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4 TIPS FOR COUPLES AND HOME DECORATING

Working together to build your interior design needs can be tough. Well I am here to help!

Strong opinions and high emotions can get the best of us when deciding on furniture and wall colors. Here are some helpful tips to equally share creative vision in any room of your home!

1. Cost: Money will always be a main issue when it comes to decorating. The best thing you can do it set a clear budget before you begin any projects. This will avoid any discrepancies when the creative juices get flowing.

2. Comfort: Find a purpose for each room and furnish it accordingly. Go furniture shopping together to make sure it matches your well-being and style. Find a happy balance between your two desires.

3. Color: When is comes to painting your walls it may be the biggest transformative step within interior decorating. The best way to try out a color is by testing them out. I suggest rolling up those sleeves and paint sections of your walls to find out what colors really work where.

4. Style: This can be one of the trickiest parts of home design for couples. Remember to keep in mind romance when stylizing your home. This decorating project can be a real eye-opener and bring you closer together with one another so why not embrace your love and share this space together as one.

GET READY FOR THE 27TH ANNUAL ICFF SHOW

If you’ve been reading for a while, you know by now that love to keep my readers informed about upcoming events that showcase the world of high end interior design.

I can’t wait to share them all with you. It’s a great thing I have this blog!

The ICFF is North America’s platform for global design. It will take place at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, May 16-19, 2015. This exhibition is massive and plenty of fun. Come and check out the latest interior design trends and listen to a panel of industry leaders answering your decorating needs.

You can get even more information for this show here.

ANTIQUITIES: COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES REVEALED PART 2

On this episode of DesignTV With Steven G., we are bringing you back to our wonderful Antiquities showroom and give you a glimpse of some more antique pieces.

There is so much to see in this showroom. Antiques are very important to the success of any unique interior design project.

I think you’re going to find it very informative and fun.

TOP 3 INTERIOR DESIGN TRICKS FOR A COMFY & COZY HOME

Creating a comfortable and warm atmosphere with interior design can be solved by a few simple tricks, and I am here to help!

A room can evokes emotions and heighten your senses. Why not relax in your living room after a long days work and awaken that feeling.

Here are my top 3 ways to achieve this decorating goal.

1. Blankets: Adding a decorative throw blanket on a chair or futon creates a touch of warmth visually and literally!

2. Accessories: Other then blankets why not cozy up to some velvet throw pillows or sandalwood scented candles. The aroma and look will be exponentially more comfy and pleasant.

3. Window Treatments: Putting honeycomb shades in your living room will bring natural light in with out loss of air-conditioning. Let the warm sunshine pour into your home.

ENJOY THE ARTS EN PLEIN AIRE

If you appreciate the fine arts as much as I do you, than you will love this event that takes place on the second Saturday of every month!

Come join all the art aficionados of Miami and splendor at what the Wynwood artists have to offer.

The Wynwood Art Walks take place every Second Saturday of every month between the hours of 6PM to 10PM and extending throughout the night.

This monthly experience features openings at Art Galleries, Art Institutions, and Retail Businesses. Thousands of people crowd the streets to have a great night out and enjoy the Miami Art Scene.

This is truly one festive and lively evening!

COMING THIS SPRING: NYCXDESIGN 2015

It is going to be an exciting spring in New York City this year. The NYCxDESIGN invites local and global designers, organizations and other establishments interested in creating a design-related happening to participate in the celebration.

Good thing I have this blog so I can share these events with you!

The NYCxDESIGN will take place through out New York City covering various shows and events across the five boroughs. It will be taking place May 8-19, 2015. May will be a very exciting month in NYC for anyone looking for an interior design muse.

You can get even more information for this show here.

ANTIQUITIES: COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES REVEALED PART 1

On this episode of DesignTV With Steven G., we bring you into our Antiquities showroom and present you with some beautiful antique home accessories.

I have a lot to show you…I think you’re going to love it!

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IN MIAMI

I am a huge supporter of community and cultural events is Miami. These types of festivals and activities are why more and more people are coming to visit South Florida.

There is always so much going on it’s a perfect location for your dream vacation home.

This Sunday, March 1st, is the opening day for the Wynwood Green & Art Market. This community market looks amazing and you should definitely go and see it this weekend.

The Our Miami Public Space Challenge, a project of The Miami Foundation and Health Foundation of South Florida, has created this for the public.
The Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Green, and Art Market, will feature South Florida grown or made, craft foods, farm-to-table produce, and merchandises. This includes handcrafts, quality art, and artisanal goods.

You can read more about it here.

INSPIRATION DECORATION OF THE WEEK: CREATIVE FLOOR LAMPS

Elements of nature are always classy and universally beautiful in any space. Today I bring to you these endearing floor lamps that stand on knotted tree like stems.

Within interior design there is always a way to incorporate natural components. Architecture and design are one with nature. This week Wall Street Journalist, Alexa Brazilian, inspires us.

Eccentric lamps will give off a distinguished and high-end stylization. Rare finds like these are genius-decorating accessories when placed in the right setting.

Find your ornate floor lamp and test it out in your living room this spring.

