Fabrizio Plessi's Venetian Palazzo

<p align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 130%">Perfection!</span> </em></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJXF6YAlSQry3kTvCfSC3y8OfYYVWg02MqZgO5wnQKfZ0WcyFmNMbVs5SMDzycg7Mfk6rimbNBtvZNtJUsvNM75TaWyWrGGfMdCc8Dwp-OnBV7GsDLhGuq1uB92SM0uSfMBsQqsjtmuUP/s1600-h/Fabrizio+Plessi%27s+Venetian+Palazzo.png"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqa3_ZcONSlddi_NFe3IVH8Juv-7MqgAZ-lUBcLU8M2aBZGFZGR5bGQk8u8RNkqNp1M0M9QYUwzQV2Xi9AuKw6W9HrayefYxgkCTXB_WS9wQT5QYGI0H9zITmndTcszBptM6lV5BfY47V/s1600-h/Fabrizio+Plessi%27s+Venetian+Palazzo+1.png"><img alt="" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqa3_ZcONSlddi_NFe3IVH8Juv-7MqgAZ-lUBcLU8M2aBZGFZGR5bGQk8u8RNkqNp1M0M9QYUwzQV2Xi9AuKw6W9HrayefYxgkCTXB_WS9wQT5QYGI0H9zITmndTcszBptM6lV5BfY47V/s400/Fabrizio+Plessi%27s+Venetian+Palazzo+1.png" width="250" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOi-NyN4BB54thMjABucHgxjGIStEF7KHcMrb23eSfENlO5Gu13dnByhQieYJ6XxkRx0U-4FdvANDBQpGeu5fY8ZT9CZGxZwy0Iqoh5uY24lzuMOgekk8UoBtKql8NoOXZV1SjzbcFzuI/s1600-h/image28.png"></a><strong></strong><img alt="" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJXF6YAlSQry3kTvCfSC3y8OfYYVWg02MqZgO5wnQKfZ0WcyFmNMbVs5SMDzycg7Mfk6rimbNBtvZNtJUsvNM75TaWyWrGGfMdCc8Dwp-OnBV7GsDLhGuq1uB92SM0uSfMBsQqsjtmuUP/s400/Fabrizio+Plessi%27s+Venetian+Palazzo.png" width="250" /> <br /><strong>Fabrizio Plessi's Venetian Palazzo</strong></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGNIAn8TqV72Jvj1aLuQKXJxo4V25S_Z2ZjG2DEgBMIDE63mIiPRjM0LuLJ240wS5fm3u09551aCjP4xZjyZZRdVoNeJ_sj29kI45bifekpuqizAJ7DA-jSgZ7VtgF7SjQTJ6pAib8TVj/s1600-h/image27.png"></a> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz5ixG6kSOLYyDT3jx9KQT7Lbspjbr1jdcGjhmkMFhna4Un8yZRGaSrS-3Im6eyVVqe9sjhuzphOWpsvfmZgEB3SQJQhtnr8MOsfL1jSS1lTK3Tbwib0ZxOgDF5y1JHm2w5qsMBNrUDg7/s1600-h/image61.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsciX_4zpQdZnk9aXKQjKZvG1MQZFOsLOdZaiLI43vdccD5fXAtsHfuNFfUXQDIUBU-7qseKlcROnv7UVUk7dJlA_weEDmBGzOdL20HzCEBfvy8TdNN8A51dfE_OxCxQeibijLfOub6hd/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; 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border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="250" /></a> </p> <p align="center"><strong>Fabrizio Plessi's Venetian Palazzo</strong> <br /><span style="font-size: 78%"><a href="http://www.interiorsdigital.com/interiors/200912#pg84" target="_blank">Interiors Magazine</a></span> <span style="font-size: 78%">Photos: Paolo Utimpherger Magazine Cover: Photos Nathan Kirkman / Design Wendy Posard </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 78%"></span></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">PATRICIA GRAY INC</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning interior design firm writing about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br /></font><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><font size="1">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></a></p>

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Diary of an Interesting Year

<p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteoBvTW5lM0gIdRQAN3e8N7kBFEgcEVs-Vd4z6kSR6hlsT-cjncyMbF9IA8G_zl11N2gKnC1ongfsMeHDj8xZDzy8Ng1VDf1E685sypO7zVgvC5dJfSdHw5G97G0G5V1q1ep8FE7ZiLkR/s1600-h/PatriciaGraylivingroombyMichelleMore%5B4%5D%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="Patricia Gray living room by Michelle Morelan" border="0" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2Rx27JwdGeBwEh22A-9jRXTtmgZAmRU9rPyhLnZZT66ZuVmFZbxnM6pVgvgFd0ncEFSqQtY2HEwa7O0MBSXLbe41b5PxoG_G-JuYqn1-eIk1FuR72eNOcU4hrQgpu3s1PbHhxqpSHOIL/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a> </p> <p align="center">A Rendering