Dining by Design
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) is launching their 13th National Tour of “Dining by Design” on March 18th in New York City. Well known designers create gorgeous tablescapes and area restaurants provide food and drink for event participants. This amazing fundraising event will include food and wine pairings at the Table Hop & Taste event, as well as the innovations of design students. For more on Dining by Design, click here. The installation pictured above was designed by David Stark for Benjamin Moore. For more pictures, click here.
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
“Our house has a basement my husband calls his “man cave”. He is the one to spend the most time there, but occasionally the family and guests are down there to watch movies. He wants to decorate the room in the colors of his alma mater (forest green and gold) and his favorite football team (purple and gold). He’s adamant about the colors, but I don’t see how those colors could possibly work together. If no one ever went down there I wouldn’t care, but I still want to be able to bring friends to the basement and be proud of the decor… Any thoughts on how to make it work?”
Double duty: Home office and guest room
In many homes there is a room in the house that serves more than one function. In these spaces it’s important to consider all the ways the room will be used when it’s time to settle on a design. Here are some design ideas that will help your home office pull double duty as a guest room…
Go for Baroque!
Baroque is a design aesthetic of the latter part of the Renaissance, characterized by complex forms and elaborate decorative detail. Baroque style furniture and decor elements have made their way into many homes over the past few years, and the design concept still seems to draw quite a few “oohs and aahs”. When one or two baroque elements are paired with more modern design the result can be breathtaking. Wondering how you can go baroque in your own home? Here are a few tips from the Vastu interior design team…
3 Must See NYC Restaurant Interiors
NYC-based Vastu Designer, Krissy Stecyk, shares 3 restaurants she considers must visits to check out the interior design.
image via Sarafine
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
“Hi. I live in a small one bedroom condo (600 sq ft) in Arlington. The building is very new, but the living room is small. I have a round glass table table and two custom chairs in the dining area, an Italian leather sofa and a very modern leather chair. I bought a media unit for the TV and to use as storage for books, files, etc., however I find the unit to be too big for the space. The sofa now seems too dark for the room and there is a bit too much leather. Any ideas? Many thanks!”
Any the winner of the Generation by Knoll chair is…
… @juliaboykin! CONGRATULATIONS!
A super duper, extra special thank you to everyone that participated in our 1000 follower challenge and helped us reach our goal. You tweeps are the best!
Our D’Urso swivel chair is here!
Knoll introduced the D’Urso seating collection at the end of 2009 and we ordered the D’urso swivel chair for the showroom. It’s GORGEOUS and tons of fun to sit in.
Thanks UrbanTurf!
A special thank you to the UrbanTurf folks for featuring one of our design projects on their blog. Be sure to stop by their site for daily articles, news, and commentary about the DC metropolitan residential real estate market.
Discovering New York Neighborhoods: NoHo
Krissy, our designer based in NYC, shares some of her favorite places in various New York neighborhoods. Her first stop was, Yorkville… Now she’s on to NoHo!
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