My husband is colorblind, yet he insists on having a say-so on what colors I use in the house. If I left it up to him, everything would be bright red. Her 'ivory scrimshaw' creations are anything but matchless pieces New England whalers probably began the tradition of scrimshaw in the United States. Sailors would use their leisure time on board ship to carve designs on ivory or bone. In today's busy and harried world, the bedroom for many of us has become a place of refuge and retreat, a place to rejuvenate and renew ourselves.
Lamps are a room's fashion jewelry.
And, at this spring's International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., lamp manufacturers outdid themselves with amusing lamps that will light up your interiors. Calif. You can almost imagine a bucolic countryside from the south of France fanning out all around you. When interior designer Lyn Peterson calls her new book Real Life Decorating, she really means it. As a mother of four, she's seen it all and lived to tell the tale. Over the couch is one place it's typically important to hang art.