GREAT LADY DECORATORS – DIVAS OF DESIGN February 19, 2010

GREAT LADY DECORATORS – DIVAS OF DESIGN

No, I’m not included!  And, I’ve never thought of myself as a Diva of Design or a Diva of anything!  Hope no one else does!

I love design books and books on architecture, decorating, history, countries and I’ve collected quite a library.  I am privileged to have had my work published in a design book!  In 2005, I was accepted into Spectacular Homes of Georgia and two projects of mine were featured.

I read with interest in the March 2010 issue of Veranda magazine that Adam Lewis has authored and published, of course, by Rizzoli, a new design book entitled:  The Great Lady Decorators:  The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955.  Quite a title!    The book will be available this Spring and will sell for $65.

Veranda’s Linda Sherbert describes the book as an “all day concert of a book”!  Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? 

Pioneers of our profession:  Elsie deWolfe; Dorothy Draper, Rose Cumming, Syrie Maugham, Sister Parish – just to name drop a few – are showcased in photographs of interiors they created.  Included is Atlanta’s own Swan House, whose grand interiors were created by designer Ruby Ross Wood.

 Timeless, classic interior design defines the work of all of these great doyennes of design.  Well, now, that sounds familiar, doesn’t it?  My design motto has always been:

 Classic interior design, creating tomorrow’s legacies….

Does that make me a Diva too?

Speaking of Divas, classic design and publication…..

Decorati.com, one of the leading internet sites on interior decorating and design, recently published a feature article on yours truly!  Really!  I’m truly honored to be included.  You can read the article, entitled:  Victoria Posey – Back To The Classics,  by clicking onto www.decorati.com and then searching under my name if the article no longer appears on the first page.

And while we’re on the subject of design books, Period Home magazine announced the publication of:  Dream Houses:  The White House as an American Home by Ulysses Grant Dietz and Sam Watters from Acanthus Press.  This tome:  312 pages with 350 color and duotone images, will sell for $75.

BEAUTIFUL HOMES, GRACIOUS LIVING, A SENSE OF PLACE

That was the mast head for Southern Accents magazine – one of my favorites – and one which did not survive the GREAT RECESSION.  I was sorry to hear of its demise.

In the May/June 2008 issue, a Q&A article appeared on Darryl Carter, well known Washington D.C. designer.  The article states Mr. Carter is a master of timeless design.

Another reference to the classic, timeless style of interior design. 

Carter also has a design book, titled:  The New Traditional, published by Clarkson Potter in 2008.  Price $45.

Wonder when I’ll get my own book! 

I already have the title:  Legacy DESIGNS