Rudy DeLeon, 6th in a series
There are some basic needs, in the form of human talent, which a professional interior designer MUST have in order to convert creativity into tangible work. Among these requirements is a top notch master upholsterer with an eye for detail and a propensity for transforming designer ideas into logically proportioned [...]
“Designers are only as good as their resources”. It is an age old quote I have heard throughout my life. My Grandmother said it about her Dallas decorator, my Mother said it about her West Texas male designer, and I have heard this factoid at cocktail parties from Miami to Madrid.
So, it comes as no [...]
What I love right now is how the butterfly is being presented as chic and sophisticated.
A swarm of black butterflies cut from soda cans look as if they are flying out of a hole in the wall above the upholstered headboard. Seen in March 2010 Traditional Home Magazine
Large butterfly painting mounted on a black wall [...]
(Part one of two)
There has been a decorative invasion at The Broadway and BDG is the guilty party. We were asked to design two of The Broadway’s model units to give prospective condo owners a better idea of how their space can be used. To showcase the dramatic transformation of going from an empty box [...]
Sometimes you can run across that diamond in the rough while rummaging through the local garage and/ or estate sales. I never start the day expecting to find that fabulous jewel, but when I do it turns out to be a real gem. Below are two pieces that were rescued and revamped to create spectacular [...]
Many things today are not made quite like they used to be, so when you spot that little something hidden in an estate sale you can’t help but want to revive and resurrect it. These two little antique relics were found in a Dallas salvage yard. They once served as feet for an old cast [...]
Not the kind of rehab that plagues the tabloids, but rehab for your furniture. It is only natural that our style, taste and ideas change with the seasons, so what does that leave us with? It leaves behind pieces that are still in great condition but seem to be stuck back in time, or out [...]
On a cold, sunny day in Atlanta, a collection of our industry’s finest made their way to ADAC to listen firsthand as Margaret Russell, Editor and Chief of ELLE DÉCOR, gave her insight into the creation and subsequent 20-year history of the magazine. What began in 1989 to showcase the link between fashion and interior [...]
Symbolic and Sentimental, the ornament is most certainly more than a tree enhancement. It is a tiny jewel highlighted by glimmers of twinkles and full of classic memories. Whether passed down from generations, given by a friend, a milestone of a Child’s first Christmas or a couple’s first tree; ornaments are in fact storytelling.
A few [...]
Though we are not surrounded by the delicate figurines that Tennessee Williams wrote about in the Glass Menagerie, we are surrounded by wonderful glass finds every day. Glass ranges from architectural to the smallest fragile detail, and I can’t help but love them all.
My new obsession, however, is the ever growing collection of glass jewelry [...]
