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Is orange the new yellow?

Domino via So Haute

Kaley Bloom Rug

At times it is hard for me to pin down my exact design aesthetic, but one thing is for sure, I know what I don’t like, and I definitely know what I like when I see it. I REALLY like San Fransisco Decorator Palmer Weiss’ portfolio. I know it gets beaten into the ground, but the combination of clean lines with traditional touches (and that glam factor) is what I have always loved. Palmer Weiss has it down to a science. She has the details (I love the borders on her window treatments) without making it look over-decorated.

It is always nice to see an unusual color combination like robin’s egg blue with emerald green.

This room is why every female designer dreams of having a little girl.

Traditional but not stodgy.

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I was quite surprised when I read this bedroom designed by Kate McIntyre and Brad Huntzinger for the San Fransisco Decorator Showhouse was a child’s room. Forget Hanna Montana posters, this room if fit for a young glamazon in training.

The custom mural is the only indication of child-like whimsy. I’m not a mom, but I don’t know if this would really fly for a young girl. I mean you need at least 100 picture frames with pictures of you with your friends, a bulletin board, not to mention your shrine to Joe Jonas. One thing is for sure the space certainly does not apologize for being gorgeous. I have a feeling the girl that would live here is one sophisticated little d-i-v-a.

Interior Design by: Kate McIntyre and Brad Huntzinger

Who says you can’t judge a book by its cover?

Platinum Bosphorous Vases $29-49

I recently attended a book signing in conjunction with the Design Excellence Awards by Paper City Magazine (a must read for those living in Dallas or Houston) and we picked up a signed copy of “Domestic Art: Curated Interiors” for the office. Browsing through it today (it’s a fabulous book) this entry by Jan Showers caught my eye. I’ve always loved the contrast (and that the art would be SO easy to replicate) but I had never seen the rest of the house belonging to Kimberly and Justin Whitman.

Sorry for the poorly scanned image, but this living room is TO-DIE-FOR. Perfectly “curated,” it of course has Jan Showers’ signature glamour factor without any of the Hollywood Glamour cheese.