Room as artist's canvas ...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/articles/style_compass/michelle_nussbaumer/index.php" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465324662810188770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4TMymT-DVmiOJ-YwgOy5dKVJEJ1TH0lAkI5Mx8_cWihxIeheXnAqAZlhUE0nEyNGj75-rxzSuj-9tFRUfkCtE7v5-v3G4rfGinNTZNU4o7AWOYaswbvDWkmAimm-48HKDv_SNhyphenhyphen3UrE/s400/1stdibsMN.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/articles/style_compass/michelle_nussbaumer/index.php">Michelle Nussbaumer’s work</a> as featured on 1st Dibs,<br />photograph by Miguel Flores-Vianna</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:180%;" >“I see myself as an artist and the client’s home is my canvas and all the furniture, antiques, textiles and artwork are my palette.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:180%;" >”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">– Michelle Nussbaumer </span><br /><br />One of the design themes of my space at the upcoming <a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/adults_programs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">North Shore Design Show: Favorite Spaces</span></a> is how decorating a room is just like creating a work of art. Colors, textures and objects combine to paint an emotional picture. A lot of designers feel this way. Take a look at this <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/#introspective">1st Dibs</a> interview with Michelle Nussbaumer of <a href="http://www.ceylonetcie.com/">Ceylon et Cie</a> where she expresses the same sentiment. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">While you are there, check out the impressive list of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Style Compass</span> interviews with top designers and trend setters, some of whom I have met in my travels like <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/12/show-of-fashion.html">Iris Apfel</a>, <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/10/inspired-by-barclay-butera.html">Barclay Butera,</a> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/08/decorators-q-luncheon-in-york.html">Nate Berkus</a>, </span><span style="font-size:130%;">and <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/11/inspired-by-celebrity-designers.html">Kathryn M. Ireland</a>. Plus there are lots of inspiring stories (with amazing photos!) from other prominent decorative artists, many of whom I would love to meet in the future ... wouldn’t you?!<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/10/inspired-by-barclay-butera.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465337793709284802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CKNaqAPASuU_LhI5XEQjqP07J3aixE94_hr3z9XnqIInKgWZ-JFxKnFeB8s8Rb1vIqQ74RWz0Pb7T2J-RIf_U9TRPCfUKY127wpt7lBOPkcIBOVjDtFv6dl83U8bOLFvkYBKoO_Zl6Y/s400/Barclaybooksigning.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div>

Room as artist's canvas ...

Michelle Nussbaumer’s work as featured on 1st Dibs, photograph by Miguel Flores-Vianna “I see myself as an artist and the client’s home is ...

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