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.

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.

 

 

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Video: Jack Lenor Larsen, Fabric Designer

Irwin Weiner ASID - Elle Decor magazine recently featured short quotations from fabric design icon Jack Lenor Larsen, and it became immediatley apparent why this creative man became so successful. For those not entrenched in the interior design industry, his signature Larsen Fabrics company is now owned by Colefax and Fowler. Here are a few of his gems of wisdom, which I find very inspiring.

Sparrows build their nests to suit. Homes should be like birdhouses: Build them out as needs arise.

A common problem is that someone will have a blue rug and a blue sofa, and the two shades don't go together. What do you do about it? I would buy five more shades of blue, in pillows and other things. Pretty soon you'll have a color symphony.

If you want a color contrast, do it in small quantities. Take risks, but ones that can be changed.

It's more important to reinforce one's identity than to worry about taste. You won't learn taste until you've made some mistakes. Be courageous. Experiment. It's much more fun.

Click on the Jack Larsen link above to see the Elle Decor article, and enjoy today's featured video, an earlier "Handmade in America" interview, to learn more about his process.

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Whirlpool's Fireplace Tabletop Cooking Concept Makes Perfect Sense

Irwin Weiner ASID - This new futuristic appliance concept is brilliant, and I wholeheartedly support what Whirlpool would like to create around its new Fireplace product. A table that functions as a cooking, warming, and chilling surface in the center is below a smart light-hood combination that controls the air and humidity. You can bring any meal to the table and gather everyone around for conversation. At a party, drinks stay chilled or tea and coffee stays piping hot.

Click here for more information on Fireplace, and enjoy the concept video. This is a product that's been shown around the world for the past two years, and has now been introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show. It would be a gas to have one in our house, if Whirlpool ever decides to move beyond their futuristic concept and hit the production button. This is exactly the way contemporary families eat and entertain.

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