Wow, love all of these, but especially that tiny bathroom chest. Is there any color more glamorous??

I love the red doors on the shelving from IKEA. red is such a great color and such good feng shui if used in the west and never in the bedroom.

An important cultural note for d*s readers: if the rug in the first photo is in fact a Two-Gray-Hills Dine’ (Navajo) rug, which it certainly appears to be, it should NOT be on the floor. Dine’ “rugs” are actually sacred artworks that were created to be worn or displayed, not walked on. Placing them on the floor insults the weaver and the Dine’ culture. Multi-cultural design is tough because it demands more than an eye for what looks good together–it demands a knowledge of and respect for the lifeways that produced the material culture we use, and accountability for how we use it.

It’s amazing how much a dash of red can add to a room — such vibrancy and elegance.

I adore red, and have it in many places in my life. Thank you for this most inspirational post today!

I love the red – it just does something with your mood. It especially combines well with grey, very sophisticated!

the glam bathroom is my fav

And what lovely Vitsœ shelving on the left in the first image :-)

Hi Grace–

Sorry–I just now happened to check back on this post for an entirely different reason, and I saw your question about the Dine rugs–sorry this response is like 1.5 years late!

The problem with “sharing a link to this information” is that the information is local and contextual–that was kind of my point about removing cultural elements from their context and displaying them decoratively. I grew up in NM and we were brought up that you should never display a Dine rug on the floor out of respect for the weaver. But there are weavers now who weave for the national/international market, and they are OK with their rugs (especially larger formats) being displayed on the floor. It’s not cut and dried. Dealers’ websites are not generally good at communicating the local “rules” b/c they are obviously aimed at clients outside the area. That being said, I was able to find one reasonable representation of the local guidelines for displaying antique and modern Dine rugs in different formats, from http://www.indianterritory.com:

Typical Navajo Weaving Display Techniques by Type

Navajo Regional Rugs and “Pan Reservation” Rugs c 1900-Today: The majority of Navajo rugs woven of homespun Navajo sheep wool yarn and made after 1890 of medium or heavier weave can be used on either floor or wall interchangeably. On the floor they are generally displayed with a floor pad. On the wall they are generally displayed on Velcro, although there are additional options to wall display as noted above.

Runners, samplers ,squares and small weavings : Typically are either wall displayed but are popularly used on table tops and sofa tables, especially for display under a Pueblo Indian pot or an antique American Indian basket

Navajo Chief’s Blankets: Typically displayed on the wall horizontally as they would have been worn (with the interior warp running vertically); occasionally displayed on mannequin torsos. Pre-1900 chiefs blankets are never displayed on the floor, although some post-1900 rug weight chiefs pattern rugs can be used on the floor if desired.

Navajo Serapes/ Shoulder blankets: Typically displayed vertically (with the interior warp running vertically); if displayed on mannequin torso they are draped horizontally as they would have been worn. Soft Transitional blankets are also popular choices for use as decorative bed covers in Southwest and Draftsmen style homes, as well as sofa, chair and furniture throws and covers. Blankets drape nicely over railings to add color to any room.

Navajo pictorial rugs: Typically pictorials are wall displayed although some heavier room-sized floor rugs are sometimes available for floor use.

Navajo Germantown Blankets: Typically wall displayed vertically unless in Chiefs blanket form. Cannot be used on floor.

Navajo Tapestry weaves: Typically wall displayed.

Large rugs over 5′x8′ are generally of rug weight and used on the floor.

Like I said in my first post, it looks like that’s a Toadlena/Two Gray Hills rug, and these fall in the Tapestry Weaving category, so they’re not floor-displayed where I come from (in fact, I have never seen one on the floor). I guess in the end if you don’t have Dine folks in your home on a regular basis, it probably doesn’t much matter what you do with their rugs. But it seems to me that D*S has an investment in respecting the provenance of decorative objects, so I thought readers might find this information interesting.