Wednesday, February 15, 2012

IDS12....HANDCRAFTED AND COLOUR......

Next, to talk about from IDS12 is the use of wood and colour for this year.  


It wasn't a great shock to see that the handcrafted is still "in" for this year.  The more organic the better.  


Lighter wood is everywhere and dark stained wood is officially "out".  Sorry, to everyone who has dark wood...don't worry though...it'll be back again...at some point.




This rope light above got lots of attention.  Very interesting!
 And I apologize for showing this tub yet again but it really was one of the most beautiful items in the show.  I can't get it out of mind, obviously...
 They also had these beautiful sinks done in the same type of hammered finish.  Isn't the barrel sink unique?


Now, these ones are about the colour at IDS 12.  I really didn't find there was tons of colour but what colour there was, was quite bold.  They are saying we will be seeing the 70's colour out this year...so are you ready for NEON?  Yikes, definitely not one of my favs.


Here's Jardin de Ville's booth with a beautiful translucent blue floor. 
 I really liked this cool little fireplace.  
 I have to include Andrew Richard Designs again, the pink and orange were seen from very far in the hall.

And Rubinet showcased some lovely red shower and sink faucets. 
 And Alfred Sung's Outdoor set up was gorgeous and sunny in orange or should I say tangerine!
 


Last but not least, Dee Dee Taylor Eustace's small scale living set was adorable in orange and gray.


Hope you enjoyed this little wrap off of the handcrafted and the colour at IDS12.


BTW - I'm off for a little R and R in sunny Mexico, but not to worry I have a couple of guest posts lined up for you to read while I'm away.  Hope you enjoy them!
Posted by Lisa at 12:01 AM
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4 comments:

  1. I love the salvaged, reclaimed wood and am happy it's here to stay a little while longer. I'm also a softy for the hammered metal look... but like you, not so keen on the neon colours popping up! Have a great time in sunny Mexico!!!

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  2. Whenever I hear that dark wood is out I want to cover my ears and hum and sing, "I'm not listening, I'm not listening." Glad you mentioned that it will come back-I remember when no one would be caught with brass in their house and now everyone's claiming it's the cat's meow.

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  3. Excellent!

    After living with pickled-pine-look white oak floors for over 20 years, and knowing that blondes are in, we still went with dark walnut. Like Karen says, "I'm not listening!" ;) Change is good, right?!! Hope it'll be wonderful to live with a deep wood stain as I imagine! It must be the rebel in me! Anyway, it will provide great contrast to our white pedestals and our vibrant glass artwork, I trust!

    Enjoy Meheeco, Lisa! ;)

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  4. I totally and completely missed that purple seating area in the By Lissoni booth. Probably because I never actually went inside the booth - DOH! Loved all the gorgeous wood pieces. One of my favourites was a table that had metal in a chain pattern embedded into it. SO cool. Loved the Urban Salvage pieces and the Orbit table, and that rope light was super-cool. And loved the colours in the Andrew Richard Designs booth. The Hauser booth had some nice pops of pink too :-)

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