I haven't seen a photo of a room in quite awhile that has captured my attention like the one above. The straight lines and right angles the chairs and the upholstery create, along with the unframed, amazing Mallory Page painting, are the perfect foil to the tone on tone pattern of David Hicks', The Vase, wallpaper. The amount of color the Rose Famille infuses is perfect. This exquisitely designed room is the work of Cynthia Collins , one of my favorite interior designers. What's more, she's a fellow Dallasite. I know you'll enjoy the gorgeous images of her work I'm sharing below. Check out her site for lots more.
These two new amazing Christina Baker paintings were photographed hanging on a wall in Christina's studio before they were delivered recently to Bennet Galleries . How I'd love to visit Christina's studio to see where all the magic takes place! I can see that it's bright, clean, minimal, and sophisticated. As her paintings are always spectacular, it follows that her work space has to be gorgeous and inspirational. Nightlife Half Past Two Star Dust Not blue and white, but I love this one, don't you? I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to share it. Star Dust is another new painting available at Bennet Galleries. . . . . . . . . . . . I'm thinking about art studios at the moment because my daughter (an artist) and I will be moving to a new house in the next few months, and will use one of the bedrooms as an office/studio. The granny-chic style...
This spectacular vignette is from the house I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. I'd been devouring my latest Luxe issue, and noticed a mirror just like mine in a feature on a gorgeous Dallas house. You can see more of the feature, and read about it here . Photography: Nathan Schroder Interior Design: Homeowner with a bit of help from The Design Girls (Susan Palma and Muffin Lemak) Landscape Architecture: Laura Tyson