Wisteria + Otomi + Empress = Spring Fling

By now you know I love the vibrance of the Otomi

Indian designs.

My pillow collection is one of my most

popular seller.

The Melamine plates that Wisteria have on 

sale this weekend 

are the the perfect extension of these 

wonderful designs.

This company has grown over the years and the

family group of folks who run it really

have the basic pieces you don't want to 

spend your life looking for.

You can find this great tale top set up at 

Memorial Interiors and Antiques

in Houston along with a nice

collection of my pillows.

Kips Bay Kathryn Ireland Shows Bed Perfection

Every once in a while you see a bed that

is done so that you can actually sleep in it.

At this years Kips Bay Show House in NYC

Kathryn Ireland did the bedroom in her

latest line of fabrics and trim from 

Scalamandre.

Her fabric combinations are so chic and lush.

This bed is a major statement, but you can

see that for the scale she only 

used 3 accent pillows

and actually shows the sleeping pillows

tucked in place.

Too often beds get overloaded with pillows, 

huge bolsters and more.

Your floor is littered with them each

 morning and it is tough getting up in the

 middle of the night without tripping

 over them.

It's still a tight squeeze with only

 3 decorator pillows in

this size bedroom.

You can "over dress" any size

bed, but finally that look is

becoming extinct I think.

 The Quintessence coverage of this

years Kip's Bay House is extensive

and so well done.  

Don't miss seeing all the details.

From Table to Sofa

These four pillows were made

 from a vintage 50's set of cotton 

napkins for a card party 

table set up.

To make them larger, I added

 two inches of mitered fabric on 

the fronts.  

There is also a black flat gimp

to attache both fabric elements

together.

 On the back I used a larger check

 just to keep it interesting.

Here is a closer look...

 They don't look old now,

 they look updated.

Nice and crisp.

(They are for sale right now

at The Brass Scale Antique shop

in West Palm Beach.)

Knock! Knock! It's the Mattress Tag Police!

I don't know if anyone has told you,

but there is NOT a police squad that

will arrest you if you remove your

tags from your soft goods.

Honest.

You might not think that it is important

to remove them from your pillow

inserts, but there is nothing

that I notice more than the feel of

that tag when you sit

with a pillow if it is still attached.

It's like the

 Princess and The Pea

story. 

 What the tag is made of

is not soft and will not get softer

even after washing or

the longer it is left on.

Some tickets even make

a "crinkle" sound.

But, just don't rip it off, 

take the time to cut it

carefully so the seam doesn't 

opens to let out your 

feathers.

So that's my public service

announcement on this

subject.

Don't get caught with your 

tags hanging out.

Have a great week.

Pillow Pic

Greta Garbo