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1930's New York - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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1930’s New York. 1930’s New York. Article written on Thursday, February 5th, 2015. In TriBeCa, New York last week, I was reminded that where beauty is all around us, it comes in many guises. Here, in the form of basic, metal fire escapes. A feature is made of these distinctive symbols of New York. They adorn every style of the city’s architecture: 1930’s office blocks, Georgian buildings, warehouses and seemingly tiny cottages in the middle of the city. Colours with names like. Complete with a bit of gra...
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House & Garden, May 2014 - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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House & Garden, May 2014. House & Garden, May 2014. Article written on Thursday, May 15th, 2014. Tags: Farrow and Ball. At any point since about April/May, we have been visually-assaulted (in a really really good way) with .read more. 6 Must Haves For A Bit Of Festival Chic. 6 Must Haves For A Bit Of Festival Chic. I recently developed sudden flashbacks of a glorious festival visit and the potential loveliness of an English .read more. It's All About The Blues. It's All About The Blues.
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London Details - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Article written on Thursday, May 14th, 2015. The curve of the handrail attracted me to take the photograph in the first place. What is it doing down at the bottom of a semi-submerged flight of steps in West London? A boring old handrail, most of the time underwater, is a thing of beauty. Perhaps that is going a little too far but the curve doesn’t have a function…there is no answer, it’s just how they did things back then. And we are all the luckier for it. From top to bottom: Annie Sloan’s. Http:/ www&#...
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Pop To The Shops - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Pop To The Shops. Pop To The Shops. Article written on Sunday, February 1st, 2015. As we all know, inspiration can be found around us, in the natural world, but also in every surface and plane scanned by our eyes. It just depends whether we absorb it. This could be a moody bedroom scheme. Or a snug, cosy study and the like. Left from top to bottom: Annie Sloan’s. Old Ochre, French Linen,. To turn it moody, go dark with the red.Or swap Annie Sloan’s. Here, for her. Top to bottom: Farrow and Ball’s. Due to...
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My Top Five Stands: Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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My Top Five Stands: Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair. My Top Five Stands: Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair. Article written on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015. I strode into the Olympia International Art and Antiques Fair last week with the sole purpose of posting my top picks on this page. To help refine my search, I go in, ruthless, with the mindset of “what would I have in my home”. Useless, I want it all! Here is just a whiff of some of the beauties that were there. Has this is spades...
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Marie Antoinette's Sitting Room - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Marie Antoinette’s Sitting Room. Marie Antoinette’s Sitting Room. Article written on Saturday, February 7th, 2015. Any settler on foreign shores, brings with them knowledge from their homeland. In this case the early European settlers in America brought their 17. Century building practices, for example timber panelling. Internal timber cladding keeps the houses warm and dry but in John Hewlett’s house (1740-60), re-instated here at The Met. in New York, it looks pretty good too. Wall panelling in 17.
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Spotted - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Article written on Saturday, March 28th, 2015. Last month saw the arrival of 2015’s London Design Week, at Chelsea Harbour, where suppliers to the interior design trade launch their new products. A refreshing outlook after the dark winter months and a week I always look forward to. A collection of engraved antique carafes, sorbet dishes and aperitif glasses (left)? Nope, it is wallpaper and although technically-speaking this is not a new product, it jumped out at me and I love it. I chuckled at this fabr...
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Light Up My Life - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Light Up My Life. Light Up My Life. Article written on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015. Pooky Launched towards the end of last year, finally a lighting retailer that rejects the identikit choice of so many. I went along, on the Design Week trail, given the showroom’s proximity to Chelsea Harbour. Not too bling, not bling at all in fact, they do not break the bank, and there’s a good variety, all of which look cool. Need I say more? Herbert Table Lamp: Black. Black marble base and black shade, along with. I am ...
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A Colourful Odyssey - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Article written on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015. It is all too easy to post something about Greece and refer to it as an Odyssey. On a short trip there in April, although I wasn’t fighting off mythical creatures, I did have a sort of awakening. It goes as thus. Colours and ideas are out there in the market place, then maybe, just maybe there. Mouthwatering 2013 new colours to confirm this…. Walls: Nancy’s Blushes, Woodwork: Smoked Trout, Floor: Downpipe. Wall and door: Stiffkey Blue, Woodwork: Brassica.
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January Blues - Miranda Vedral » Miranda Vedral
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Article written on Friday, January 23rd, 2015. It struck me as I was walking across the railway bridge, spanning the Thames in West London, one freezing January morning, that even at the deadest times of the year, nature and therefore colour is all around us. We just need to look. Grey, dead tones and lush, new green how satisfying. Is it the contradiction that appeals? And my interpretation in paint terms, from top to bottom:. Antibes Green, Original, Paris Grey. Farrow and Ball’s. If the pink is too so...