IN FLORIDA? JOIN ME AT DCOTA THIS THURSDAY FOR A SCHUMACHER PANEL WITH CELERIE KEMBLE

Photo courtesy of DCOTA

Being on panels, moderating panels, and listening to panels always leave me inspired.  The questions they answer, dialogue they spark and the camaraderie they engender are just fascinating. If you are in Florida this coming Thursday, November 15th, I hope you will come out to DCOTA in Dania, to hear a  panel I am moderating with PB/NYC designer Celerie Kemble and Schumacher's creative director, Susan North. We will be discussing The Influence of Fashion on Wallcovering Design and the recently-launched innovative wallcovering collection Kemble has created for the brand. The event, in Atrium C, begins at 10:45am and goes till 12pm, followed by a reception in the Schumacher Showroom. Then at 2pm, I am looking forward to introducing Charlotte Moss, whose newest book, her eighth title,  A Visual Life: Scrapbooking, Collages and Inspirations, reveals her extensive collages she has assembled over the years on inspired travel, fashion, color and more, which she has incorporated with the historical entertaining documents of stylish, inspiring women through time. After Moss shares her visual inspiration, join us at The Century Furniture Showroom where her Icons Collection is on view. Excited to see you there!

CELERIE KEMBLE LAUNCHES WALLPAPER WITH SCHUMACHER

With wide-ranging stylistic influences, Celerie Kemble's debut wallpaper collection with Schumacher has patterns to suit a variety of settings. From a soft, classic acanthus motif to a boldly colored  Chinoiserie cloud, the collection can work in a mid century modern living room, a warm modern entryway, precious powder rooms and on and on. The unexpected scale and color palette make it a fun new line, and here are some favorites that caught my eye.

Cirrus Clouds in Plume

Cirrus Clouds in Shanghai

Playing off the classic tree of life motif, Hot House Flowers Sisal in Seaglass and Chalk is pretty pretty

Flame, a classic flame stitch pattern is re-interpreted in kicky colors like Cha-Cha

Stud Stripe in Natural and Bronze adds warmth and height with a linear stud design

Acanthus Leaf channels old world British glamour

In Seaglass and Chalk

Shadow is a rich grey

Feather Bloom has Art Deco undertones and delicate detailing, Emerald and Ore is a wonderful shade of green

In Two Blues

Golden Plum has a  sophisticated chic

Dove reveals the radiating pattern with contrast

HERE ARE THE 2011 KIPS BAY SHOWHOUSE DESIGNERS

Photo courtesy of the New York Times
The house the way it looks today at the left, and the way it originally looked in 1924 when built by architect Frederick Sterner, on the right.

Two of this year's designers, Brad Ford and Harry Heissmann

The entrance and the first of four staircases in the house

There is Chinese painted silk on the walls in the dining room Matthew Patrick Smyth is doing

The dressing room was assigned to Cayley Barrett. I love these doors, they are so 60's

With four stories, 16 rooms and 10,000 square feet, this year's Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse, being held in a neo-Federalist style town house located at 163 East 63rd Street, is going to be a transformation to behold. The former brick home of New Yorkers Maurice Brill and John Hay Whitney was built in 1919 by Fredrick Sterner. The house seems to have been divided for two families, so their is a vastly different look as you work your way up the floors. Back on track for April, this year the showhouse will begin April 28, 2011 and run until May 26, 2011. I cannot wait to see the amazing work that is generated by this group, where industry veterans and a new, up and coming generation of designers come together.

Here is the incredible designer line up for this year:

Amanda Nisbet Design
Aurelien Gallet
Barbara Ostrom Associates
Bilotta Kitchens of New York
Brad Ford ID Inc.
Campion Platt
Cayley Barrett Associates, Ltd.
Fanuka Inc.
Greener by Design Richard Heller
Gunn Landscapes
Harry Heissmann Inc.
Jamie Herzlinger Interior Design
Jeff Lincoln, Inc.
Celerie Kemble for Kemble Interiors
Mary McDonald Interiors
Matthew Patrick Smyth Inc.
Richard Mishaan Design
Robert Stilin LLC

Congratulations all!