Late Spring Newsletter, May 2015
Our Late Spring, May Newsletter highlights Adding Drama to a room with high ceilings, updating a kitchen in a house built in 1927 and lots more!
THOUGHTS ON GOOD DESIGN BLOG
Decorative Bowls & Accessories
Soli Pierce is the artist behind Sherwood Forest Designs. Her unique designs inspired by nature, are hand painted and finished with non-toxic materials and four layers of food-safe sealer. The decorative and functional wooden bowls and accessories are useful works of art in the kitchen as salad, pasta or fruit bowls…
That’s Drama!
We love to show you our dramatic Before & Afters! We just finished installing beautiful Living Room window treatments, Accessorizing the last shelf of our custom bookcase and reupholstered a favorite sofa to look like new!
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, NYC
French Artist Auguste Bartholdi (born 1834) designed the Statue of Liberty as a gift to America. It was positioned to face the Old Country of France, to welcome the immigrants TO America. Bartholdi also had a little help from Mr. Eiffel (yes, as in Eiffel Tower) as he was known for building bridges…
Contemporary Cottage
A charming cottage built in 1927 needed some serious updating in the kitchen. The most important goal was to keep the new kitchen in keeping with the original details of the house. We wanted the new kitchen to look as if it had always been in the home.
Lara N. ~ Larchmont, NY
“We are so happy we picked Denise to design our kitchen. We wanted our new kitchen to look like it belonged in our 1920s house…”
Think Spring Newsletter, March 2015
Think Spring Newsletter, March 2015 is here! View a beautiful fresh Kitchen Remodel, browse through photos of the NYC AD Home Show and much more…
Think Spring!
Even though it does not feel it in the North East, it is the first full day of Spring. Fresh flowers and green lawns are around the corner, promise! Plan ahead for the warmth…
DIFFA @ Architectural Digest Home Show 2015
DIFFA stands for ‘Design Industry Foundation Fighting Aids’. Annually at the AD Home Show, many different organizations from manufacturers to schools, create over the top, out of the box, creative dining experiences for all to view.
Architectural Digest Home Show 2015
The Architectural Digest Home Show 2015 on Pier 92, in NYC was great this year. Lots of talented artisans and exhibitors. Here are some of my favorites…
ASID Judge, Architectural Digest Home Show 2015
I had the pleasure of being a Judge for the Architectural Digest Home Show in NYC. ASID had its annual vote and presentation of Awards to ten deserving exhibitors at the show…
Laura W. ~ Scarsdale, NY
“Denise Wenacur helped me design my newly enlarged family room addition. We had so much more space that we needed to update it with new, comfortable pieces. My main concern was…”
A Fresh Remodel
This beautiful kitchen solution was the result of tearing down a few walls and reworking the outside deck. It gave us the much needed room to add lots of custom cabinetry and flood the room with natural light with two sets of sliding glass doors…
Artist: Mark Ross, Photographic Artist
“I’m a photographic artist. I work with many different subjects and styles, always in series form, always with a focus on what I consider to be visual seduction. Probably what’s most unique about what I do is how I freely improvise in my use of the digital editing process to create images that surprise and even confound the eye…
Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
During a recent trip, I visited the beautiful NEW Aspen Art Museum in Colorado. The exterior Woven Wood Screen has an intricate quality when viewed close up, and evokes curiosity from far away. The award winning Japanese Architect, Shigeru Ban, designed this 33,000 sq ft. structure to “create a harmony between Aspen’s existing architecture and the surrounding natural beauty…
New & Improved Newsletter Winter 2015
It is our mission to bring you current, interesting design news! Read our top information picks in our most recent Newsletter…
Home Accents Today Magazine: State of the Industry
By the start of 2014’s fourth quarter, inquiries for Interior Design projects had reached their highest level in three years, according to the ASID’s Designer’s billings index. For a closer look at the industry, Home Accents Today spoke to Denise Wenacur and four other top designers for their feedback on the business end of Design…
Contemporary Rustic in CT
A beautiful home nestled in the woods in Connecticut, required an equally cozy interior for the family room. The family loved natural elements and textures. View the VIDEO tour with Denise as she points out some beautiful items in a soothing color palette of tans, browns, and earth tones…
NY NOW trade show
We had a great time walking through the NY NOW furniture and accessory show at the Javitz center in NYC. This year there were some great items to see….
Artist: Scott Kish, Photography in Motion
Scott’s primary focus of his work is to depict motion. He takes a unique approach to his photography, capturing the synergy of movement, energy and emotion of the subject matter.
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The common element throughout is good design. There’s always a reason why an element is chosen for a certain place, whether it’s a colorful painting in a room or a specific fabric on a chair. There’s also a functionality to every item that is unique to each project’s solution. It’s sort of like an oversized jigsaw puzzle with a place and reason for each piece.
“Your rooms are like a painting. Each component is a brushstroke to create the whole picture. It’s magic every time!”