"Town and Country . . . "

Hackett of London

Greetings,

Urban or Rural.  Modern or Antique.  

Finely edited / Lushly layered.  Polished chrome / Hand-rubbed brass.  

Sometimes I feel pulled in both directions.   

Past or Future.  Yin / Yang.  Sports car or Jeep.   

Sidewalks / Dirt paths.  

"Town or Country?"

London, England

The home of New York designer Robert Passal

Ralph Lauren Collection, Fall 2011

SMW Design, San Francisco

Menswear Designer, Michael Bastian
(photographed by Ian Allen)

Hackett of London

John Jacob Interiors

Ralph Lauren Home Collection

Velvet Slippers, from Del Toro

Windsor Smith, from Rue Magazine

Michael Smith Design 

Ralph Lauren's home, from Architectural Digest

SMW Design, San Francisco

Denton Gardner, for Elle Decor

Actor, Matthew Goode

SMW Design, San Francisco

Glen Feshie Lodge, Elle Decor

Gant by Michael Bastian, Fall 2011

The new Ralph Lauren Restaurant in Paris

Roger Banks-Pye, from Inspirational Interiors

Decision . . .  decisions . . .
Scot


(Some of these have sources - unfortunately, many do not - if you happen to recognize one, let me know!)

"More Cream than Coffee . . . "

Greetings,

It's a new year (well, it's been a new year for several weeks now, but as previously mentioned in this same space, I've been kinda busy - as in totally busy.)  And one of my favourite aspects of the new year is the new business that always seems to greet me as January begins.  Something fresh.  Something bright and clean.  Something like coffee - but, with a lot of cream.  Heavy cream.

Barbara Barry, for Metropolitan Home

So most of my days are filled with combing through new tile samples, carpet samples, and (my favourite) tons of textile swatches.   Searching through lighting catalogs.  Shopping for bathroom fixtures.   Always focused on my task.  Always on the look-out for something unexpected.

Polished Chrome.

Ivory.

Cream.

Tan.   

Linen Velvet.

Wool Gaberdine.

Grasscloth.

Marble.

Ralph Lauren, 72nd Ave at Madison Ave, New York

Oscar de la Renta, Spring 2011

Robert Passal Interior Design

Katharine Pooley Interior Design, London

Chris Pine, from GQ

Scot Meacham Wood Design, San Francisco

Michael Smith Design

Ralph Lauren, 72nd Ave at Madison Ave, New York

Katharine Pooley Interior Design, London

And the beat goes on . . .
Scot