Tommy Smythe- HGTV star, Sarah's House co-host and Toronto has made over his historic home into a residence with glitz and glamour.  Hollywood Regency has been known to combine the high end elements such as polished marble, glossed walls, classic panelled cabinets, crown moulding and tufted furniture gussied up with  accents of brass silver and [...]]]>

Orange Leather on leather on Klismos Chairs

Tommy Smythe- HGTV star, Sarah's House co-host and Toronto has made over his historic home into a residence with glitz and glamour.  Hollywood Regency has been known to combine the high end elements such as polished marble, glossed walls, classic panelled cabinets, crown moulding and tufted furniture gussied up with  accents of brass silver and gold.  Geometrical patterns are very popular in this style, and commonly implemented with stone floors, patterned rugs, painted or stone walls, tile and art work.

Borrow a Few Ideas From Smythe:

1 -In the few pictures of his home, you can see the house is not cluttered, which is a key to any design.  You can see he only features the very best in his house, which means he donated the rest of his junk that doesn't pertain to his style, and so should we.

2 -Incorporate a great geometrical pattern in your room.  Having a good rug with a strong pattern can go a long way.  Zebra rugs are very popular and add a graphic print to the room in a very glamorous way.

-3 Hang a handmade over-sized graphic oil painting with lots of color on the wall, and spend your money on great furniture.  Color isn't necessary, but having a pop of color can go a long way with this style.  You don't even have to spend lots of money doing this.

Shop around for a over-sized frame from your local thrift store, or second hand store.  If you have the money find a high quality frame and make the artwork yourself.  Once you have the room together, over time, you can exchange out the graphic print with another print online at a later date.

If the frame has a canvas print inside already you can paint over the existing picture.  If not, take a piece of thin wood purchased at your local hardware store, and cover it with canvas and staple it into the frame.  Home Depot allows you to buy sample paint sold for a couple dollars each, which you can paint your own geometrical pattern on to.  Pick out your favorite colors or leave the paintings to the end of the project and choose colors that will tie your design together.  All you need is tape, paint, and a good looking gilt wood frame.

4 - Spend your money on high end furniture.  Look at  Smythe's home.  You can carefully tell he really put a lot of thought into his furnishings.  Ebay is the perfect place to buy Klismos chairs, and other high end Regency pieces.  They are so hard to find, but such a great investment.  Good looking furniture captures the attention, and KEEPS the attention over the years.

5 -Keep your eyes open for a dining room set of chairs in the Hollywood Regency style.  A set of chairs can be broken up in a living room, and lined against the wall or accenting a sofa.   A room that has common elements which group together nicely presents better than a bunch of miss-matched furniture.

6 - Brass always adds a high end look.  Consider a coffee table with polished brass.  Adding brass hardware to your furniture to dress it up will go a long way in your home.

7 - Gloss walls are a signature style of Hollywood Regency.  You can see Smythe painted one of his rooms in a high gloss black.  Black or any dark color for that matter can bring a very very dark appearance to a room.  One time, we painted our living room in a really dark navy.  The room had two windows, and it felt like a dungeon.  When working with dark paint colors, consider if you have enough light coming into the room naturally to pull it off, otherwise count on a high electricity bill from all the lighting you have to install.  One way to get around this is to purchase a set of over-sized matching mirrors that you can hang on the walls.  Adding a number of WHITE hand drawn prints on a light yellow or white background will produce a layered effect.  Painting your walls a dark color can be very RICH and captivating.  To pull it off you need to bring in the light by layering the walls in lighter frames, mirrors, or art work.

8 - Don't skip on quality.  Look at Smythe's dining room, and you will understand that less is MORE, and Quality is MORE!  His cabinetry is painted in white, and the walls are tiled in a white subway tile.  The window frames are painted white, giving attention to the amazing tiled floor.  Again here we see a geometrical pattern, and it is well done!

