Posts belonging to Category 'Home Design'
April 20, 2012 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
Are you familiar with the term trompe l’oeil, French for ‘fool the eye’? At some point, you’ve probably seen a painting, or wall finish, which looks so realistic you’d swear it was the real thing. Except that it isn’t. Paintings can be especially deceiving. You might find yourself looking at a still-life arrangement of books, [...]
Categories: Art, General, Home Design, Living Green | 
Tags: countertops, faux finishes, granite, marble, paint, trompe l'oeil | 
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March 30, 2012 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
Interior designers and therapists have a lot in common. Of course, in the case of a designer, the ‘patient’ is someone’s home. Did you know that homes, just like people, can have a story to tell? If we’re lucky, it will be a very good story, especially if the home is relatively new. Older homes, [...]
Categories: Balance & Harmony, Home Design | Tags: design challenges, interior design, interior therapy, mirror-image, sleuth, surprise element, Therapy | No Comments »
February 24, 2012 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
“Ambivalence – is the liminal point between the problem and the solution.” In other words, ambivalence is that point of uncertainty, when you’re not sure what to do next and perhaps terrified of making a mistake. Let’s say you’ve been thinking about a kitchen remodel, or are toying with the idea of re-decorating your [...]
Categories: Home Design | Tags: ambivalence, decisions, feeling stuck, indecision, kitchen remodel. interior design | No Comments »
January 6, 2012 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
For Christmas this year, I gave my husband this little footstool – complete with a ski scene. My husband happens to be the skier in our family, and an avid one at that, and so – I couldn’t resist. Does it fit our décor? Well, not exactly – although, I did intend this footstool for [...]
Categories: Designer Recommends, Home Design | Tags: decor, footstool, personal touches, ski-theme, skier, this place you call home | No Comments »
December 30, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
Last week, I wrote about the giving of gifts, and my fascination with the Japanese scroll, which reveals itself just like a gift when removed from the custom box it has been stored in. A home can reveal itself in very much the same way. If you think about it, just the act of entering [...]
Categories: Balance & Harmony, Home Design | Tags: East meets West, entry, first impressions, gifts of the season, surprise | No Comments »
November 4, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
Do you remember the TV commercial from the 70’s – the one with the little old lady at a fast food joint, demanding to know “Where’s the Beef?” Sometimes I ask “Where’s the Magic?” I do this instinctively with interior design, whether flipping through a magazine or seeing a vignette that feels less than exciting. [...]
Categories: Designer Recommends, Home Design | Tags: 7 Ways to Create Harmony in Your Home, Home Design, interior design, magic | No Comments »
September 30, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
Are you familiar with the history of the chair? Did you know that the chair, as we know it today, has only been around for a few hundred years? Back in the 16th century, you had to be somebody Very Important to sit in a chair, let alone own one. In fact, that is where [...]
Categories: Designer Recommends, Historical Tidbits, Home Design | Tags: Chairman, comfort, Ghost Chair, history of the chair, Louis V, Philippe Starck, the person with the Chair, Topiary Chair | No Comments »
September 9, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
“How can you, without drying up, make things with the same pleasure, as a gift to others, for so long? The word playful is therefore an important part of our quality as a designer”. Eva Zeisel, designer Eva Zeisel, as you may know, is a world renowned ceramic designer who will soon be 105 [...]
Categories: Home Design | Tags: designer, Eva Zeisel, perfection, play, playful, playful search for beauty | No Comments »
September 2, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs, Apple CEO Did you know that Mood Lighting is now available on airplanes? I learned this just recently, while reading up on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner under production for All Nippon Airways. Wait a minute, you might [...]
Categories: Home Design, Lighting | Tags: airplanes, Boeing, design, Home Design, industrial design, Light, microcosm, mood lighting | No Comments »
July 29, 2011 | Posted by Karen Trubner-Kent
This past weekend, we visited the Farmer’s Market. Walking among the stalls, I was thrilled to see the colorful rows of fresh produce –a sure sign that Summer has arrived. Later in the day, as I inspected my selection of fresh asparagus, baby beets, snow peas, and lettuces, I wasn’t sure how they’d be combined [...]
Categories: Balance & Harmony, Color, Home Design | Tags: balance, Color, Design Principles, Elements of Design, Farmer's Market, harmony, proportion, recipe, shape | 1 Comment »
