Janet Shea Interiors – Interior Design: South Shore, Ma - Cape Cod, Ma - Boston, Ma http://www.jsheainteriors.com Janet Shea Interiors, Complete Interior Design Services, South Shore, Metro Boston, Cape Cod, Metro West, Massachusetts. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 The British are coming,the British are coming!!! http://www.jsheainteriors.com/2012/02/26/the-british-are-comingthe-british-are-coming/ http://www.jsheainteriors.com/2012/02/26/the-british-are-comingthe-british-are-coming/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:45:39 +0000 Janet http://www.jsheainteriors.com/?p=1736 For all you Anglophiles out there — London’s calling.

Will and Kate got a dog. Pippa’s off the market and Downton Abby is must see TV. We Yanks seem to have an endless fascination with all the happenings across the pond. So, “mind the gap” and jump on board for the latest British invasion.

The Union Jack, the queen’s silhouette, Big Ben and all kinds of British emblems have been a trend in interior design and fashion for few years now and will continue to be especially strong this year.

2012 is a huge year for the Brits. They will celebrate 60 years of the Queen’s reign with the Diamond Jubilee and the world will descend on London in July and August for the summer Olympics. Forget the crazy looking mascots for the Olympics and stick with the classics.

How will you add a little British flair to your decor?


Union Jack room Train Station Pillows

Union-Jack-Pillows-Dog-Sofa

Falcon Cooker Granite Transformation's Union Jack Island
Falcon Cooker
Granite Transformation’s Union Jack kitchen island

The Well Dressed Home British Pillows Queen Elizabeth Stamp Rug
The Well Dressed Home — Pillows
Queen Elizabeth stamp rugs for floor or wall

Keep Calm and Carry on Canvases Queen Elizabeth Clock
Keep Calm and Carry On — Canvases
Queen Elizabeth Wall Clock

Union Jack Bureau Plate and Doggie Door Stop
Union Jack Bureau
Dinner Plate and Doggie Door Stop

Restoration Hardware Pouf
Union Jack Pouf — Restoration Hardware

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I love this combination. What do you think?

Gray and Yellow Livingroom 2 Gray and Yellow Bedroom
Gray and Yellow Rug
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Pantone Accessories
  Pantone Dinning Room
Pantone Bedroom Pantone Accessories 2
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If the materials used to create these furnishings could talk, their story is not one of grand houses and fancy dinners, but of work and use. Of being left out in the weather and the miles traveled. The charm of these pieces are twofold, appealing to those interested in conservation and recycling as well as opening up the imagination of the pieces’ original form and function.

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I have to say, I think this is my absolutely most favorite transformation.
Just goes to show you what can be done when you start out with a chair with a great frame.

Other impressive candidates:

Antique Makeover - chair 2 before and after
Antique Makover chair 3 before and after
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Quatrefoil Quatrefoil Pillow

Quatrefoil designs have appeared cross culturally since ancient times.

  • In Celtic culture the quatrefoil symbolizes “the wheel of being” and is seen as a symbol of good luck-as in a four leaf clover.
  • In Native American culture, the four leaves symbolize the four ends of the earth, North, South,East and West.
  • For Christians it represents the cross, or the four gospels
  • The design was first used with Marine officers on sailing ships so that Marine sharpshooters in the rigging did not shoot their own officers on the deck during close-quarters gun battles. (as when crews of opposing ships attempted to board each other’s ship).

Architecture

Furniture

Accessories

Quatrefoil lighting Quatrefoil Mirored Panel
Quatrefoil Miror Quatrefoil Tray
Quatrefoil Window Shades Quatrefoil Tile
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