Category Archives: John Saladino

The Enchanting World of Las Tejas

Posted January 7, 2016. Filed in John Saladino, Mediterranean Style, Palladian-Style

Greetings, and Happy New Year to each of you! I have been away from writing for The Art of the Room for some time, I realize. And I apologize for not providing explanation in my last post. But, you see, at the time I had no real inkling I would step away for as long […]

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Favorite Vintage Ads Friday: Collier Campbell for Martex

Posted August 29, 2014. Filed in Favorite Vintage Ads, John Saladino

Today’s favorite vintage ad was produced in 1983 by Atelier Martex in collaboration with Collier Campbell to introduce their new bedding line, Kashmir. Martex employed interior designers and decorators, with never a mention of their names, to create imagined rooms layered with atmosphere to entice buyers into their secret world. They are some of the best […]

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Great Outdoor Rooms: Plein-Air Living

Posted May 22, 2014. Filed in Fisher-Wiseman, François Catroux, Hubert de Givenchy, John Saladino, John Stefanidis, Michael S. Smith, Outdoor Rooms, Steven Gambrel

Summertime has nearly arrived and there’s no better time than now to put the finishing touches on your outdoor living spaces. As a native Californian living in Houston I miss my home state’s indoor-outdoor quality of living – to be able to throw open the windows and doors and blur the lines between inside and […]

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Enduring Saladino Style: Vintage Kips Bay

Posted May 6, 2014. Filed in Classic Chic, John Saladino, Minimal Traditional, Romantic Classical Style

In practice, Decorator Showhouses are intended to introduce new ideas, trends, and technology by interior designers and decorators to potential clients and end-users of home furnishings products. Showhouses also offer the designer an opportunity to step outside the box and create a room, or rooms, for an imaginary client where the sky’s the limit. This […]

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Saladino Style

Posted October 22, 2013. Filed in John Saladino, Mediterranean Style, Tuscan Style

The Tuscan style gained great popularity in the U.S. in the 1990′s, and there is probably no single American designer or architect more associated with this style than John Saladino, known for his romantic-classical take on Italian and Spanish Mediterranean styles. From the Veneto to the Tuscan landscape Saladino has distilled classical villa-style and Italian country […]

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Under The Tuscan Sun

Posted October 8, 2013. Filed in Atelier AM, Axel Vervoordt, John Saladino, John Stefanidis, Mark Hampton, Michael S. Smith, Renzo Mongiardino, Tuscan Style

From the Etruscans’ who left behind many roads that are still traveled today, to the expansive power of the Roman Empire and the Medici family, who financed  much of the Renaissance, Tuscany is rich in history, romantic ancient villages, rustic farmhouses and elegant villas, distinctive regional cuisine, and soft rolling hills for as far and […]

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