Spa-cation

I hope you enjoyed the escape and received great ideas for your spa project.

Italian Modern

There are a few really outstanding modern furniture manufacturers that produce the cutting edge design that eventually sets the trend of the market, and Tonin Casa is just that. The very Italian Tonin Casa modern furniture collection features a sharp and clean combination of bent and shaped glass, metals, stone, and bold colors working in unison to form one of the most exciting home furniture collections around. Here is just a sampling of the brilliant designs you will hopefully love, see the rest of the collection at Tonincasa.it
You are going to love these designs, I spent several hours looking at all of the styles!!!

Sophistication and Serenity

Feature Architect/Designer/Real Estate DeveloperJANNA BULLOCK
NY


Janna Bullock is the Founder and Chief Executive of RIGroup, a real estate development company that focuses on residential, commercial, and hotel properties in the United States, Europe, and Russia.



Bullock arranged the “Russian House,” which displays modern Russian art and 19th-century furniture loaned by the Hermitage Museum. And the “Eco-House” by Alhadeff showcases river-stone walls in the bathrooms and cork dining chairs by the French designer Martin Szekely.



“Janna introduces a different concept of luxury, “Right now, luxury means a pompous style with a lot of gilt, bronze and decoration. We think being environment friendly is the most important: building with wood and stone, using recycled water and trying to use alternative energy sources even though it’s not easy in our climate.”



Ms. Bullock completed graduate work in comparative philosophy at St. Petersburg State University and received an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

A native of Moscow, Bullock founded her company in 2003 and has become an advocate for sustainable design and energy-efficient technologies in her building projects. Bullock is known for her commitment to excellence in the preservation and restoration of landmark architecture. One of few female real estate developers in New York City, Bullock has restored a number of historic townhouses in the City’s Upper East Side and the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, an important Russian monastery located outside Moscow and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Bullock is also recognized for her support of contemporary design, both as an avid collector and committed patron of the arts, but also for innovative projects like the 2007 Russian Design Show at Ecoestate Pavlovskaya sloboda, a sustainable community in Russia featuring exemplary homes furnished with objects designed by David Adjaye, Frank Gehry, Gio Ponti, the Campana Brothers, Aranda & Lasch and others.

A passionate art collector, Ms. Bullock has assembled more than 4000 works by Russian artists from the late 19th century to the present day. Additionally, her collection includes 400 works by Western contemporary artists.
Affiliations/Honors/Awards

"Name Dropping"

December 6, 2007 -- THE Art Basel convention in Miami has drawn planeloads of hard-partying New Yorkers. Condé Nast and jeans company 7 for All Mankind co-host an event at the Ice House, while Cartier serves dinner at the Botanical Gardens and Jimmy Choo pours for the fashionistas at the Raleigh. Dennis Hopper will be at the Russia Miami exhibit organized by Jana Bullock and Hugo Boss. Tomorrow, Vanity Fair and MoMA hold a bash at the Shore Club, while Linda Evangelista hosts a dance party with Visionaire at the Florida Room. On Saturday, the event's closing night, Russell Simmons and Allison Weiss Brady throw a benefit for the Rush Philanthropic Organization at Intermix, as Adidas stages a Y3 event in the design district. But the big invites are the private dinners at Paul Wilmot's home and the soiree for Julian Schnabel and Lou Reed's flick "Berlin" at Set.

Recipient, 2008 Design Commendation, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards
Trustee, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Chairwoman, Jaze Art Foundation
International Leadership Chairwoman, Russian National Orchestra�s New York gala

Sophistication and Serenity is Janna's signature style for design, how appropriate for me to introduce her to you on my design site.

Great Awakenings

This is the Great Awakenings collection from Neiman Marcus. I hope you enjoyed the luxurious escape. I have designed many custom bed ensembles, the skirted bedspread was always my first choice. Although this leans toward a feminine style, the fabric you choose can add a masculine touch. You could design a skirted bed-skirt and top it with a flat duvet, as in the brown/teal version shown above, giving it the best of both worlds. Neiman's have outdone themselves in this collection.

