Name Your Poison

I'm thrilled to introduce a truly Fabulada guest blogger today, Andrea Webster. In partnership with her husband Jamie, she founded the sublime, darkly glamorous, London based company Tooth and Claw. 

They interior design, create original wallpapers and cushions for an International clientele, and with their combined impeccable fashion experience made their showcase house a top flight location destination for shoots featured by Beige Magazine, The Guardian, The Financial Times and more. Over to Andrea, who is going to expound upon dark green, one of her design inspirations! Fabulada.

Andrea writes:
I guess it all started with this…

Poison by Christian Dior. My first grown-up fragrance in the early 1980’s. I loved everything about it – the bottle, the fragrance, the advert and the box. Especially the box. It was a real departure at the time as most fragrance packaging aimed at women was very feminine. This was different.  Something about that combination of dark green & black spoke to me...it glowed glamour and sophistication, but paired with something dark and discordant.

“Poison Green”…. Used to denote danger

And as a redhead myself, it was a colour I could wear well. Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy:

It’s a colour that has followed me all my life and I love to see it used in interiors 

It looks amazing paired with black

But then again…white is a good foil for this shade. Here it’s also mixed with teal

When the make-up brand Illamasqua first launched, what was my first purchase from them? Why, Rampage nail varnish of course!

The lobby of Ian Schrager’s The Edition Hotel in London is punctuated with poison-green statement sofas

Even though it’s not technically dark green, this bathroom is gorgeous – I love to see lush green tones paired with copper 

And it packs an Art-Deco themed punch in this bathroom:

I love dark, poison green so much that I used it in our living room at home

It makes its way into our work…

And it even makes an appearance in our Kitchen – paired with black…just like on that fragrance box all those years ago. 

 Fabulada writes: Thank you Andrea! That was gorgeous! 

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Lasciviously Leopard

Goes with everything. Speaks volumes. Is the only theme that has been spectacularly naff and remained cool nonetheless. Leopard...there's never enough. This from a woman who spends every waking hour at home in a leopard robe and slippers. Just ask Ann Miller - vamp and camp at the same time, quite a feat.

I was going to focus only on decor but kept getting distracted by things like this:

No. Just...no. 
And this - wait, is that...? Oh, go on then. 

There's incidental leopard and intentional leopard. These people mean business and I like it.  source

All the way down the stairs. Hooray!

I really admire it with proper vintage colors around it

Leopard Egg chair, very nice.

See, goes with everything.

Pair of Mid-Century slipper chairs.
A rare instance where pink leopard is acceptable. 

On a pink bed? Did somebody call me? 

Let me just qualify this rhinestone bed by saying that I loathe zebra print and it should never be within half a mile of leopard. It just conveys heavy metal leggings and Priscilla Queen of the Desert stripper wear. 

Jackie Onassis's dressing room at the White House. Everything you hoped it was. With some leopard.

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Take It As Red

Yes, you can use red in your house, stop being such a wuss. Go large with it. I'll prove it to you that it looks amazing. Pictures credited here plus connect with me for a shed load more Fabulada reds.

Telephone box red in an urban loft, London. Tell you what I really like; it's plywood, but in painting it they've given the wood grain a Moire feel that's actually very interesting. Well done there!

A deck on the deck! Fantastic color choice for it! source

Contemporary red with white. Really dynamic. London style

Not seen a red claw foot bath before, but it definitely zaps the room to life. 

A mix of woolly, homely blankets and pillows beckons for a bit of reading and a sly afternoon nap.  found

Saying hell no to the zebra rug but definitely yes to this luxury splash of burgundy in London. 

A cozy Boho corner of North West London is home to this eclectic mix with sumptuous reds. 

A weakness for Deco curves, in vintage leather, has me lusting after these beauties. They're just superb. 

Red velvet gets me every time, particularly if it comes in a form as brilliant as these chairs. found

Curvaceous oneness at The Penguin House. Picked the perfect Egg chair for it too.Uncanny match.

Echoes of the Far East re-imagined in a thoroughly modern way. London style. 

 I'd almost be persuaded to chuck my red leather bed for this velvet one. Seriously cool.  source

Classic Ant chairs with vivid red glass.What an inspired combo.  source

My dream chair. Ridiculously cute. Let. Me. Have.

 The real deal. One of six pairs made. 

How decorative is this fab fridge?! I guess you could DIY something similar though.

Memories wallpaper from PIP Studios. I adore their stuff.

Red rose mural from maxitendance.com

 The red of our youth...Camden Palace interior, London. 

 Look! A little rose filament bulb! Shine on!

Pearly Queens

She's a pearl of a girl. Stevie Wonder. 
I think I must be too, not sure what else could explain the current obsession with them. Ever since I found out you could decorate with them, I've been collecting pearly pictures for inspiration. Now I just need to afford a barrel load of them and we're off. I used to have fake and real, but some burglar in Essex is currently wearing them out to his annual rugby club dinner and dance.
Not to worry, we can still luxuriate in dreams and pictures of them and hopefully they will inspire you to be a bit extravagant with your decor. 
Other image credits and lots more pearly delights on  http://www.pinterest.com/fabulada/pearly-queen/

Love this pearl lampshade image source
 
This is the high street version, mother-of-pearl discs. Very shimmery. here

If you're just looking for a little accent, do a cushion. I'm warning you now though, it's about to get a whole lot more bonkers in a minute. credit

 Pearl tile splash-back, very tasteful here

Oh what the hell, tile the whole bathroom in it. There you go.  

Put this chair in it...these are sequins. Sure, why not.

Out with the white enamel and in with this thing.

More pearl chairs.

And a chandelier...

This one by Erikson Beamon. These will set you back a couple of Gs.

This one, fifty bucks. And the pearl lights up. No contest.

Lovely detail in a mantle mirror

 

It's a rug. Made of pearls. That's right.

Pearl sequin wallpaper. And no, I can't imagine doing this DIY style.

Replica of a bed made in 1661 for Princess Marie Mancini. Comes in gold too, apparently.

Or you could settle for this:

  The Pearly Queen of Islington.

Lastly, a very pretty detail of hand carved mother-of-pearl doors. Ta-da!