Manhattan Bound....


Today I packed up my Green Brooks brothers suit + Big Brogue shoe prints for a stylish fella in NYC.
I love the thought of them hanging in a home on Lexington Ave. :-)
FYI I also love Fed Ex for always delivering my prints safely! Their big tubes shaped like giant Toblerone bars are perfect for shipping art worldwide.

Tommy Smythe includes Tea towels in Top Canadian design Faves

Tommy Smythe promoting Canadian design on the Marilyn Dennis show July 2 2012.
(Aren't his tortoise shell glasses + windowpane jacket sharp?)
Close up of the Tea Towels

Arren Williams just let me know that Tommy Smythe did a special feature promoting Canadian Design on the Marilyn Dennis show this past Tuesday.. and in it he included the Hudson's Bay designer series tea towels. (!!)

As many of my friends - (and fellow Pinteresters!) know I've been an admirer of Tommy's style - both in interior design + fashion - for a long time so must admit this was a thrill. (Yes I'm corny)
Thanks so much Arren + Tommy. 
Full version of my tea towel.

ps. Thrilled to report there will be more Hudson Bay products coming down the pipe!! 
Stay tuned.

Creative Morning with Paddy Harrington was great

Am rushing off to silk screen!

The quote I scribbled above is:
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift" 
- Albert Einstein 
YEP.
Here are my notes from Paddy's Harrington's talk complete with sketches of Colleen Nicholson's legs and great Chanelish flats!
One of his main messages was Trust that your Intuitive brain is churning away at the problem all the time!
More later. Very inspirational.


Carol Fertig's Manhattan Rental In Elle Decor



All Photos by Christopher Sturman

Just loved the space of Designer Carol Fertig in the latest issue of Elle Decor.
Such a juicy mix of vibrant colours, interesting textures and objects both new + old.
(Plus I love the fact that the magazine featured a rental. Good on you Michael Boodro!)
In her livingroom above she created the wall sculpture from gold painted plastic leaves. Inventive.

 
Carol's library is so warm and inviting with an inspiration board which threatems to invade the livingroom. Love it. paint colour is Ben Moore Tangerine Dream.

In her bedroom I love the antique suzani on the bed and the paint colour called "Day's End" which helps make the room feel like a complete retreat. 
ps. Yay Fornasetti book on the night table.

Carol's entire apartment is going on my Pinterest boards under Home Inspiration. :-)