Home Decorating News

A journalist takes a picture of 'Girl in a Lace Hat' painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a French impressionism master between 1841-1919, during a press conference at the National Palace Museum in Taipei on May 24, 2013.

You've sugar-soaped the walls, slicked your living room in Farrow & Ball's Pigeon, put three coats on the ceiling by balancing on high-heels, two copies of the Yellow Pages and a chair, then brushed 24ct gold leaf on to your cornice.

The neon brights that peppered the 1980s are back, in fashion and decor. Highlighter hues and glow-in-the-dark tints provide a shot of adrenaline after a few seasons of mellow, mushroom-y color palettes.

A show at Hannah's, Seale Hayne, featuring Henri Matisse's Drawing with Scissors showcases the brilliant, pure colours seen in his paintings and an altogether different medium paper cut-outs. Although the exhibition displays lithographic prints of the original artwork, one nonetheless gets a sense of the skill of the artist's hand.

But the bold and intriguing new collection of modern ceramics currently on show at Port Eliot confirms that such familiar everyday items as bowls and jugs come into their own when placed on, in and around elegant period furniture, grand family portraits and rare flourishes of interior design.

If you think interior design is just for women, think again. Men regularly hire decorators and designers.

Design magazines and home decorating catalogs tend to feature sprawling backyards with big wood decks and room for everything from decorative fountains to artificial ponds.

One look inside interior designer Alex Fulton's Blenheim home will tell you she's not overstating things when she describes her style as "original, non-conformist, challenging, amusing and cheeky but functional". Within the renovated 1903 villa, a riot of colour and unusual objects express the personalities of Fulton, her husband Jeff and their ... (more)

Lori and Lee Zajic became their own clients when they bought a '70s-era ranch and remade it into their dream home.

Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC, , a wholly owned tribal company of the Cherokee Nation, is seeking qualified bids for an interior designer to coordinate, install, dismantle, and box for storage all holiday dA©cor for Christmas and New Year's Eve at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa AND Christmas at Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs.

Taxiing planes and a buzz of runway activity at John F. Kennedy International Airport's new Terminal 4 serve as a dramatic backdrop for interior designer Thom Filicia and Architectural Digest 's new Delta Sky Deck-the United States' first outdoor lounge and viewing deck housed inside an airport.

Mitzi Maynard grew up in her parents' 75,000-square-foot furniture store, playing among the aisles of couches and ottomans as a young girl and eventually contributing to the company as a teenager.

The concept of good visual design whether describing graphic design, art or interior design, all derives from the practice of the fundamental elements and principles of design.

I have recently been approached by numerous people interested in having a portrait of a member of their family painted.

Michaels reported net sales of $993 million for the first quarter ended May 4, an increase of 1.5% from $978 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

This spiffy new house has the feel of a lovable old one. Glass-enclosed walkways connect the silo to the upper floors.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News Clive Daniel Home has been selected to furnish and accessorize a newly completed custom home built by Foresite Homes located in Olde Naples at 261 Third Avenue North.

In this day and age where people can get most things done instantly thanks to technological developments, you'd think that they'd have done something to make home decorating quicker and less of a pain.

Partners at Cevian Design Lab, 401 Broad St., snip the ribbon to ceremonially open the new architecture and interior design studio.

You know, the type of place that speaks more of ostentation and status than style.