In fashion, it has been replaced by black as the new color. He is also riding a wave of popularity in interior design. What about the hype?

the color blue.

Although all blues music, from baby to heaven, is popular, the deep dark colors are an exciting interior design.

“The navy is a color with many ways to use it, from accessories to large-scale furniture,” says Nina Magon, of Contour Interior Design in Houston. "It can work in the aesthetics of traditional or modern design. This is my favorite, because it evokes a calm and soothing emotion while evoking a feeling of luxury and luxury."

Dark blue has also become popular in the kitchen.

"We are definitely seeing an increase in deep depression and mood," said Mitchell Parker, editor-in-chief of Houzz.com. "It is commonly used on an island or basic white-faced cabinets to give a two-tone appearance, but the most common kitchen photos uploaded to Houzz in the past three months show entirely blue cabinets. It is a color safe but robust which goes well with a satin copper finish, which also has a moment now. "

Andrea Magno, director of color marketing at Benjamin Moore, says blue blues complement many styles or design goals, "modern to nautical, or complex and mysterious".

"Homeowners have more access to design ideas than ever before, which leads to higher levels of confidence when it comes to choosing color - especially the darker colors, which have been bold," she said. "Dark blue has always been classic, but today we are seeing an increase in the use of this color for a variety of surfaces."

Magno says that the dark blue used on the walls and the work of the mills has a great effect and also works well.

"It goes well in many colors, from soft yellow to deep teal, or even red, and it may be a softer option for cabinets, doors and walls than black," she says. ... be honest, are you curious about the wallpaper? Relax - you are not alone if you use an old and safe emulsion, instead of living in a world of dazzling style, colors and designs.

You might find that a prospect is a very scary, demanding or confusing choice - but really, it's time to wake up from your sleep and embrace the future. Because whether you like it or not, wallpaper is the way to go.

The walls are transformed by designers, who can create any style or image to your liking and make your visual dreams come true.

There is even a growing trend to decorate the fifth wall - the ceiling!

Do not joke. Let the wallpaper transport you to a forest or a rural park; Embrace luxurious house-style panels, `` tiled '' industrial walls, or elegant chintz patterns (yes, twee flowers are back in fashion), or even loot the work of great artists at the National Gallery.

One of the design houses, Andrew Martin (andrewmartin.co.uk), reproduces famous paintings from the gallery, so that they can decorate the walls of your house.

Nina Tarnowski, founder and designer of the company specializing in wallpaper based in Lancashire, Woodseeb and Magnolia (woodchipandmagnolia.co), exclaims: "This is the year when your house fills with bold prints and patterns - and wallcoverings are the perfect way to maximize impact. " .United Kingdom).

"There is no need to be intimidated because there are no hard and fast rules as to what looks good. Individuality is the key to adding your character to the house.

"If you follow your gut and carry on with what you love, your home will not be more beautiful."

The headliner proves that abandoned adventure and traditions can pay off, she notes. She says, "Placing wallpaper on" The Fifth Wall "can make the room bigger and brighter, but it also adds a surprising focal point."

"Test it in a guest room or a small room to see how it affects your decor. You will be amazed - frankly, these days, experience the maximum and play with backgrounds and murals."

Follow these 6 easy steps to wake up your walls ...

1 Don't just follow the instructions or the package "Your home is an extension of your personality and it should reflect that. No two people are the same, so why are their homes?" Asked Nina.

"Find the wallpaper that speaks to you and make sure it's something that falls in love with you.

With the holiday approaching, local designers are scrambling to decorate the rooms while offering inspiration for post-holiday designs to combat winter pairs.

Laurie MacNorton, owner of Blooms on Bosswell, said the most natural look has worked well with his clients this winter, including mixed vegetables, pine nuts, berries and white berries. The shades of green and eucalyptus continue to appear in loose, drop-down patterns, giving the decor a feeling of freedom.

"The trend I love is doing something very natural," said Dan Bronhardt, a homeowner in the past at Fairlawn Plaza.

Brungardt plans to decorate his personal Christmas tree this year only with lights, greenery and berries.

It comes to simplified life. "It takes a lot of work," he said.

For people who are thinking of

A more luxurious tree in this holiday season, the monochrome decoration - using a decorative color linked to a metal, such as silver or gold - is fashionable, according to Brungardt.

