Emerald - The Pantone Color of the Year

Jewel tones are always in style. They are classic, elegant and can add a sense of excitement to an otherwise ordinary palette.  For 2013, THE color that you'll be seeing on the red carpet and runway, in clothing boutiques and home accessory stores is EMERALD.  This doesn't mean you'll want to go head-to-toe or floor-to-ceiling in the hue but rather find a way to use it as an accent.

We've collected some of our favorite uses of THE 2013 color of the year...how do you plan to incorporate emerald into your life?

Emerald: Lively. Radiant. Lush… A color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony.

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Project Inspiration - Spanish Revival

With each new project comes excitement, anxiousness, and the search for inspiration.  We've recently been commissioned a Spanish Revival home, a style that was born as a result of the Panama-California Exposition which blossomed as a U.S. style movement from 1915 to 1931.   It is a hybrid style, based on Renaissance Spanish architecture, and the architecture developed during the early Spanish colonization of North and South Americas. Specific style elements of a Spanish Revival house include courtyards and arcades, white stucco exteriors, terracotta roof tiles, painted tile, and ornamental iron work.

After initial conversations with the client, our projects begin by collecting inspiration from various interior, exterior, and landscape sources which we then translate into a design uniquely suited for our client.  We then draw simple sketches to put our mental images to paper.

As the project progresses, we'll be posting more photos on the blog. Stay tuned! 

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