A few words from a friend ...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8jB7xBkP4r8GoSWQqHOjfoVEed43trCc4S5EYXDPSe7I0SoQCJvBSYaQdEDz03AGk2La-OvyMGBdUOjiupPaZApmJJtCyQZym7mwpPUROALC1DeaGsBQVaiUTcAdITMuFQ6Zr9OSGT0/s1600/rosanne@DHSpreview.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508743446697286434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8jB7xBkP4r8GoSWQqHOjfoVEed43trCc4S5EYXDPSe7I0SoQCJvBSYaQdEDz03AGk2La-OvyMGBdUOjiupPaZApmJJtCyQZym7mwpPUROALC1DeaGsBQVaiUTcAdITMuFQ6Zr9OSGT0/s400/rosanne@DHSpreview.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><br />My friend, Rosanne Palazola of <a href="http://www.tuttleandco.com/index.html">Tuttle & Co.</a><br />in her designed space at Tapley Hall for</span><span><br /><a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/features/x393521243/History-through-Design-opens-in-Danvers?img=1">Reflecting on Danvers History through<br />Interior Design</a></span><a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/features/x393521243/History-through-Design-opens-in-Danvers?img=1">, July 2010</a></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/mlte.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508751773174674226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-0LtUUvhesv-VDWWQTNwIk8NfXCZ-fykkLw-optaQPksORQIOpn_fGjta_6PX_p0aDMkcoEJINPLXR1JYZz13IBV3lyiDmCc3v1kAvRtrr62T_WdxhB0PhfwfCcSxF3xWGMLHfGIW7k/s400/MLTEndicott_SingerSargent.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/mlte.html">Portrait of Louise Thoron Endicott<br />by John Singer Sargent </a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Rosanne’s space at the summer design show at Tapley Hall paid tribute to Louise “Lulu” Thoron Endicott, who while a privileged resident at <a href="http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/index.html">Glen Magna Farms</a> during the early 1900’s, was not afraid to get her hands dirty, and spent much of her time tending <a href="http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/g-rose.html">the gardens</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPWAVRvsNnNvAaTjjFdyPEwKvDYqtuXATHPOOpIwaJBDLxnyg_0ZhD0p6vkuwoz0WibUpK44pZqie4W7ffO0wZERP6pMLzxzA_slUN97F2M7uFsN2_PbYm24ZRV1aWnb4ShjcG_3QmHk/s1600/gardenglovesRPalazola.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508745974031621954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPWAVRvsNnNvAaTjjFdyPEwKvDYqtuXATHPOOpIwaJBDLxnyg_0ZhD0p6vkuwoz0WibUpK44pZqie4W7ffO0wZERP6pMLzxzA_slUN97F2M7uFsN2_PbYm24ZRV1aWnb4ShjcG_3QmHk/s400/gardenglovesRPalazola.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Inspired to bring the outdoors in, Rosanne created<br />a thoughtful vignette that combined items from<br />the <a href="http://www.danvershistory.org/">Danvers Historical Society</a> collection with<br />a handful of modern elements for this indoor<br />version of a gardener’s potting shed</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnRxymVSEsKO01VT2LRAMV-p0E2ipIawVPuqlsW5XOf-uz3FHYhstopsxEs1XtHAPPfW9imllQFITuO-LjkrVCShVUucR_pUhiY5HLfsgc6zy1pfTDA3btiqioRw1hrpLH1cq7gn4yhM/s1600/rosannesgoose.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508773470715339218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnRxymVSEsKO01VT2LRAMV-p0E2ipIawVPuqlsW5XOf-uz3FHYhstopsxEs1XtHAPPfW9imllQFITuO-LjkrVCShVUucR_pUhiY5HLfsgc6zy1pfTDA3btiqioRw1hrpLH1cq7gn4yhM/s400/rosannesgoose.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>Carpet from <a href="http://firstrugs.com/html/about_us.html">First Oriental Rugs</a> of Danvers<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Rosanne combined richly textured fabrics,<br />simple burlap walls, and artful images to<br />create a charming and memorable space.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6hwoAMpCb1yqyyYx4w7yj8TgREYVUd6C5-JS62vAdt3Mx9QDaI2pZGYi3C-B2kkk6sOyPy20xvu5K7MYxbor5z95K85Ki2lkErrg9238Jats1NezGmmCipnQH1JTSgEYy0R8KALP3-U/s1600/RPpillowonchairDHS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508748958969530530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6hwoAMpCb1yqyyYx4w7yj8TgREYVUd6C5-JS62vAdt3Mx9QDaI2pZGYi3C-B2kkk6sOyPy20xvu5K7MYxbor5z95K85Ki2lkErrg9238Jats1NezGmmCipnQH1JTSgEYy0R8KALP3-U/s400/RPpillowonchairDHS.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The sentiment on this accent pillow was<br />appreciated by many visitors to the show. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2l7atXd525c_CGOfm1RhLdnA8FCKrmLsdgHuifGkrmSj3p0LvIGpv3cay2rXYPDV6-SVk8ZkAwcZ6UzG78b7pilLL5fqNhiQ8VBdje4ZT5aXCfYoBG6WiPYBt1R_bkYzb0eJZiwWrOs/s1600/floorclothGlenMagnaLCurryMair.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508748949666393682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2l7atXd525c_CGOfm1RhLdnA8FCKrmLsdgHuifGkrmSj3p0LvIGpv3cay2rXYPDV6-SVk8ZkAwcZ6UzG78b7pilLL5fqNhiQ8VBdje4ZT5aXCfYoBG6WiPYBt1R_bkYzb0eJZiwWrOs/s400/floorclothGlenMagnaLCurryMair.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">An historically patterned floorcloth created by</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lisa Curry Mair of </span><a href="http://www.canvasworksfloorcloths.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Canvasworks Floorcloths</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Please visit Rosanne’s design blog, <a href="http://thefocusondesign.blogspot.com/2010/08/color-seriesrusty-robins-and-canvas.html">Focus on Design</a> when you get a chance. Her recent post on a canvas floorcloth presentation that we both saw while at <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/07/high-tea-at-glen-magna-farms-part-1.html">Glen Magna Farms</a> for our <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/07/business-of-design.html">Designer High Tea</a> includes a lot of the information that I have been meaning to share (it is so nice to have friends who participate in the same events and then write about them in their own blog!) Since I have been noticing floorcloths a lot lately – <a href="http://sweetsomethingdesign.blogspot.com/2010/07/diy-chevron-floorcloth.html">chevron patterns</a> seen on numerous design blogs and a large scale shell painted on one at the <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/_flash/gallery/gallery.html&Site=SO&Date=20100715&Category=PHOTOS0110&ArtNo=715009999&Ref=PH">York Decorator Show House</a> – I thought it would be nice to share a bit of this conversation with you ...<br /><br /><a href="http://thefocusondesign.blogspot.com/2010/08/color-seriesrusty-robins-and-canvas.html">Click here</a> for more about floorcloths<br />in the words of Rosanne Palazola<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question:</span> What would your floorcloth look like if you were to commission (or make one) for your home? <a href="http://canvasworksfloorcloths.com/wordpress/2010/08/04/if-you-could-have-any-floorcloth-for-your-home-what-would-it-look-like">Click here</a> to add your thoughts on the Canvasworks blog, or feel free to share your comments here!<br /><br /><br /></span></div>

