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Archive for October, 2012
Insider: Imagining Riverwalk
When the first visitors stroll the mile-and-a-quarter length of Bradenton’s beautiful new Riverwalk on Oct. 18, it will be a proud day for lead designers James Pankonin and Bill Waddill of consulting firm Kimley-Horn and Associates. The duo started work on the master plan for the waterfront public space 2 ½ years ago, with input [...]
Read More >>A Splash of Wine
1 The Royal Collection by Designer’s Guild includes Clarence (on sofa), inspired by the lacy ferns in the Savill Garden at Windsor, and damask (drapery fabric) from one of Queen Victoria’s tablecloths. Order at The Wallpaper Store, 7368 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, (941) 924-3640. 2 Saks is ahead of the trend with lace fashions from [...]
Read More >>Art Stars
An important art collection shines in an opulent Art Deco setting. When a passion for art imbues your client’s life, the interior design mandate is clear: Color and pattern exist purely to enhance the beauty and importance of a blue-chip collection. That was the principle Anne Folsom Smith of Anne Folsom Smith Interior Design followed [...]
Read More >>Shopping: The Super Naturals
We’ve been trend-spotting at two of the most important home furnishings trade shows in the world: The International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York and High Point Market in North Carolina. Everywhere we saw a new reverence for nature: for tree limbs, leaves, insects, and furniture shaped like flower petals. Rustic chic is the new [...]
Read More >>Food & Wine: Cheese, Please
Downtown Sarasota’s Artisan Cheese Company wants to be your neighborhood cheese shop. With a love for all kinds of cheese—from the mild to the stinky—Parker and Louise Converse offer shoppers hand-cut, to-order artisanal fromage from all over the United States and Europe in their Artisan Cheese Company on Main Street. The shop, which opened a [...]
Read More >>The Look of Now
From aqua hues to mid-sized modern, the top new trends in town. Trend: Color it Aqua From fashion runways to designer homes, aqua is one of the “it” colors of 2013. But for Sarasota’s own Laurie Jenkins, the textile chemist and designer behind the Laurie Bell brand of outdoor fabrics, aqua is much more [...]
Read More >>What I’m Drinking: The brews of Darwin’s on 4th
Can’t make it to Munich for Oktoberfest this year? No problem. Just head over to Darwin’s on 4th, where brewmaster Jared Barnes is turning out beers and ales of considerable interest year-round. You certainly can construct a full dinner with beer pairings, but if you’d rather just nibble a few, a great way to go [...]
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