I was asked last week what I thought were the current trends in interior design. Unlike with fashion, interior design doesn't have seasonal trends, but themes generally appear first through interior design projects, eventually filtering to the general public via trend driven retail furniture stores like Restoration Hardware, Mitchell Gold, Ligne Roset and ABC Carpet & Home...
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Design for Living: Finishing Touches
Finishing Touches
I've been decorating a client's Brooklyn brownstone apartment and we're at the final stage of adding the finishing touches. Her living room bookcase that until now had contained nothing but books presented us with the opportunity to change the dynamic and incorporate some of her favorite accessories and keepsakes among the books. Decorating bookcases or shelves is a great way to express your creativity and bring an artistic dimension to a room. Also, as London Interior designer, Kelly Hoppen succinctly puts it, "A beautiful arrangement of accessories on a self is an easy, elegant way to embrace trends and keep your interiors up to date."
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