of my Living Room given to me as a Christmas gift by <a href="http://schematiclife.blogspot.com/2009/12/rendering-for-christmas.html" target="_blank">Michelle Morelan</a>. </p> <p align="justify">2009 is a great year to reflect back on, now that it is almost over. Whew, what a turbulent year - full of challenges. I am not one to buy into the doom and gloom of the economic climate (I have weathered others through the years: early 80's, early 90's, late 90's), but this year was a year of an down economic climate that has seemed to have escaped no one in the 'world.'  There is a saying that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. It is hard to see when you are in the midst of chaos, until you have come through it.....hopefully we are through it!!! One of the benefits for me was that I kept busy and was continually looking for ways to recharge and re-inspire. I was fortunate to have four wonderful trips this year to do just that. It is very important when you are working in a creative field to be continually evolving and expanding your horizons, and travel helps me to do that. I also full filled a life long dream this year and went back to school and took two Art classes in Mixed Media Painting. I subsequently turned my garage into an Art Studio and have spent many glorious days there immersed in painting. <br /> <br />A trip to Palm Springs in the early Spring - where I became fascinated with and wrote a Blog posting on the Mid-Century Post Modern resurgence of <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/palm-springs-modern-architecture-and.html" target="_blank">'screen block.'</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuDUAG7_-5BUdefAOlSSBdkQu9D7mSTWK5gi7jevRV4yxsXoMhM-RtUL6IS4CZC9qBMx5bL9rr-DW5rAYUX3jKdwAlNf7dlC733vw1nBk6iUB2_ad__c2BwiOwKWeAQjI8RaPlY1_SOSH/s1600-h/Palm%20Springs%203%20078%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="Palm Springs Modern Architecture and the Use of Screen Block" border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3JOgS4Xx_dZomGmtvNVOQM0NfxA3c_X6D50nfjVd9fZFEdGqXlhHE4dhfbrqbz9yA4uBrucrUMZPCv5YxlnJLv8TrL7o1jeLE7l8oaLSV5J6FKjjypeLYvrufTu9cpfhFJq_st6zl1C0/?imgmax=800" width="500" /></a> <br /><font size="1"><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/palm-springs-modern-architecture-and.html" target="_blank">Palm Springs Modern Architecture and the Use of Screen Block</a> <br /></font> <br />A trip to the Okanagan with my Dad and a visit to the The <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20for%20Rammed%20Earth%20Walls" target="_blank">Nk'Mip</a> Winery and Resort in Osoyoss where I was inspired by the use of <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20for%20Rammed%20Earth%20Walls" target="_blank">Rammed Earth</a> in Modern Architecture.</p> <p align="center"> <img alt="Rammed Earth Wall NK'MIP Winery Osoyoos" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1g-Tej59l30biH4ZVcul4MEMReecetpAPah4xCVqDZC_Yg0c2FSCjBU4zD42rEy1sDYkoS9_eOgkwoBEnmXH28ukFfZccDUaXCf0S564wfIgsnEXOitYP9IvAP2kwNd4xX7F9EwP_Hay7/?imgmax=800" width="500" /> <br /><font size="1"><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipe%20for%20Rammed%20Earth%20Walls" target="_blank">Rammed Earth Wall NK'MIP Winery Osoyoos</a></font></p> <p align="justify">A trip to <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20in%20New%20York" target="_blank">New York</a> in September and another in December.  What can I say about New York, other than that it is one of the most exciting and visually stimulating cities in the world.  