Philosophy of the Tent:

The best decorating and design takes inspiration from what was once done before. Whether it is in architecture, antiques, art, it all stems from a mix of inspiration and knowledge. I believe it is a duty to pass on and share the knowledge, and by no means do I think I have great knowledge, in fact the more I know the less I know.
This blog is a way not to forget what I have learned and what was kindly passed onto to me by a great many fascinating people. I thank you all.


Saturday 8 October 2011

Knock on Wood

I have always loved wooden houses and timber cladding of all sort, I was introduced to painted tongue & groove about 15 years ago by a designer friend and we used it everywhere, I still love it and use it on walls and ceilings.  It works well giving warmth and texture to simple, otherwise uninteresting rooms and teh combinations are endless.  Not a huge fan, generally, of large patterns on walls unless it is a very grand hand printed damask, Mauny, Zuber or De Gournay with a room to go with it, ridiculous otherwise.  
There is a tendancy here, perhaps cultural to over-design, and whereas I do not belong to the minimalist camp, I do believe the success of a room is in the balance
of scale, proportion and what is appropriate to put in it.



 Above pictures from Italian AD


 No one does timber cladding quite like our american friends, make cladding not war


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