Alberto Pinto "Haute Interior Design"

<div align="right"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105782440400603090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxCFb0eJBlOajoyAD4wSWVMC6xctePzELH3y2lIwPsXnkdzCmFna9TpDhcf-iDOC_DyuWOVbp9XuJJaCKiJNBgmVdyUmveblOOFAIc1iyI-OaEvW94tXVEHnKLKr2gugJplzmK1n4rO8f/s320/517MZEG5G2L__AA240_.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><a href="http://www.albertopinto.com/3en.aspx"><em>Alberto Pinto</em> </a>is described as the preeminent master of unabashed wealth and opulence. He creates on all the continents private residences to offices or even palaces for the greats of this world. More over, he has brought interior design up to the status of </div><div align="right"><strong><em>“Haute Interior Design.”</em></strong> (haute - ōt: trend-setting, high fashion, high style)<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXd9zoYWbzu8q0Tikyw3rEThyphenhyphenWOOv_5eyMlp6Pt6T06AXzZ6MJrJWdr-DdhCegGX4HGYLr0LfOs8LSJfWmupUOpgFQIkZwIemtE87xwPXeey4tEQE2iipK12El_NulGj4l1hmTQV2932f/s1600-h/Style_Angleterre_S1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783789020334146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXd9zoYWbzu8q0Tikyw3rEThyphenhyphenWOOv_5eyMlp6Pt6T06AXzZ6MJrJWdr-DdhCegGX4HGYLr0LfOs8LSJfWmupUOpgFQIkZwIemtE87xwPXeey4tEQE2iipK12El_NulGj4l1hmTQV2932f/s320/Style_Angleterre_S1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Castle in England</span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L8SHDQjNzXY791ArcjsAZrO2PxJGj_9FzgA4YR1Tlx_JwsGO8rOmCTZmeSXkw27WKpgJcwjeGXJ-SWSKxiytk2P-HflYmohfuL5EzxBh_bx5h1K3AFuTr0WeY5UHNOB9cFpJfTmYAi1V/s1600-h/silver+chest.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783673056217138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3L8SHDQjNzXY791ArcjsAZrO2PxJGj_9FzgA4YR1Tlx_JwsGO8rOmCTZmeSXkw27WKpgJcwjeGXJ-SWSKxiytk2P-HflYmohfuL5EzxBh_bx5h1K3AFuTr0WeY5UHNOB9cFpJfTmYAi1V/s320/silver+chest.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Home in Sao Paolo - A dining room with a stucco wall panel in the Art Deco style<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8XqQwAn12L7mtPknXWCgVb5Cd9WqPf2vVJye4WUSZJtUF2bn_xdKeOK2orwzwNMZJ3j5zK_qkV16ceQHKDQDv6BQMs6SEhJ1EI9ydyP4cVrh4k7wGGmsMHbwJnp8R2kPmL2EMPI9B1oi/s1600-h/psychiko-56.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783612926674978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8XqQwAn12L7mtPknXWCgVb5Cd9WqPf2vVJye4WUSZJtUF2bn_xdKeOK2orwzwNMZJ3j5zK_qkV16ceQHKDQDv6BQMs6SEhJ1EI9ydyP4cVrh4k7wGGmsMHbwJnp8R2kPmL2EMPI9B1oi/s320/psychiko-56.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Home in Athens<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfeoBV1XYHj8PDz4zSmLIWw2erwIeMlALlo6DmejZW53G6VEWA15PyHWXKBvh5CMA4sfqBdc0yB0Iy5DGC10TKxQP86amPY2ZBzrcwjCOerPYxmCBV-u8tdwnkwmdwUluDk086Kf5BI1A/s1600-h/ks-geneve-08.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783509847459858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfeoBV1XYHj8PDz4zSmLIWw2erwIeMlALlo6DmejZW53G6VEWA15PyHWXKBvh5CMA4sfqBdc0yB0Iy5DGC10TKxQP86amPY2ZBzrcwjCOerPYxmCBV-u8tdwnkwmdwUluDk086Kf5BI1A/s320/ks-geneve-08.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Apartment in Geneva</span><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783999473731698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_2Gp3VUendLO4IMswFs1IC0f62qLq6qS4m4MHNYTaMrPeFnq-PLprgMJaYpB7c1Vmy2RgcLaSV1YsY2lWpSq2BA5zbBoHbCK8E90Kckw6OCK-AtEQPbaL6G0WcqUSkQBoGa28Pu8bBjV/s320/Vacances_Grece_S1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Home in Athens</span> - <span style="font-size:78%;">whitewashed walls are inlaid with pebbles in a diamond pattern.