A TRIO OF MAGAZINE MOMENTS FOR LA&A

 

First, more of the gorgeous spread in the current Traditional Home

Second, Linda and her pillows in the March issue of Marin Magazine

And just for fun,  a visual reference to Linda's book, Architectural Interiors, in the January Martha Stewart Living! 

 

TRADITIONAL HOME

 

blaze of glory 

 

Traditional Home's current issue about color (March 2009) spotlights Linda's historic Santa Fe adobe, Casita Alegria, with details of how she used sizzling colors and "happy surprises" to enhance the home's original southwestern architecture. The magazine is now in stores, so you can pick it up and see the entire eight-page, full-color article for yourself, or go to our website's Media page. Below are two more of the ten new photos of Casita Alegria, along with excerpts and photo captions from the article.

 

Casita Alegria patio

 

 

A DESIGNER'S SANTA FE GETAWAY WINS A GLOWING REVIEW WITH ITS FIERY PALETTE

Although Linda enjoys the time she spends indoors among her vivid surroundings, she needs only to step outside to find tranquility. The natural beauty reminds her of the glorious tones that sparked her color scheme.

Left: The patio's seating ranges from bright green and red wicker to a curved banquette and a cozy extention of the hearth. All are topped with bright pillows.

The kitchen started as a small galley-style space. To make it larger, Linda eliminated a narrow interior hallway and incorporated the space into the kitchen, creating an open and colorful Mexican cocina. Cabinets, painted and distressed in gold, apricot, and terra-cotta, were made to look more like furniture than built-ins. An antique English store counter-turned-island gets a bold color boost with a red finish and a new, distressed French zinc top. While all of the other light fixtures in the house are old, the kitchen light fixture, made in Holland, breaks the rules with its playfully dangling spoons and forks.

 

Right: Kitchen cabinetry was designed to look more like furniture. Case in point: An armoire houses a refrigerator on one side and a washer-dryer unit on the other.
TH Casita Alegria kitchen
SF loft pillows

Contemporary with a touch of country, these yellow, green, and blue pillows add punch with contrasting colors to the warm and lively palette. Their textured pattern relates to the many surfaces throughout the room.

Marin Magazine Features

Linda's Pillows with Panache 

 

Linda and her line of "Over-the-Top" custom pillows are front and center in the upcoming March issue of Marin Magazine's article about Pillow Power.

 

Look for the magazine in stores and online at www.marinmagazine.com in mid-February. If you live outside the San Francisco Bay Area, don't worry. We'll bring you the article in the March newsletter and on our website as soon as it's available.

What They're Reading at Martha Stewart Living

 

Only Sonoma designer Stuart Piontek, Linda's eagle-eyed good friend, could have spotted a copy of her book, Architectural Interiors, in a photograph in the January issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. The article, "Creativity at Work," includes a photo of the color-blocked shelves of design books in the library of Martha's New York offices. MS executive editorial director for decorating, Kevin Sharkey, describes his artful arrangement of books: "For some, it's almost sacreligious. But I've always remembered books by their colors. It actually makes it easier for me to pull books for shoots and propping." Makes perfect sense to us, and we are honored to have a place on the shelf in Kevin's library. Good eye, Stuart!

 

 

The library shelves in Martha Stewart's New York offices make a style statement of their own.

Linda's Architectural Interiors takes its place among the design books in Martha Stewart's offices.

 

So, happy reading to all of you

and

Happy Valentine's Day, too!

 

from

Linda Applewhite & Associates

♥