Category Archives: Montage

October 22, 2009 · 1:33 am

Montage: Eames Lounge

At first glance, if you’re not (gasp!) a connoisseur of the mid-century modern, the Eames lounge may look frumpy. I’ve heard from a couple of women that I interviewed for articles, that their husbands “didn’t get it” at first, but then went on to love and live in it. I would so love one in white leather, with a walnut shell. I would keep in Cape Cod, positioned towards the ocean view, adn there you would find me, ensconced (with my Mac Air of course) pretty much always. Like most mid-century modern pieces, the Eames lounge works well in most décors, from rooms filled with old antiques and Oriental rugs to the sparest of minimalist spaces. Here is a sampling of well-designed rooms that included this iconic piece designed by Charles and Ray Eames.

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Photos: Kara Mann Design; Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architecture; Please Sir blog; Steve Giralt; Flickr via Style Files; S.R. Gambrel; Boundary Hotel London; Cookie Magazine; Greg Natale Design; Elle Decor South Africa; Hannah Simmons; Inspace; photographer Joe Schmelzer; Apartment Therapy; Timothy Griffith for NYT; Studio Cerri & Associati; Living Etc.; James Tse; Elle Decorations; Margaret McCurry in Architectural Digest; Michael Crockett; Living Etc.; Jayne Wunder; photographer Julien Lanoo; unidentified.

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October 14, 2009 · 8:48 pm

Montage: Mudrooms

When my editor at the Boston Globe Magazine asked me to do a column on mudrooms, I wondered how I would find three great specimens. Turns out, I got more submissions more quickly than for any other assignment. Makes sense, with our wet winters and sandy, saltwatery summers. “Cloudy With a Chance of Backpacks” was published this past Sunday. Below are many of the mudroom submissions I received, plus a handful of others, including my own. (On the Cape. Unfortunately there’s no such space in our Boston condo, unless you count the living room. I don’t.)

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Photos: Architect Jan Gleysteen; architect Stephen Reilly; Sally de Gan of Spacecraft Architecture; S+H Construction and Amory Architects; photographer Stellan Herner; LDa Architecture; Jarmund/Vigsnaes Arkitekter; Desire to Inspire; Debborah Farrand; Coburn Architecture; FC Studio; photographer Trine Thorsen; Katz Residence; Robin Pellissier of Robin’s Nest; Meg Braff; TMS Architecture; photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo; Zero Energy Architecture; Sally de Gan of Spacecraft Architecture; architect Michael Collins; Sunset Magazine.

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October 10, 2009 · 8:12 pm

Montage: X-Stools

As I may have mentioned, I’m in the midst of redecorating my bedroom and the room formerly known as the playroom. (Once kids are 8 they don’t need toys anymore, right?) This weekend the floors on our the main level are being refinished. The paint colors are chosen and the main pieces of furniture ordered. There are even a few key accessories waiting patiently to be placed. But I still need a couple of medium-sized items, like side tables and poufs or ottomans. I snagged three microsuede storage cubes at Target for $17.99 last week, in my exact colors (turquoise, violet, chartreuse).  Super cute and totally cheap. (Plus, the Star Wars costumes all fit inside one. Take that Vader.) To accompany the bedroom sofa, I’m debating between two of the same cubes in charcoal, a metallic silver leather pouf, or two X-stools covered in crisp white cotton duck, just like the sofa. An X-stool is incredibly practical  – it’s an extra seat, an ottoman, or topped with a tray, a side table. It’s also one of the earliest forms of furniture. In addition to its versatility and portability, I love its symmetry. It works in pretty much every room, and never fails to look great, and sometimes even pulls together an otherwise faltering space. Have a look at these rooms to see what I mean.