Designers agree that while the coordinated tree can be beautiful and function as a focal point for holiday decorations, it is important that you have a tree that is also used to display decorations and memories for children.

"It really goes back to this story line," McNorton said. "Millennials are more concerned with this once again."

"It is important that these memories be available on the tree," said Brungard. "It gives great value to where we are, where we come from and how we have evolved."

Beyond Christmas creations, Brungardt says thick textures and thick layers of wool and plaids, as well as plaid faux fur and small furniture, are in fashion this winter. ...

The shelves have a moment.

Not long ago, their epitaph was written. IKEA's redesign of its Bailey unit to accommodate items other than books is mentioned as evidence that we turned the page on print ownership.

Now this story continues.

Self-isolation makes people rediscover the value of having hard blankets at home. In addition, the shift from television networks to Skype interviews, rather than to the studio, reveals the decor of a library of experts, news providers and celebrities at home. This national exhibition sparked a social media conversation about literary decor.

For example, Room Rater on Twitter provides regular and often misleading reviews of shelves in the visible rooms behind different discussion heads.

Dishes from Room Rater are also complemented. "Just enough chaos," he wrote in a tweet. "It looks real."

National libraries are primarily books. But the displays also add a graphic element inviting decoration. Please tell designers, do not organize books on the side of the page. This task does not make sense. However, please associate books with objects, art, photographs and transient events.

"Bibliostyle: How We Live At Home With Books" by Nina Frodenburger offers enviable shelves around the world. Pictures of groups and rooms they inhabit accompany interviews with often-read and well-known owners.

The covers shown here make you want to read and view more books.

"Bibliostyle" offers over 250 color photos of 35 homes in 15 cities and eight countries. The residences include homes for writers, painters, designers, publishers, and collectors.

Distinguished rooms range from contemporary to classic hygiene. The shelves feature rare releases, fairy tales, gardening sizes, coffee tables and even old comedies. There are books in cupboards and piles beside the bed, books on the floor and books lined on the walls of the dining room. Sorted by color, author, language, genre, or not organized at all.

"People live in different ways," says Freudenberger, interior designer in Los Angeles. "I think the lack of books is a red sign. This makes me a little nervous. Books have an incredible thing. Smell. They are. There is heritage."

Faithful to his architecture training from Rhode Island School of Design, however, Freudenberger appreciated the creative system.

She says, "I don't think you should block all the full shelf." "Empty space matters."

She suggests using cushions for optical fractures and loves the shelves

The 140-year-old Greek Revival House in Atchison was as traditional as possible. I filled it with antiques, when I could afford it, and to stretch my budget as much as possible, good bits of reproduction deception. I covered the walls with classic artwork, like plants.

As much as I liked it, and I had the impression that every inch was a reflection of me, I never wanted to freeze the decor in time. Or bleak and dated. I wanted my home to respect the classic furniture I feel crazy about, but I also welcome the new patterns, colors, and styles that today's designers created.

So Dan and I started experimenting.

We bought some artworks that weren't our usual dishes, more contemporary, slightly emotional. It was fun to say "No thanks" to the idea that your home should match the rigid design category, be it traditional or contemporary.

We were amazed at how these little touches shook our house, giving it a boost of new energy, while allowing our spaces to reverse the classic style we loved.

I am obsessed with large textiles, so my next step for the kid was to cover some distinctive pillows in the living room with more transition and contemporary fabrics. It may have been printed in the shape of an animal or sapphire.

I have blended these new arrivals with my longtime favorites, and men's fabrics like plaids, bales and stripes.

It was amazing how they worked together to revive my room. You are addicted.

We work with many people who have inherited great traditional pieces, such as the Duncan Phyfe dining table to die for or the Sheraton buffet. ... it can be difficult to keep up with the latest changes in home decor styles. But the most recent trend can allow you to have an elegant home, especially if you have kept some of the family treasures.

The blending of traditional and contemporary home décor can blend your spaces with a warm yet modern setting. Keeping these traditional touches, furniture or even wallpaper in your home and mixing them with contemporary items in clean lines or bright colors can create a comfortable and eye-catching look. You can incorporate this style into any room in the house, and this allows you to display the mirror your grandmother had in her bathroom, or to give life and energy to the new meters. With old marble for your kitchen.