<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b28VFHEFqjwX2_bw4-PIqjYbbQGXWa4162Pci2Q3PEPJMYemPJFQ4SUrB5FrjLkywlegq5SvYJlwXU4VfGKgCd3_GnAHJbDjWTuaTN_t4b9rolIvi7H9qTrVi5s8Zre9-IP3Ekq6TF0t/s1600-h/Contemp_CecillFran_S1.jpg"><span style="font-size:78%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783411063212034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_b28VFHEFqjwX2_bw4-PIqjYbbQGXWa4162Pci2Q3PEPJMYemPJFQ4SUrB5FrjLkywlegq5SvYJlwXU4VfGKgCd3_GnAHJbDjWTuaTN_t4b9rolIvi7H9qTrVi5s8Zre9-IP3Ekq6TF0t/s320/Contemp_CecillFran_S1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Apartment in Paris</span> <div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ewFO-gfUX5E7rv-8tBTwl06LlwDXlmG-7Gd-LMZ1qkNZY_CNXBCcTsr0NqCou5f_slAE_NqJAMvLwKSU0Dmc70EZJflAQbwXj-BtpwGuNacetm7re1jI1_ev3fv1LUP3SIpy1i4kkqz1/s1600-h/alberto+pinto.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783325163866098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ewFO-gfUX5E7rv-8tBTwl06LlwDXlmG-7Gd-LMZ1qkNZY_CNXBCcTsr0NqCou5f_slAE_NqJAMvLwKSU0Dmc70EZJflAQbwXj-BtpwGuNacetm7re1jI1_ev3fv1LUP3SIpy1i4kkqz1/s320/alberto+pinto.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Home in Athens<br /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105784089668044930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJty6DX3ziDq4D5hYL_ylpa0CeLyLr7HjKjHSlDVMRidu43QzhaV67T6RoaDaBAsrAhEod5nvYWvK3ErCy6GeaGq-N7fp9ETR89PgNkjxbcWcx_dEXcHUVSQKliFF1eTV2OT5uXK3vfI_/s320/zorro39.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Ranch in Sante Fe<br /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783260739356642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3-QYfGJEhWlXf6XbSEmrTbz_hzZbuAh9YpLJs_eJM4xgEky_907VKrqZSPiukXbKhsNTe0iihDI_XlcmFYx6bE0hslu_O8gsX-EhCcNEdSOtVtErt8LkrLiBpc5QdMlNnNysY2Ohl6eu/s320/alberto+pinto1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Apartment in Geneva<br /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783909279418466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwAToMVHrZ8g4aaCnVr5w16_Chepjvmqa-BX5DmraEF6SyMq4LFlTWwWpUaKiNdsOYYwIB-BtOCqQm6HyPwf4XoA9hsvz1p_ba5DYPoIWwX5wlj6TCj7xBVVxxQwevqD-u7Er71ihYgra/s320/szajman.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Home in Sao Paolo - a view of the dressing room complete with a daybed in the center. Mirrors reflect carefully organized closets illuminated by Venetian ceiling lamps of painted silk by Mariano Fortuny.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105783853444843602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJ64ns-RxJXr5urIiWAaYHiCrPMV_qs1F_lA5-lJzT5_JebLNkGkHikLJLH3VVp8RX7nmSaCCostrQpD4vL9q4aLMnj9q1bHm6wm4Phs-jTq1SRyHwunAeMiLb_C2NA1IACShTXqAYss9/s320/Style_GlymptonPark_S4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Castle in England</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left">Based in Paris his "agency" as it is called is installed on the five floors of a 17th century private residence situated at the Place des Victoires in Paris: Hôtel de la Victoire.The Alberto Pinto agency is an interior design and decoration office of 55 people whose "domains of intervention" cover not only the realization of main residences, vacation homes, office buildings, hotels, but also yachts or private jets. I have long admired his work and if an office is indicative of the type and quality of work that you do....his offices below do him justice.