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Design Crush: Midcentury Modern Dresser
I love furniture with a sculptural element and my Design Crush this week offers just that. The Revo Midcentury Modern Dresser offers unforgettable style that's elegant and functional. This four-drawer console chest from Butler Specialty Company is alluringly finished in dark caramel and the four-corner tapered post frame exquisitely supports the drawers and their contents. Crafted from gmelina wood, this dresser has finely tailored and textured white leather-and-chrome handlebar drawer pulls. Open them to reveal English dovetail construction with smooth maple interiors. This piece measures 40 inches wide by 16 inches deep by 34 inches high and would look marvelous in a...
Color Crush: Fontana di Trevi
Fontana di Trevi is one of the most famous fountains in the world and one of my favorites in Italy. This Roman Baroque masterpiece stands 86 feet tall and I'll bet you recognize it from Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita if you haven't seen it yourself in person. Made from Travertine stone quarried near Rome, this masterpiece was opened and inaugurated in 1762. The design is just as striking and beautiful today, don't you think? I love this photo of the fontana di Trevi, which is my inspiration for my Color Crush color palette this week. The blues, pale purples, and browns would...
Delight in Design: Afternoon Tea
Here in Dallas, we have the Royal Chef, a gentleman who was Princess Diana's personal chef for years before her untimely death, and served other members of the royal household, as well as American presidents Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush. I've read about him and seen him on TV; once, he talked about the British habit of drinking tea and I was intrigued by the ritual and delicious fare. Somewhere between 2 and 5 p.m., it's time for afternoon tea ("high tea" is actually later in the day and with heartier fare). In Texas, he...