Pamela Fiori

Thanks to the wonderful world of SCAD, Pamela Fiori the editor-at-large from Town and Country came to Savannah. Fiori was in town to speak about her new beautiful book entitled "At Home with Town and Country". It was a fabulous lecture about the houses and families that were featured. I highly suggest you pick up a copy !

-Courtland

Rebecca Shops Globe

Amazing friend, decorator, and Number Four Eleven customer Rebecca Gardner along with Anthropologie's Keith Johnson sought to find the best of what Italy has to offer. Johnson, the buyer at large for Anthropologie and host of the Sundance Channel's Man Shops Globe, asked Rebecca to join him in hopes to return with great treasures. Tune in Wednesday at 10 E/P to see what they find. http://www.sundancechannel.com/man-shops-globe/Rebecca and Keith cruising down a canal in Venice.

Photos courtesy of the Sundance Channel

Bunny Williams

Last Wednesday I had the privilege of spending the day with one of the top names in the world of design, Bunny Williams. She along with her husband, antiques dealer John Rosselli, recently received the acclaimed Etoile award from SCAD. Bunny was in Savannah to speak about their passion for collecting, interior design, and living. During our time together, Bunny shared with me a great deal of insight into her world and how the luxury home front has elevated her into the celebrity realm.
She explained the importance of learning every aspect of your industry. How she began as a Secretary and worked her way up becoming a decorator at Parish-Hadley Associates. She high- lighted how extremely important it is to know what it is that you are speaking of. Know your furniture, know your fabric...study the classics. She laughed when she said she even knows now how to install sound systems... her job is that detailed. Bunny spoke about her relationships with clients. She said she knows right from the first meeting how things are going to go. Good or bad. She keeps the husband as involved as the wife. He may pay the bills but he also sits in every chair and eats at every table. Attention to detail is what sets her design firm apart from others.
At dinner Bunny shared tips about arranging furniture and how one chair out of place can ruin an entire room . She actually discussed coming back and teaching a class about furniture design. Sign me up! She thought it would be clever to fill an over-sized room with a mixed bag of furniture and see what the students would do with it. Very clever.
Being in her presence I learned how she became one of the top names in the world of design, art, and style. You realize how hard she worked to be published in such publications as House Beautiful, House and Garden and, Town and Country. Not to mention her own slew of books and a new one one the way. "A Scrapbook for Living" due out this fall. Last but not least...Bunny became a new customer of Number Four Eleven. During her visit to the shop, she purchased LuLu DK's new floral bedding called Charlotte for her bedroom and some amazing custom monogrammed bath towels. Just like the day, the bedding is going to be amazing.

Bunny's new book "A Scrapbook for Living"

Matouk bedding by LuLu DK in Charlotte.
Available at http://www.numberfoureleven.com/.

Revisting "The Young Victoria"

So after I posted about the movie I saw at the Savannah Film Festival, "The Young Victoria", I could not stop thinking of what a room would look like if it was based around one of those amazing dresses Emily Blunt wore as the Queen. So here are a few ideas...










Photo credit (Style Court, Miles Redd, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Jeffrey Bilhuber)

The Young Victoria

Last week I was able to enjoy a few of the movies at the annual Savannah Film Festival. Some great movies and amazing actors were there. "The Young Victoria" playing at the Trustees Theater was one of the highlights. Partly because I am a sucker for a British period piece and partly because it was so beautiful. And I was sitting next to Alan Cumming, who couldn't of been nicer! Wouldn't a room inspired by one of Victoria's jewel-toned dresses be stunning?

Here is the description of the movie...

In “The Young Victoria,” Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”) delivers an appealing performance as Queen Victoria in the turbulent first years of her reign. Rupert Friend (“Pride and Prejudice”) portrays Prince Albert, the suitor who wins her heart and becomes her partner in one of history’s greatest romances. This love story, set amid all the intrigue of the court, also features Paul Bettany (“Iron Man,” “The Da Vinci Code”), Miranda Richardson (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”), Jim Broadbent (“The Damned United,” “The Chronicles of Narnia”), Thomas Kretschmann (“Valkyrie”) and Mark Strong (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Tristan and Isolde”).

www.filmfest.scad.edu

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