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5G2FSpF_OMRQMre7VgiRTkooiPKkoY2TpEXtUV_Ti3U1q1riPFr9evQRymQ5u8RMhB4-j812hUrwQYj1m23SuHNPXPQexTnwPLkhiW4otuSU7CU48kAfQ9geCecg0_QrmuVaEpXNLe0b/s1600-h/pinto-04.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105781418198386594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5G2FSpF_OMRQMre7VgiRTkooiPKkoY2TpEXtUV_Ti3U1q1riPFr9evQRymQ5u8RMhB4-j812hUrwQYj1m23SuHNPXPQexTnwPLkhiW4otuSU7CU48kAfQ9geCecg0_QrmuVaEpXNLe0b/s320/pinto-04.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>A majestic eighteenth stone staircase with a robust wrought iron railing coils to the top of the mansion. The different departments of the agency open on to the four levels.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105781937889429442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZYboazfXcRyK1SMNdpl-PNziULW2qiIOAJXj9a2iOxFAG5Vs3qOd533b8obJ6g38FThpVB6c5m7B5_muSNfQbyWoZaKEWtiUgqyt1RtT2jP2zTKznh2yduT9CK4QGsJSHPBBD5JOUvjx/s320/Victoire.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The library occupies the left side of the sitting room. A wealth of carefully classified documents is available to the staff on the floor to ceiling oak bookcases.<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTvYWfFZBypzjTBYYxtd9yCOEyliBPs-AF87LHoHse6F3tipF_n2vb48nsnONgZexZDozs6_lkyLUEHGO1bbjY0zP5TesUfDXdIegEhvM5ZRxXRGO8yljrSq0ePAA8Ea5O0ynEP-NxhjT/s1600-h/_510HP_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105779914959832946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTvYWfFZBypzjTBYYxtd9yCOEyliBPs-AF87LHoHse6F3tipF_n2vb48nsnONgZexZDozs6_lkyLUEHGO1bbjY0zP5TesUfDXdIegEhvM5ZRxXRGO8yljrSq0ePAA8Ea5O0ynEP-NxhjT/s320/_510HP_b.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> In the sitting room comfortable sofas and armchairs covered with ecru linen surround a high-wool Moroccan rug executed after a cartoon by Alberto Pinto. An over sized collage by the Spanish artist Antonio Valdes.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105781504097732530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUZXrGbfZcGXh6ZaTxZqPC81KXQ-9FoGeZydQsDm0dvtvjHW33oapszffWSU0GYUrbJQWsXHXDe6iBvmfgj2mPEf6UeioTVXcP26_zqNGE43eXQ6ttMbd5ImQMdhOYKZLaoPJg_FgsNbV/s320/HPs2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Two immaculate white plaster columns in the pure Forties style by Pascaud are placed in front of the large bay windows in Alberto's office. A bronze head from the Cubist period sits atop a black lacquered chest on the far left.<br /><br />For other posts on Alberto Pinto see:<br /><a href="http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/2007/01/morocco_and_a_l.html">My Marrakesh </a></div><div align="left"><a href="http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/2007/01/morocco_and_lov.html">My Marrakesh </a><br /><a href="http://enseignedegersaint.typepad.fr/provence/2007/09/alberto-pinto.html">Enseignedegersaint </a></div><div align="left"><a href="http://mediterranean-lifestyles.blogspot.com/2007/07/style-by-alberto-pinto.html">Mediterranean-Lifestyles</a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">All photos courtesy of the Alberto Pinto </span><a href="http://www.albertopinto.com/1.aspx"><span style="font-size:78%;">web-site</span> </a></div></div></div><br /></div></div></div>

Alberto Pinto "Haute Interior Design"

Alberto Pinto is described as the preeminent master of unabashed wealth and opulence. He creates on all the continents private residences t...