STUNNING ART EXHIBITS IN MIAMI & SOUTH FLORIDA

There are so many galleries emerging in the South Florida and Miami art scene it can be hard to choose which ones to visit. The fine arts inspire design and technique and are directly linked to high-end interior design. Spending your leisure time exploring new exhibits will spark creativity in your interior design decisions, so I seriously recommend you check at least some of them out. The visual arts will help inspire you to create a unique aesthetic to any room.

These new art shows will get you excited about collaborating and designing a space.

Diana Lowenstein Gallery reveals two shows this month with an opening reception Saturday, June 13, from 6-9 p.m. “Collages & Drawings” by Alejandra Padilla and “My Parallel Universe” by Chu Teppa will showcased through July 31st. They are located on 2043 N. Miami Ave., Miami. 305-576-1804. The gallery is open 10-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday (with the exception of Art Walk).
Yo Miami is launching a site-specific spinoff of its monthly Average Joe Art Sale at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 13, with works by six artists and live painting at the new Concrete Beach Brewery, 325 NW 24th St., Miami.
Sprayskull has a solo exhibition by graffiti and urban artist Remote It is on view for three nights from 6-10 p.m. June 11-13 at 3801 N. Miami Ave., Miami.
M+V Art is celebrating its second anniversary with “Abstracting the Grid,” an exhibition showing the work of photographer Leo Matiz and artist Ramon Laserna in a side-by-side arrangement. The show is on view through Aug. 21. Open to the public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 2750 NW 3rd Ave., #11, Miami.
Come and marvel at one of the country’s biggest and best collections! “To Have and To Hold: 50 Years of Marriage and Collecting Contemporary Art” at the Rubell Family Collection. The Rubell family has been collecting art for many years and truly has an eye for talent, seeing the greatness in the works of Jean-Michael Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Jeff Koons.
Architecture and designs fans are swarming to see One Way: Peter Marino at the Bass Museum of Art. This show is much more then just Marino’s most popular designs, it is a look at the artist’s sense of personal style as well as the artworks he has commissioned.
At the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami you can enter the “Sanatorium” and be amazed by Pedro Reyes’s ongoing performative project that mixes art and psychology. You will get the chance to actually be a part of Reyes’s installation!
You should swing by the Pérez Art Museum Miami in the Miami Design District to gaze upon the Fly’s Eye Dome, a 24-foot installation by Buckminster Fuller, and prototype of the artist’s original design for an off the grid temporary dwelling featured at Design Miami in 2011.The Perez Art Museum Miami currently has five exhibits present with people lining up to see this Brazilian artist’s show; Beatriz Milhazes: Jardim Botanico. Mihazes is known for her mesmerizing patterned abstracts. Come see it before is closes!
”Julio Le Parc: Form-Action” – Along with the current blockbuster revealing unknown notebooks of the late Jean-Michel Basquiat (through Oct. 16), PAMM will showcase more than 100 works by kinetic artist Julio Le Parc in the Argentine artist’s first U.S. museum survey. Included are installations created between 1958 and 2013. Many of the works are participatory, breaking down the traditional barriers between artwork and viewer. One of the segments from the show will be three light-drenched rooms, intended to disorient gallery-goers.
Round off your gallery adventure with “Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture” at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University. This exhibit is full of sculptures, propaganda, posters, and more that focus on the realities of war and the relationships between man and machine. It will give you a surprising and meaningful note to end your art tour on.
While there also make sure to check out The Pursuit of Abstraction; This show, drawn from the permanent collection, surveys the origins of fine and decorative art that transformed the modern aesthetic age.
Continue your art tour through the Miami Design District at Markowicz Fine Art, which is presenting new sculptures in the highly anticipated exhibition of French artist Alain Godon.
If you are interested in some remarkable contemporary Asian art, head down to ART LEXÏNG and the Dazzling World of Ye Hongxing to explore his new artworks.
Continue your journey to the Sammer Gallery Miami to uncover works on paper by the American-Israeli artist Jacob El Hanani.
Check out the must see exhibit at the Now Contemporary Art and enjoy the group exhibition Obsessive Creative Disorder.
Anselm Kiefer from the Hall Collection – Plus expanded acquisitions of Anselm Kiefer works at Margulies Collection at the Warehouse. – NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale,
Narcisco Rodriguez: An Exercise in Minimalism – Fifty red-carpet fashions by Cuban-American designer Narcisco Rodriguez will be unveiled in an exhibit marked by firsts: Rodriguez’s first solo museum show, and the Frost FIU’s first couture exhibit.
“Alexis Gideon & the Glacier” – A video opera by the Pittsburgh artist, with animation and paintings on glass; and installation from the Huffer Collective, including works by locals Ahol Sniffs Glue, Swamp Dog and Jason Handelsman. – Locust Projects, Miami Design District

Miami Design Meets Modern Art

There’s nothing I love more than discovering a beautiful home with a beautiful, high end interior design…especially when it’s in my hometown of Miami. And when you through some fantastic modern art into the mix…then I’m really in Heaven.

Lourdes Fernandez-Grattan’s ranch-style home was built in the ’50’s, which gave it the perfect bones to be a canvas for beauty. In addition to transforming into a truly lovely space, Lourdes turned it into a showcase for her avant-garde art collection (much of it South American in character).

At its best, high end interior design should be a reflection of a homeowner’s great taste. This home is the perfect example of that.

There are so many new art openings in Miami so add them to your itinerary this weekend. I dare you to get inspired this week by one of these wonderful art exhibits!

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