None of us would have wished for the mandatory global shutdown of our lives as we formerly knew them, and yet so much good has already come from it. A slower pace. Renewed focus on what really matters after all of the BS and busywork is stripped away. Creativity bubbling up in surprising ways. Connecting with old friends (#virtualcocktailhour, anyone?) But perhaps most importantly, a redefined sense of the significance of home, and an ever-growing, fierce love for the people we’re now spending more time with than ever before within these walls. One thing has never been truer - our homes are our havens.
Senior Superlatives
Desk Diaries: Game Face
For those of you who know me, I am not one to wear a lot of makeup, not because I don't like it or am an au naturel devotee but mainly because I am allergic to almost all makeup, even many hypoallergenic ones. When I do wear makeup it is super basic and easy to apply because I never developed the habit of gussying up my face and generally just resort to applying some sunscreen and Bob's your uncle!
Mother's Day Gift Guide
Hue: Sunshine
We may still be quarantined, but can we please get an amen for the ability to get outside and enjoy these first sumptuous tastes of springtime?! Lately, we’ve all been inspired by the life-giving energy of the sunshine, along with the vibrant hues popping up in blooms all around us. The color yellow evokes cheerfulness, stimulates positive mental activity, and invokes joy. Not sure about y’all, but we’ll gladly soak in all the light we can get these days.
Hable Construction Cosmos Sunshine Fabric // Vintage Jar Set // Sydney Harbour Paint // Angels Among Us painting by Ruth Gilmore Langs // Organic Lavender Eye Pillow in Katie Leede’s Pomegranate & Peonies Fabric // Interior by CLOTH & KIND
Hable Construction textiles and Sydney Harbour Paint are available in all colors of the rainbow to members of the interior design trade through CLOTH & KIND Showroom.
SHOP THE SUNSHINE
If you’re ready to start thinking about bringing some color, texture and pattern into your own home, let’s chat about our interior design services to see if it would be a good fit for us to work together. We offer virtual services (handier than ever during these shelter-in-place days) and would love to meet you on a Zoom call soon.
This post was beautifully composed by our girl Rachael Bell, CLOTH & KIND’s Design & Operations Director. Thanks, Rach!
Springtime Floral Tips
Warmer temps are just around the corner, and we’re totally enamored with all things floral in prep for Spring. To get us ready, we enlisted the help our favorite Ann Arbor florist, University Flower Shop, to fill our vases and vessels with springtime bounty and share their top tips for what’s hot in the world of flora and fauna.
Ruth Gilmore Langs
Ruth Gilmore Langs didn’t always work in her preferred medium of oil paints. Although she began painting in nursery school and was taught oil painting in high school, she ultimately studied film, TV and writing, while minoring in painting, at American University in Washington DC. Post college, she worked closely with her mentor and teacher, Kwok Wai Lau, a Chinese artist, which is how she truly began to blossom as an artist.
Fab Five: Wall Sconces
Our entire team here at CLOTH & KIND is totally gaga over Visual Comfort's ridiculously good lighting line, and we source from them all the time for our interior design Studio projects. It's hard to play favorites, but here's a handful of sconces that we are digging at the moment...
1. Ryan Miller, Showroom Director
Frankfort Articulating Wall Light in Black and Hand-Rubbed Antique Brass Accents
2. Krista Nye Nicholas, Partner & Principal Interior Designer
Avant Large Curved Sconce in Antique-Burnished Brass with Frosted Glass
3. Tami Ramsay, Partner & Principal Interior Designer
Cavanagh Medium Lantern Sconce in Polished Nickel
4. Rachael Bell, Senior Interior Designer
Launceton Large Ring Sconce in Antique- Burnished Brass with Natural Percale Shade
5. Alyson Derry, Interior Design Director
Osiris Single Reflector Sconce in Bronze and Hand-Rubbed Antique Brass with Linen Diffuser
If you're in the interior design trade, you are undoubtedly in love with Visual Comfort as well. If you're not a designer and simply a design afficianado, you may still be familiar with the line through Circa Lighting (the retail arm of the company). In either case, what you gotta know is that CLOTH & KIND is now an official Visual Comfort Gallery partner! That means you can check out a full range of their gorgeous fixtures in person here and order them (at more advantageous pricing than Circa offers - both to the trade and at retail, BTW!) through either our Showroom or Shop.
Hue: Amarnath
Fabric // Quercus & Co, Tapestry in Rose, Rug // 1stdibs, Vintage Moroccan Boujad Rug, Chair // 1stdibs, French 19th Century Armchair, Plates & Cup // Anthropologie, Anna Weatherly, Anna's Palette in Purple Orchid, Image // Thomas Hall, "Magenta Door"
Role Models: Clay McLaurin + Dries Van Noten
FASHION //
Dries Van Noten
FABRIC //
Clay McLaurin Band in Jet