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Rome

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlwaSpxy_dRF9tLRfzlrRz1KTu7c3ZTPalyliiG7aat86ewObuQn-2tGxVUc7E9FjqK1VDIe8IEyrhL6jhztc3ZAgwspMVZZEdpxHw2vgJYQJOTpjx3pQ-ZvnYx2wYOqJabKNd5zPAgIV/s1600-h/rome_s2_252x190.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694767233189554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlwaSpxy_dRF9tLRfzlrRz1KTu7c3ZTPalyliiG7aat86ewObuQn-2tGxVUc7E9FjqK1VDIe8IEyrhL6jhztc3ZAgwspMVZZEdpxHw2vgJYQJOTpjx3pQ-ZvnYx2wYOqJabKNd5zPAgIV/s400/rome_s2_252x190.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>I have been watching the <a href="http://www.hbo.com/rome/">HBO production of Rome </a>Season 1 & 2. I highly recommend it. The acting, sets, costumes and cinematography are superb. It was filmed entirely on location in Rome on a 5 acre set. Rome earned 7 Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Art Direction and Cinematography. If anyone else has watched this series I would be interested in your feedback.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiM5xTx9dAhdcjw4BKnVP9FLjnSbt4Zm097Xx0hA0A8FVeZ75hFx0Tpud18GnV0vX7tGpvbSBHgtslGan6SKWTAXhUNG6vTAz-LAabjZfxyj751ZJ5KSjU7VNV2KCrpQyWcdkJF7ZTs6h/s1600-h/aa.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694685628810914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiM5xTx9dAhdcjw4BKnVP9FLjnSbt4Zm097Xx0hA0A8FVeZ75hFx0Tpud18GnV0vX7tGpvbSBHgtslGan6SKWTAXhUNG6vTAz-LAabjZfxyj751ZJ5KSjU7VNV2KCrpQyWcdkJF7ZTs6h/s400/aa.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwssVEelExEZt-CBR-sUe6vZnIg_x0iudqv5DkhQGNI7UwP4ouoAi1Hhqb1pR9B7PmLPlcTpw4b9kgZ7LjPLGzI8m3sDiYKE_aDlSIk9r2rZgMBIwcdr7q-xlCPLBSuw0HoXdVGTh8wdF/s1600-h/ab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694612614366866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwssVEelExEZt-CBR-sUe6vZnIg_x0iudqv5DkhQGNI7UwP4ouoAi1Hhqb1pR9B7PmLPlcTpw4b9kgZ7LjPLGzI8m3sDiYKE_aDlSIk9r2rZgMBIwcdr7q-xlCPLBSuw0HoXdVGTh8wdF/s400/ab.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunBEjPowK99O5UmnUH8T-DqbnDnaoMJg0fASwaf-dChe0nRQSg1rDLzoxpxQqtYhsxsON2OvdpiPYShhjqwKC7z-2Bvn1JYRvpGe8PKMHn8wqvLKpvFpwA1YoamSCnugdJFeVB1ls0cU-/s1600-h/a.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694526715020930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunBEjPowK99O5UmnUH8T-DqbnDnaoMJg0fASwaf-dChe0nRQSg1rDLzoxpxQqtYhsxsON2OvdpiPYShhjqwKC7z-2Bvn1JYRvpGe8PKMHn8wqvLKpvFpwA1YoamSCnugdJFeVB1ls0cU-/s400/a.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkHmWtE07klVTrJZ1uCUO0x9w8MhHKsY9zRr88ptWpnN57lbL_1tqPsNDZKAT1IR1pW2QjnPwDdhOedl8VTTcdMXls2FQYgWd4HUZGcraJRd5Tj_xb0toQ5-jqQeZiypZq57e9BJEh31Y/s1600-h/ep22_vorenus_cleopatra.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694410750903922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkHmWtE07klVTrJZ1uCUO0x9w8MhHKsY9zRr88ptWpnN57lbL_1tqPsNDZKAT1IR1pW2QjnPwDdhOedl8VTTcdMXls2FQYgWd4HUZGcraJRd5Tj_xb0toQ5-jqQeZiypZq57e9BJEh31Y/s400/ep22_vorenus_cleopatra.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMsL5VhXlL5T6nYJOuZ3kpV2dmhDH2-o07Wai92LWSIFYbQW2cpAWTa3lWZ5bnvwL60UMF2kkAiDvrK4WDf-S-wh_7GAG06z44vvVTezP_4kZUiUR2i6Tcqr1ul88hRIG3uOAxF2X70nz/s1600-h/ep22_cleopatra_252.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105694311966656098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMsL5VhXlL5T6nYJOuZ3kpV2dmhDH2-o07Wai92LWSIFYbQW2cpAWTa3lWZ5bnvwL60UMF2kkAiDvrK4WDf-S-wh_7GAG06z44vvVTezP_4kZUiUR2i6Tcqr1ul88hRIG3uOAxF2X70nz/s400/ep22_cleopatra_252.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">This picture is Cleopatra committing suicide with the bite of a deadly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">venomous</span> snake.</span></div></div></div></div></div>

Rome

I have been watching the HBO production of Rome Season 1 & 2. I highly recommend it. The acting, sets, costumes and cinematography are s...