For additional Flooring inspiration see these posts:

Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti's Empire Decorated Home

Empire Decorating: Geometric Painted Flooring

9 - My last tip is to not forget about natural wood finishes.  They ground the outrageous looks of the Hollywood Regency style.  Sometimes the flamboyant nature of the glamorous style of Hollywood Regency needs a foot in reality.  Natural wood chairs, with earthy leather really ground this style well.  You can see this element in action in one of Smythe's rooms.  Amongst black walls, wild zebra patterns, gold and lots of pattern, the wood furniture provides a breath of fresh air and balance to the room.

See more of his Smythe's home see  House & Home Magazine

Hollywood Regency Style- Geometrical Floors, Ornate Tiled Wall

Tommy Smythe's Hollywood Regecy Home- Jet Black Gloss Walls From Benjamin Moore.

Tommy Smythe's Hollywood Regecy Home- Dark Painted Walls and Drapes To Match

Clarence House is located in London in the city of Westminster. For over 50 years it was the residence of the Queen Mother and was also the official residence of H.R.H. Prince Charles and Camilla until 2009. The house was commissioned by William IV and built between 1825~ 1827 by John [...]]]>

Antique Chandeliers Clarence House

Clarence House is located in London in the city of Westminster. For over 50 years it was the residence of the Queen Mother and was also the official residence of H.R.H. Prince Charles and Camilla until 2009. The house was commissioned by William IV and built between 1825~ 1827 by John Nash

The north wing (facing the north private garden and Green Park beyond) contains the apartments used by the Queen and Prince Phillip.  The Queen uses the "Queen's Apartment" - which runs from the northwest corner to about the middle of that wing.  In addition to the Queen's Bedroom, Dressing Room, Bathroom, and Sitting Room, is an AnteRoom (just outside the Queen's Bedroom), a private Dining Room (adjoining the Sitting Room), and a few smaller rooms near the NW corner.  At that point her private suite connects to the Queen's Audience Chamber (facing the west gardens), then another good size room (name unknown), then finally the Royal Closet.  Beyond the Royal Closet is the White Drawing Room, the first of the proper State Apartments on the west front.

Prince Phillip's suite is what was known as the "King's Apartments" in past reigns.  In Victoria's time it was occupied by her mother the Duchess of Kent.  Starting in the middle of the wing (where the Queen's Apartment leaves off) and headed toward the Mall is the King's Dressing Room (and bath), the King's Bedroom, Sitting Room, and Study.  (Note:  The names of these rooms have changed over time).  Beyond the Study are two smaller rooms- the Indian Room and the Chinese Room, and the wing completes at the Chinese Dining Room which is at the northeast corner.

A wide corridor extends the full length of these apartments facing the Quadrangle, and on the Quadrangle side in the middle is the Queen's Staircase, flanked by two small rooms which I've been alternatively told were small libraries, or rooms for attendants.

Informati0n and Pictures gathered at Alexander Palace Forums.

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House- The Garden Room

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House- The Lancaster Room

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House- The Desk In The Garden Room

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House- The Hall

English Decorating Regency Furniture Clarence House The Horse Corridor

Abbey Antiques is selling a sensational burl walnut George III / George IV / Regency design games roulette table. The table stands on a very attractive burl walnut and carved gilt paw and wing foot tripod base with the paws with decorative Eros wings [...]]]>

Regency Furniture- Walnut Drum Card Games Casino Roulette Table From Abbey Antiques Ebay

Abbey Antiques is selling a sensational burl walnut George III / George IV / Regency design games roulette table. The table stands on a very attractive burl walnut and carved gilt paw and wing foot tripod base with the paws with decorative Eros wings rising back from the feet. Each foot has a different figure or mask featuring a theatrical mask, a sitting frog and a lion. Rising over this are the splay burl walnut veneered legs and solid mahogany column with a faux burl walnut painted finish with a standard solid mahogany block. Rising over this is the circular drum table with six flush fit and push open and close drawers, each draw fitted with a different architect's style lecturn which folds up to store playing cards.

Abbey Antiques is selling this fabulous table for only $1,641 US Dollars.

Either side there are chip stores, each place marked by a diamond in different colours, matching or near matching the leather inlays on the lecturns. To the centre is a very decorative 'lazy susan' style spinning centre, the top cover having radial burl walnut veneers which match the panels to the top. On the reverse side is a green baize for card playing, the underside having an inset black, almost velcro covered centre piece and a third layer forming a mahogany polished layer. The table comes complete with chips and a roulette wheel!

