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o many of the acanthus press books that i ve read syrie maugham is very much a catalogue raisonne of the decorator s work through the decades there were some maugham rooms that i was familiar with but many were new to me too of course maugham s famous kings road all white drawing room is featured in the book it s on the cover too after all this was the room that got maugham noticed by the press and the public on both sides of the atlantic but what many people don t realize is that maugham also used color vivid color in much of her work and this is a point that metcalf drives home with such examples as the living room of ina and william wallace and even maugham s later residence at chesham place in addition to color other maugham hallmarks include tufted upholstery syrie never overlooked comfort sleigh beds mirrored screens fringe and fabulous window pelmets all of which are seen throughout the book another interesting point made by metcalf is that at times maugham s work overlapped with that of elsie de wolfe frances elkins someone with whom maugham occasionally collaborated and even dorothy draper look at photos of all four designers work and you ll see the influence that each one had on the other i know that there are those of us who are fascinated by the history of design and those who are only interested in photographs of gorgeous rooms no matter which camp you re in i think this book will be well received by both after reading it you ll realize that syrie maugham was not just a one trick pony although she ll be best remembered for that white room and pickled furniture she did so much more than that thanks to metcalf for showing us that the famous all white party room at maugham s kings road home c 1932 once this look ran its course maugham was smart enough to go in a different direction and decorate her home in a whole new way vogue regency in the entrance hall at chesham place maugham s address from 1937 to 1939 if i didn t know better i might think that this space was decorated by dorothy draper rose wallpaper struck a colorful note in the entrance hall at yet another maugham home this one at 24 park lane and one more example of rich color this time in the living room of william wallace and his wife actress ina claire this space dates to the early 1940s i find this maugham decorated drawing room so charming and i just had to include it because this home belonged to lady rose leveson gower and her husband she was the older sister to the late queen mum the manhattan apartment of grace and harry payne bingham if only i had traditional windows in my apartment i would copy that pelmet in a heartbeat all images courtesy of syrie maugham by pauline c metcalf acanthus press publishers posted by the peak of chic at 6 22 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dorothy draper elsie de wolfe frances elkins syrie maugham wednesday september 29 2010 urban electric company s color story here s a bright idea that should get you out of the house tomorrow night join urban electric company and designer amanda nisbet for an evening of color and light at ueco s atlanta showroom not only will you get to view custom colored lights that incorporate amanda s fabulous fabrics but you ll also get a sneak peek of nisbet s first complete lighting line for urban electric set to debut in spring 2011 after looking at that photo above don t you want to completely redo your lamps and shades i know that i do the event takes place thursday september 30 from 5 8pm at urban electric company 1170 howell mill road please rsvp to katherine urbanelectricco com posted by the peak of chic at 1 47 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest southern comfort i spent the weekend going through a trove of twenty and thirty year old southern accents something which was akin to a trip down memory lane you see these were the homes and the style of decorating with which i grew up color proper and sometimes fancy curtains antiques collections that were amassed over time and beautifully set tables in my mind all of these things embodied southern design from the 1980s and while it might sound a tad formal and it was there was certainly nothing uptight about the decor in these homes one could just as easily spend a saturday afternoon watching sec football as seated at a formal christmas eve dinner it was really about creating a beautiful environment for not only yourself but more importantly for family and friends or at least that s the way i remember things the atlanta home featured here really captures a sophisticated side to southern design photographed in 1982 the home was decorated by jane marsden a designer and antiques dealer well known to atlantans of course it helps when one starts with a philip shutze regency style house noted for its restrained elegance and pleasing sense of symmetry still the collaboration between the homeowner mrs bean and marsden imbued the house with additional style substance and some southern charm too the elegant entryway with a george i mirror over a pine eagle table the living room with its lady like draperies note the use of tassel trim and ball fringe throughout the room remember when we weren t afraid to use that trim the coromandel screen and the x base leopard covered bench strike a sophisticated note most southerners can t grasp the idea of not having a formal dining room in one s house after all your royal crown derby old imari china needs a proper backdrop as beautiful as the china is it s a favorite on mine it s the draperies that make me swoon one more thing see those floor to ceiling windows they raise into the ceiling to allow guests to move between the room s interior and the outdoors during parties so nice to see a porcelain collection this one with pieces decorated in the money tree pattern the library appears to be pink although it was really a warm red i m not finding much in this room that screams 1982 in fact if it s still installed this way i bet it s held up pretty well it s chic enough to host nighttime cocktails and comfortable enough to relax and watch football the playroom i m assuming that s a playroom for adults again a little tweaking here and there and you still have a room fitting for 2010 imagine it without the wall to wall carpet and the acoustic tile ceiling and you ll see what i mean all images from southern accents fall 1982 max eckert photographer posted by the peak of chic at 6 12 am 17 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels philip shutze southern design tuesday september 28 2010 it s all greek to me yes it s time for yet another post on greek keys i m sorry but i can t help myself i ve never met a greek key that i didn t like and now that i think of it i ve never met a greek person that i didn t like either the twist this time is that all of these examples show the motif used as part of the architecture both interior and exterior and to start it off is the image at top a room at pitzhanger manor near london it s a room after my own heart why limit the motif to the ceiling when you can repeat it on the floor as well i can t find any information on this house so unfortunately i don t know who the architect was nor where this house was located not only do i fancy the greek key detail on the facade i also like the house s symmetry the house of mrs charles harrington chadwick in palm beach