http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills Smart-Design-Daily Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:52:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/right-things/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/right-things/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:52:56 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3353 If the point of upholstery is physical comfort then case goods (tables, chests, console…etc.) focus on our need to store, stack and organize.  And of course to do it with style! Whether antique or newly manufactured, passed down from Granny or picked up at a tag sale the wood pieces of furniture we bring into [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/right-things/feed/ 1 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/furniture-arranging/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/furniture-arranging/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:44:32 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3349 Relationships are difficult at best and devastating at their worse.  Evidently the rewards are sufficient to keep us returning to the game, over and over again.  Bring it on! In response to this mornings post I was asked a simple (ha) question; “What’s the most important rule to follow when arranging furniture?” My day has [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/furniture-arranging/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/arrangements/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/arrangements/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:42:10 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3344 “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, Skill is knowing how to do it and Virtue is doing it.” David Starr Jordan Summer is a time for travel and whether you’re off to far flung destinations or remain close to home the process of getting from point A to point B is, to me, intriguing. [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/arrangements/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/like-a-cheap-suit/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/like-a-cheap-suit/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:52:47 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3338 If god is in the details then to the details we must turn.  Upholstery is the focus of our attention today and I must address my greatest issue with “contemporary upholstery”. Free from the constraints of tradition, the envelope of upholstery design has been expanded to include angles, radii and dramatically sculpted forms not previously [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/like-a-cheap-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/death-to-puffy/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/death-to-puffy/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:09:22 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3328 You can also follow us on Facebook “A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.” Sir Barnett Cocks Turns out even our closest friends can send us shrieking into the night when their furniture selections fly in the face of the principles we espouse.  Where does the inclination to [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/death-to-puffy/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/101-things-i-hate-about-your-house%e2%84%a2-i-love-juan-pablo-molyneux/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/101-things-i-hate-about-your-house%e2%84%a2-i-love-juan-pablo-molyneux/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:16:46 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3315 A Legend of American Design: Juan Pablo Molyneux Since opening my first issue of Architectural Digest as a high school freshman this gentleman’s work has been a source of inspiration and education.  A master of all things classical, his published work is a Masters Class in the design principles we speak of in these postings. [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/101-things-i-hate-about-your-house%e2%84%a2-i-love-juan-pablo-molyneux/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/gwyneth-paltrow/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/gwyneth-paltrow/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:17:56 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3304 “Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.” Mike Ditka Few things in life are as satisfying as completing a major design project.  After months or, in some cases, years of dreaming, planning and living with the undulating madness that construction and decoration bring to finally banish the last of the workmen, installers, artisans and designers [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/gwyneth-paltrow/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/wrong-things/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/wrong-things/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:19:54 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3298 Follow “101 Things I Hate About Your House” on Facebook With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Ashleigh Brilliant exclaimed, “Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.”  With all the good intentions, hard work and experience in the world sometimes we get things wrong.  Even the best make the [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/wrong-things/feed/ 0 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/faux-french/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/faux-french/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:15:37 +0000 admin http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3292 Follow us on Facebook It appears that a reoccurring theme fuels the fires beneath this afternoon’s addition to the pantheon of design and decorating clichés.  Our cultural obsession with wretched excess is as well documented.  Too much to eat!  Too many plastic surgeries! Too many extra curricular activities! There can be no real surprise when [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/faux-french/feed/ 2 http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/mid-century-mad/ http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/mid-century-mad/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:51:58 +0000 interiordesigner http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/?p=3285 You can also follow us on Facebook When considering the decoration of houses I am of the opinion that comfort is king.  Life was never promised to us in a neat, easy to swallow pill; the stress, chaos and general madness of our existence suggests to me that when we’re able to manage our environment [...]]]> http://www.jamesswanco.com/interior-designer-Beverly-Hills/mid-century-mad/feed/ 0