Hollywood Glamour Furniture Updated by Nancy Corzine

Irwin Weiner ASID - If you're looking for contemporary takes on the Hollywood Regency Glamour look, which we've been celebrating this week at Design2Share, look hard at many contemporary furniture lines that advertise themselves as "timeless." That means that they've borrowed elements of style from the past - deco, art nouveau, regency, mid-century modern, Memphis Movement Eighties, and so on - and given them a clean, fresh twist.

Look at the collections from iconic interior designer Nancy Corzine, for example. In the top photo, her Prism Bed is an updated twist of styles, from the mirrored surfaces of Hollywood Regency to the skyscraper lines (literally) of the streamlined deco period. The end result is contemporary glamour and a fashion "feeling" as well as a "statement." In her 2009 book Nancy Corzine: Glamour at Home, we even have the designer embracing the Glamour banner and declaring herself the new standard bearer.

Corzine's Delmonaco Cocktail Table steals the glamour show in her living room grouping, above and below. The shining Venetian Sterling Silver finish of the glass-topped piece puts the glitz of old Hollywood front and center, but in a more contemporary, streamlined way (and that bottom glass shelf is perfect for books, baskets, and extra eye-candy accessories.

A pair of her Museum Slipper Chairs covered in Cavallo (azure) fabric complete the scene along with her extra-luxe high-backed Delmonaco Sectional Sofa finished in her soft azure Boucheron fabric - and remember, pale and dusty blues are part of that Hollywood Regency color palette. And how about that special three-tiered Balthazar Chandelier, with elegant tapered silk shades!

And how about the Harlow Vanity (above), topped off with her Three Part Vanity Mirror? When you have furnishings named after one of Hollywood's great Golden Age leading ladies, you're absolutely inspired by Tinsel Town chic. For more updated glamour, visit the Nancy Corzine website. 

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5 Favorite 1940s Glamour Furnishings from Metropolis Modern

Irwin Weiner ASID - This is Hollywood Regency Glamour Week at Design2Share, and I can't help but focus on some of the amazing 1940s antiques that epitomize this chic decorating trend, courtesy of NYC's Metropolis Modern. Not every piece from the Forties carried regency domination; some, like the divine X-shaped black-and-white magazine rack from France (top photo), have startling modernist appeal - but glamourous, nonetheless. Click on each photo for more information, and visit the Metropolis Modern website to see other incredible, well curated collectibles.

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5 Favorite Dorothy Draper Furniture Reproductions from Kindel

Irwin Weiner ASID - This is Hollywood Regency Glamour Week at Design2Share, and we're celebrating by remembering the amazing work of inspirational interior designer and businessperson Dorothy Draper. I forcefully underscore "businessperson," because Ms. Draper was really one of our first American designers to build her own legendary brand, dominating popular taste with her commercial and residential projects from the 1930s through the 1960s; folks like Martha Stewart and every other brand-name designer owe Dorothy Draper a debt of gratitude for her trailblazing. (Click here for Design2Share's Bio on Dorothy Draper.)

Kindel Furniture, in association with Dorothy Draper & Company owner and president Carleton Varney, keep the Dorothy Draper Collection alive and well, with stunning reproductions. I'm showing five of my favorites in this post (click on the photo for more information). I encourage everyone to be bold and daring with this furniture! You can order the Camellia House Bench, for example (see photo above), without upholstery, take it to an auto body shop, have it spray-lacquered a hot color, then add

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Our Favorite Spring Fling Accessories

Janet Ramin - It's getting warmer and brighter out with each passing day. Spring is here (and, eerily, we never had much of a summer here in the Northeastern United States), and our thoughts turn to lighter, fresher decorating accents. Here are two of my favorites.

For your patio or sunroom, the green Forest chair from Janus et Cie provides a great place to sit back and enjoy your burgeoning garden. Made of electrostatic powder coated aluminum in 7 bright colors, Forest chairs are light and portable. 

While relaxing in your sunroom, your iced tea or lemonade can be served on these laminated plywood trays designed by Marimekko. The Kaiku - meaning “echo” in Finnish - tray is designed with birch trees amidst a spring scene. Can’t you just hear the whisper of the leaves echoing in the wind?

Want to see more? Click on my 5 Spring Accents to Sweep the Winter Blahs Away. 

 
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