Tiffany/Style and Class

Magnolia Close-Up

Featured Designer
Dr. Grotepass Studios
Germany
Magnolia Floor Lamp

Peony close-up

Peony Floor Lamp

Butterfly


Lamburnum

This style is my favorite because of the of the feminine delicacy of the shape and colors.

Dragonfly

Wisteria


Tiffany lamps generally mean stained glass lamps. The reason they're called Tiffany lamps is because back in the late 1800's, early 1900's a guy by the name of Louis Comfort Tiffany propelled stained glass lamps to a new level. Using an innovative technique to produce exquisite decorative stained glass lamps that were works of art. Back in the day, Tiffany lamps were all the rage. And anyone who was wealthy enough to own one had one. Even the white house displayed a few lamps of Tiffany's.

Due to the popularity of these lamps, other company's wanted a piece of the action. And started making their own Tiffany style lamps. Two of the most popular makers of these beautiful works of art, (Tiffany Studios being the most successful and popular).

Lamp makers succeeded in producing good quality Tiffany style lamps. And even today, just like Tiffany reproduction lamps, you can get Handel reproduction lamps and Duffner & Kimberly reproductions lamps.

I highly recommend owning a Tiffany or reproduction, it is it's own art accent for any room. Each tells a story since individual lamps are based on a theme.

For more than 20 years Dr. Grotepass has created extraordinary reproduction of Tiffany lamp designs for his customers worldwide, including architects, interior designers and individuals that appreciate Tiffany Studio work, but who do not wish to pay the incredibly high prices that original antique lamps command.

Dr. Grotepass uses the original working methods of Tiffany Studios-New York (1880-1930).

His studio professionally restores and repairs original Tiffany lamps using the long-lost methods that only they have discovered. The lamps recapture the artistry of the originals through subtle coloration achieved by matching the finest glass available and through meticulous hand-crafting of the metalwork in each shade.

Worldwide shipping by FedEx, all glass/bronze items are packed professional in wooden boxes to assure safe receipt of your treasures.

You can email Dr. Hans-Peter Grotepass direct at info@Tiffany-Studios.com.

It has been my pleasure introducing you to Tiffany-Studios and Dr. Grotepass as an artist/designer of Tiffany lamp reproductions.

Piana

The Loro Piana name has become synonymous with the manufacture of exquisite cashmere products. For six generations, the Italian maker has maintained access to the world's most valued raw materials, and in recent decades it has assumed a proactive position to replenish those resources as part of its business model. Today, those exclusive fibers found in clothing and accessories are available in a wide range of interior products, bringing the same sophisticated Loro Piana lifestyle into the home. "The Loro Piana Interiors fabrics were created to enable Loro Piana's customers to furnish and 'dress' interiors with the same refined quality and attention to detail as they dress themselves," says Pier Luigi, the current chairman of the company.
Originally from Trivero, Italy, the Loro Piana family started as wool merchants early in the nineteenth century. In 1924, the current company, Ing. Loro Piana & C., was founded by Pietro Loro Piana in Quarona in Northern Italy. By 1941, Pietro's nephew, Franco, had assumed responsibility for the company and after the war, the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of superior wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry.
Whether it's a yard of fabric or a cashmere scarf, the common thread that links Loro Piana's textiles and garments is the use of the most exclusive fibers, sourced from three continents. With facilities in Mongolia and China, which is now the world's largest producer of raw cashmere, Loro Piana has control over every step in the process.Manufacturing begins with fibers that come from the adult cashmere goat. In Mongolia, baby Hyrcus goats provide a higher-caliber cashmere that is harvested from combing the soft undercoat. Since this is done between the ages of three and twelve months, it can occur only once. From this has come one of the company's proprietary fabrics, known as Baby Cashmere®, which is used throughout the line in both clothing and interiors.