It looks
like our favorite designer is turning up on the pages of all of our favorite
shelter publications these days.
From the tropical outdoor cover story in the May/June issue of Veranda, to the botanical-inspired lamps that Sabine Rothman wrote about recently in Traditional Home and the lovely birdies on Anthrologie’s Vanuatu Twilight wallpaper featured in the same issue, to the lovely Magnolia (and wonderfully southern, in my opinion) wallpapers that Orli Ben-Dor chose to highlight in the June issue of House Beautiful and the Jack and Lulu seaside motif notecards in Elle Décor’s June what’s hot!, the always-classic designer, Mother Nature is on a roll!
Flowers, butterflies,
swans, seashells, ferns… you name it… if it’s botanical, buy it! My hat is off
to Melinda and Jim Story, the owners of a Key West cottage and the subjects of
Candace Ord Manroe’s story Go Key West in the June/July issue of Traditional
Home. They are adept at mixing and matching their botanicals and nature prints
with an absolute stunning result. Pick up a copy of the magazine to see how they
have used a variety of fabrics and prints that include florals, birds and fish.
The Drexel
Heritage showroom for spring market also reflected a botanical theme. Like
myself, our designers seem to be drawn to anything with birds on it or related
to birds.
In addition to retro prints and throw pillows with birds, they used
bird nests and bird cages in their displays. Perhaps my absolute favorite piece
from market is the sofa covered in our birdie fabric – see photo above.
If you like
the idea of allowing a little more Mother Nature in your rooms but an entire
sofa is too much, try accent pieces such as a pillow or a framed print. Or, you can simply do what I do and begin making displays of all
the rocks, acorns and sticks that my Earth-loving son brings to me as special
gifts.
And maybe
the birdie sofa is just the thing I need to bring it all together!
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