24 Mar Texture Tuesday – Six Foot Lamps Branch Out At DIFFA
Happy Tuesday friends! We’re having gorgeous weather here in Austin, Texas. I hope Spring is coming soon to you too. Took a short drive yesterday up to a small Texas town, Salado, to deliver pillows to a new store…will be sharing textures from there in coming weeks.
Today’s #TextureTuesday features the incredible DIFFA: Dining By Design concept for Beacon Hill by nationally acclaimed interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins. Remember in last week’s post this tease below of all the fabulous texture and color he incorporated into his design for the Beacon Hill table? Well, today, is the full reveal, courtesy of Corey Damen Jenkins and NY star photographer Alan Barry.
Textures Corey Damen Jenkins is using for his design of the Beacon Hill/Robert Allen DIFFA table. Photo courtesy of Corey Damen Jenkins.
Using exotic silks from Beacon Hill and Robert Allen and stunning wall covering from de Gournay, here is the final result that debuted during DIFFA’s Dining for Design at the 2015 Architectural Digest Home Design Show. I have to say I’m blown away by how Corey made all these materials come together in such an inspiring way….and I’m in LOVE with the texture on the lamps! Please enjoy all the delicious texture (and some comments by Corey) and the spectacular photos by world-renown Alan Barry. Till next time, enjoy the coming of spring! XO PG
“My theme this year was “Branching Out“–a symbol of new beginnings in 2015. Beacon Hill’s textile designer Alexis Audette created these spectacular fabrics which were inspired by recent visits to Rio de Janeiro. Although they have a definite Bohemian flair, I chose to offset them with hand-painted chinoiserie panels from de Gournay. The rug is by Stark, and the place settings feature incredible glass dinnerware from Arte Italica, fresh succulents on beds of moss and custom jewelry from Nancy Price’s popular AURA line.” – Corey Damen Jenkins, 2015.
Detail of the gorgeous hand-painted Chinoiserie panels by de Gournay. I not only love the birds, but the iridescent silver background against the gold of Corey’s other design choices like these place settings below.
I love the moss and succulents trimmed with jewelry. These gold-rimmed china pates remind me so much of my Great-Grandmother Main’s china. And look at the detail textures and colors of the table cloth!
“Many visitors asked me why I placed 6 foot tall floor lamps on the table. My answer? Just because! The lamps are shocking…they’re things that make you go “Hmmmm.”…These Global Views’ lamps are like sculpture–they bring a contemporary edge to this otherwise very traditional space.” – Corey Damen Jenkins, 2015.
Shocking!! Love that these magnificent lamps are the finishing statement pieces that Corey selected. I’m in love with them! Not only for their size and why Corey chose them, “Just because!” but for the textured gold branch that wraps around them.
And our last featured photo is of the man himself, Mr. Corey Damen Jenkins, not only a talented designer, but a kid from Detroit who is now one of The Top 20 Afro-American Designers of the United States. Congratulations Corey on the most intricate, textural, over-the-top exquisite table top design for Beacon Hill and Robert Allen at DIFFA’s Designing for Design! I hope some day I can create beautiful pillows with textiles from Beacon Hill and Robert Allen. Perfect choices!
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