Try these tips to get the most out of the old with a new look on your home:

* Accent in white - a great way to give the room a contemporary balance is to accent in white. The fixtures, molds, doors, and even decorative covers that you use can save new energy for a piece of furniture or something old you've had in your family for years. Combining soft wood tones for antique furniture or dark wood floors with cool new white accents will make the room vibrant. If your kitchen is contemporary white, add Danze faucets to stainless steel finishes that offer a more traditional décor to balance the overall feel.

* Choose your finishes with intent - the finishing you choose for fixtures and faucets will have a major impact on the look of the room. For example, a white sink or toilet fits nicely when adding contemporary items to a cookie, which will bring a more moderate traditional flavor. The choice of bronze faucets can add a noticeable and beautiful aberration to the white bathroom decor. ...

Winter can be fun and bright, but for many people, autumn is the most wonderful time of the year in terms of sights, smells, foods and decor.

As evidenced by the baked goods, coffee drinks and crafts, pumpkin is the perfect mascot for a fall, and for good reason. It is an eye-catching seasonal product that you can eat and decorate with, and it is widely available during the fall months. However, if you find yourself wandering around roaming home decor stores and feeling a sense of overloading gourd, there are many other ways to make your home decor reflect the spirit of the season.

Not all homeowners want to download season motifs that need to be filled out and stored for most of the year. Instead, find ways to play with color and texture using items already around the house.

"Some of the things I suggest are taking the items that decorate them regularly, like candles, pillows, or rugs, and it's kind of changing these things into autumn colors," says Sherry Trout, owner of Keeping Good Company.

Fall colors do not have to be brown and orange. All kinds of warm earth tones work well to convey a comfortable autumn weather feeling. Look for items that have hints of rust, red, gold, dark green, even dark purple or burgundy. To put this technique into action, switch brightly colored summer pillows and throw blankets on the living room sofa for these deeper shapes.

Fireplace mounts are nice touch points that call attention to the items above it. Instead of redesigning the entire scarf for every holiday, switch small details with simple touches, such as using two-colored fabric runners or candles or faux flowers all year round.

If you usually decorate your home with glassware or vases, Ms. Trott says it is simply about changing what they contain to seasonalize your home.

"With hurricanes or lanterns," they say, "they can stay where they are, and you just change the interior." Some of her suggestions include sweet corn, leaves or long sticks. ...

- Although the specter of ghosts and goblins is ideal for children and a standard for Halloween decorations, why not enter the soul but with a little sophistication this year? If you are hosting a Halloween party for adults in the heart, a scary holiday theme can be part of the celebrations, but with a touch of fun.

There are many directions that you can follow with a decorating theme. Sure, there are black and orange colors that can be combined into the decor and use of pumpkin or candles, which still scream on Halloween but can be displayed elegantly.

"Even if everyone thinks about orange and black, you have to think about a mixture of dark red and black. On Halloween, anytime, black is used," says Gary Lavasier, academic director of decorative and exhibition design at the Art Institute in California. It represents scar and dark red that could be a symbol of blood. ”For a more sophisticated look, combine arrangements of dark red roses, covering them with a black veil cap so you can see roses through the veil and tie them together with a black satin ribbon. "If you're going any further, put the arrangement on an inexpensive black mattress and drip the dark red nail polish with some rose petals on the bedspreads. The roses seem to bleed."

Lavasr also has these tips for decorating an alternative but complicated Halloween:

* Use antique Halloween games from the 1930s, 1940s or 1950s as part of a design. ... DERBY ”A collection of agricultural, literary and industrial achievements in this holiday season is on display at the Osborne Homestead Museum.

Nine former Residence Club clubs have decorated for business and philanthropist Francis Elisa Osborn Kellogg's holiday destination, as she has done for more than two decades.

The property was part of a dairy farm it seized after the death of her father, Wilbur Fisk Osborne.

Kellogg, the curator, left 350 acres for the state, which is now Osborndale State Park.

She passed away in 1956 at the age of 80.

The theme for this year is a vacation in Connecticut.

On Friday, museum curator and teacher Susan Robinson described how the detailed decoration of each room demonstrated technological innovations in Connecticut history.

Members of the Naugatuck Garden Club decorated the walnut-clad studio with objects symbolizing Elli Whitney's cotton gin and Sikorsky helicopters. Robinson said he was working in Bridgeport, and the Christmas tree on the table in the studio topped with cases of lipstick, a patented invention in Connecticut.

