Collaborating with Nature  – Color, Chaos & Creativity

For inspiration regarding color I often take my cue from nature. This weekend I noticed that our hydrangeas were starting to bloom at our country house and I was inspired by these awesome cool tone…

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We need more news like this | Sketches & Musings

It’s “feel good moments” like this that make me smile and regain faith in our community, especially when the person we are talking about is my husband, Neil Breslau. I was also honored that one of our very own at Design Works International, Jim Simon took it upon himself to write a blog about the Libertad Urban Farm and Neil’s involvement in helping Tanya restore the farm after a thief took off with her produce that was ready to harvest and stole all her tools and destroyed the farm during this terrible experience. We like to say out of bad comes good and this story is a perfect example of just that….enjoy the read and video. We are all proud at Design Works International and hope that you will be as well…

Sincerely,Nancy Fire Breslau

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I’ve long believed the world can be a difficult place and I’ve begun to think that as a society we seem to focus on the negative rather than positive. This is a nice story about some go…

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Floral Focused

Florals

At Design Works International, our NYC based design studio, we are seeing a resurgence of floral designs in home decor… our print collections reflect this by introducing many different techniques in creating our latest floral designs. See my “Industry Trends” in the latest issue of GardenCenter Magazine to keep current on our “floral-focused” decor trend and how products today reflect this upbeat style. Interested in seeing more designs, contact us at info@designworksintl.com.

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Garden Greats

Tis the season to plant and play….if you love the outdoors, fab color and yummy veggies…your my kind of garden guru! Let’s face it, when you live in the northeast your planting days are limited so why not take advantage of some great DIY projects!

Attached are a few of mine and some from our HGTV HOME Plant Collections..love the hand painted flower pot fence project and the beautiful HGTV HOME amazing floral blends….and those succulents are fantastic!

See you outdoors!  

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  Photo by Nancy Fire Lace Hydrangea East Quogue NY Garden

  HGTV HOME Plant Collection

  HGTV HOME Plant Collection

  Photo by Nancy Fire East Quogue NY Garden Goodies

  Photo by Nancy Fire East Quogue NY

 Photo by Nancy Fire Watkins Glen NY