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Photos: Tripod Agency; House Beautiful; Pamplemousse; I On Design; Greg Natale Design; Michael Cebula; Meg Braff; Nate Berkus; Jessica Lagrange Interiors in Traditional Home; Reed Krakoff in Elle Decor; photographer Mark Lund; S.R. Gambrel; Emily Summer Design Associates; Jonathan Adler; Amanda Nisbet; unidentified; photographer Peter Vitale; Moris Moreno Photography; Ken Fulk; Moris Moreno Photography; David Lawrence in House Beautiful; Domino; Kwinter & Co.; Domino; Frank Roop; Scott Currie in Elle Decor; Janine Carendi of Area; Lori Graham; Reed Krakoff; Kara Mann Design; Point Click Home; Walker-Warner Architects; Pamplemousse; Paul Whicheloe; Marshall Watson in House Beautiful; House Beautiful; Todd Romano; Janine Carendi of Area; Billy Joel’s home in Domino; Domino; David Jiminez; Elle Decor; Cookie; Apartment Therapy; Charles de Lisle Workshop; Nicole Hollis.

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October 3, 2009 · 12:00 pm

Montage: Panton Chairs

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an array of iconic seating. The Panton chair is not only comfortable, versatile, and great looking, it’s reasonably priced.

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Photos: Chandler Inn, Boston; Alan Higgs Architects; Hip House; Apartment Therapy; Jeff Andrews Design; Style Redux; Lili Diallo in Domino; photographer Filip Dujardin; Marie Claire Maison; Living Etc.; Domino; Hand; Living Etc.; Oak Mgt via Desire to Inspire; photographer Simon Watson; stylist Paul Joseph Hopper; photographer Anson Smart; Style Files; photography Studio Paterakis; photographer Gaelle le Boulicaut; photographer Sarah Blee; photographer Filip Dujardin; Wish Magazine; Skona Hem.

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September 21, 2009 · 9:21 pm

Montage: 45 Rooms with Patterned Rugs

I’ve been looking at a lot of rugs lately. I’m intent on reclaiming my kids’ playroom as a family space that all can enjoy, rather than a pigpen covered in LEGOS. (Does anyone really need an entire city space, complete with bay window, dedicated to primary colored plastic bricks?) As I was contemplating the best way to replace the dot marker and glitter stained sensible wool sisal (not that you could see it under the aforementioned LEGOS), my editor at the Globe asked me to put together a spread of colorful floor coverings (“Step On It“). Finally, I’d be paid to research redecorating my own house!

Like many a rug researcher before me, I fell hard for Madeline Weinrib Tibetan wools. And, the one I oh-so coveted, Lavender Chime, popped up on One King’s Lane for half price! Not so fast, it was still $4,000. (“Are you kidding me?” my husband not so gently asked. “You seriously want to put a $4,000 rug in a room where we’re going to watch movies and eat popcorn?”) Okay, not so much. On to plan B. Drag said husband to Crate & Barrel for an afternoon of rug and sofa shopping. That’ll teach him!

Anyway, here is an array of rooms using amazing patterned rugs. I love the way it punches up the space, with hardly any effort. There are two rooms with the Madeline Weinrib Black and White Endless. How many can you find with The Rug Company Swirl by Paul Smith?

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Photos: Jackie Caradonio; Jordi Vayreda; M. Design; photographer Mark Lund; Tripod Agency; Flickr-Spring Globe; Hotel Frank in San Francisco; Moises Esquenzi in House Beautiful; photographer Mark Lund; Doug Meyer in Metropolitan Home; Desire to Inspire; Nancy Leib in Metropolitan Home; S.R. Gambrel; Mae Brunken Designs; Sixx Design; photographer Paul Costello; JFS Design; photographer Lisa Cohen; Spazio Rossi; Greg Natale Design; Living Etc.; Living Etc.; Alan Higgs Architects; photographer Jordi Canosa; Furbish Design; Stephanie Odegard in Metropolitan Home; Bolig Magasinet; Living Etc.; Fun on the Floor; Australian Vogue Living; Canadian House & Home; 315 Thomas blog via Made by Girl; stylist Paul Joseph Hopper; Living Etc.; unidentified; Flickr-iancr; photographer Jan Baldwin; photographer Stellan Herner; Studio Cerri & Associati; Matt Eastwood via Desire to Inspire; Pappas Miron; photographer Erik Johnson; Greg Natale Design; Laura Smera; architect Stephen Chung.

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