How A Texas Postman Became An Hermès Designer
by NPR Staff
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Jason SheelerOne of Kermit Oliver’s designs for Hèrmes
October 21, 2012
About a year ago, writer Jason Sheeler was working on a story about Hermès scarves — the elaborately decorated silk squares that [...]
The business of interior design is creative but it’s so much more than that. People frequently think it’s handling pretty fabrics all day, that it’s glamorous because it is an art or that it is a business they’ll start one day when they’re finished with whatever job they’re in now. [...]
I love the entry into any house. The first welcome and peek into your home. Your guests will immediately feel the warmth and invitation to come in further. Inviting and interesting, even if ever so small, it can host a tiny table with lamp and mirror, and/or a chair, a [...]
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Instinct plays a role in my creative process along with inspiration. I will see something in my travels, antiquing, flea marketing, like the very old brass church sconce above and just know I have to have it. One of a pair they just lay on a table in a jumble of [...]
In the creative process, included are inspiration, instinct and serendipity. At least for me. This small, vintage boudoir chair for example, I found in the trash many years ago, brought it home in the dead of night with my young daughter’s help, mulled over its adorableness for awhile, despite [...]
Why work with an interior designer?
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Where in the world are you collecting?
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Accessories are the jewelry of interior design . So too are the flower arrangements and accents that we choose for each season. Fall is ripe with opportunities as the season unfolds and brings in the holidays. From my garden I bring in a huge bouquet of limelight hydrangeas, their wonderful [...]
We read the book, saw the film but nothing could prepare us for the vast and spectacular and splendid Grand Canyon. Being at the overlooks and moving just a few feet in each direction, changed the panorama enormously, and the light continually changes it too. We really saw it all, at least [...]