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stuff This year, interior design
trends in the Lehigh
ALL THATValley have skewed
toward the sumptuous
and the ornate — think
bold walls, freestanding
tubs, marble accessories
and gilded accents — METALS AND MARBLE ADD
that ooze glamour and ELEGANCE TO DÉCOR By Emily Hirsch
easy elegance.
MARBLE ACCESSORIES to be afraid of mixing different metallic commit to paint? Fear not! There’s a bevy
pieces — in fact, it’s encouraged! We’re of opulent wallpaper and framed art out
Marble is decidedly chic this year currently swooning over the metallic there to achieve the same effect.
thanks to updated decorative accessories. decorative accessories at Beautiful Home
The key to incorporating marble into your by Quentin Eschlemen in Emmaus. “Dramatic art is a great way to make
home is restraint — marble looks best a bold statement in your home and you
when it’s subtly styled. Try a marble-top DRAMATIC WALLS can always switch it out,” says Gail Gray
table, a classic marble tray, or marble Dunn, Owner of GailGray Homes in the
candle pillar to effortlessly blend the Say goodbye to vanilla walls — the Promenade Shops.
pieces in your home. neutrals we’ve seen in the past years
have taken a back seat to the high-drama, STAND ALONE BATHTUBS
HEAVY METALS moody walls that are in vogue right
now. Dark-colored walls set the stage for This year, stand-alone bathtubs are
In recent years, we’ve watched glitzy accessories and create a stunning all the rage when it comes to furnishing
as gilded accessories catapulted to backdrop for hung artwork. Not ready to bathrooms. Betsy Schwarz, showroom
popularity and eventually ebbed to manager of Ferguson Showrooms in
8 | INDULGE • OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 make way for the uber-trendy copper Allentown, says she’s noticed a big trend
accessories that we see in stores now. with freestanding tubs.
According to Pantone’s 2014 Home +
Interiors Color Report, color palettes with “A lot of people are taking out the big
metallic shades such as gold “speak of drop tubs because they take up a lot of
attention to detail and the drama of high room,” Schwarz says. “We’re seeing a
fashion when translated into interiors.” lot of either vintage style tubs or more
modern ones with freestanding faucets.”
The next it-metal to look out
for? Bronze Whether you prefer a
and other minimalist
metallics pedestal
of the same bathtub, a
shade, which show regal claw foot
up repeatedly in the
Pantone report. Our tub, or basin tub,
favorite part about metallics you can be sure to find
is that they aren’t fussy. something that fits your
Unlike jewelry, you don’t have personal style.
trends in the Lehigh
ALL THATValley have skewed
toward the sumptuous
and the ornate — think
bold walls, freestanding
tubs, marble accessories
and gilded accents — METALS AND MARBLE ADD
that ooze glamour and ELEGANCE TO DÉCOR By Emily Hirsch
easy elegance.
MARBLE ACCESSORIES to be afraid of mixing different metallic commit to paint? Fear not! There’s a bevy
pieces — in fact, it’s encouraged! We’re of opulent wallpaper and framed art out
Marble is decidedly chic this year currently swooning over the metallic there to achieve the same effect.
thanks to updated decorative accessories. decorative accessories at Beautiful Home
The key to incorporating marble into your by Quentin Eschlemen in Emmaus. “Dramatic art is a great way to make
home is restraint — marble looks best a bold statement in your home and you
when it’s subtly styled. Try a marble-top DRAMATIC WALLS can always switch it out,” says Gail Gray
table, a classic marble tray, or marble Dunn, Owner of GailGray Homes in the
candle pillar to effortlessly blend the Say goodbye to vanilla walls — the Promenade Shops.
pieces in your home. neutrals we’ve seen in the past years
have taken a back seat to the high-drama, STAND ALONE BATHTUBS
HEAVY METALS moody walls that are in vogue right
now. Dark-colored walls set the stage for This year, stand-alone bathtubs are
In recent years, we’ve watched glitzy accessories and create a stunning all the rage when it comes to furnishing
as gilded accessories catapulted to backdrop for hung artwork. Not ready to bathrooms. Betsy Schwarz, showroom
popularity and eventually ebbed to manager of Ferguson Showrooms in
8 | INDULGE • OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 make way for the uber-trendy copper Allentown, says she’s noticed a big trend
accessories that we see in stores now. with freestanding tubs.
According to Pantone’s 2014 Home +
Interiors Color Report, color palettes with “A lot of people are taking out the big
metallic shades such as gold “speak of drop tubs because they take up a lot of
attention to detail and the drama of high room,” Schwarz says. “We’re seeing a
fashion when translated into interiors.” lot of either vintage style tubs or more
modern ones with freestanding faucets.”
The next it-metal to look out
for? Bronze Whether you prefer a
and other minimalist
metallics pedestal
of the same bathtub, a
shade, which show regal claw foot
up repeatedly in the
Pantone report. Our tub, or basin tub,
favorite part about metallics you can be sure to find
is that they aren’t fussy. something that fits your
Unlike jewelry, you don’t have personal style.
