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Dramatic advancements in outdoor furniture offer comfortable, stylish furnishings with extra benefits for busy families says this Seattle interior designer. The quality design and practical fabrics from outdoor furniture manufacturers create the opportunity to move outdoor furniture into home designs. Consumers love the practical benefits that accompany outdoor fabrics.  In the picture below (Brian Harken, photographer) from an article in the WSJ, the active toddler epitomizes the attraction and reason for the popularity for active families who desire beautiful interiors.

Outdoor Furniture Moves Indoors

My grandson loves to play using ottomans from Hickory Chair.

To protect them and also provide a colorful, practical solution, I had slipcovers made using a Trina Turk fabric from a F. Schumacher collection.

Trina Turk - Sunglasses

At Faith Sheridan Design Group, we design ‘beautiful interiors for busy people‘.  You tell us your preferences for color, shapes, light and how you like to live, entertain, and relax. With this information and an in-depth meeting, we help you achieve your personal style. Relax and let us guide you through the process of design.  Call us today for a telephone interview 206.973.3743 and get started.

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This Seattle interior designer enjoyed a moment and quick conversation with Thomas O’Brien during Blogfest 2011. Seeing Seattle on my name tag he shared that he is currently designing a West Elm store to open this September on Westlake Avenue near Whole Foods.  Seattleites will be pleased to have this resource in this emerging area near the Amazon campus.  But this photo was all about his Lee Jofa collection and the vignette.

Faith with Thomas O'Brien

Here’s a quick overview from Hickory Chair, “For over a decade, Thomas O’Brien has been one of the design industry’s best known modern taste-makers. With a focus on vintage forms translated for modern living, O’Brien’s designs are executed in a spectrum of luxurious materials that are at once elegant and easy, crisp yet anything but cold. This warm, engaging spirit embodies his collaborations.” Listen to his philosophy.

Considering a design project? Let our team create your haven from the chaos of an over-stimulated and hectic world of work and life, so you can relax and enjoy the rewards of your hard work.

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Late afternoon and this Seattle interior designer is enjoying a visually delightful tour through the new Hickory Chair Suzanne Kasler supplement. Her tailored, detail rich but so very subtle design suits my sensibility. And it isn’t until I looked at all her pieces that I realized how many I have specified for my clients.

The Asheworth Campaign desk fit perfectly into a penthouse den with a custom bookcase made to match by a local artisan. And my clients  provided an antique chair.

Suzanne Kasler Asheworth Desk by Hickory Chair

The well proportioned Candler Bed perfectly displays an Osborne and Little linen floral in my client’s master bedroom.

Candler King Size Headboard

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This Seattle interior designer read the headlines from Milan, Italy the past week.  ”Aside from bold color, the biggest news off the spring-summer 2011 is the skirt, or better yet. The hemline. With two days to go until the end of the Milan Fashion Week, the mini skirt has all but disappeared from the runway, replaced by hemlines that fall around or below the knee. Long skirts are also very popular”, says Daniela Petroff, AP Fashion Writer.

What does this mean for home furnishings?  Are all those chair legs disappearing?  What would this look like?  I’ve done some research and here are some examples from Hickory Chair.

1820 Chair by Hickory Chair

1505 Nanette Chair by Hickory Chair

Sue Ellen Vanity chair

Boudoir sofa

My design sense enjoys a combination of skirt lengths in a room for interest and appropriateness.  Some chairs and sofas simply are best skirted. But for many years  the minimalist look has embraced legs… I am curious if Milan will encourage the furnishing industry to lower hemlines too. What do you think?

Do you want some help expressing your personal style? We’re here to help… call us 206.437.8000.

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Are you attracted to particular shapes? I know I am.  As an expert Seattle interior designer, I generally am attuned to the shapes my clients find attractive, round, square, oval or rectangular, either by observation or interview questions.

When I visited the Hickory Chair showroom at High Point in April, I spoke for a few minutes to Mariette Himes Gomez, a leading designer with a collection for Hickory Chair.  I shared my favorites with her and noted that I am a fan of softer edges and she concurred that so is she.

Take a look at some of favorites from Mariette Himes Gomez -

The shapely Charlotte side table; Continental Demi-Lune and Paris mirror from Hickory Chair.

What shapes attract you?  not only as furniture but also as textiles, in art or graphics.  Let the shapes you enjoy direct your choices.

Wishing you had some help or friend in the design business right now? We’re here to help.

Call us 206-437-800o or send us a question or comment about a favorite shape.

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