Toile…New Orleans Style
One look that I like for a boudoir is a good toile print. I stumbled across this New Orleans Toile few years back in a Domino magazine (the discontinuation of which, I still mourn). At a store called Hazelnut New Orleans, you can find this New Orleans Toile print on a variety of products, such as a shower curtain, wastebasket, tissue box, tea towel, throw pillow, and more. Even better is that they sell the fabric by the yard, so you could even come up with your own creative way to use it. The print was drawn by a New York artist named Sonia O’Mara, but was based off of…
Sir Cecil
If you’re like me, you probably know Sir Cecil Beaton best for his photography… However, he was also known and very well respected for his work as a costume designer, artist, set designer and published diarist. He designed costumes for many hit movies, such as: Gigi (1958), Anna Karenina (1948) and My Fair Lady (1964) Now we can enjoy a bit of Cecil Beaton in our homes. His sketches were reproduced into a creation of wonderful fabrics and wallpapers. Here are some that I fancy. I especially love the Pelham Check. See more on cecilbeatonfabrics.com. Here are some examples of the fabric put to good use. Cecil Beaton was born…
