Island Organic Chic

By Erin Ferucci

Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

I love organic, unique pieces. These one of kind tables are crafted from vintage fabric woodcuts. Before the advent of the printing press the common method for creating printed fabric was to stamp the fabric with a carved woodcut. An artisan would painstakingly carve a design into a block of wood, then the "stencil" would be dipped in dye and placed on the fabric.

Although this method is considered rare now, it is still a practice that is sometimes used in the islands to create one of a kind fabrics. I love that these amazing tables are fashioned from the original woodcuts. Each piece is unique and seeped in history.

Simplicity: Island Chic

By Erin Ferucci

Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

When an azure ocean is your backdrop simplicity is key to any successful design.Coastal Living is featuring this beautifully elegant seaside home in their current issue. The owner, Jim Delemeter, is an emergency room doctor who was inspired by the work of Luis Barragan, a Mexican architect renowned for creating minimal masterpieces out of concrete. The simple elegance of the sculpted concrete walls has a variety of design benefits. It creates a neutral background which allows the blues and greens of the surrounding environment to be unhampered. The concrete also provides a practical solution to weatherproofing, the steel enforced concrete walls have proven capable of withstanding even hurricane winds. The interior designer for the home, created a beautiful, warm home atmosphere through a use of a minimalist array of neutral textiles. photo credits: lisa romerein

I'd Rather Be on An Island

By Erin Ferucci
Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

I'd rather be on an island. Is it just me? First there was the rush of the holidays. Then the pressure to make and keep New Year's Resolutions and just when you think you can catch your breath from the onslaught of expectations placed on you by the ever present media machine....the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition shows up in the mailbox! I'd rather be on an island. When you live on an island you don't feel pressured to stand in line at Target to buy wrapping paper for the holidays, you wrap gifts in coconut husks, or hide them in gianormous conch shell! Talk about reduce, reuse and recycle!
When you live on an island you don't feel pressured to make New Year's Resolutions. Everyday as you watch the sunset over the ocean you are automatically reminded of the fleeting beauty of life, so you make every moment count. When you live on an island, the new Victoria Secret doesn't arrive in your mailbox in the dead of February, it strolls past your villa every day of the week. It doesn't pressure you into being some ideal, it just exists. I'd rather be on an island!