The Good Life

Curating personal style effectively takes time and passionate focus. As a means of self-expression, the colors, and textural elements one uses for fashion most often ride in tandem with one’s home decor. Case in point, a pair of faux tortoiseshell hoop earrings act as a muse in both style and attitude for me with my most beloved interior spaces providing ample proof.

This obsession of mine, to seek derivatives of unique patterns of brown and yellow inspired by the hawksbill turtle, frequently manifests as a common denominator for my design choices. Adding an antique tortoiseshell box as a final touch in a living room, demanding Tortoloid accents in my car’s interior as a non-negotiable feature and displaying the leopard-like Pantone through a chest’s veneer is just a few of the ways I enjoy displaying this extraordinary motif.

Tortoise shell’s mottled appearance whispers, “class” in the most genteel manner. It beckons one to remember a time when the world was a more refined place in word and deed, not dissimilar to what the series Downton Abbey did for many of my fellow anglophiles! Another attractive, remarkable attribute of tortoiseshell is its ability to transcend historical and artistic orientation in decor. Consider adding a piece of old-world charm to your life today  -- you pick the form -- and watch it transform you!