| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Sep 18, 2008 at 5:00 am by Tina McCarthy From Fashion Accessory to Floor Mat Your favorite leather belt has seen better days. It’s looking pretty shabby, and you have to hold your breath in order to get it buckled just so. If you’re thinking about tossing it in the trash, resourceful designer Inghua Ting would have none of that. When your old belts no longer fit around your waist, it’s no excuse ...Read MoreRelated Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 29, 2008 at 5:00 am by Mike Sowden Yurts: Taking Your Business Outside It seems an unspoken rule that all modern businesses never have enough conference rooms free. So here's an idea - go sit outside. During my Archaeology degree here in England, when the weather was good enough (a rare occurence), our lecturers would hold seminars on the lawns outside the department, snaking a power cable inside when ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 28, 2008 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley Fall Decor Color Trend: Purple It's the color of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes, the fragrant bundled plant used for soothing pillows, and the heart awarded for acts of bravery in battle. No wonder shades of purple - from lavender walls to orchid bedding - are making a splash in the prettiest eco-friendly bedrooms this fall. I have accessed subtle shades of lavender for ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 27, 2008 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley Jigsaw Chic We designers are used to piecing together cool spaces but the new puzzle options make it more of a pastime than a vocation. I guess rugs and floors that arrive in pieces appeal to the kid in all of us. We never tire of connecting the grooves to create the picture on the front of the puzzle box. In terms of rugs, you can titillate your ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm by Luanne Bradley Artfelt Carpets at Eco Terric Celebs may dominate the red carpet, but anyone of us "unknowns" can walk proudly down the green carpet by simply selecting decorative rugs that are not just works of art but also sustainable works of heart. A great example are the upbeat, hand woven Tibetan designs of Alicia Keshishian. The artist/fashion ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 14, 2008 at 9:00 am by Tina McCarthy Gain Some Green Ground You’ve decorated your rooms with recycled furniture and décor, treated your walls with low VOC paint, and now you’re itching for a new green renovation project. The first place you should look is down. Unique and sustainable, woven bamboo flooring from Bamboo ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| ARTISAN / ECOSALON HOME Aug 11, 2008 at 5:00 am by Tina McCarthy The Art Beneath Your Feet The rugs that adorn the floors in my home don’t just serve to warm the ground beneath my feet; they are an artistic statement of my personal taste. Solid colors and played out prints just won’t...cut it. The Series of ...Read MoreRelated Posts ↓ |
| ARTISAN / ECOSALON HOME Aug 7, 2008 at 5:00 am by Mike Sowden Adrift on the Global Warming Rug It's a stunning reminder of the precarious beauty at the top of our world. What would the Arctic be to us without the polar bear? The iconic image of our planet's largest land predator forms the focus of this rug from Ninamarquina, adrift in a sea of blue wool ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| ARTISAN / ECOSALON HOME Jul 30, 2008 at 6:00 am by Mike Sowden Jarapas: Durable, Stylish and So Very Quiet My dining room is a noisy place. Thanks to a lack of furnishings or wall hangings, sound bounces around like it's a ball in a Squash court. Dinner parties sound like they're being held in London's Royal Albert Hall. I need some thick, ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |