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The June/July Issue Of Ivy & Piper Is Here

Click - ivyandpiper and enjoy!

Sneak Peek At What Is Coming To West Elm In The Fall

 I Really Like This Mirror!

The June Issue Of Matchbook Magazine

Click match book  and ENJOY all of the goodies inside!

BNP Paribas bank in Paris, created by 

Paris-based architect Fabrice Ausset of Zoevox.

This bank is a 1,000 square-meter funhouse of colors, shapes, textures and forms with the goal to entice the customer to discover, interact, experiment and enjoy.

How great would it be to go to a Bank of America or Wachovia and see this?! 

xxx, 

Dina

Recycling is an Art

This piece, 
by Sandhi Schimmel Gold, 
consists of junk mail glued to a canvas. Who would have thought that recycling could be an Art? 

See more of this article by clicking:
interiordesign


Isn't this a breath of fresh air? xxx Dina

Jill Sharp Brinson

While flipping through House Beautiful magazine, I saw Jill Sharp Brinson's design of a living room and dining room located in Atlanta. They were absolutley gorgeous, with a very rustic look. I loved her design so much that I took a look at Jill's website-www.jillsharpstyle.com where I found these beautiful images of another living room and dining room. This design is like a breath of fresh air. Heavenly and inviting. Some would even call it breathtaking :)

xoxo, 

Dina

Beijing Theater

National Grand Theater, Beijing, China

I came across this as I was looking at pictures of interesting building design. I just had to share this beautiful and creative structure.

A somewhat controversally modern structure just west of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the National Grand Theater, or The Egg, is one of the most amazing theaters in the world. It is surrounded by an artificial lake, and was built with titanium accented glass.

Maya Angelou Quote

Hiii Everyone...It's Dina! Hope you enjoy my first blog post!

So as I was waiting at the design center for fabric samples, I flipped through a Kravet magazine and noticed a quote by Maya Angelou... which read..."Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." I've read this quote before, but not the way I did today. Being in a room surrounded by thousands of fabric and wall paper samples, and having floorplans floating in my mind, I realized that nothing takes your breath away like a beautiful design. Whether of a building, a room, or even a painting...Design can be breathtaking. 

I guess someone else agrees with me on this quote...

Keep up with our posts this week and we'll take your breath away :)

Happy Happy Father's Day Weekend.......

......to all dad's but especially my dad!

Lovely Advice...

I found this on Flipflops and Pearls blog and she found it on Elements of Style blog and I thought that it WAS really Lovely Advice.....so I'm posting it too.

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s – Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2010.
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hours.
9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

1. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more.
14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

1. Call your family often.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

1. Do the right thing!
2. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
4. The best is yet to come.
5. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Check out this link everyone!

http://ohhappyday.com/2011/06/goes-to-paris/

Wonderful Barn Door Treatment For A Room....

....by Martyn Lawrence Bullard for a recent Architectural Digest

and his client, Ozzie and Sharon Osborne.

Martyn is one of the stars of the new Bravo show- "Million Dollar Decorators"

I must say after watching the second episode, I liked it much much better.
There was much more showing of the design talent of the cast.
If you haven't seen the show, check it out Tuesday's at 10:00 PM EST
on Bravo and let me know what you think.

Have Always Loved This Song And Wanted To Post!

Enjoy!

Introducing Beverly Taylor's Intern Dina

Hi Everyone! My name is Dina Alzoor and I am a senior at East Carolina University. I am currently studying Interior Design and Business and will be graduating next spring. This summer I am lucky enough to intern with Beverly Taylor Design! Stay tuned for my guest posts this summer :)

For now, I'll leave you with my favorite quote. Have a fabulous day, xoxo

"Whatever you do in your decorating philosophy, be brave...never wish you hadn't taken your vision right to the end. Make a bold statement." -Roger Banks-Rye

Enjoy Your Weekend.....

doing whatever you please.

I Love This Piece That I Am Ordering For A Customer's Pantry

Something To Think About...............

June/July Issue Of adore Magazine

Before you jump into this latest issue of "adore"

I wanted to let you know that last week several posts

did not show the pictures.  That has been repaired if

you would like to scroll down and take a look.

Click adore magazine and enjoy the 

newest issue.

Million Dollar Decorators Aired On May 31st .....

....and I missed it!

Thank goodness, Bravo, runs their shows more than once.

I caught it the next night and was not impressed. 


Nutshell version- 
deadline problem with the Osbournes, divorce mid-
project, birthday celebration with guacamole made with
dirty hands and questionable comments made to the client. 

The show and the decorators did nothing to dignify the profession of Interior Designers.

I suppose that is why the title is Million Dollar Decorators.


In case you don't know there is a difference......

The biggest difference in the two, is that designers must have an education.  Decorators don't need any education.


As of 2009, 25 states and the District of Columbia had educational requirements in place for interior designers. Most of those state requirements are based on the standards of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification, or NCIDQ. Under NCIDQ standards, designers must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours of course work, with no fewer than 60 of those hours focused on interior design work. Most colleges and universities that offer programs in interior design are designed to satisfy the NCIDQ requirements [source: NCIDQ].

On a positive note. The work that was shown on the show was wonderful.

May Your Weekend Be Full Of Fun, Happiness And Color!!!!!

Photography by Parisian Alain Delorme- "Manufacterd Totems"
    For more of his work 

click-www.alaindelorme.com

The Beute Lamp by Michael Wolke- Interesting Green Design

German designer Michael Wolke

 has created the Beute pendant lamps from discarded cardboard.

These wonderfully sculptural Beute lamps are made by overlapping thin strips of old cardboard. It is a clean modern approach for the pendant lamp.




To Read More: Click -Michael Wolke Creates Sculptural Pendant Lamps From Strips of Old Cardboard | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 

README- Table/Lamp

Designed by Peter Boeckel,

the readme is the                                                  combination of a lamp and a table. Standing on four legs it is lightly influenced by the characteristics of a small chest and at the same time, the traits of a lampshade with some shelving thrown in.

Used materials are white maple and coated steel.

For more of Peter's talents click-www.peterboeckel.com