A very nice quality and most unusual games table having excellent quality burl walnut veneers which would be very expensive, having a rich walnut colour. The roulette table is Italian made by "Treviso - Made in Italia" "Dal negro" and in solid mahogany with a chromium plated wheel to the centre.

We are familiar with the interiors and furniture of Thomas Hope chiefly through his 1807 book, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, and its exquisitely restrained plates composed of thin black outlines on white grounds, free of all shading, shadow, or color. And so, faced here with more than 400 color illustrations of the [...]]]>

Thomas Hope

We are familiar with the interiors and furniture of Thomas Hope chiefly through his 1807 book, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, and its exquisitely restrained plates composed of thin black outlines on white grounds, free of all shading, shadow, or color. And so, faced here with more than 400 color illustrations of the real spaces and objects, we are dazzled by their vigor and presence. The images are just as elegant as the ones in his book but, with their outlines filled in, even more impressive.

Thomas Hope was the eldest son of John Hope, a Dutch merchant of Scottish extraction and a member of a very wealthy and powerful family of merchants and bankers who had settled, four generations earlier, in Holland.

By the early 1780s the merchant bank of Hope & Co were in the business of raising large sums for kings and governments throughout Europe and in the United States of America, and were recognised as one of Europe’s greatest banking dyna­sties.

After the death of his father in 1784, Thomas shared his father’s fortune with his two brothers but appears never to have been active in the management of the lucrative family business, which remained the source of his considerable wealth.  The fortune allowed him to devote fill time energy to the arts.

Hope's extensive travels in Europe, Greece, Turkey and Egypt inspired his interest in antiquities as a source of designs for Regency interiors, furniture and metalwork.

Regency Egyptian Revival Style Armchairs By Thomas Hope

Grand Thomas Hope Chair

After years of travel, Hope, at the age of twenty six, returned to acquire an Adam House in Duchess Street, Portland Place, London.  This city was none other than the very city his family had fled to during 1794 in anticipation of the French invasion of Holland. The house was designed by Robert Adam, which he remodelled with a series of themed interiors. The colourful interiors of Duchess Street and of Hope's country house, Deepdene in Surrey, played a unique role in the history of collecting, interior design and display.

Both were open to select visitors, but his furniture reached an even wider public through his book, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. Published in 1807, this book introduced the term 'interior decoration' into the English language.

Hope established himself in London as a scholarly collector of art, an interior designer and a patron of artists and craftsmen.

Records show how Hope’s considerable wealth enabled him to collect many paintings, sculptures, antique objects and books, which were displayed in the Duchess Street mansion and at the Deepdene, his country house in Surrey.

Thomas's  brother shared his passion with collecting, and became  influential in many London societies connected with the arts.

Regency Style Egyptian Settee By Thomas Hope

In 1804 Hope opened exhibition galleries, after having had the Duchess Street house extended by one of the foremost architects and designers of the period, Charles Heathcote Tatham, where visitors paid for admission by ticket. The popular view of Hope was as ‘the Furniture Man’.  There he was met with compliments and enthusiastic supporters; but also hostile critics.  Hope’s ambitions pressed on regardless of criticism as he sketched designs for furniture, room interiors which he included in books Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807); Costumes of the Ancients (1809); Designs of Modern Costumes (1812); and posthumously An Historical Essay on Architecture, with the illustrations based on early Hope drawings (1835).

Hope's influence continued long after his death, partly because of his book. His designs appeared in trade journals and books on interior design, and though the Duchess Street house was demolished in 1851.  In 1917 his collection was dispersed in a great sale at The Deepdene. This led to a renewed interest in Hope's vision for objects designed by him.  Collections were displayed in  Europe and the USA, reaching a wider public view.

Hope's style influenced the Regency Revival of the 1920s and '30s, and even Art Deco design.

