Showing posts with label Classical Addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical Addiction. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

Blog Award- Thank You!

Right before Christmas, the lovely Maureen at Eclectic Revisited passed along the 
Blog on Fire Award to me.


Thank you so much, Maureen! It is always nice to know that folks out there are visiting PlumSiena. My fellow bloggers certainly know how much work it takes to blog consistently, much less daily. For those of you who don't have a blog, you would be shocked at how much time it takes to even put up a simple post. It's one of those cases where you have to love what you are doing.

There are two conditions to winning the Blog on Fire Award. The first is to tell your readers five things about yourself that they do not know. OK- here goes:

-Three years ago I had never visited any blog before.

-I could eat sushi every day.

-I was an RN in my first career.  I must admit I have never looked back.

-For my next career, I’d like to join forces with Pieter and offer cooking classes using fresh veggies that the students harvest in our organic garden and only locally produced/grown meats and produce.

-If I win a lottery, I’d like to have a second home either in France, Italy or the Netherlands. Love it on the other side of the pond! 

The second condition is to nominate 5 other blogs for this award. My nominations are:

Julie at Being Ruby. Julie's artistic eye for beauty with her camera and computer skills makes me smile every time I visit. Being Ruby reminds me of the finer things in life.


Melanie at Classical Addiction. Melanie is seriously talented, being not only a fine artist, decorative painter and interior designer, but also a partner in Beaux-Artes. Melanie's blog is, as it says, a dose of classical inspiration in the arts.  




Deborah at Dirt Simple. This is one knowledgeable woman who absolutely loves what she does. And it shows. I am giddy when Deborah publishes a post. She owns Detroit Garden Works and is, to put it simply, a font of gardening tips. Her planted pots are the most creative and gorgeous I have ever seen. You'll be hooked once you visit Dirt Simple.




Glenda at The Paper Mulberry. Glenda has quite the eye for design and each of her posts is a thing of beauty. They always takes me a long time to read as I study them. Go take a look for yourself so I can tell you I told you so!




Delphine at Paradis Express. If you like gardening at all, then visit Paradis Express for peaks into gardens all over the world. I don't know how Delphine finds them all! Check out her book, too!




I hope you take the time to visit my friends. 
You will soon be adding them to your favorites list, I promise you.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Paneled

One of my favorite ways to add a design element into a room is to add a framed panel. It can range from simple to ornate, from an illusion to intricately carved. 
Here are Swedish versions as seen in this manor built in the 1780's. 


The framed panel can hold a painting or be painted. Or both.


How about wallpapered?


Outlining the frame adds a tailored element.


Pascal Amblard, the fabulously talented French artist, recently painted these panels in an early XVIIIth century castle. While they seem relatively simple, they are, in fact, delicate and perfectly proportioned.


Visit his blog, Demeures Peintes, here to see his description.




Just gorgeous!


This Russian version boasts a vibrant color.


In Florence's Palazzo Pucci, the plasterwork in the Wedgewood Room is ornate, the color combination one of my favorites.


The illusion of panels in this bathroom was created with different marbles. 
Stunningly sophisticated.


To create a paneled frame in your own home, visit Beaux-Artes for a wonderful collection of French wall panels and a video on their installation. They will even hand paint a canvas for the panel's center, as seen here.
Also, their blog, Classical Addiction, is a fascinating read.

  
Do you have any framed panels in your own home?

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