When you want to turn up the volume in a room and show some personality adding a leopard print to your decor just might be the ticket. Leopard prints are very glamorous, especially in fabrics like silk, velvet, chenille, and leather. They have been used in fashion and interiors since the 1940’s when Christian Dior introduced the print as part of…
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Creating Magic with Indigo Blue
Indigo, that rich, beautiful, deep blue. It is considered the color purest in meaning. Very few colors have evoked such mystery and magic. For almost 5000 years from Africa to India throughout Asia and Europe Indigo has been a prized and valuable pigment. Natives of India and Africa where the first to use it for artistic adornment and in…
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A Day of House Beauty at Atlanta Holiday House Tour
I love a great house tour and at the Atlanta Home for the Holidays House everything was beautiful and all decked out for Christmas. The design is a collaboration of 16 interior designers, architects and builders from the southeastern US. The house is a symphony of southern style. Most importantly it’s a wonderful way to raise money for the Holiday…
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Color Palette: The Power of Pink
Growing up I never was a big fan of the color pink and I really didn’t like those wimpy pink dresses and bows my mother made me wear at Easter. But now I celebrate the power and grace of what pink represents during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My mother survived breast cancer in 1996 in large part because of early…