to figure out why some things certain designers do are great.
Stephen Shubel values antiques and the classics yet he finds a way to display these elements in a fresh, modern way.
I have some images of his wonderful black and white rooms, in which he often uses neutral upholstery, linens, black and white prints, photographs. He loves large-scale busts of great men, in plaster, carved, and as silhouettes on paper, framed or on pillows.
When he uses color it is bold, predominantly sunny yellows, or soft yellows or red, pink or orange, against white or cream. Of course, these observations are based on articles in magazines along with images from his portfolio. Shubel also creates rooms bathed in a colors of French macaroons; soft pink, pistachio green. As an avid pattern lover, I am oddly drawn to his interiors.
In a recent blog interview with Diane Dorran Saeks, he provides five of his favorite whites by Benjamin Moore:
White Dove
Woodmont Cream
Cloud White
Ivory White
Decorator White
Stephen Shubel has been a San Francisco designer for decades and it looks like he has a new furniture line with SARLO, featuring many of his French finds.
Thanks Stephen Shubel, for your bold and fresh design.
I love the blend of black and white pattern
This settee is featured in his new collection with SARLO in San Francisco.
White room, bold chandeliers (2!) and bold color: yellow and orange
This is a breath of fresh air for any designer after a day of color wrestling.