treanor fatio architects the bonus to this exuberant use of greek keys was the single star that capped the door one of my very favorite architectural uses of the greek key carved into a niche to allow for indirect lighting in the dining room of the richardson owens thomas house in savannah william jay architect c 1816 1819 the drawing room ceiling at port eliot cornwall england sir john soane created this circular room in 1804 hefty greek keys crown the bookshelves in this mcmillen designed room from the 1930s a st louis dress shop c 1930s as decorated by mcmillen lucky for me that i get my greek key fix on a daily basis by driving by this lewis crook designed house everyday image 1 from regency style by steve parissien image 4 from landmark homes of georgia 1733 1983 by van jones martin and william mitchell jr image 5 from the regency country house from the archives of country life by john martin robinson image 6 and 7 from sixty years of interior design the world of mcmillen by erica brown last image from crossleys org posted by the peak of chic at 6 11 am 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels lewis crook regency mcmillen thursday september 23 2010 the decorator i think that for some or maybe even many there is a mystique to decorators you might even say a certain glamour now we all know that there are aspects to the job that are far from glamorous and let s face it it can be tough work still if there wasn t a certain allure to the job and the persona of the decorator there wouldn t be photos like the one above featured in the october issue of town country aaron spelling would never have shot a pilot back in the 1960s titled the decorator with bette davis nor would we have had our favorite 1980s tv sitcom about four southern decorators with a proclivity for one liners beauty pageants and big shoulder pads that would be designing women by the way decorators oftentimes lead glamorous lives in the movies take for example goodbye again which just happened to be on tcm yesterday in the 1961 movie it was based on the francoise sagan novel ingrid bergman plays a 40 year old parisian decorator named paula who is supremely stylish she wears christian dior clothes and van cleef arpels jewelry and she has a french maid named gaby who draws her bath and gets madame ready for nights out on the town never mind the fact that paula is madly in love with her philandering boyfriend roger a cad who calls all of his other women maisie so that he doesn t accidentally refer to them by the wrong name ok so paula leads a rather sad life but still she lives in fabulous apartment and she has gaby so all is not lost and if i recall correctly paula has a great line in the movie something like the problem with being a decorator is that everyone thinks they know how to do your job or something along those lines i m sure many designers can relate loyal gaby putting away one of paula s dresses note the dramatic headboard in the background and the tiled kitchen to the right a chic paris apartment non paula at her dressing table and paula out on the town my other favorite fictional decorator is doris day in pillow talk once again this designer wears really chic clothes lives in a cool apartment and has man trouble only this time it s rock hudson rather than yves montand who is the culprit doris even has the maid who is the voice of reason although thelma ritter while funny in that wisecracking new york kind of way is not quite as chic as french gaby doris works in a decorating shop surrounded by a sundry of antiques and bibelots just like paula and she has men swooning for her could it be her profession that men find so captivating her sunny personality those clothes and who can forget the hideous bachelor pad that doris does up for rock as punishment for his bad behavior it s like a jungle fied version of a trader vics doris with her maid played by thelma ritter doris in front of her de rigueur dressing table doris out on the town doris and rock making up in the notorious bachelor pad while researching this post i came across a recent post about on screen decorators on apartment therapy see someone else is intrigued by the decorator mystique as well image at top from town country october 2010 marc royce photographer posted by the peak of chic at 6 29 am 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday september 21 2010 the many faces of elsie a friend was kind enough to send me a copy of the christie s auction catalogue that i ve been coveting innovators of twentieth century style remember that part of the reason that i ve been pining for it was because of the leopard print cover it s really a very interesting catalogue not only because of the featured lots furniture and accessories designed by all of the greats elkins duquette draper and haines to name a few but also because of the elsie de wolfe related items that were up for auction this de wolfe memorabilia included not one not two but eight paintings of the woman now that s impressive obviously i m doing something wrong because i don t have eight two nor even one painting of myself no one is clamoring to paint me nor do i have a coterie of photographers who are begging to photograph me either hmmm well anyway elsie was pretty fabulous so i suppose that it comes as no surprise that she was immortalized in a bevy of paintings drawings and photographs i guess when you helped to define modern decorating it just comes with the territory image at top miss elsie de wolfe 1915 albert sterner pastel on paper the blue bird lady mendl with baron d erlanger at the circus c 1930s dietz edzard oil on canvas lady mendl c 1940s marcel vertes oil on canvas lady mendl after all c 1941 baroness catherine d erlanger oil on canvasboard lady mendl after bernard boutet de monvel oil on canvas portrait lady mendl infirmiere pendant la guerre c 1918 mariette cotton in case you re wondering this painting shows de wolfe receiving the legion of honor for helping wounded french soldiers in world war i portrait elsie de wolfe c 1992 india ingargiola oil on canvas after a photograph by horst p horst elsie de wolfe en jardin 1989 julian la trobe oil on canvas posted by the peak of chic at 6 39 am 22 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels elsie de wolfe monday september 20 2010 won t you join me please join me for two different events this week that should help you spruce up your bedroom and learn the finer points of social networking on wednesday september 22 gramercy linen will be hosting a peak of chic between the sheets event from 5 00 to 7 00 in the evening no you won t see me in my sleeping attire but i will be there to share my thoughts on how to create a chic bedroom something that is not hard to do with all of the fabulous linens and accessories at gramercy a 15 discount will be offered on all purchases made during the evening and there will also be a giveaway with custom monogramming oh and because the peak of chic loves her vino white wine will be served i d love to see you there gramercy linen peachtree battle shopping center 2351 peachtree road atlanta 404 846 9244 and who isn t tempted to blog facebook or tweet while lounging in bed if that s you then tuesday s the editor at large s power of new media panel discussion at adac just might be your thing the discussion will include useful tips on how best to use 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