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Kelly Wearstler for Groundworks Wallpaper and Trimmings

Kelly Wearstler, interior and fashion designer is best known for a bold, over the top style that combines art, glamour, sculpture and color for an effect that’s totally unique. The designer continues to inspire hundreds (millions!) of design blogs and Pinterest boards with her fearless approach to design. Now on her second collection of fabrics for Groundworks, Kelly is introducing two new complementary (and long-awaited) collections: wallpaper and trimmings.

Rendered using artful, hand-printed techniques in sophisticated color pairings and graphic patterns, the trimmings boast dramatic designs culled from different environmental elements, both natural and urban. Street art, brushstrokes, gradient coloring, water and wood all inspired the collections and have been interpreted in a modern and imaginative way. The seven-pattern wallpaper collection features rich gold, silver and copper mixed-metallic finishes, a Wearstler signature.

Both collections converse beautifully with Kelly’s existing fabric and trimmings collections. Wallpapers are currently available in Lee Jofa showrooms, and the trimmings will be available this month.

Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2013: Lemon Sorbet

Earlier this week, I received an email from Benjamin Moore touting Lemon Sorbet as the color of 2013. At my desk, surrounded by tear sheets of decidedly “fall” themes: brocade, burgundy, velvet and tweed, I was skeptical.

But then, like buying a car and it’s all you see on the road, I started to spot it. And I’m sold. Like a palate cleanser from Tangerine Tango, this subtle and quiet yellow actually goes with everything. It’s a punchier, happier gray. (Did I mention how great it looks with gray?)

So, allow me to take a break from my fall posting to give you a sneak peek of what’s to come in 2013. And tell me in the comments, what do think of Benjamin Moore’s prediction?

-JP

Image via House & Home paired with Lee Jofa 2009118-114.

Kelly Wearstler room design paired with Brunschwig & Fils BR-7000010-03.

Kelly Wearstler room design paired with Lee Jofa 2010143-411.

Top image: Room shot via Benjamin Moore featuring Lemon Sorbet walls, paired with Kravet Couture 31988-435.

Kate Singer Sitting Room at the Hampton Designer Showhouse

Last week we brought you some of our images of the dining room in the Hampton Designer Showhouse, sponsored by Traditional Home. This week we’re back with the sitting room, designed by another talented Long Island designer, Kate Singer.

Kate Singer, who we’ve featured before on this blog, is known for layering sophisticated neutrals to create beautiful, serene interiors for her clients. For her room at the showhouse, she took inspiration from the Hamptons landscape.

"I wanted the room to feel directly connected to the outdoors, and to the incredible colors and textures of the sea, the sand and the sky," said Singer. The large picture window offers a fantastic vista of the property, which she mimicked with a lot of linen and a color palette of ocean and sky blues combined with grey.

Singer relied on several fabrics from Kelly Wearstler’s latest collection for Groundworks to bring her vision to life, including Bengal Bazaar, the modern and vibrant ikat she chose for the draperies, as well as several pillows for the sofa. The ottoman, which doubles as a cocktail table, is covered in a denim-blue cotton herringbone weave.

The room has only two walls and serves as a connection between the great room and the kitchen, so the furniture layout proved to be a bit tricky. It needed to be open while providing plenty of comfortable seating. In addition to the sofa and club chair, a pair of vintage iron cricket chairs, a comfy wicker chair, and square benches tucked under the console provide additional seating. Rather than a pass-through space on the way to another room, Singer has created a calm and welcoming room in which to lounge, relax and entertain.

The showhouse will be open through Labor Day, and proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Southampton Hospital. For more info, visit www.hamptondesignershowhouse.com.

Image via John Bessler

Image via John Bessler

Image via John Bessler

Image via quintessence

Image via John Bessler

Image via quintessence

Image via John Bessler

 

 

Kelly Wearstler for Groundworks

Los Angeles interior designer and tastemaker Kelly Wearstler has introduced a new collection of vibrant and inspiring fabrics through Groundworks. In this second collaboration, Wearstler brings together her love for natural materials, graphic patterns and unique colors. The fabrics are a curated mix of prints, wovens and embroideries that can transform an interior and inspire a mood.