Robinson said that the Derby Garden Association decorated the kitchen with a "color burst" and shared information about Margaret Rodkin, founder of the Sheffield ranch in Fairfield.

Robinson stated that the invention of Bridgeport-based William Frisbee in 1871 was celebrated in the food pantry, and the nutmeg displayed on the table referred to the name Connecticut, nutmeg state, according to Robinson. .

She told visitors that the first cookbook published in the United States was written in 1796 by Amelia Simons, resident of Connecticut.

Orange Garden Club decorated Kellogg's childhood bedroom. There was an original poster from Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus on the wall as well as Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. The dolls were designed by Connecticut author and artist John Gruel.

A group of mechanics from A.C. Gilbert of New Haven, the dock was filled with 250 Wiffle balls, made in Shelton. ...

Four local restaurants blend great food and design

Eating out is not just about food. Music and service - above all - can ambience or break a meal.

These new smart restaurants prove that the little things mean a lot in creating an atmosphere that enhances the menu and makes the dining experience unforgettable.

Friends know that if Marc Karagiolo didn't design the restaurants, he'd be a movie set designer. Hollywood's loss is Sarasota's gain, and this is evident in its new founding, Shore, a modern American dinner that floats above a retail clothing store in St. Armands Circle. Shore is a tribute to the Sarasota School of Architecture and Peak American Design in the mid-century.

The most notable feature is the seamless integration of indoor and outdoor spaces. At night, the ceiling retracts to the main dining room and the floor-to-ceiling glass walls open to the natural breezes and the feeling that guests are quietly floating over the hustle and bustle of the circle below. Table chairs in recycled rice are creations from Hans Wegner. B Harryia chairs are located in low banquets. Notice the George Nelson bowl, the bubble pendants, the stacked stone on some walls, the concrete blocks on the others, and the linear polished wood planks on the rest.

The floor is a Caragiulo version of the terrazzo - concrete with small stones and stained glass shards. The restaurant slope is topped by the Caragiulo slope on atomic metal floor lamps in the 1950s, and Caragiulo said: "I designed it with Calder phones in mind and their architecture in Italy." "They float and match chandeliers in another really old room. The two lamps in the bar are also classic and their ridiculous price. But they're so good for the place that was worth it." Obsessed with making the restaurant owner seem right, but he skilfully avoided Kitch. "I never wanted this space to be valuable. The goal is to build on the true feeling of the place.

"It evokes the architectural heritage of Sarasota and has a lot in common with some of the remaining homes on Lido Shores from this era." The name Shore comes from the retail store downstairs and the owner of that organization, Tom Leonard, is Caragiulo's partner. The menu is friendly in Florida where the majority of ingredients are sourced locally. We are waiting for fried oyster sliders, fish sandwiches, shrimp taco and lobster, fried blue crab, local snapper, burgers, organic chicken, kona tuna, clams and pasta.

"When people leave here, I want them to clearly remember the food and preparation as a unified experience they want again," said Carragiolo.

Wander through Half Half Oyster House on the main street in downtown Sarasota, and this will appear in a state of mind in New Orleans, from Oysters Painville on the list (Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, founded Sieur de Bienville New Orleans in 1718) with oysters - a crust wall in the strip . Gas lanterns are installed on brick walls, and black wrought iron is used to define different seating areas, decorated with gilded mirrors and about twenty Belle Epoque chandeliers owned by interior designer Kurt Lucas purchased from antique stores and southern rescue yards.

An experienced hospitality designer with 39 restaurants so far and three on the job, Kurt Lucas undoubtedly gets the concept of menu mood and marriage to create a complete dining experience. ... smart interior designers know that modern and functional elements are in great demand. One of the best examples of stylish and diligent home appliances is also one of the most overlooked: a ceiling fan. In 2014, more and more owners realized the potential of this classic technology not only in terms of their comfort, but also the aesthetics of interior decoration.

Unsurprisingly, approximately 82 percent of American single-family homes have at least one ceiling fan to help keep them cool in summer. Ceiling Fans, created by Hunter Fan Company of Memphis in 1886, are a versatile aesthetic addition to any space. But many homeowners don't realize how ceiling fan installation can save money while improving home comfort and design.

In addition to the customizable features and finishes available on ceiling fans today, p