Designed by Thomas Hope, London

Regency Style Greek Krater-Style Copper Vase

Buscot Park is a glorious example of the Regency style. The estate was built by Edward Loveden Loveden between 1779 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Loveden. The house was inspired by the architecture of the great Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.  Most of [...]]]>

Buscot Park Hall- Pair of Ebonised Gilt chairs From The Thomas Hope Suite

Buscot Park is a glorious example of the Regency style. The estate was built by Edward Loveden Loveden between 1779 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Loveden. The house was inspired by the architecture of the great Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.  Most of the furniture here is of the Regency period, and reflects the revival of interest in that style in the inter-war years.

The entrance hall's gilt-metal chandelier from Barnsley Park

The large ebonised and gilt couch, and the pair of chairs standing in front of the scagliola pillars, are in the Egyptian taste that became fashionable after the battle of the Nile (1798).  They, together with the ebonised and gilt torchères, were made for Thomas Hope, the pioneer of Regency furniture design, and are illustrated in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) as part of the furnishing of the ‘Egyptian Room’ at Duchess Street, his London residence off Portland Place.

The tripod-stand behind the couch, ebonised and gilt, with lion monopodia supports, is in the manner of George Smith, the cabinet-maker whose pattern book of 1808 (A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration) did much to popularise the Regency style.

At the far end of the Hall is a pair of ormolu-mounted French Empire side-tables in mahogany with marble tops.  The tables carry Empire figures of kneeling cupids in ormolu, and Sèvres bleu celeste shell-shaped dishes of 1756, which were originally simply painted with flowers, but when mounted in ormolu,
the turquoise grounds and bird paintings were added (perhaps by Edward Holmes-Buldock c.1830).

The pair of amboyna and giltwood tables, with pineapple motif stems,supporting seventeenth-century panels of Genoese marquetry, reflect the antiquarian taste that became fashionable under the Prince Regent's influence, and were bought at the Hartwell House sale in the 1930s.   The ormolu candelabra on the mantelpiece, their four-branched lights supported by winged figures, are
French of the Empire period, in the manner of Thomire.  Either side of the chimney-piece are two eighteenth-century gout stools.

A cut glass chandelier in George III style In The Dutch Room

The Dutch Room was created out of two smaller rooms in the 1930s, during the 2nd Lord Faringdon’s extensive alterations to the house.  The Dutch Room has a plasterwork ceiling and frieze made at that date in the Adam style.  In this room exist a set of six single chairs, two stools and settee, is of the Chippendale
period.  relief.  Two satinwood commodes with concave fronts, inlaid with paterae, are closely related to Chippendale’s work in the neo-classical style of about 1775.

Between the windows is an unusual pair of side-tables of the Sheraton period, completely veneered with tortoiseshell, stained green and red.  The oval mirrors above are giltwood frames with festoons of husks, paterae and ribbons which are supreme examples of the Adam style. At the far end of the room are a pair of fine inlaid cabinets.   The highly elaborate tops of the cabinets,decorated with red-stained tortoiseshell and engraved bone, date from the mid-seventeenth century.

Regency Style Decorating -Buscot Park Sitting Room

The Sitting Room date from the 1930s, when the 2nd Lord Faringdon made extensive alterations to Buscot, intending to return the house to its original eighteenth-century appearance.

Regency Style Decorating -Buscot Park Sitting Room

Regency Style Decorating -Buscot Park Sitting Room

As in the Hall beyond, most of the furniture here is of the Regency period. This style can be seen in the rosewood sofa table at the western end of the room, and the pair of rosewood card tables, with elegant lyre-shaped supports, made by the leading cabinet-makers of the day, Gillows of Lancaster.  In the room eight single chairs with sabre legs, grained to simulate rosewood, exemplify a type of painted decoration characteristic of the period.  The pair of Regency mahogany bergere chairs are a recent acquisition.  The chandelier is a good example of a Regency glass ‘lustre’, and the gilt pelmet boards, with elaborate scrolls are of the same period, moved here from the Drawing Room at Barnsley Park, when Nash carried out his alterations there between 1807 and 1809.