The collection features organic and textural designs that are elegant and dramatic, including a velvet tie dye design, raw silks in a range of Kelly’s favorite hues, and a delicate print based on the natural veining found in marble. The line also features the bold graphic patterns that have become Kelly Wearstler signatures – a graphic diagonal stripe interpreted in sumptuous velvet, an abstracted animal print with an ikat influence, and a striking design of hand painted brushstrokes that crisscross dynamically across a linen ground cloth.

All are available in an inspiring color range that Kelly uses throughout her interior design and fashion projects –black and white, periwinkle blues, pistachio greens, smokey aubergines and corals, citrine yellow and warm charcoal greys and ivory. For more on the collection, visit www.leejofa.com.

Top to bottom: Agate in Ebony/Beige GWF-3102-816, Serpent in Ebony GWF-3107-8, custom design, Channels in Ebony/Ivory GWF-3101-816, Feline in Ebony/Beige GWF-3106-816

Top to bottom: Channels in Taupe/Ivory GWF-3101-616, Patina Linen in Gold GWF-3115-4, Barcelo in Truffle GWF-3105-68, Serpent Natural in Linen GWF-3114-616, Sonoma in Straw GWF-3109-416, Agate in Taupe/Gold GWF-3102-411,Oblique in Straw/Grey GWF-3050-411, Barcelo in Alabaster GWF-3105-116, Currents Linen in Linen/Gold GWF-3113-416

The latest ad from Groundworks, featuring the new Kelly Wearstler collection.

Top to bottom: Mala in Lake GWF-3103-513, Agate in Slate/Linen GWF-3102-516, Sonoma in Cornflower GWF-3109-510, Barcelo in Taupe GWF-3105-611, Oblique in Slate/Graphite GWF-3050-511, Channels in Periwinkle/Oat GWF-3101-516, Sunbleached in Linen GWF-3110-616, Mineral in Indigo/Slate, GWF-3104-511, Sunbleached in Graphite GWF-3110-11

    A vignette from Kelly Wearstler's flagship store in West Hollywood.

Channels in Ebony/Ivory GWF-3101-816

Top to bottom: Feline in Lake/Slate GWF-3106-313, Sonoma in Lake GWF-3109-313, Agate in Lake/Mink GWF-3102-138, Oblique in Lake/Linen GWF-3050-311, Sunbleached in Lake GWF-3110-313, Mineral in Juniper/Lake GWF-3104-3

Holiday Tabletop Inspired by DIFFA

Kravet

Thanksgiving is all about entertaining. It’s about slowing down and showing gratitude. It’s for breaking out the good china and sitting around the table until the candles burn down, laughing and sharing with friends and family. It’s a time to remember all of the things for which we’re thankful.

As we make our preparations, we thought we’d offer a look back at some of the inspired tabletops at DIFFA Dining by Design, held in New York City last spring. DIFFA is an organization that exists because of the donations of time, money and resources from people in our industry and beyond. This year, as we say thanks, let us include DIFFA for all of the work they are doing in the fight against HIV/ AIDS in this country.

Please take time between now and Dec. 14 to visit the 30for30 DIFFA Charity Auction, commemorating 30 years of fighting HIV/ AIDS in conjunction with World AIDS Day. The auction features some truly special, one-of-a-kind experiences such as consultations with design icons Kelly Wearstler and Thom Filicia, original art and photography, travel and entertainment packages, and more.

From our family to yours, we hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Caroline McKeough for C McKeough Unlimited

Jeffrey Brooks Interior Design

Diane von Furstenberg

2Michaels

New York Times by Anki Spets of Area

Bobby Berk Home and Marc Wilson Design

Mary Davis Interiors

Fashion Institute of Technology (Mentor: Preston Bailey)

Ralph Lauren Home