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Patricia Gray Interview

<a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102288145202890034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVn8x2-0NTWx-rZSxdtWLuLkgVOJwYb-WW_gBI8F6fgqVtCkCy5-i6wVaGQI7ljrNUeUbmmMGkoJ9PoOqtC46LF_sYm7RQ6xinIiRxIvjwrspbkA4yKVnUwLty6YuLmRUZiCDiIa55SbOw/s400/Apartment+Therapy+LA+interview+Aug+22+07+.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Vanessa De Vargas of </span><a href="http://turquoise-la.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Turquoise LA </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">has done an interview with me on </span><a href="http://la.apartmenttherapy.com/la/at-interview/at-interview-patricia-gray-029281"><span style="font-size:85%;">LA Apartment Therapy.</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks Vanessa.<br /></span><br /></div><div><a href="http://la.apartmenttherapy.com/la/at-interview/at-interview-patricia-gray-029281">Apartment Therapy Interview / Patricia Gray </a><br /><br /><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102288780858049874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDNV3jDoMeher2akAsp9IzxqYL5KdLLIjg6J0XvzXxDy3R7eM3Fp1Uz8gcbrBAo9RFBV4TEtQ-NzqpNtVOdr6Dn_cSEiQnsW-TJ7btvPWb5EO-HAdqMrNIpOl6CW4_rLXPdlQmUIBNOEr/s400/patriciagray8_17front.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <div><div><div><div></div><span style="font-size:180%;">It's not everyday that you stumble</span> upon a blog from an actual practicing interior designer. Which is what happened to me when I found <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/">Patricia Gray's</a> blog. Patricia is an award winning, highly recognized interior designer from Vancouver Canada, who finds time in her busy schedule to update her <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/">blog</a> almost daily!<br /><br />Her blog features inspiration she finds via the internet, including other designers and architects that she admires not to mention sneak peeks of her work. She has been published in Architectural Digest along with other notable magazines that you can view <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/press.html">here</a>.<br />I wanted to find out more about Patricia so following are some questions I asked her about business thus far.<br /><br /><div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>How did you come to be a designer?</strong></em><br /></span>I started at 5 years old rearranging furniture, at 10 sewing cushions & curtains. Whenever we visited I would come home and sketch the house floor plan in detail and then try and recreate the rooms using my cut-out paper doll folders. I played with fabric samples and color chips for fun. When I was in my early 20’s I found out that there was a profession called “Interior Design”. So I enrolled at a local college and loved it. I then went on to study History of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Paris through Parsons School of Design.<br /><br /></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">What's your favorite color to work with and why?</span></em></strong><br />I usually start with a neutral palette and get all the elements of the space correct, and then I add in color through materials & paint. I love neutral backdrops that are classic & timeless, and the color usually comes in the artwork, accessories, area carpets etc. That way color schemes can be changed relatively inexpensively over the life of the home.<br /><br /><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102288694958703938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBCzqzaC8ba6RFqUplUaEcckJKtUR3MPnrfZdPtmlhiTbWDRqh8sqtMHHWIVWNmP55p6NPXLneVht1PjDW4eVP1sH5guiJUy3w56kZ7YD4Ea78cY5sSNVSG4PERpUa720yCm1WCS6Y0ZA/s400/patrciagray8_21ad.