Picture Credit The Enchanted House Blog

Often times when people think about decorating with a particular color, they automatically gravitate by painting the walls that hue and accessorizing with coordinating furniture.  There certainly isn't anything wrong with that approach, although for many people who adore bold pops of color they tend to be [...]]]>

Regency Empire Furniture Ideas

Picture Credit The Enchanted House Blog

Often times when people think about decorating with a particular color, they automatically gravitate by painting the walls that hue and accessorizing with coordinating furniture.  There certainly isn't anything wrong with that approach, although for many people who adore bold pops of color they tend to be at a loss because they don't want it splashed on their walls. 

 Here is a room that shows us how to use color in a very sophisticated approach.  They have done everything right!   Some of the nicest designed interiors base their homes around high end architectural materials, and well chosen antiques that reflect the owners style.  Many times these homes let the architecture speak for itself, and the furniture is often carefully chosen pieces of art themselves.  A kitchen which has beautiful cabinetry doesn't need a dozen accessories, but rather one masterpiece bowl sitting on the counter is enough to say, "look at me, but REALLY look at the cabinetry"  A minimal approach to decorating works.  Approaching decorating this way, a person doesn't need a wide range of accessories, but nicer furniture that can hold a persons intrigue for a longer period of time.

Regency and Empire furniture does just that.  Empire furniture is known for the outstanding mahogany veneer wood that appear so intricate in its natural design that a person is drawn in to take a closer look at the details of such a luxurious example of wood.  Layer on top of the wood a few well chosen decorative ormolu accents, and you will have a piece of furniture that will stop you in your tracks several times a day.

In this space you can see that the architect looked at the space and figured out the design based on the architecture of the room.  You can see their initial approach with how the floor is laid out.  In this room you see the floors feature a checkerboard marble pattern in both black and white carrara marble.  The pattern on the floor was brilliantly laid in such a way to distinguish two different areas.  One which features one half of the room with a round table, and the other which highlights some antique chairs.  You can see the oval or round table is an exceptional antique, either gold leafed or brass and has nothing on top of the table.  This table most likely features a gorgeous marble pattern which speaks for itself, and doesn't need anything in addition.

The walls were painted in a simple gray beige, and glossy black doors with heavy hardware provide a rich yet simple look.  The chairs seem to be the most brilliant feature of this room.  Long hallways that connected one room to another has been seen in the most premier castles around the world.  Here you see the opportunity for that design to be showcased here.

For the longest time, I gravitated away from white paint on furniture, because I have seen too many times how horrible "shabby" white furniture looks from amature painters.  I think where many people go wrong with painting furniture is they don't determine the appropriate color for the style and age of furniture.

Would you ever paint an arts and crafts mission style chair a bright white?

Excellent Examples of ANTIQUE White Looking Furniture - French Directoire Console Table and Side Tables

White furniture looks very appropriate on Modern Regency styled pieces.  If you think of designers such as Draper, Wearstler, and Adler, they have often used high gloss lacquer in their approach to white furniture.  It would be a terrific sight to see a bombe chest in a high white gloss.  A piece such as this gives off such a brilliant shine as if it was waxed for hours.

White also looks sensational on primitive furniture in a white that has beige or yellow undertones.  I remember the first time I tried spray painting a piece of furniture in Heirloom white, I was amazed at how nice my piece of furniture looked in WHITE!

Swedish furniture is often painted, but never a stark white, rather with gray undertones.  Many times the piece of furniture is distressed so heavily that the wood and the paint combination create a beautiful intrigue.

Too many people make the mistake of painting their furniture a color that belongs on the ceiling.  They forget about distressing and glazing which gives it an antique appearance.

BRILLIANT White Empire Furniture by William Hodgins

White in my opinion has never looked better in my opinion on on Empire furniture.  The additional furniture mounts or carved details are accented in brass or gold leafed makes the white paint even more special to look at.

In this photo by William Hodgins you can see two terrific chairs, which I think are actually gray painted but in the picture they show as white.  The one chair is upholstered in a animal print where as the other chair is upholstered in a blue silk dot on white fabric.  Both chairs are terrific examples of how a piece of furniture can be the focal point of a room. 