A few words from a friend ...

My friend, Rosanne Palazola of Tuttle & Co. in her designed space at Tapley Hall for Reflecting on Danvers History through Interior Desi...

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Tablescapes Spotlight: Tuttle and Company

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8TgHNoaBWn1TDmbycT6jbnNQp9VAZsJlI_3qQTmBUYZMfeciYi4c13RhFlTkZdT_wxgCRQo3ESYhsFb1faP_pYUYuTDkuu6TtUCurNnnujkY1ZUNP6biMeiPKbxZZ-8tg-vAd-XqKR4/s1600-h/tuttle-tablescape.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342509733856798850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8TgHNoaBWn1TDmbycT6jbnNQp9VAZsJlI_3qQTmBUYZMfeciYi4c13RhFlTkZdT_wxgCRQo3ESYhsFb1faP_pYUYuTDkuu6TtUCurNnnujkY1ZUNP6biMeiPKbxZZ-8tg-vAd-XqKR4/s400/tuttle-tablescape.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">A tented luncheon:</span> Photo courtesy of designer, Rosanne Palazola</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The next time you are planning on entertaining al fresco, consider using a beautifully neutral table setting like this show-stopper as designed by <a href="http://www.tuttleandco.com/index.html">Tuttle and Company</a> for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">North Shore Design Show: Tablescapes</span> held at the <a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/index.html">Wenham Museum</a> in May.</span><br /><br />A bold black and white striped tent provides a dramatic back drop to this nature inspired table. Graphic illustrations on square white plates are fun conversation starters, while so-adorable animal figures seem to graze beside a simply elegant centerpiece of fresh parsley (fragrant cilantro would be just as lovely). Rattan chargers and silver vintage wine goblets add both texture and depth, while napkins tied with playful dotted ribbons grace this semi-formal table. With the addition of smart, black wicker chairs, this country-manor-like-setting is a timeless invitation to sit and enjoy the great outdoors.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For design inquiries, contact </span><a href="http://www.tuttleandco.com/index.html" style="font-style: italic;">Tuttle and Company</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Salem, Massachusetts</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">978.744.4446</span></div>

Tablescapes Spotlight: Tuttle and Company

A tented luncheon: Photo courtesy of designer, Rosanne Palazola The next time you are planning on entertaining al fresco, consider using a...

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