Decorating your new home or redecorating your old one should result in a look you love to live with.
Professional Personalized Planning with a professional interior designer makes it possible. There are always new interior design trends, this year"s "in" colors, new products and designs. This page is designed to keep you up to date and provide some
Tips to Consider as You Decorate By Design.
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USE COLOR It’s a way to personalize your environment.
Color trends and titles below as forecasted by Benjamin Moore |
THINK ENERGY CONSERVATION and rising fuel costs. Heat in the winter and cool air in the summer are lost through uncovered windows. Window treatments help to lower your energy bills. Drapery thermal linings lock out cold air in the winter. Comfortex honeycomb shades offer an insulating comfort-track system to seal in the heat in winter. |
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PRIVACY TREATMENTS There are several new alternatives to vertical blinds.
Tapes, fabric banding, and tassel trims can be added for interest and accent color. |
IMPORTANT! WINDOW CORD SAFETY
Especially with young children who may be living with blinds or shades that were purchased prior to 2001 when manufacturers changed the window cords on all their products to prevent strangulation. The Window Covering Safety Council offers cord-safety information as well as free cord-repair kits and instructions to retro fit your shades. Why not look at the cordless shades and blinds for both safety and ease of operation? |
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CUSTOMIZE: Choose from collections of patterns and then customize to your window treatment with color, trimmings, fabrics, drapery jewelry, etc The age of technology offers motors and remotes for window treatments with and without timers. They let you control light, privacy, and are energy efficient. Also perfect for those hard-to-reach windows, e.g. skylights, 2nd story high ceiling windows and over bathtubs. Technology and digital printing also enable you to custom design your own prints for fabrics for windows, as well as china, wallpaper, and more. Decorative hardware: Create your own custom finial (the end piece on a rod) with jewels, metallics, baguette bands, iron bands. |
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Ready to start planning? Questions about design trends? Decorating ideas?
Call 732-641 2285 or contact Linda at Linda Principe Interiors
Serving New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
What’s new in the world of decorating?
STILL POPULAR DESIGN TRENDS
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VICTORIAN ROMANCE: soft colors & delicate floral patterns define this theme CIRCLES: seen in circular graphic patterns and circular furniture shapes METAL: offers a sense of luxury. If a product is not made of bronze, gold or silver, look for metal accents on pieces NEW ANTIQUES: think Ancient Italian & Old French design trends & look for an aged archaeological feel in special finishes and treatments NAILHEAD: trim on everything EAST MEETS WEST: Exotic charm of Asia mixes with high style European motifs CLOISONNE: Ancient techniques are reworked in a more modern sense e.g., geometric patterning |
FLORALS: Bold blossoms & sultry flowers, e.g. rambling roses, lush orchids, and cherry blossoms LACE: Add elegant femininity with touches of lace ENCHANTED FOREST: Contemporary patchwork of trees, birds, and branches
MONARCHAL MOTIFS: Inspired by French Neoclassic design trend with an emphasis on crests, fleur de lis, crowns, Napoleonic bees DUOS: Balance chic & contemporary design trends with white hot combinations of white/silver and white/gold colors YELLOW: accent shades of daffodil, canary, &/or marigold “pop up” black, brown and white or add to "warm" pale blue and aqua colors NAUTICAL & BEACH themes use corals branching out into shells |
The "IN" in color design trends
2010 Benjamin Moore Colors and Their InfluencesGENESIS: cork, tree bark, patterns, florals. Some of the colors in this trend: Abbey Brown, Sherwood Tan, Forest Moss, Granite, Yellow Finch and Fruity Cocktail. THE NEW LUXURY : exclusive, global luxury, satin, leather, quilted velvet, flash. Some of the colors include: Glowing Umber, Persian Violet, Caponata, Summer Plum, Blue Macaw, Pale Petal, and Gold-10 Metallic. INGENUITY: fun, humor, old finishes, alternative materials, icons, numbers. Some colors in this trend: Salsa, Mesquite, Midnight Navy, Seaweed, Fairview Taupe, Hummingbird, and Bronze-30 Metallic. PROJECTIONS FOR 2011: Striving for balance, individually and in harmony with others. Textures in the FARM theme include burlap, macramé, patchwork, dominated by deep brown tones. ORDER includes polka dots, stripes, geometric, and color blocking, with red, black and vibrant hues. ESCAPE relates to the real and surreal, fantasyland. Soft pink and green, sheers and feminine touches are prominent in this theme. TRIBE is abstract, with animal prints, African, Eurasian and Latino influences. Colors include rich bright colors accented by deep aqua and teal. |
TRENDS FOR 2010Light Layering: Chiffon and tulle have shown up adding volume and movement. Ethereal bridal look. Modern/Traditional: French chairs with a modern table; antique table newly painted Couture details: Swarovski crystals, sequins, beaded buttons, crystal handles, feathers and ultra-long fringe Lace: Add elegant femininity with touches of lace Embroidery: Embroidered silks & crewel-work on wools
Pattern Mixing: Mixing intricate and colorful florals with checks and stripes Iconography: bags with icons, emblems, icons into napkin rings Oiled-rubbed bronze: today’s hot finish Chocolate brown and pink Orange: pillows, tabletop, trays, ribbons. Orange and lime green combo Blue: all shades, matte and sheen. Peacock. Orange and blue. Black and blue. Black and white: pillows, animal skins, beading.
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The world is changing and so are colors, fabrics, products and design trends. I follow design trends with a keen eye to detail so that we can design a plan that is both up to date and works for you. I’m ready to help when you are ready to begin, whether the project is window treatments, updating your look, adding new pieces, beginning renovations, or to answer any other design-related questions.
Linda
Phone:
732-641 2285
Email: Linda@LPInteriors.com
Serving New Jersey and Bucks County PA since 1988