A Close up of the Chair

A Close up of the Second Chair

A Close up of the Yellow Chair

Again here is the original yellow chair.  The frame is painted in an off white and they chose a butter yellow upholstery fabric for the seats and the back rest.  The brass furniture mounts add an extravagant touch which really makes this chair appear high end.  Yellow can be extremely vibrant and a brilliant choice to base an interior around.  Not only is it bright but very striking to look at.

Patterned fabric paired with  a Regency or Empire chair can look very rich.  Choosing something as basic as a white and yellow, or a yellow and gray, or a yellow and black pattern can make a chair look like a piece of art.  Adding carved wood appliques which are spray painted in gold and finished off with gold leaf is a sure way of adding extra dimension to your antique chairs.

Here are my top three fabric choices for decorating with yellow against a white frame:

54 Wide Duralee Dalesford Yellow Fabric By The Yard

54 Wide Duralee Dalesford Yellow Fabric By The Yard

54 Wide Ticking Stripe Gold Ivory Fabric By The Yard

54 Wide Ticking Stripe Gold Ivory Fabric By The Yard

54' Wide Premier Prints Chipper Slub Corn Yellow Fabric By The Yard

54' Wide Premier Prints Chipper Slub Corn Yellow Fabric By The Yard

George III (George William Frederick, 4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801.  He was then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and [...]]]>

George III -King of Great Britain and King of Ireland

George III (George William Frederick, 4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801.  He was then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors he was born in Britain and spoke English as his first language. Despite his long life, he never visited Hanover.

George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia.

Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence, which led to the establishment of the United States of America.

A series of wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France, over a 20-year period, finally concluded in the defeat of Napoleon in 1815.

In the later part of his life, George III suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. Medical practitioners were baffled by this at the time, although it has since been suggested that he suffered from the blood disease porphyria. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George III's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV.

Pair English Regency Georgian George III Armchairs

English Regency Georgian George III Armchairs- Pair of Chairs- Vintage Views Consignment, SWC-George III Satinwood Pembroke Table, c.1800 The Stanley Weiss Collection $9,500

A George III Giltwood Settee

A George III giltwood settee with a shell-carved crest rail above a padded back and seat and with foliate carved arms, raised on tapering leaf carved legs; the seat inscribed "217 Hornby", possibly the name of the cabinet-maker. Sold through Kentshire

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST OF DRAWERS BUFFET From Musing Antiques

19th Century English George III Mahogany Bowfront Chest of Drawers From Musing Antiques $2,800

I Am Love was a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes. The wealthy Recchi family are first and [...]]]>

I AM LOVE Movie - Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

I Am Love was a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes. The wealthy Recchi family are first and second-generation textile manufacturers in Milan and Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reins of his massive industrial company, and in so doing, surprises everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo.  The movie features some beyond beautiful interiors which have both a Regency element to them with some underpinnings of Art Deco influences.  Many of the scenes were shot in Villa Necchi Campiglio, a 1930s mansion in the heart of Milan designed by architect Piero Portaluppi. Tilda Swinton states in the DVD commentary to the movie that the villa was perfect because they were looking for a house “that was part palace, part museum, and part prison.”   I think you will be blown away by the wood veneer walls, marble floors and drop dead

Check out Heathers Post on The Villa Necchi Campiglio , and Kevin Sharkey's Blog where the source of these pictures were featured.

I AM LOVE Movie - Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

I AM LOVE Movie - Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Regency Decorating Ideas- Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Regency Decorating Ideas- Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Regency Decorating Ideas- Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Regency Decorating Ideas- Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

Italian Decorating - On The Set of I Am LOVE - Set in Milan

<A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fshatteparadi-20%2F8010%2F787d842d-8b02-4f4f-8616-b259dab0e45b&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A>Nailhead trim can be yet another way of adding interest and prestige to a plain chest.  Habitually Chic featured a picture of a brightly painted chest with brass nailhead tacks decorative tacks which formed a very whimsical pattern.  This technique looks terrific on [...]]]>

Nailhead Chest From The Rug Company Featured on Habitually Chic Blog

Nailhead trim can be yet another way of adding interest and prestige to a plain chest.  Habitually Chic featured a picture of a brightly painted chest with brass nailhead tacks decorative tacks which formed a very whimsical pattern.  This technique looks terrific on brightly painted chests, and wood chests alike.  Consider adding a pattern with nail head tacks to a plain chest which would otherwise be plain and ordinary.

