FF - Trevor and Alexis Traina's San Francisco Home

Hi there,

Here it is Flashback Friday again.......

This master bedroom of Alexis and Trevor Traina has been around for awhile, but I just discovered it this week when I bought 'Ann Getty Interior Style' book by Diane Dorrans Saeks.

While the whole house is beautiful, it was the master bedroom that really caught my eye.

To start with, the pink toile is really stunning - and with the custom made, cast-bronze twig arms acting as the headboard to drape the fabric over, with lanterns hanging on each side of the bed from the twig, it's absolutely dreamy.  Also, notice the twig window rods.  The twig framing was made by San Francisco artist, Andrew Fisher.

The faux-bois painted paneled walls were beautifully done by Karin Wikstrom.

P.S. My left margin is not engaging for some reason - centering my script is not deliberate.....another fix to work on this weekend.

Have a great weekend!

A conversation area by the bed.

Beautiful japanned secretary.

Another seating area in front of the fireplace.

Alexis' private bath is in a sun-bathed oval room of the house with Nina Campbell's parrot fabric at the windows.  Always loved that fabric with parrots, pink roses, butterflies and ornamental cherries, as seen below.

Nina Campbell Parroquet Fabric
Love this fabric!

Christmas Statuary

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would begin with some Christmas ideas today.  

It's always fun to see what people do with their statuary, whether it's indoors or outdoors..........here are a few whimsical and creative ideas to enjoy!

Have a great day!

The Polo House

 At Home Arkansas

Carolyne Roehm 

Carolyne Roehm

Splendid Sass

Craftberry Bush

The Polo House

Moodboard Monday - Vivid Red

Good morning, Everyone!

Hope you all had a great and relaxing weekend......it went by far too fast for me.

Time is flying by and it will soon be time to get out the holiday decor and with that in mind, I guess I'm leading into the Christmas colors with this 'Vivid Red' post..........red being the all-time favorite holiday color.

Also wanted to let you know that this will be the last moodboard for now as I am going to start some holiday posts later this week.  I will also be limiting my posts to Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning this week.

Enjoy and have a wonderful week!

 Veranda

House and Home

 Architectural Digest

Carolina Herrera's living room

Carolina Herrera

William Eubanks

House Beautiful

House Beautiful

Miles Redd

Charlotte Moss' Vogue magazine collection

Shakespeare

Valentino

Valentino

Marchesa 

Marchesa

Dior

Brooch

Carolina Herrera

 Pinterest

Red Birkin Bag

Pinterest

Vespa

Hermes

Pinterest

James Nares

Valencia Pierre

Elvgren

Pinterest

Pinterest

FF - Ainsworth Noah Cabin Update

Hi there,

While researching the Ainsworth Noah cabin this week, I came upon this image of their cabin living room from 2012 here.

You would never know it was the same living room from yesterday, but it appears to be.  It certainly appears to have 32 ft. ceilings and the large living room sofa is the same style (with rolled arms) as the blue sofa from yesterday.  So, it seems they covered all the natural stone with wood and painted everything white.

With the velvet sofa, animal print chairs, white walls, folk art, floral (or is it toile - can't quite make it out) drapes and gilt framed artwork, it's a completely different look.  Much more traditional, but equally as relaxed and welcoming.  Just lovely!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Veranda

TBT - Ainsworth Noah Cabin

Hi Everyone,

I hope you don't tire of my cabin posts.  This should be the last one for awhile, but I wanted to share this beautiful home in - guess where? - Cashiers, North Carolina!!  Remember here and here?  So, Toby West, Ainsworth and Noah were neighbors with the late Charles Faudree who also had a cabin here and who decorated the home I featured in 'Cabin Fever'.  Apparently, this mountain area is a haven for other decorators, too.

It's a small world and a an awful lot of talent in these hills.

So, Hal Ainsworth and Winton Noah, who at the time of this publication, owned the largest space at the Atlanta Decorating and Design Centre, a condo in Atlanta, and an apartment in Paris decided to build this log home as their weekend getaway.

With it's massive 32-foot ceilings in the entrance hall and the living room, they needed large scale furnishings to make the spaces cozy and welcoming.  As an example, the living room sofa is 109" long and 46" deep.  The doorways are 8' tall.

Since they regularly travelled to Europe 6 - 8 times a year for their valued finds and clearly had lots of great pieces to choose from, they then proceeded to fill their home with a collection of antiques, folk art, twig and willow furniture - all complemented by the homey touches of quilts, toiles, plaids and checks.  All just beautiful.

But, the biggest surprise of all was the white shiplapped and beamed guest room with blue and white decor!  At first, I thought there were some pages missing from the magazine and that I was looking at another story, but, no it was all part of the plan......as well as another white walled guest room and games room.

Quite a partnership these two have considering that Ainsworth was quoted as saying in the article that "I can decorate and Hal can't add"!  Obviously, they work as a tandem team and fill in the voids for one another as needed.

Enjoy!

They have three wraparound porches.

The very big sofa I mentioned.

Hal's bedroom with a Niermann Weeks bed and Carleton Varney toile.

Winton Noah's bed is made from local wood.

And this is the surprise - love the shiplap walls and painted beams.  Also, the blue and white is just lovely.

Another guest room with patchwork and plaids.

 Games room.

The back porch.


 Veranda
July - August 2001