Holiday House Showcase

This Designer Showhouse (2012) in Manhattan,   in benefit of Cancer Research Foundation,was decorated with jewel-like settings. These sample rooms were done up in soothing shades of lavender, purple, turquoise, emerald etc. And contrast colours were fused to create an overall drama. See for yourself. 

 

 

 

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Black Magic

I belong to a country where people embrace vibrant colours in a very natural way.  So, like me, many hesitate to decorate spaces with black-- infact, consciously stay away from it as black has earned a bad name for itself as an inauspicious colour. But I came across some spaces that, despite having doses of black, were balanced with other hues or black was injected in small doses to accentuate the stylish personality of the rooms.

Black, if used cleverly, looks very posh in a room. Designers often prefer to decorate men's pads with black as the colour has some masculine character about it. But when combined with other colours it can be fun. 

Introduce black in a little measure to begin with-- like on one wall, on a piece of furniture, on the rug, wallpaper etc. Then build up the theme by offsetting it with a single bright colour like turquoise, fuchsia etc or more colours in the form of cushions or upholstery. White most commonly partners with black. But do not be afraid to pair sunny yellow, crimson red, beige, orange, green or even mauve to do the trick with black.

 

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Black and white wallpaper adds a dimension to the room

Turquoise and black make this bathroom attractive

Black and pink

Power Greenrooms at Oscars

These are the green rooms where Oscar nominees spend some quiet moment to calm their nerves, away from the backstage madness. So these spaces have to be highly glamourous, sophisticated as well as comfortable. And designers take great pains to do up the spaces with different themes every year. Here are some glimpses ...

84th Annual Academy Awards

AD100 interior designer Waldo Fernandez was inspired by the iconic of Hollywood decorator Billy Haines. The space included a library with entirely hand-painted book jackets that feature images from the AMPAS archives, including Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8 and Sylvester Stallone in Rocky.

82nd Annual Academy Awards 

RogerThomas designed the 2010 greenroom around a custom paint-splattered floor. He says he imagined that this “would have been how the floor looked when they were painting the sets of my favorite movies.”

 

83rd Annual Academy Awards
  
Interior designer MichaelS. Smith was inspired by the 1930s and ’40s when creating his 2011 greenroom design, because it was a period of time, he says, that “really established what we think of as Hollywood glamour.” He conceived a luxe and tailored library setting, complete with a sophisticated color palette, wood-paneled walls, a gold-leafed ceiling, and comfortable furnishings. 

81st Annual Academy Awards

StephenShadley is a scenic artist turned interior designer to movie stars such as Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Robert Altman, and Jennifer Aniston. Using a photographic backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline as the focal point in his 2009 Architectural Digest Greenroom design, Shadley created a lounge area reminiscent of a chic 1970s modern home with a panoramic view of the city from the Hollywood Hills.

  

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