Pratt and Lambert - Personal Expressions 2008 - (Page 17) Polo’s Rollo CS05 (Classic Suede) and Sailor Suit 26-16 (dining room) Parisian Purse CS02 (Classic Suede) gracing the runways of Alexander McQueen and Jean-Paul Gaultier, and interior designers are taking notice. Carolee Morrison, owner of Interior Beaux-Arts, has a background in fashion, though she is now an interior designer. Having studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the garment district in New York City, Morrison is well equipped to handle the merging of fashion and interior design. “Fashion trends change quickly, everything changes,” Morrison says. “But in interior design, there is the opportunity to retain your favorite or classic pieces while changing key accents, textures and colors and creating a totally new ambiance. It is refreshing and reinvigorates your space while retaining your personal comfort.” The transcending factor for all the different design styles is the color. “In color design, there is freedom to be more diverse in our choices, and freedom to mix different periods and styles in one space,” Morrison says. “The color is the basis for all of my design. It is the one unifying factor under all of these eclectic choices in style and period.” It is this eclectic nature of interior design in the Washington D.C. area that utilizes history, modernism and one’s individualism. “When I think of a design aesthetic for Washington D.C., I think of marble, stone and granite, things which speak of our nation’s rich history,” Morrison continues. “No matter where you go in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, one is always reminded that Washington is the center of our historic roots and the diversity associated with it.” P R AT T & L A M B E R T Cinnamon Mist 6-29 (ceiling) 17
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.