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Period Style Decorating

Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:58:36 +0000

Traditional Home features this dramatic Chicago apartment with a vintage Hollywood Regency white enameled sconce which pops against Farrow & Ball's "Hague Blue." walls. The Tulip" chair originally from Baker gives this hallway a very special and unique look.

Designer Melanie Elston offers tips on decorating with color and pattern:

. Offset large patterns with solids or patterns designed on a smaller scale to create a balanced room

. To use color successfully, continuity of tone and intensity from room to room is essential. When using bold colors, be bold everywhere.

. Create transition spaces when using a lot of pattern and color. A great runner and a focal point at a hall's end (Read More.....)

Christina Aguilera’s Hollywood Regency Beverly Hills Home

Admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:06:21 +0000

Instyle Magazine featured a story way back in their October 2009 issue on Christina Aguileraand husband (Music Producer) Jordan Bratman. The magazine covered the (Read More.....)

Hollywood Regency Decorating

Admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:05:05 +0000

As you start flipping through Jan Shower's Glamorous Rooms, you begin to notice she has a thing for Louis XVI furniture. Although most of her book is geared for High Polished Hollywood Regency styles, I cannot help but notice that we have something in common. (Read More.....)

Regency Settees

Admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:08:09 +0000

You just never know what you may stumble upon on ebay. One day as I was researching some settees on ebay, I came across this glamorous settee which was sold by Vaughanbenz. The overall look has a splashy sophisticated style, with white upholstery on a white and gold frame. The settee frame has straight features much like Louis XVI furniture. This has got to be one of the nicest settees I have seen, and if I recall, it went for around the 1K mark.

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Hollywood Regency Color Ideas

Admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:49:41 +0000

Lacquered Sideboard By Henredon Seller Lawson Fenning

People are often connected with colors, but they are afraid something bolder on their walls. The people who have a harder time are those people who are contemporary, and usually after sophisticated looks, but long for that color in their rooms. Here are some quick steps to adding color into your life..........

First, always choose color you are drawn to. Second, utilize the color wheel for professional results. For example if my favorite color is green, then I could have the options of working with darker shades of green and lighter (Read More.....)