Regency Decorating - Nailhead Chest From Kathy Kuo

Kathy Kuo sells a terrific Nailhead chest that looks like a million dollars!!  This chest of drawers is detailed in nail head trim and has the appearance of international furniture.  This dresser chest is bold and unique, and could be a focal point in your home.  The domed brass-finished tacks are decorative on the  walnut finish which creates an overall playful contrast  while being functional at the same time.

Habitually Chic featured a stunning apartment of Wolfgang Benkhen in Hamburg, Germany. The apartment was decked out in white and natural woods and was decorated in modern vintage furniture with a minimal approach. Amongst all the pictures the herringbone floors really stood out to be a captivating feature [...]]]>

Eames Lounge Chair in Wolfgang Benkhen's Home

Habitually Chic featured a stunning apartment of Wolfgang Benkhen in Hamburg, Germany. The apartment was decked out in white and natural woods and was decorated in modern vintage furniture with a minimal approach. Amongst all the pictures the herringbone floors really stood out to be a captivating feature all on their own. A Eames lounge styled chair seems to be one chair that gains momentum as the years go by.

Eames Lounge Style Chair

Distressed Wood Herringbone Floors

Wooden Floor Installation Manual Everything You Wanted To Know on DIY Floors

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Flooring, with DVD, 3rd Edition: Updated with new Products & Techniques - This third edition of a classic favorite includes time-honored installation methods now updated to feature new flooring styles, and adds some important new information on renewable flooring materials, such as bamboo, reclaimed floorboards, and natural stone. It also includes the latest techniques for polished and etched concrete flooring. The DVD add-on product includes 50 minutes of real-time demonstration of crucial layout and installation techniques, as well as the entire print edition in electronic form.

1001 Ideas for Floors: The Ultimate Sourcebook: Flooring Solutions for Every Room- Floors create the largest single decor element in the home, and this book is a comprehensive guide to both the materials available, and the hundreds of decorating effects that can be achieved by choosing the right materials, colors and patterns. This "big book"of flooring inspiration contains more than 600 color photos and illustrations from leading flooring manufacturers, space designers, and interior decor specialists.

Wood Flooring: A Complete Guide to Layout, Installation & Finishing -Mention hardwood floors and watch a homebuyer’s eyes light up. What makes wood floors so desirable? Hardwood floors are unmatched for their beauty, durability, and ease of maintenance, so it’s no surprise that the demand for hardwood has always been strong. In recent years that demand has been fueled by the availability of more types of wood, including exotic species such as Brazilian cherry, as well as engineered woods. This professional-level resource covers every aspect of installing residential wood flooring – from estimating and preparing the job site, through sanding and finishing, to repairs and maintenance. Hardwood floor expert Charles Peterson covers it all in this indispensable guide to the most popular flooring choice around.

Laying Hardwood Floors DVD - The amateur's quick guide to the basics of hardwood flooring installation. Great for anyone tackling laying hardwood floors.

Dream Floors: Hundreds of Design Ideas for Every Kind of Floor An inspiring guide to floor coverings featuring over 600 photographs, "Dream Floors" completes the "Randall International Dream" series, approaching the selection of flooring for the home and workplace in a no-nonsense, informative way, coupled with inspiring, spot-on colour photography. Chapters on hardwood, laminate, tile, stone, carpet & rugs and more offer an array of flooring photography, explain advantages and disadvantages of each type and also offer advice on which kind of flooring works best under which situation. After reading this book, consumers as well as interior designers will be able to walk into any flooring store with confidence. Along with information on care and cost, advice and assistance, as well as a handy glossary, you will be amazed at the wide variety of products in today's market!

Herringbone Floor

Check out Tinas transformation of her floor by simply using stain and tape. She was inspired by the picture above.  I have got to say, my hats off to Tina!! Her rug painted floor looks terrific!!

