tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post1344109044916710177..comments2024-02-26T07:35:50.281-08:00Comments on the style saloniste: Bravo, Antonio Martins: Designer I LoveDiane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-60751026295295735722014-06-10T16:09:52.131-07:002014-06-10T16:09:52.131-07:00Really spectacular! certain to be remembered. pgtReally spectacular! certain to be remembered. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-92079147992953522102014-05-08T16:19:20.480-07:002014-05-08T16:19:20.480-07:00Good evening,
I have just found you and I am compl...Good evening,<br />I have just found you and I am completely captivated by this story, and the exquisite design that Antonio has produced.His room is breathtaking<br />I am an interior decorator in england and europe, and I shall follow you hereafter! <br /><br />Thank you for such beauty at the close of my day..<br /><br />Regards<br />SallySallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-84784741762325944132014-04-27T09:29:25.016-07:002014-04-27T09:29:25.016-07:00Dear Friends-
I love hearing from you!
I receiv...Dear Friends-<br /><br /><br />I love hearing from you!<br /><br />I received the following from an old friend recently…someone I admire.<br /><br />Dear Diane,<br /><br />You may remember our on-line meeting and "chatting" a little, over a year ago, when you made some extremely nice comments about the photos of my house in House Beautiful.<br /><br />I seldom make comments on what I see, read, and like on Blogs, T (thinking that I had nothing to say or contribute) , but I just had to about your Antonio Martins posting!<br /> <br />WOW! To say that I too am "smitten" would be a huge understatement . I am completely In Love!<br /><br />I am recovering from a knee replacement surgery, a week ago Friday, and so I am full of pain killers and drugs and not thinking a clearly as I might hope to usually, but <br />when this posting appeared on my iPad last Friday I was wowed. I let it pass, but then picked it up again Saturday morning, and starred studying it, and trying to learn more about the designer and his work I obviously could not find a lot about his work on the internet, but what I was able to find was Great, and praise worthy, but this room is obvisouly a "Milestone Room", I predict that it will go down in "design history" as the beginning of a new look and style, and the birthplace of a new star!<br /><br />So , Congratulations to you, on being the first to show it to us, and bringing to us a new Super Star to follow!<br />Sadly, your friend John Dickinson, is not with us to join in the celebration of this new very exciting concept, but I would hope that he too would see, and take pride in this continuation of his work.<br /><br />If speaking with Mr. Martins, please add my name to what must by now be his now many fans and followers.<br /><br />All the best to you, and keep your inspiring blogs coming!<br /><br />Will<br /><br /><br />Diane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-3906060517511732622014-04-26T22:13:28.028-07:002014-04-26T22:13:28.028-07:00DEAR FRIENDS-
I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL...DEAR FRIENDS-<br /><br /><br />I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL MESSAGE: This is from a wonderfully worldly and wise friend in SANTA BARBARA…a place I love.<br /><br /><br />Loved this post! Great room and what thorough<br />Coverage you did. Particularly love the braided<br />rope "tree trunk" hanging from ceiling. <br />Best wishes<br />Beverley Jackson<br />Diane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-14369497570020199132014-04-26T16:22:59.896-07:002014-04-26T16:22:59.896-07:00Dear Friends-
I received a lovely note from my...Dear Friends-<br /><br /><br /><br /> I received a lovely note from my dear friend and longtime reader, MARGOT VON MUHLENDAHL…who lives in Berlin.<br /><br />"Perfectly wonderful. One of the cleverest things I've seen in recent memory. In decorating, it so pays off when a designer has some cultural depth."<br /><br />Margot-<br /><br />thank you. You are right…this Antonio room has culture and history and insight and invention and discovery. And everyone is at home there.<br /><br />thanks you so much for your lovely comment- DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-53936681121530216952014-04-26T16:21:07.603-07:002014-04-26T16:21:07.603-07:00thank you, thank you!
