Runway to Room: Home Style Has a Brush With Nail Art
Let the Lucite tips and textured metallics from the spring 2012 runways add flair to your design choices
Someone points out in the film The September Issue how Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour's fashion forecasts can impact entire industries — ones that we at Houzz care so much about, like textiles and fabrics, tile designs, paint colors and building materials.
Nail art is significant right now as recession-laden folks turn to more affordable sources (like nail polish and lipstick) to express their individuality and project a sense of self. And you can take a few design cues from the nail trends seen at the spring 2012 Fashion Week runways to broaden your home design inspiration pool.
Nail art is significant right now as recession-laden folks turn to more affordable sources (like nail polish and lipstick) to express their individuality and project a sense of self. And you can take a few design cues from the nail trends seen at the spring 2012 Fashion Week runways to broaden your home design inspiration pool.
... the same way gold elements add dimensionality to this contemporary ScrapHouse. The house is made from materials that were "reinvented for their intended purpose," the same way the gold leaf was used for nail art.
The sheen from the wall coverings, the textured finish of the marble sink and the opaqueness of the mirror and panel mimic the metallic, textured and border trim of the nail-art image.
Futuristic Clear Tips
Translucent and cracked nail art is nothing new. What makes this design on trend are the futuristic clear tips.
Translucent and cracked nail art is nothing new. What makes this design on trend are the futuristic clear tips.
Much like the nail-art image, this classic kitchen demonstrates a happy marriage between beige table and countertops and Lucite Knoll bar stools.
The Two-Tone Look
Stretch your color comfort level by coming up with the most unlikely pairings: metallic red with white French tips or slate and yellow.
Stretch your color comfort level by coming up with the most unlikely pairings: metallic red with white French tips or slate and yellow.
Earthy terra cotta and industrial steel are a dual-toned match made in Houzz heaven with this sliding barn door.
Ombré (Color Fading)
In makeup, hair color, fabric design and nail art, color fading was ubiquitous last season and is this one as well.
In makeup, hair color, fabric design and nail art, color fading was ubiquitous last season and is this one as well.
This kitchen backsplash shows color fading in green.
Even a heater isn't immune to ombré.
Pretty With an Edge
If you merged Joan Jett and Taylor Swift's personas, you'd get pretty with an edge.
If you merged Joan Jett and Taylor Swift's personas, you'd get pretty with an edge.
This blue-tufted Cezanne-style couch with bright pink throw pillows blends tradition and flair. The style and context of the couch is conventional, but the color choices add flair and panache.
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Gold leafs add dimensionality to gold nails with black tips ...