"Flower Power" featured in LUXE Interiors + Design Summer Issue

Designer Jeffrey Hitchcock selected "Flower Power" fabric for curtains in this stunning red lacquer dining room.

Cloth & Paper to be featured at Ligné Design Gallery

Ligné Agency will be opening Ligné Design Gallery at 548 N. La Cienega Blvd. at Melrose Avenue on September 22, 2010. The Design Gallery will showcase the talent of Ligné Agency’s clients who design and manufacture high-end furniture, wallpaper, fabrics and accessories. The dynamic 3,500 square foot space will showcase product by Cloth & Paper, Jonathan Franc, Acrila Mobilier, Aaron Radelow, Gustav Carroll and Linda Allen Designs.  Artwork will be curated by the Fabien Castanier Gallery.  The Ligné Design Gallery will be open through October 15, 2010 exclusively for the design trade.

Marcie Bronkar Salon featured in California Home + Design Magazine

Marcie Bronkar's Los Angeles Salon was featured in the September issue of California Home + Design Magazine.  Be sure to pick up a copy and see the Salon feature on page 54!

Cloth & Paper featured in House Beautiful Magazine

Cloth & Paper's "Antoinette" Wallpaper featured in House Beautiful's July/August 2010 issue!

 

"Antoinette"
Top row, center

"Antoinette"

Available in 6 delicious colorways. Custom colors are available.

"Birth of Impressionism" exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

Two weeks ago I was in San Francisco for a few days and made a stop at the De Young Museum for "Birth of Impressionism"-Masterpieces from the Musée D'Orsay exhibition. It was absolutely breathtaking.  If you have an opportunity, you must make your way to the De Young Museum-the "Birth of Impressionism" runs now through September 6th, 2010.

Degas- "The Dancing Lesson"

Caillebotte- "The Floor Scrapers"

Renoir- "The Swing"

Here are a few other images of work that resonated with me.

With Paul by our favorite place in San Francisco- the Buena Vista Café
at Hyde and Beach Sts. in the Fisherman's Wharf

Eye of the Day Garden Design Center Event

Two weeks ago I had the immense pleasure of attending a wonderful event at Eye of the Day Garden Design Center in Carpinteria, California. Luxe Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Pamela Jaccarino moderated a discussion by Landscape Architects Sydney Baumgartner, Puck Erickson, Katie O'Reilly Rogers and Brent Freitas, Owner of Eye of the Day Garden Design Center. Attendees were served a delicious lunch paired with wine by Foxen Winery.

 Eye of the Day Garden Center

Following the panel discussion we made our way to Lotusland in Santa Barbara for a private tour of the magnificent estate. Purchased in 1941, at the encouragement of her 6th husband, Madame Ganna Walska began her transition from international socialite to garden designer. Moving through the estate is much like moving from one room to the next, each garden independent from the next creating a range of emotions as one walks the property. A gorgeous and engaging experience. Highly recommended.

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Marcie Bronkar's Fabulous Japonaise at Cloth & Paper

When it comes to couture design, hand sketched and handled from conception to production, there are very few designers remaining that can be considered pioneers in the industry. Marcie Bronkar is one of them. After more than 20 years in the industry and becoming the mastermind behind the home collections of leading designers such as Paloma Picasso, she has placed herself as one of the most sought after home collection designers in the country.

Marcie's most recent textile, Japonaise, was inspired from an antique document featuring a phoenix bird. This woven masterpiece is completely reversible and available in five seductive colorways. Textiles of this significance and quality have made Marcie Bronkar a jewel in the industry, and have left us wanting more. Her latest work can be found in her Design Salon on Larchmont Boulevard in Los Angeles.

golden blossom on honey

smoke on aqua

rouge on raisin

 

silverleaf on bamboo

apple on raisin