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Design Lines: Houses with Boats By Pamela Hughes What could be more fun than having a house on one of our many beautiful Sarasota waterways and having a boat with the house as well? Well, not much, as long as the house is in Sarasota or some other gorgeous locale. For this month’s column, I thought it would be entertaining to write about a project we are completing in the British West Indies. The project is 19 Deckhouses at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. These are individual luxury homes with all the services of the nearby Ritz-Carlton. Each home includes an […]
Design Lines – Let’s Frame It! By Pamela Hughes In past columns, I’ve written about lighting, color, furniture placement and other elements of successful interior design. In this column, I’d like to write about the how’s and why’s of framing artwork. But first, let me share with you an adventure which brought me to this column’s topic. It was difficult to leave Sarasota and fly to DC rather than spend some well-deserved time at the beach. But I did, and it was for a good cause. I had been asked to assist The Prince of Wales Foundation in their endeavor […]
Old World Craftsmanship By Clifford M. Scholz Let’s try and define “Old World Craftsmanship”. Obviously, it is a talent that has a very long history. It is international, and it has to do with quality. It is something that we hold dearly and, unfortunately, is getting harder and harder to find. There is more to Old World Craftsmanship that makes defining it somewhat difficult. It embraces the talent of an artist and the desire to define that art in the built environment. It is prolific in larger metropolitan areas where there were projects that attracted the most talented of […]
Design Lines – TV, Or Not TV…. By Pamela Hughes Whether we like it or not, televisions are here to stay. They are in our lives, for some of us, from the moment we wake up to the last thing we hear or see at night. And all through the day, it seems there is hardly a place where there isn’t a screen flickering with some urgent image. Whether it’s your lifeline to the world and staying in touch, or following your favorite program, they are everywhere. We, of course, as designers try to find ways to make televisions accessible, […]
How Does Illumination Influence The Atmosphere And Energy Usage Within Your Home? By Clifford M. Scholz Lighting adds drama and dimension in any room of the home- inside and out. The play of light and shadow, both natural and artificial, is a part of the core curriculum in every architectural education. Light instinctively effects a person’s emotional state through differing levels of brightness, color and texture. There are essentially three main categories of artificial illumination-ambient, task and accent lighting. Each illumination type should be carefully analyzed and support architectural design decisions. For example, placement of artwork and collectibles is […]
Design Lines – Lightening The Look By Pamela Hughes One of the pleasures of life is simplification. As the world itself seems to be moving faster and becoming more complicated, the sanctuary of our homes is our place to restore peace, quiet and balance. Paired with making more time for ourselves is the possibility of making our homes more serene and welcoming. And that is what we will be focusing on this month. Particularly, as one retires or is just coming to a second or part-time home, the ease of one’s life there, with minimal upkeep or effort, is important. […]
Design Lines – Window Dressing By Pamela Hughes We’ve talked about many elements of interior design in previous columns, and we have a few more to go! One very important component of a great space is windows. They are in every room, they control light and air, and they give us an opportunity to add decoration, so this column is dedicated to them. First, let’s talk about the reasons why we treat windows. There is obviously the decorative element: draperies and fabrics add a softness to a room and an opportunity to coordinate other elements and fabrics in a decor. […]
Ready Set Market Part II By Tracy Eisnaugle Last month we started discussing design consultation or staging techniques to assist in the process of getting your home or listings ready for the market. This month we will continue the discussion with additional tips and pointers remembering that our goal is to de-personalize and de-clutter the residence. Potential buyers need to be able to visualize their own style and furnishings in the potential home, if a home has too much stuff even if it is great stuff buyers can become overwhelmed and distracted. Here is a list of additional pointers to […]
Ready Set Market – Part I By Tracy Eisnaugle Over time as we live in our homes we tend to accumulate clutter, adding the latest trends, attaining things we just have to have or gifts we didn’t necessarily ask for. Somehow we find the space and incorporate more and more into our homes. One of my professional duties is to provide design consultation services to real estate agents. Some people use the term staging, but I do not offer furniture or design services to my agents’ clients, eliminating any sales pressure for the homeowner. My goal is to assist the […]
Design Lines – Buying Art By Pamela Hughes In a column a few months ago, I wrote about the art of framing. Now, after spending a few weeks searching the art markets for clients, it seems appropriate to write about the selection and purchasing of art. The phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” is never as true as it is with art. Even educated and totally knowledgeable art critics can have different views on a particular piece of art. Sometimes art is selected because the viewer sees it as pleasant, calming, beautiful, technically well-produced, shocking, avant-garde, valuable, […]
Design Lines – The Concession Golf Clubhouse By Pamela Hughes For this month’s column, I thought I’d write about a spectacular and very fun project that I have been working on with the famous fashion designer, Adrienne Vittadini. Adrienne and I have spent almost two years designing the interior for The Concession Golf Clubhouse. The Concession Golf Club and Residences is being developed by Kevin Daves with an outstanding golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. The golf course was named “America’s Best New Private Golf Course” in 2006 by Golf Digest. The Concession is named after the […]
Often people ask us, “Just how do we start a design? What are the first things we do?” Well, there is a lot that we do prior to starting, such as research, lots of listening, etc., but when we actually start to design, we often start with the rugs.
It was difficult to leave Sarasota and fly to DC rather than spend some well-deserved time at the beach. But I did, and it was for a good cause. I had been asked to assist The Prince of Wales Foundation in their endeavor to preserve traditional artisan crafts (such as gilding, wood and stone carving, wrought iron and stained glass making) not only in Great Britain and the U.S., but around the world.
One of the things so many of us love most about Sarasota is that it is casual, but also elegant. We dress casually but elegantly and the same concept applies to interior design.
Sarasota Style- Let’s Light It! By Pamela Hughes In our last column, we wrote about the beautiful Sarasota sunsets and skies, the special colors we enjoy in our gorgeous Sarasota natural environment, and of how we use all of these elements to enhance the interiors we create. We spoke of sparkling azure blue, clear aquamarine and effervescent sea green hues. The neutral effects of soft whites and sand colors completed our palette. So how do we make the most of these incredible colors and truly show them to their best advantage? The answer is Lighting, with a capital […]
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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