It can also be hung in a window to catch the sunlight or used as a napkin ring, pendant, even a tree ornament. Wayne Corrie makes each one in his studio, located in Fremont s historic Niles District, at 37683 Niles Blvd. For almost a decade Bruno Lamy has created floral, fruit and animal print designs in his Paris studio, which are then carved by hand onto teakwood blocks and handprinted in Jaipur, India. The results are Couleur Nature a line of 100 percent cotton table linens that are cosmopolitan folk art. The newest designs include sunflower, coconut palms, conch shell and sea motifs.
All patterns remain in open stock so consumers can add to their collections at any time.
The line is available at home decor stores, including Domus in Los Gatos and Brinton s in Carmel. Ashwell is the woman who made comfortable, well-loved and useful acceptable decorating buzzwords with her Shabby Chic movement. A transplanted Englishwoman who moved to Malibu in the early 80s, Ashwell coined the phrase, using it as a label for her own designs in her Shabby Chic stores in 1989. Her 1996 how-to book by the same name increased her visibility well beyond the design world. The Rachel Ashwell Treasures line is a mix of bedding, bath, tabletop and decorative items in a variety of prints and textures in soft pinks, blues and lavenders.