Visit the New Design2Share

Irwin Weiner ASID - If you've somehow gotten to this particular version of Design2Share, I should inform you that you've probably gotten here through an image or search engine link. But the good news is that all the content in this iteration of D2S has been ported over to and transformed into a handsome new website. Click here to visit the new Design2Share.com. To orient you, our new home page has been named Photos, featuring photo esssays of fascinating home design stories. Design News, the second tab on our navigation bar, is our weekday blog column, and you can view featured design videos and view our favorite decorating resources. The other columns still feature once-a-month articles, and there are a few other goodies that await you. Thank you for visiting us, and we hope you become a regular on the new Design2Share.com.

We Love These Emerald Accessories

(Vase by Moretti)Janet Ramin - When I think of emerald, I envision grassy rolling hills, shamrocks, and endless summer - all things fresh and hopeful. So with maybe hope in their sights, Pantone has declared emerald 2013 Color of the Year and not a moment too soon. Despite winter blues and fiscal cliffs, we're going to have a rich array of greens to enliven our interiors. Here's a couple of ideas to add emerald into your home.

The glass vase above shows off from dark to light a range of emerald hues, courtesy of Italian glass designer, Moretti. Below is a porcelain version of emerald, the Happy Temple Jar, from Global Views.

(Happy Temple Jar from Global Views)Designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec took the same emerald and swirled it to a fun and functional storage/coffee table in polycarbonate, called the Panier table. 

(Panier table from Kartell)For quick and easy decorating, add these beautifully patterned Addison and Maya pillows from Joss Gold. The leafy sheets, Magnus Kelly, will add a light touch of nature to the bedroom, available from Dwell Studio.

(pillows from Joss Gold)

(Magnus Kelly sheets from Dwell Studio)For a stroke of true emerald greens, Viva Terra, takes fern and moss to an art form, literally! Designers shaped and preserved fern and moss to a verdant, graphic wall art.

(Fern and Moss Wall Art from Viva Terra) 

Interested in learning more about accessorizing?  Take a look at Sheffield School's Complete Course in Interior Design.  At Sheffield, you will learn how to transform a space, create color schemes, and select furniture, lighting, and accessories. 

These 3 Lighting Resources Will Brighten Any Home

Manhattan Remix chandelier by Barovier & Toso

Jay Johnson - There's no excuse not to embrace contemporary lighting solutions to amp up the wattage in any interior design scheme. Styling has never been more exciting and fashionable, and the number of companies offering startling new designs has never been greater.

Nepher Ceiling Lamp from Barovier & Toso

We've selected three of our favorite lighting resources - each one, new to us - and wanted to showcase some of our favorites from each for you. Click on the links below for more information.

• Barovier & Toso
• Terzani
• Kundalini

 Veronese Table Lamp from Barovier & Toso

Stream Chandelier from Terzani

Mizu Pendant Lights from Terzani

I Lucci Argentati Chandelier from Terzani

La La Lamp by Helen Konturis for Kundalini

Sama Hanging Lamps by Gregorio Spini for Kundalini

ETA sat Suspension Lamp by William Berchicci for Kundalini

Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

Request a free Sheffield School catalog describing our distance education courses.

Subscribe to the Sheffield Designer newsletter.

Tour a Luxury Villa for Sale in Cambodia

Irwin Weiner ASID - I enjoy video tours of premium properties around the world, and today's video features an exotic "architectural villa" 15 minutes from the city center of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on the Mekong River.

Pool, guest rooms, poolside lounge, library, gourmet kitchen, library, office, sweeping master suite - you'll enjoy taking this tour.

Visit the Villa Souane Chbar website for more information and a slideshow of this impressive property.

 

 

 Click here to subscribe to our daily design videos and features.