The connection with art and home has long been a thing for me. Art is the lipstick & the frosting for spaces and places!
You NEED both. Lipstick. Frosting.✔️➕ (proverbial, relax)
I am and have always been into Toile. The Traditional and the funky ones- even with the Traditional Toiles, there’s always something a little cheeky going on. I think it can be very modern or traditional- its all in the application.Of course, not all toiles are created tone on tone or TOT, but in these examples, that is where I’m going.
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There’s also a consistent theme of tone on tone…monochromatic if you please- the previous post of my DIY florals shall confirm this! Something just works when you go the TOT route. The dot connector this case with the art is Mark Tansey- an artist whose work I’ve long admired and first gazed upon at the Broad in Los Angeles; he has also exhibited at the Gagosian. His signature style is in one hue or tone and it makes me bananas! His pieces go for mega cha-ching, so I will carry on with Toile + TOT until that unicorn client with Tansey art in their collection shows up to our studio needing our niche expertise in this area!
The first row is artist Mark Tansey magic Take a look! (*also I realize I cannot take a straight picture for the life of me-you’ll still get the idea though)
(2) Toile goodness from Mulberry in Torridon Teal used in a recent project- had to settle on the powder room/ washroom, but it went EVERYWHERE. I even put it on the ceiling. Go big or go home, ok? Also, this is an iPhone shot & I did not style this nor approve the florals or jazz on the counters. The deer hook (from Rejuvenation), yes. The lighting (from Perigold), also yes.
Various Toiles that um, spark joy: Timorous Beasties, Mind the Gap, Schumacher, Lee Jofa, Flavor Paper, Thibaut, Gucci + some vintage goodness…
In the valley below: Animated Toile Art by Brigette Zieger. Projecting this on the wall. Or maybe just Apple TV it on the bigger screen. Maybe from 10 years ago? but hasn’t left my thoughts…xxj
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because I’m that extra: Toile art by Brigette Zieger. #toile #toileobsession #cantstopwontstop