Change Underfoot

Revealing an obsession { which I share! } with White House re-decor, If the Lampshade Fits features a fun post today on oval office rugs. So, yeah I’m supposed to be working on a pressing graphic design project, but I’d much rather play around in Photoshop and dream up rugs for our new world leader. Riana, you didn’t know that you threw down the gauntlet when you posted all those historical { yet boring } Oval Office rugs, but I decided to see what my selections would look like in the world’s nerve center. Anyone have other suggestions? Have fun! 

The Clinton Oval Office, The White House Museum

Hey, why not? Everyone else in the free world is working this trendy look. Madeline Weinrib’s Buche rug

Show the love: Spiral Hearts, Diane Von Furstenberg for The Rug Company

Feelin’ Americana: Blanket, The Contemporary Collection, The Rug Company

White House Decorator Michael S. Smith to the rescue: Smith’s Fancy Garden, Mansour Modern

The perfect rug for a leader who dreams in extra-large: Big Sky, Michael S. Smith, Mansour Modern

Fanciful rug for a brilliant leader: Smarties, The Contemporary Collection, The Rug Company

Appropriate rug for our new star: Star Red, Paul Smith, The Rug Company

A nod to Kenyan heritage: African Daisy, Vivienne Westwood, The Rug Company

Tufted Poster Art

 A spirit of unity: We Not Me, Change the Thought

Change underfoot: poster, Design for Obama

Diversity + Unity: poster, Design for Obama

NOTE: Yes, I know, I know. The Rug Company is British… But, I prefer those stellar designs!

The Rug Company

Some of the most beautiful interiors in recent Elle Decor and Domino magazines are found in a single-page ad for The Rug Company. I know you’ve seen it. It’s an ad jammed top-to-bottom with teensy images of gorgeously styled vignettes. Each vignette features outstanding color; spare, artful interiors compositions. And a strikingly beautiful rug. I had to see bigger images. 

{ All images from The Rug Company }

The Rug Company’s images are beautifully styled and photographed in stunning locations. I especially like how each vignette has been edited down to the sparest of elements.

The Rug Company creates truly exquisite hand-tufted rugs and needlework. Company founder Christopher Sharp compares his hand-knotted rugs to the slow food movement. Unlike hand-tufting in which rugs are machine-produced and hand-finished, The Rug Company painstakingly hand makes its rugs from start to finish.

The Rug Company’s rugs and needlework pieces are designed by brilliant designers who also approve each step of the painstaking production process. Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Tom Dixon, Kelly Wearstler, Lulu Guiness, Allegra Hicks, William Yeoward, Marni... just to name a handful.