Dear Friends-
Thank you f...thank you, thank you!<br /><br />Dear Friends-<br /><br /><br />Thank you for your enthusiasm and insight and wonderful comments.<br /><br />The room is break taking…and Antonio's mother came and she is delightful…so chic in antique filigree handmade gold pendant…chicer than chic.<br /><br />wonderful evening at the showcase opening…<br /><br />you but see it…DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-85414079754487341192014-04-26T02:05:33.055-07:002014-04-26T02:05:33.055-07:00Thanks as ever for this Diane! Such a privilege to...Thanks as ever for this Diane! Such a privilege to see into the design process of others. Best RRobert Webberhttp://www.hegartywebberpartnership.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-43252934069301457192014-04-25T21:48:18.556-07:002014-04-25T21:48:18.556-07:00What a transformation, and how brilliantly the mos...What a transformation, and how brilliantly the mostly white palette increases the height of the ceilings. columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-22765844792165930712014-04-25T15:49:42.703-07:002014-04-25T15:49:42.703-07:00I previewed this room last night at the opening pa...I previewed this room last night at the opening party and I was speechless. FABULOUS! Such creativity and beauty in this space. One of a kind! So happy for Antonio and his team for such a success!<br /><br />Grant<br />grantkgibson.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-2499653785452909012014-04-25T12:37:34.542-07:002014-04-25T12:37:34.542-07:00Dear Diane,
I thought of you as soon as I walked ...Dear Diane,<br /><br />I thought of you as soon as I walked into this room. I was reminded of some of the special posts you have featured: on John Dickenson, and the incorporation of white in San Francisco interiors to capture the “transcendent and reverberant” light you also describe here in a comment. I was very fortunate and honored that Antonio, Katherine and Linda asked me to take their portrait – and fortunate to be in this uplifting room and in their intelligent, informed and charming company. Katherine and Linda captured perfectly the style of the Portuguese azulejos in that full and Baroque period modeling. It is so different from the style of Delft painted tiles –uniquely Portuguese, and they got it just right and in such a new and original presentation. I loved the pendant rope sculpture as well. The rope is an intrinsic decorative motif of Portuguese Manueline architecture –referencing that country’s maritime past –and as a kind of textile art reminiscent of the work of Sheila Hicks it is exactly the kind of thing that I urge collectors to consider today. Loved your description of this truly 21st century room, the splendid Indo-Portuguese bed, Antonio’s great talent and family history and the features on these superb artists. <br />Philip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-87437955990014864042014-04-25T11:42:42.364-07:002014-04-25T11:42:42.364-07:00Dear Newell-
Yes…agree totally.
Antonio has tappe...Dear Newell-<br /><br />Yes…agree totally.<br />Antonio has tapped into the history and vibe os San Francisco in every way.<br />There's the John Dickinson reference…but he has also captured the extraordinary quality of light here…the light that bounces off the bay…and is one of the reasons everyone feels so healthy and great here…transcendence light. He seems to have drawn light into the room…and it bounces around…and yet it is purely an imaginary PORTUGAL AS WELL…LISBON of course …on the river and on the Atlantic…has that same reverberant light…<br />Bravo Antonio.<br />Bravo also to House Beautiful for its generous support of THE SAN FRANCISCO DECORATOR SHOWCASE…and the wonderful KITCHEN OF THE YEAR…designed by Steven Miller. Wonderful.<br />DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-85358443274294095122014-04-25T11:39:16.202-07:002014-04-25T11:39:16.202-07:00DEAR FRIENDS-
Dear Blue and Karena in Kansas, and...DEAR FRIENDS-<br /><br />Dear Blue and Karena in Kansas, and the lovely Theresa-<br /><br />Thank you so much. Yes…it is pure joy.<br />You enter the room…and everything else disappears and you are in the TERRITORY OF ANTONIO.<br />His is such an original invention…and the addition of the JOHN DICKINSON plaster…and then the abstracted white chaise longue…is so uplifting.<br /><br />thank you for your lovely comments DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-28101427610989219712014-04-25T10:28:40.779-07:002014-04-25T10:28:40.779-07:00This room is spectacular. Antonio has clearly tapp...This room is spectacular. Antonio has clearly tapped into the extraordinary interior design legacy of San Francisco. But this room is no copy of anything. It's fresh, original and I'm hoping a sign that designers in SF are putting this city's wonderful sensibility back on the world's interior design map!Newell Turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-12794340732251902082014-04-25T09:50:54.409-07:002014-04-25T09:50:54.409-07:00Oh my goodness! This is a feast for the eyes and s...Oh my goodness! This is a feast for the eyes and soul! The execution and placement of the tiles is pure genius! With so much imagery available on line, this stands out as unique!Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-9008725376706814092014-04-25T08:26:14.356-07:002014-04-25T08:26:14.356-07:00Dear Diane,
Antonio and his team of artists are cr...Dear Diane,<br />Antonio and his team of artists are creative geniuses. Antonio's background and family story are so interesting as well.<br /><br />What an absolute pleasure to be able to see this fabulously artful room (especially as I will not be able to attend the San Francisco Decorator Showhouse!)Karenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-48975323856893928522014-04-25T08:20:39.425-07:002014-04-25T08:20:39.425-07:00The first breath of spring (in decorating terms) s...The first breath of spring (in decorating terms) so far this year. His room and his idea will be much copied, I'm sure, but none will be the breath of fresh air that his room is. <br /><br />What a delight!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.com