Designers from the past

November 19, 2009
Billy Baldwin (1903 – 1984) defined Interior Design as
"making people feel wonderful in their homes"


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His pet aversions were jumble and clutter, satin and dam-ask,
fake fireplaces, false books and ostentation of any kind.
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He also went on to say:

"I've always believed that architecture is more important than decoration.
Scale and proportion give everlasting satisfaction that cannot be achieved
by only icing the cake."

"Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has.
Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality."

"If you spend most of your decorating money on a Chippendale table or a
 Chinese lacquer screen, don't fill in the gaps with mediocrity."

"The best decoration in the world is a roomful of books".

 

Stunning Interior Design

November 16, 2009

Lello bookstore in Portugal


Boundary Hotel by David Tang


Ashmoleum Museum by Rick Mather


Cathedral at St Savin, France. Unesco world heritage
 

French rural Architecture

November 16, 2009






Those people familiar with French Architecture and countryside will recognise these photographs of buildings and landscapes. This is because my Dad lives there and as he is now retired with nothing to do !! he has been busy making my website and blog  (under my careful supervision of course !) Should you like what he has done and need a website yourself for a small business, e.g.gite, chambres d'hote etc then you can contact him at  accouder'@gmail.com  If you live in central France or have a 'maison secondaire' and require plans / ideas for interior design etc, then contact me initially at lulu@tallululahward.com and if necessary I will despatch him to carry out a site survey (in a previous life he was a builder so he knows how to operate a tape measure!)
Should you be interested in reading about the life of two people trying to integrate into a small village then go to Edna's blog which details A Life in France. They have now been there 5 years and lived through and survived 'the ups and downs' that all immigrants experience to one degree or another. On this blog of French life you will find some excellent recipes , vivid descriptions of the local fetes,  good photos of French Architecture, and many accounts of their time spent tramping round their local landscape, and getting to know their local neighbours.







 

Tallulah Ward - Interior Designer-Architect, Aylsham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, UK

www.tallulahward.com

 

About Me


Although my business as an Interior Designer- Architect is based in Norwich, I also have experience of presenting Interior Design proposals for residential and commercial projects throughout the UK and recently in Europe.
On these pages I hope to be able to convey the influences which help to shape and form my style and approach to mywork in Interior Architecture as well as Interior Design. This is an especially exciting time for me as I
step into the world of running my own business for the first time. There is a crisis on and its in the lap of the gods as to whether I succeed or fail, but........"It is far better to have tried................."

My Approach

Money spent on expensive wallpaper, Farrow and Ball paints etc will never replace the proper utilisation of space archived by paying attention to Interior Architecture, and Interior Design. Quality of light, functionality, architectural details, all are more important in contributing to the  character, ambiance and sense of well being in that space.  Homes and other spaces that were simply decorated and not designed  eventually become dated and often the lack of design contributes to a sense of unease about the space.  Good Interior Design which functions on the comfort of the occupant in every sense can be simply redecorated when necessary and always feel right.


For some really excellent articles on Interior Design written by one of London's top Designers go to:   Adrienne Chinn