John Dickinson: Primitive EleganceThere's a fine line between being amusing and being eccentric.John Dickinson (1920 - 1982)John Dickinson, the late San Francisco designer, was a disciplined perfectionist who described himself as a draftsman first, a decorator second. He reduced his designs to "line, proportion and shape" to create …
Black and WhiteBlack and white. Perfect for the kitchen, the bath, a foyer or a gracious curving stair. Perfect even for circus tents, or the illusion of one . . . "I told Jean-Louis [Deniot] I wanted the apartment to be beautiful without a stick of furniture in it," the wife says. "You had to say, 'Ooh,' even whe…
Gracie WallpaperOne way to make a room truly special is to cover the walls with Gracie’s hand-painted wallpaper. Gracie is a family-run business that Charles R. Gracie founded in New York City in 1898. Gracie originally created custom lamps, but started selling Asian antiques in the 1920s and 1930s. The company beg…
Artist EaselsHanging art can be intimidating to many people. They are afraid of making a mistake and ending up with a wall full of nail holes. They are unsure how high or how low to hang a painting. They don't know the best way to arrange a varied collection. One alternative to fastening pictures to a wall is to…
