Trendspotting ~Dip Dyed

Call me crazy, but I love a funky trend.  I may be getting too old for some, but there is always a way to incorporate a trend in some fashion without going overboard.  This dip dyed look seems to be peaking in popularity.  You know what happens when a trend peaks don't you?


David Collins successfully incorporated the dip dye look into the curtains below.  They really become a focal point because your eye is drawn to them and moves up the panels.  You take note of the ceiling.  Which is, in fact, notable.  If the drapes were all one color, you would not have been drawn to them and the ceiling the same way.

The Connaught, London

The subtle shading is easy to live with, and I like that you don't have to exactly commit to one color.  You get shadings or the gradation from dark to light or vice versa within one or more color families. This look is also called ombre, which literally means shading or shadow in French.  "In fashion" extends to the home as well.  There is always a cross over effect.  Often times, one will influence the other as I talk about frequently.

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This does the exact opposite of the curtains above.  Both work beautifully!

via Cococozy

via Girly Modern

woven ombre fabric by Melissa Kirkpatrick

Color Reform Rug via ABC Carpet

via Pinreach

Hepworth + Howard

via Hoard of Trends

via The Berry

Soft and subtle, or bright and bold ~ wearer, beware!  I think this is a trend that more successfully translates to the bed and not the head, but that's just me.  Although, if I was 20 ~ it's awfully cute.

The saturated to soft colors can feel like a modern approach to the look of the tie dyed 60's.  Everything that goes around comes around (but differently, I always say)

This pixelated, ombre colored rug would look fantastic in a multitude of spaces with it's sophisticated grid pattern and color palette.

Kelly Wearstler for The Rug Co.

via The Trendhunter

I'll adopt the look when someone guarantees me I'd look like Kate Beckinsale.  Her dip dyed hair is subtle and beautiful, nice for a slightly older woman.  Key word being~slightly.

The Trends driving 2013 ~ part 2

Domus Nova via desire to Inspire

Chintz is back; softer and mixed with a more modern sensibility.  It's not your grandmother's glazed, shiny cotton chintz of old.  The colors are being reworked and updated on many archival prints.

Manuel Canovas

Digital printing is the wave of the future.  My girl Mary was a real innovator and many are hot on her heels.

These juxtaposed photo realist prints transfer easily off the runway and into the home, and vice versa.  Jakob Schlaepfer is doing innovative things with textiles.  I mentioned Charlotte Moss is working on a digitally printed fabric line based, I believe, on English garden design.  She spoke of it at a seminar recently.  I love them already!

There are always those that push the boundaries.  Wow, it is like I'm in the Rockies about to go over a cliff. I think I'd like my sofa a little less precarious, a little more zen.

Gaetano Pesce

The look of lace takes a hard line approach.  It's tough and tender, masculine and feminine.  Old school meets new school as we see the look applied in innovative ways.

Richard Schultz

Matthew Patrick Smyth

The bright and the beautiful; color will be saturated and bold.  While gray and pastels still have their place, optimism makes an appearance in the form of primary colors

M. Design Interiors

via The Decorologist

Thomas Britt

There's a lot to look forward to.  I have a feeling 2013 is gonna be a good year ~ but I don't want to rush anything.

The Trends Driving 2013 ~ part 1

Bazaar

The upcoming trends for the new year are exciting ones.  Embellishments are STILL big!  We are seeing them not only on clothing,  they have taken the home front by storm.  Trim, pillows, bedding, and anything else you can think of can be embellished or "glittified."

Donna Karen Home

Aimee Wertepny

Wallpaper has been coming on strong, and the newer materials we are seeing are really exciting. Grasscloths have stood the test of time.  Now they are emblazoned with geometric patterns and overpainted with other designs.  Micas, metals, glass beads, wood veneers, and mother of pearl all make spectacular statements.

A subtle Art Deco influence is being seen on the runways and in the home; double points if it's in the color of the year, emerald.

Jean Louis Denoit

Gucci via Style.com

The juxtaposition of contemporary and traditional elements happily co existing is really more than a trend, it's here to stay.  An infusion of well curated objects from a myriad of periods bring warmth and sophistication to any space.

Thomas Jayne

Ken Levinson AIA

Richard Mishaan

Mirrored furniture and metallics ~ maybe we are being told it is a time for reflection?

via David Jensen Photography

Artisan, hand-made looking, or Americana type interiors.  With an uncertain economy, we want assurances that our home is our sanctuary, and are comforted in a way that best expresses us.

Daryl Carter

Anthony-Orlanow  Design

Next time ~ part 2