Posted November 7th, 2007
Metallics are popular– this has been obvious in fashion but now in home décor as well. I actually read an article in last week’s New York Times’ Home & Garden section that reinforced the idea that fashion trends are increasingly being translated for home.
I’m loving gold flecked glass—like what I talked about last week with Murano glass. I am also crazy about metallic leather and fabrics. The thing is that it’s really fun to mix and match. You don’t necessarily need everything to be brass or everything to be chrome. I love the idea of a bronze coffee table mixed with some silver accessories; I think this just creates a great visual picture.
I’ve actually done a lot of mixing in my Westchester home…chrome lamps, gold gilded benches, brass furniture…
A furniture designer that does very interesting metallic work is Paul Evans. He’s really perfected the art of mixing and matching metals. His work is kind of like patchwork: his creations are made out of small pieces of a variety of difference metals.
Here are a few metallic pieces I recently found on eBay that I like:
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