Being able to see the artwork of great masters at the MOMA, Georgia O'Keeffe at The Whitney, and Kandinsky at the Guggenheim - it just doesn't get better than that. I shopped for clients at the D & D Building, A & D Building, and the New York Design Center, explored Soho, Tribeca, the Meat Packing District, Canal Street, walked Central Park, 5th Avenue, tried the Subway, enjoyed live theatre, ate at wonderful restaurants, enjoyed the lights and shop windows all decorated for Christmas, met new friends, and connected with old friends.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbKBCraBKNwpKMcQnhO_W1D3w5Hdb5tDWN8R22YdREjFz5aB9iBoX769rZ0i5WMU-FIw2vYsThAvEB8SHj6r2PJewtWgtRFNmPB7q7DT-ZMo4ABYPHlxr0aKO7IbPj7IJCAzKFr65cG5I/s1600-h/image15.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3uSARYvNWyTiZOFVc5yrNyoJhqg_AroykCWuRoDxKI4-_c5u_z3A5tp2CwKbqQgUE3pazzezPi2IH6iDGl88aoKu7-NvuofOw6d0qHbKnha0S_XIzC1rbNQPkorrebnWuHhF7CKNpfsI/?imgmax=800" width="256" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL9myQmREx6ZW1ed4OcnpcEJqF6GfoXEivBbLakJMyWyklMeKBdhQwIKZdkwSgd05mnDJY7t3aEttfzCdTZDZLUbiC6xcOng69CQbkgRiYRkXYMMRhHMCYjNCRfkrwHAqvuJj-CJEBo1l/s1600-h/2009DecNYC0084.jpg"><img alt="2009 Dec NYC 008" border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFsleiMMMDYRiJqz9txQ08jssqig6Ys1SmL55usOa130SPBLvKaXOeZSWtYStl1mt3w5qy5WK_OfQljGcYosVFoHORGwOv42rigPqQ8y1Lqq5EwxccqDBJ28u1ayx9ZrsyzzuLa7KpPJA/?imgmax=800" width="230" /></a> <br /><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20in%20New%20York" target="_blank"><font size="2">Kandinsky at the Guggenheim / The Meatpacking district and Highline / South Pacific at The Lincoln Center</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p align="center"><strong> <br /><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Mixed%20Media%20Painting" target="_blank">Mixed Media Painting Classes</a></strong> at <a href="http://www.ecuad.ca/">Emily Carr University of Art</a> <br /><img alt="" border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzoE0v1758LtWFHcyKtM0lVtNPq_2-PG_RIIEVOafAfbTyWbLBd8VFBEpi_dlx3YAsV2lS9RhVsgFTTUYDau_6yIMB6xJDIvcVRRRpdWVIg6GlRmQlp7RPogD7h3Dz5nFAuCsRPeqKmCJ/s400/Emily+Carr+Frottage+1+Patricia+Gray.jpg" width="500" /> <br /><strong><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/search/label/Mixed%20Media%20Painting" target="_blank">Frottage 1</a>  24" x 36" Mixed Media: Pastel, Acrylic, Gesso on Glassine</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8azAw-Yjo0GcMY6oJGvfORJRVRpaiVqN_c7Zy3KY-0xj0YPz7b44QRXl2M8F8lnVYmvPlaayFBK6nog5pc37j4iVar0jte2tu_CyS0RSFLvznhsYPnBWpkGbhaPSfYVrRHcdNZ7o1rK26/s1600-h/NYC%20Dec%20005%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="NYC Dec 005" border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZIuNEREtjtZpSoB7lfxRlGIltWvn0H4H6h2-0n3TdLXkq9NoUO6iED7jPnh7VSiZDDcYfNET3QOeIt0CZodUY_dxk3mhFpsnIQt_n62WuuHCDvotqQBiQBPAfyNkCcIHIirp4s8gzoFE/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="207" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhdLLr5vaE1UTsHxlLyfGm0hSX3Ta5t-O6qFwOrN651DM8DNHpNsgyyFgbs067TzqGzvMJMae5alG4YnSD9lL8X7cZy2LBOxnATbKMtJwcu9Of1JJVkXyxZXTKYZjTX-mO9DyNuVcIJsu/s1600-h/NYC%20Dec%20007%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="NYC Dec 007" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMi_g45aBFYVqyPpkOk0-vHEzgEJLHt1Bikkj4h5fOd22B7Cvsptpz_8Aa-Z86Gd1yoWxjCYhigLgSdpGwnROpZCs3a4bZrJQNSBGUGCgrcvxsIUGm-ZS7BUy5pLvCgjMvYuZMfPw6BWhT/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="290" /></a> <br /><strong>Experimenting with Mono Prints </strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWl0M3XqhqSY_Z9PeOX_Uam415LnvpQ-Pm5Jbltat0JvhQrazksch2aqzfNn6CKCehIV82JuYq97w_TawT1_72S7AZeC4CwqPFox5C7EFbufuM98RaOO-IEJeGky9sIaun-ts9_HH67dT/s1600-h/Emily%20Carr%20065.jpg"><img alt="Emily Carr 