Traditional Home: 6 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs in September 2015
The 6 best rooms with decorative rugs from the September Traditional Home are comfortable and very stylish and will inspire you to decorate for the fall. Read More
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Elle Decor September 2015: 6 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs
The 6 best rooms with decorative rugs in the September 2015 Elle Decor feature simplicity of design, exquisite materials and museum quality art and antiques. Read More
Architectural Digest September 2015: 7 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs
The 7 best rooms with decorative rugs in the September 2015 Architectural Digest include the chic Paris apartment of Christian Dior's Mathilde Favier-Meyer who ignored advice from three legendary Parisian decorators to follow her own instincts; Ralph Lauren’s new West Village Home Collection recalling 1950s Bohemian style; The easy going elegance of Derek Lam’s Gramercy Park apartment and Brett Heyman’s peaceful Connecticut retreat. Read More
Best of July-August 2015 Veranda: 7 Rooms with Decorative Rugs
The July-August 2015 Veranda's 7 best rooms with decorative rugs are dedicated to illustrating how to create relaxed and elegant interiors by mixing the old and the new, juxtaposing the classic and the contemporary, creating a contrast between rustic and refined and between matte and smooth. The 7 rooms show how the same design principles hold true for a seaside home and a formal mansion. Read More
Architectural Digest August 2015: 9 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs
The August 2015 Architectural Digest's 10 best rooms with decorative rugs are all about relaxing vacation homes and country retreats in Martha's Vineyard, Lake Placid, The Hudson Valley and Southern California. The common challenge in vacation homes and country retreats is how to mix the rustic and the sophisticated in way that feels both relaxing and stylish. Learn how Rose Tarlow, Katie Ridder, Ashe + Leandro and former Miles Redd protege Nick Olsen do this in four very different ways that fit life styles of the homeowners. Read More
31 Tips to Make a Large Room Stylish and Cozy with Large Rugs
A large living room is great for hosting big parties but huge spaces present special decorating challenges of their own. Since you won't be entertaining every day you want to plan for how you will use the room for day to day living. Today's 31 decorating tips will help you make a large space stylish and cozy and enhance it with large rugs. Read More
Best of May-June 2015 Veranda: 7 Rooms with Decorative Rugs
If there is a common theme running through the 7 best rooms with decorative rugs in the May-June 2015 Veranda it is the artful mix of traditional and contemporary and calming blues paired with white, beige, silver and grey. These 7 rooms will start you dreaming of peaceful days by the sea. The Malibu getaway by Martyn Lawrence Bullard and the Destin, Florida retreat by Susan Lovelace are truly outstanding. Read More
19 Glamorous Ways to Decorate with Blue Rugs
"Blue is one of the easiest colors to live with and its most people favorite hue," said AD100 designer Bunny Williams in an interview with Elle Decor. "There are so many beautiful shades of blue--- some cool, some warm and they mix well together." The same can be said of blue rugs. The most desirable blue rugs are those with a mix of cool and warm colors. These rug allow you to use a wider range of fabrics and create more sophisticated looks as these 19 rooms demonstrate. Read More
Architectural Digest June 2015: 8 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs
The June 2015 Architectural Digest’s 8 best interiors with decorative rugs provide insights into how Giorgio Armani decorated with colorful flat-weave oriental rugs to promote relaxation in his recently updated Saint-Tropez country house and how AD100 Designer Douglas Durkin brought a refreshing elegance to a famous 1920’s Beaux-Arts style house with custom decorative rugs. Read More
Sotheby’s 2015 Designer Showhouse: 7 Best Rooms with Decorative Rugs
If you think antique rugs are old-fashioned you will be surprised to see what 13 top interiors did with them in the 2015 Sotheby's Designer Showhouse that just ended in New York. Their work demonstrates that when antique rugs are artfully mixed with modern art and contemporary pieces the rooms convey a level of imagination and sophistication that cannot be achieved by merely following trends. For their show house Sotheby's gave 13 top interior designers carte blanche to choose antiques, contemporary art and modern furniture from Sotheby's upcoming auctions. Here are my picks for the 7 best interiors with decorative rugs from the 2015 Designer Showhouse. Read More