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a></div><em><strong><span style="color:#330099;">What color combinations do you see using in the future?<br /></span></strong></em>Right now the materials I love are earthy: limestone, travertine, wengee wood, teak. The fabrics are natural: linen, wool mohair, silk, leather, suede. For the accent colors I would choose Kelly green mixed with touches of black or rich cinnabar mixed with a warm mink brown and of course white, white, and white.<br /><br /><div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>What are your greatest sources of inspiration?</strong></em><br /></span>The ocean, art galleries and SHOPPING.<br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>What interior or furniture designers, past or present, do you most admire?</strong></em> </span>Francis Elkins – she was the epitome of the evolution of the American Style in Interior Design and was the inspiration for such Interior Design luminaries as Billy Baldwin, Albert Hadley & Michael Taylor. John Saladino – His style is so classic, cultured and highly refined.<br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>Describe your design theory in 4-6 words.<br /></strong></em></span>well detailed, beautiful materials, comfortable, memorable .<br /><br /></div></div><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102288862462428514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iQy4Xq-tjxfEsQeUpLmqlQ-juGkdV977GM8wxp2KGFTz0fGwUTI3gdxYYDnBj7gPs7lyQksCmsFqEUgaa_UlsWSurPOm3npzii-sEvZYuje0J-6AaanMW37EUOV91Mv3UbaFevt_Oobl/s400/patriciagray8_21bed.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>What is your signature mark that you always try to implement in a space?</strong></em> </span><br /><div>I don’t know because I am always changing and evolving.Maybe others see what it is more than I do. I have been described in Architectural Digest as “being forward thinking and creating outside the box”.<br /><br /></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">If you could redo any space, past or present, what would it be?<br /></span></em></strong>I would love to be able to go back in time and redo my grandparents’ home or perhaps the Petit Trianon at Versailles.<br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#330099;"><strong><em>What have you learned about having your own business that you wish you knew when you were just starting out?</em></strong><br /></span>Just to have fun and enjoy the process. </div><br /><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102288926886937970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mKyXUTv0Ng0TABB22DFCChzA0LUCPQ9rx9SEqCbh5ygH10bHP_WBqRhTu8jVadt9pZ1m2qkUcHMdg-vqtxEmy76HUxhdrL7B9fXimZCAeAdixXvN5BA81_hs8cP46hAdbR9I5i82F08q/s400/patriciagraykitchen.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <div><span style="color:#330099;"><em><strong>What are your best practices when it comes to client relations?</strong></em><br /></span>Love your clients, be kind and gracious at all times.<br /><br /></div><div><span style="color:#330099;"><strong><em>What 5 things does a well designed home need?</em></strong><br /></span>- welcoming entry<br />- a great kitchen<br />- easy maintenance<br />- beautiful art<br />- comfortable places to sit<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">If you hadn't become a designer, what do you think you would be doing now?<br /></span></em></strong>I'd be in Paris working at Chanel as a fashion designer.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">Where do you see yourself in 10 years?<br /></span></em></strong>Being better at what I am doing now. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Patricia Gray Interview

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