065" border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XG-K7HVqC_AOwJjJE25o6rANylW3AJUs-tF-VvNHeN-HJHqAsuNmqXvYTM_vfIS85_vIArRmJH58QkpOid51hfvP0Y83qtxGiOViMl_GP_WjJ_gTQrtbPfHVMhjLHy5F-xqSOjv0V_y3/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a>  <br /><strong>Acrylic on Canvas</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B9F8nOwovWRGtokeLl4zLkGpooAaIQTJw66RWcWPbStVugw_L1iWBHJ_eIW9r7w5dmnLIY5nNnhA4Dx1HjSAdY5bf091fezlDQgVTJydl2hlZzds0VlpmCIzoRDoSxgq8bU2uSDykZ23/s1600-h/image%5B1%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C_nKQrK7aXhh_uYHXncK5GM7XxK_Q0_VbEVqS_GQs9cbBUs4pGdPvZ243_BqS75UBes-bTHFi9Ep6HuMZQJtkydOKQk8noziykMRPEtU-u8lsSJG1N12vVgTnPKvBtSLVMll-hHO2NJz/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a> <br /><strong>The Salton Sea 23" x 36" Mixed Media on Paper</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xyRC37PpH8ibnQE9XmZ1YpJYllIko3UkpojUTDf9Y1VtXVQ2QC15KIGUy8XfOeKcE4RkYpC5QDQa-rRDm3TA-2ae3EKqpGdcUEJDZ9sNu5J5Y3q1WBUnTigxw9hG3x7_DBAAnvHhqdvl/s1600-h/Sept272009%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="Sept27 2009" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h3u31TDpuU5R6GQILKSsTR232w6at5kCrXuMmkdT-X1OYPSWerwVK_R0YA5_985DrfpGqu3Vook_F5mXeVAnc_hnZjskuIltyyTNDEQ9TPouKi8GJEMVVRhnL2DqqfEHA3rTUSRv08WK/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a> <br /><strong>West Coast Landscape 24" x 48" Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas </strong> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWMO_MKpQFYLvMpEvgXmbp_eJUP5FbfoZHC97sVV-eBa6sx7w_oj2nryeZ0m3f1K2GbDZjtWgt-lf7HkNB8ghZ2DKAsA7l_EBRCwxHSDVFla0KnoyA4kxArRbe4gJy-G-7N4PoLo9MTjG/s1600-h/Emily%20Carr%20012.jpg"><img alt="Emily Carr 012" border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhI0vvkfx_YJVrYd7j1bjjOiBmGRS6Za86XhldJBXqP14Hm0qJXUHVYg2rMd0mCHqPbKSc2okJs_dV6FcMboLT9KsuEwfTJgjq35GAbiL0iYJP1ffuhS5BvDzMpAE5yxl5BWr0vfuk7Qa/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a> <br /><strong>Triptych in My Living Room: Be Still My Bleeding Heart 72" x 36"' <br />Chinese Ink on Bronze & Silver Metallic</strong> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4U6m4anv5vv_bK8BjouO5_on2-gyyushrsy4EXXKbeUPUOfzWUt2y5GO8HmItfsqmFN9sMWRYqPqgaOcwMhuIhAzJ6JEPiI6XkijEDXWLhzYv-v_n8A4W6_djhcsaxY5pAZud6qorKFzu/s1600-h/Emily%20Carr%20006%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="Emily Carr 006" border="0" height="666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlndZU9cuPIh3nYpwmbIjwSGues43HIP_B3kHJV3v4j9L0N2FJd5r77qtcSyonoyz0ZtbV1srToyH8yyvEn4QhWq1GbXcR3rDs-M9WmsJoc9DTWAvpikET8dK_Hug_V1lAZpfEhYzr_FIU/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="500" /></a>  <br /><strong> Diptych in My Living Room: Koi Pond 16" x 16" Gold & Pearl Opalescence (right)</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqRb86MKulo9cjSVX-A2Fv12M_pjvi4Xf0ZbPrLy1IafbrEY7sjSYTWRY2DPXzXz-pPXM6upEMvxdkgAUnIFbN5q8hUzoYJzDi6gOHMn3Dv6tuG0zMRzs189tZcZVl1mL52d3LYBrR67T/s1600-h/Emily%20Carr%20024.jpg"><img alt="Emily Carr 024" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvoV395JQf8vHPeAjTMWEPC5iq5F9kVaAiqw_PlOiR-UE45Ar6Cvae6H62VhTlD54RvMuivxQX388Kj4zsWe__C8qYMMzdTpGisty1PTk9s-6qsKPkFCKYirVzWz6AE-cBHpqpeDuHxPd/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="250" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Mo_K5eBvFvp7f_8btJczdtMem0djboGgfNpd3auHZM2NitvAdJS0SbQZd4_hl_eq1hmzGUB0qXxgRbPNQQQ-5FHBvcbuGUpUT-8RNNwbUQeHUj1PoLbi1tEebzWUF2opRYWv_zEFYl0j/s1600-h/2009%20Sept%20NYC%20011.jpg"><img alt="2009 Sept NYC 011" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmME5Ip7683zPPMKrKCUGQ9az5Hf-B7pdwmEtM6CR7Xx3RIUw5KJcHHFpAxKCvrLpMB2fvzb7NjTZLzrMDUFEZY4qY296KzlrY04jZ3JKJw7cBAleBPi339vpVLMu-fbXKcRR0Pnz6WUT/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="250" /></a> <br /><strong>My painting companion - Nicole </strong> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7mATTyXxfVUPiFClbq3xwr4HpHoKewfFy6kQlvXruTu3HvZxk1_qHiK2jbf-JQyAy7Mp3_wGsjC8uvA1R9GFRml_FXzb7848ZVSHUbBwvYSiPEik8uWIPiFvZGZYQXy-Um4OsfSQbc-n/s1600-h/image10%5B2%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXNtS7-CYztM25b5Et3bm3SE-3SyYnnXlkTlNlZBZffB8Mj_Vlt45gQLF6qSwxkB-21ZtcnRjOs5clO6wtCSvaWSQNNSjl5UgljzbnpB3Pl_rh6_kKHSwPlDlV3BxXie1di9aiaAvzfbb/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="258" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYpq_-X6VAmZr5uv985nsquY1LUtRDEMDvmg2BLQy2hT4Gf_Lh4-WwSeLySeAxbGf-UAKsMtTZHzpH8Xu2ITFFirHDWefpsh8Ylhy5W_0Nm58lss2trG3FXNSi4fkvrfFJgmhTaP8pXlt/s1600-h/image13%5B1%5D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLvdVwCchjGwfnkDD2RZzjMfVF6ZDgLYCXneV6iTG5qj5JEwnsg5WSogH7HthEt7g4_7KFtKsobfVC2qCgLUwZu5vFipG2FRudEI1it1fRxxyLybfDL4I1HovuU-HEyubbckbXoSa21qT/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" width="250" /></a> <br /><strong>I am very honored to be on the </strong><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/loftlife-magazine.html" target="_blank"><strong>'Board of Experts'</strong></a><strong> for LoftLife Magazine in 2009, and to have an article published in </strong><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2009/11/interior-design-101.html" target="_blank"><strong>BC Home Magazine</strong></a> <br /> <br /><font size="4">I wish you all a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous 2010 and may all your dreams come true!! <br /></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">Patricia Gray</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning Interior Designer in Vancouver, Canada who blogs about WHAT'S HOT  in the world of Interior Design. <br /></font><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><font size="1">2010 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></a></p>

Diary of an Interesting Year

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Wrapping up 2009

<p align="justify">I always revel in the week between Christmas and New Year as a time diverge from routine, and welcome the New Year in with a change in what I usually read throughout the year, which are books on Interior Design. One of the ways I make a choices on what I want to read, is to leaf through several books and read the jacket covers or page through the book randomly to see if anything speaks to me. That is how I choose, <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Dog-Saw-Other-Adventures/dp/0316075841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262144992&sr=1-1" target="_blank">What the Dog Saw</a></strong> by Malcolm Gladwell. I had previously read his book, Tipping Point, and then saw him interviewed on a talk show on his third book - Outliers. While paging through his most current book, What the Dog Saw, I was immediately hooked on his article entitled: The Ketchup Conundrum<em>.</em> This book, What the Dog Saw, contains Malcolm Gladwell's favourite pieces that he has written over the last several years for the pages of The New Yorker. "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head."  It is a fascinating read.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Dog-Saw-Other-Adventures/dp/0316075841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142615&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YelwK5x3DTrNA7ZMO6MtqhZfnIHSLufSM61frLzIff-mz7C8ny4v2TtjLC0zxJcZ-vPh0xfmHU0tDdYkeB9wiLhIGznhy3m6Emq_-XMyh7rw1NLDWBOPgxrgI9OkHCTJQ7sjoN69ZvqS/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="156" /></a>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elegance-Hedgehog-Muriel-Barbery/dp/1933372605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142777&