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All Just about Interior DesignWarm Your House with a Taste of the Tropics
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(ARA) - Tropical ornamental
motifs, such as palm trees, monkeys, pomegranates, and the pineapple that symbolizes "welcome," endure for many an reasons. Not only are they in and of itself
graceful in their own right, but they are likewise mindful of a relaxed, comfortable, leisurely way of life. Their reflection of ease and warmth has ready-made these motifs popular for generations, and they are enjoying another house fashion renaissance now.
They coincide attractively
with the trend toward such nature-friendly materials as bamboo, wicker and rattan. They likewise relate to augmented interest in exotic places, such as Key West and Bali. Pineapples and pomegranates add an international flavor to the traditional basket of ornamental
fruits. Monkeys represent a gender-neutral motif, easy to decorate with and especially appropriate for shared spaces, such as the master bedroom, wherever
men may raise objections to an bumper use of florals.
While tropical themes are ideal for decorating a vacation house in a southern climate, they can likewise carry their luxurious sense of comfort to the harsh winters of the north.
Patterns in the Ralph waldo ellison Bay collection from Maxwell’s Piper Designs division offer an example. The collection takes its name from a beautiful water
on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan -- an idyllic summer resort that is confined
for more of the winter. Spell pineapples, interspersed with tropical flowers are in perfect correct with the surroundings in summer, they bring the welcome glow of summer to winter's short, dark days.
For adscititious winter warmth, we used this pattern in red in an entryway. It is installed above a white molding at chair-rail height, and lidded with its even as more densely floral coordinative
border. A harlequin pattern in matching red runs from the chair rail to the floor.
Classic ring-tail monkeys meander on
tropical branches in a design in Maxwell's Vintage Colonial collection, which likewise contains matching borders and a coordinative
big cat print. All three help unify a master chamber and connected dressing area, spell likewise production
each space distinctive. To produce a "positive/negative, reverse" visual effect, we combined the monkey wallpaper with a white background and a border of the same design on a black background.
This stunning pair of patterns extends on
one wall into the dressing area that is otherwise wallpapered altogether in the big cat pattern. Because Maxwell collections use color families to do coordination easy and combination and matching foolproof, this cheetah's spots are utterly
color-matched to the monkey's fur.
Such coordination likewise does it easy to add true decorator distinction. For example, we covered the two shades on the sconce at the entry to the dressing area with the big cat wallpaper print. Details like this bear the mark of professional interior design and become a name of your great taste of the tropics.
The most dramatic of all Maxwell's tropical references is an innovative vertical wall mural, created for the Vintage Italian region collection from Maxwell's LV Emmert Studios' division. It replicates a floor-to-ceiling window, complete with trompe l'oeil window panes and drawn shades, with an open view to a nearly life-size palm tree in a false Italian courtyard. We cognize of no else pattern that can so altogether infuse any room with the lush look of the tropics.
To locate a distributor in your area that carries the Vintage Colonial collection from S.A. Maxwell Co., Ralph waldo ellison Bay from Maxwell's Piper Designs, and Vintage Italian region from the company's LV Emmert Studios, call (847) 932-3700 or visit www.samaxwell.com.
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