GRASS CLOTH
"I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN: THE VERSATILITY OF GRASS CLOTH WALLPAPER IS INDISPUTABLE," JULIE YENICAG OF BELLE VIVIR SAYS. "IT ADDS COZINESS AND TEXTURE TO A BARE WALL ALMOST INSTANTLY, WHILE THE NATURAL FIBERS PROVIDE A HOME WITH THAT PERFECTLY IMPERFECT PATINA."
OUTDOOR ROOMS
"THE ARCHITECTURE OF GREEN, STRATEGICALLY PLACED AND SHAPED, WILL SEAMLESSLY ADD SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE FOOTPRINT OF A HOUSE," DESIGNER CHARLOTTE MOSS SAYS. "IT CAN PROVIDE VISTAS THAT SEEM TO EXTEND THE ACREAGE, CAN FRAME A FOUNDATION LIKE AN ELIZABETHAN COLLAR, OR CREATE A WALL OF PRIVACY PLACING YOUR HOUSE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR OWN SECRET GARDEN."
20TH-CENTURY FURNITURE
"A REVOLUTION HAS HIT THE WORLD OF ANTIQUES, ART, AND COLLECTING, AND ROOMS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME," DIANE DORRANS SAEKS OF HE STYLE SALONISTET SAYS. "DESIGNERS ARE PUTTING A NEW SPIN ON INTERIORS, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN FURNITURE AND ART, AND EMBRACING BOLD, NEW MATERIALS."
UNUSUAL FLORAL ELEMENTS
"CONSTANCE SPRY WAS ONE OF THE MOST NOTED FLORAL DESIGNERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY," JENNIFER BOLES OF THE PEAK OF CHIC SAYS. "HER ARRANGEMENTS TOOK THE FASHIONABLE SET BY STORM IN THE LATE 1920S AND '30S — THANKS TO HER THEN-OFFBEAT USE OF GREENERY LIKE GRASSES, LEAVES, AND SEED HEADS.