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiBHKxiKmLTZoB0Sp8D2LJElzO4ovKD2vFBPUGxUL-1Hy0hCbEtzLDSbcbnxQEt93OD_TqvnkIcJV15rotj5Pyxa6_nOxUy5V40hSd0q6mzxBb7fKYjJ0-LFfYi9NvzS4pTPe_u6U-bXJ/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="162" /></a>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-Innocence-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/0307266761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262145495&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW1aBjTx8-FJ8KRSYwjQG9jONdVmjCRge_MhXe1u35Y-uG829oXBw-9mkZG02x0ZcxeY6zn-EQCNTObvyhEmvEleiwpuFFtXQTyirlS-J3GP488i8V-79lBJfm_N8qf3iVc8jilTraDQg/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" width="167" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Another favourite way to choose a book is to ask people what is their favorite book they have read. Usually they are so enthusiastic in recounting the highlights of the book that it gets me excited to read it. The outcome of my most recent enquiry was - the New York Times Bestseller by Muriel Barbery, <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elegance-Hedgehog-Muriel-Barbery/dp/1933372605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262144958&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Elegance of the Hedgehog</a></strong>. This book is set in Paris, which immediately attracted me, but the real focus of the book is about a woman who is a concierge at a bourgeois building in a posh Parisian neighborhood. She (Renee) has a secret: she is a ferocious autodidact who furtively devours art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. Renee hides her true talents and her finest qualities from a world that she suspects cannot or will not appreciate them. It is a story about living out her life in obscurity to hide this fact about herself, and how she reconciles herself to owning her brilliance.  </p> <p align="justify">Last night on Charlie Rose I watched a fascinating interview with the brilliant Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish novelist and winner of 2006 The <em>Nobel Prize</em> in Literature, on his new book: <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-Innocence-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/0307266761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262142926&sr=1-1#noop" target="_blank">The Museum of Innocence</a></strong>. The story, which takes place in Istanbul between 1975 and today, is about obsessive passion and the great question: What is love, really?, as well as a look into the minds and culture of the Turkish society. I am off to purchase this book tomorrow to wrap up my reading for these last few day left of 2009.</p> <p align="center"><font size="4">What is your favourite book that you have read lately? <br />Please leave a comment <font color="#ff0000"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842244027880136050&postID=2686026015548575689&isPopup=true" target="_blank">here</a></font>, and let me know.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="4"></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">Patricia Gray</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning Interior Designer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who blogs about "WHAT'S HOT" <br />in the world of Interior Design: New and Emerging Trends, Contemporary Design, Modern Architecture and Travel, <br />as well as how your surroundings can enhance the world around you. <br /><b><strong><strong><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/">© Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™ 2009</a></strong></strong></b></font></p>

Wrapping up 2009

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