Charlotte Moss and Jonathan Adler Video: Basics of Traditional Style

Irwin Weiner ASID - It's great fun to see the work of two very different interior designers juxtaposed in a dynamic conversation about the foundations for classic, traditional home style. In this Traditional Home video, the great Charlotte Moss (I just saw you crossing Park Avenue two weeks ago with your two assistants - you were beating the street in sandals and a so-chic dress!) and the witty and talented Jonathan Adler (just browsed in your store in, of all places, Minneapolis - you are everywhere, sir!) discuss the basics of traditional style.

What you'll take away from this video, among other things, is a sense that "traditional" or "classic" style is a springboard for expressing fresh creativity. It's modern pieces, bold colors, updated and sometimes startling fabrics on classic furniture pieces - like a Louis chair, and symmetrical, traditional furniture layouts. I enjoyed watching the banter between two fascinating interior designers, and enjoyed how samples of their own rooms were used to illustrate their talking points.

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Hawaiian Hotel Splendor

Voyages Destination                            

Irwin Weiner ASID - Cabin fever is setting in - I who am more used to my native, sunny Cape Town than frosty Manhattan - so I naturally gravitate towards warm-weather videos for design inspiration these days. And who wouldn't! We all loved this Traditional Home video, with their lucky style editor, Krissa Rossbund, staying in the fabulous Royal Hawaiian resort. It's been refurbished for the umpteenth time since the "Pink Palace" first opened its doors in 1927 - in the grandeur of Rudolph Valentino, no less. The handcrafted furniture and colorful island quilts in their upgraded Royal Beach Tower is the height of classic sophistication.

 

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Punches of Green

Peaceful Resources

Irwin Weiner ASID - I'm not alone thinking that this winter weather is going on far too long! It's time for spring, and so when we spotted this great video from Traditional Home - the iconic design magazine and style arbiter - we took heart that if we decorate with touches, splashes, and punches of green (any more decorating color nouns I might have missed?), we'll harken the advent of our favorite season. Just a few more weeks, and we'll get the real deal; in the meantime, enjoy TH's survey of top designers and showhouse rooms that use green.

Green furniture, anyone? These make us think spring, too!

 Alain Gilles for Qui Est Paul

Nusa Jelenec for Lago 

Rafael Simoes Miranda

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