Mariposa Beaded Horizontal Collage Frame

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Beautiful Beaded Trays

If you like the look of silver, you will love the collection by Mariposa.  Their collection has a number of cast aluminum products that can easily be transfered from your table to your guest room, and into the bathroom.  Trays which [...]]]>

Mariposa Three Picture Rectangular Frame

Mariposa Beaded Horizontal Collage Frame

Beautiful Beaded Trays

If you like the look of silver, you will love the collection by Mariposa.  Their collection has a number of cast aluminum products that can easily be transfered from your table to your guest room, and into the bathroom.  Trays which can easily be used in the kitchen could be also used in the bathroom to hold candy or soaps for your guests.  This collection is a perfect gift idea that could be added to year after year.  Any daughter in law or mother would enjoy this collection because it is simple, yet very elegant.  Mariposa all aluminum products that give the look of silver without the price of expensive metals.

Statement Tray, "Hugs & Kisses"

Statement Tray, "Relax"

Mariposa Statement Tray "Believe"

Mariposa Pearl Three-Tiered Cupcake Server

Mariposa String of Pearls Small Oval Platter

Mariposa String of Pearls Oblong Casserole Stand

Wood Serving Trays

Pearled Cheese and Cracker Server with Wood Insert

Mariposa String of Pearls Small 3 Section Server

Mariposa String of Pearls Small Service Tray

Mariposa Medium Beaded Edge Frame - 5 x 7

Mariposa Small Beaded Edge Frame - 4 x 6

Mariposa Love Bird Salt and Pepper Shakers

Perfect Collectible Gifts and Home Decor

Mariposa Statement Tray Live Love Laugh

Mariposa Statement Tray "Change is Good

Mariposa Fish Bottle Opener
Mariposa String of Pearls Sauce Dish

Mariposa Pearled Round Platter with Wood

Mariposa Lighthouse Salt and Pepper Shakers

Mariposa Beaded Cracker Dish

George Hepplewhite (1727? - June 21, 1786) was a cabinetmaker and was regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. His elegant furniture became fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued [...]]]>

George Hepplewhite Dining Chairs

George Hepplewhite (1727? - June 21, 1786) was a cabinetmaker and was regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. His elegant furniture became fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries and is popular today. His shield back chair is still one of the most elegant antique dining chairs today.  Find more pictures of this home on Maureen Bower's Blog

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Set of 6 Antique Hepplewhite Solid Mahogany American Shieldback Dining Chairs    US $2,500.00

Regency Dining Set Pedestal Table and Hepplewhite Chair    US $7,584.00

8 HEPPLEWHITE Chippendale MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS BAKER KITTINGER Quality    US $2,489.79

Hepplewhite Dining Furniture

Baroque Tray With Feet

Baroque Tray w/ Handles By Wallace

Antique Silver Pierced Gallery Footed Tray

Antique Silver Oval Footed Tray

SILVER PLATED OBLONG GALLERY TRAY

Sueno Footed Server

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 [...]]]>

Dramatic Period Style Decorating Ideas

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 are all you need.

. I nearly always use a solid on a sofa to anchor the room. I love to then offset that piece with a fun pattern on a shapely chair.

Stancil's Antiques Unlimited has been in the antiques business for over ten years specializing in antique furniture, glass, jewelry, silver, porcelain and lighting. They also have a reproduction shop, selling high quality reproductions and lighting. They carry such names as Wildwood, Chapman,Chelsea House, Frederick Cooper.  Accessorize with Stancils [...]]]>

ANTIQUE SCHOFIELD STERLING SILVER REPOUSSE FOOTED BOWL

Stancil's Antiques Unlimited has been in the antiques business for over ten years specializing in antique furniture, glass, jewelry, silver, porcelain and lighting. They also have a reproduction shop, selling high quality reproductions and lighting. They carry such names as Wildwood, Chapman,Chelsea House, Frederick Cooper.  Accessorize with Stancils unique reproductions and antique

Modern pair of club chairs1950s' AND Regency Style Mahogany Inlaid Pembroke Drop Leaf Table, Brass Hardware, 1940's