On my desk, I have a card that says: “I often dream that my life is just as it is now…only I have well-behaved hair and I live in Paris.”
And all of this is true. To live in a dreamy (small) apartment in Paris, I can just see it: White walls (the light is great). Beautiful billowing drapes that puddle on the floor. Huge antique gilded mirror that is propped against the wall. A few antique pieces here and there.
Read MoreHaving some fun in New Orleans this week at a design conference.
I have been touring the amazing homes of art collectors, architects, artists and have met some of New Orleans' most interesting characters.
New Orleans gets into your soul. I always think of Harry Connick Jr. singing "Missing New Orleans."
Moonlight on the bayous
Creole tunes fill the air
I dream about magnolias in June
And I'm wishing I was there
This week, I am indulging in everything that the city offers...the French quarter, architecture, historic neighborhoods that are being rescued, mansions, cottages, shotgun houses, steamboat houses. A visit to the lower 9th ward. Walking on the levee with great views of the river and city. Amazing food. Jazz. New green-based architecture and design. Brad Pitt's neighborhood of almost 100 cutting-edge homes built since Katrina. Traditional mansions. An eclectic artist's residence on the Esplanade Ridge. Antiques. Jackson Square. Julia Street galleries. I met a voodoo priestess and toured her beautiful home.
New Orleans has a ghostly allure. The winding alleyways lead to the past and when you follow them, you never know what you will find.
The light is glorious and the sensory pleasures are almost overwhelming. I am still here and I already miss New Orleans.
And did I mention that the city is totally immersed in Halloween? Perfect.
Wrenda Goodwyn • special to the Fort Myers News-Press• February 25, 2012
This living room features an antique door that was transformed into a coffee table combined with upholstered pieces and Lucite nesting tables. Photos courtesy of Sherrill Canet.Blending old with new is all the rage in decorating. And even though there are no rules about it, there is some amount of artistic talent required. A trained eye for what looks good together. And what doesn't.
Otherwise it just ends up a pile of "stuff" in a room that does not work. And making it “work” is the challenge.
That is why it is so much fun to meet a designer who has perfected the art of creating traditional interiors that retain elements of youthfulness and surprise. Combining her love of antiques and eclectic pieces with an artist-like eye for the fine details of a room, Sherrill Canet creates stunning rooms that have a gracious comfort and elegance about them.
She takes “old world” things and makes them fresh again. And her designs result in rooms that make you want to come in and stay a while.
And they are timeless. This is every designer's goal. To create rooms that never go out of style.
Canet has designed rooms in homes for high profile clients all over the world. Her designs that mix old with new have been featured in Traditional Home, Better Homes & Gardens and House Beautiful. And this week, she was in Southwest Florida to share the recipe for her creations as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series at the Miromar Design Center in Estero. She also signed her book, A La Carte, The Elements of an Elegant Home.
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