Give Thanks!

Interior Design Magazine features “Fete” in their Fall Market Tabloid. Thank you Interior Design Magazine for your continued support!

Uptown Magazine

Malene b in Uptown Magazine!

House Beautiful 2011

It’s exciting to see our “St. Vincent” carpet, inspired by the waters of my mother’s home country, featured in a collection of water inspired carpets in the October issue of House Beautiful Magazine.

Design Caribbean

I want to thank everyone for a wonderful experience at the Design Caribbean Show in the Dominican Republic. It was an honor to be invited plus it was inspiring to be surrounded by so many creative thinkers! Check out some product highlights from Contemporary Caribbean Design. A collective of products designed by designers from Haiti, Trinidad &Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.

Salad servers by Marlon Darbeau
Wire crochet jewelry by Lucia Joseph
Fat Ladies Cermanic figurines by Laura Ward
Man pillows by Robert Young,The Cloth
Table Lamp by Jean Paul Sylvaince
Salad bowl and spoon by Philippe Arthur

Elle Decor the September issue

The September issue of Elle Decor just arrived! Check out our first advertisement campaign with my fellow Goodweave members featuring “Calabash” in cinnamon.

Malene b carpets featured in Albany State University’s Student Center

I’m so excited to see the new student center at Albany State University in Albany,Georgia featuring “Masks” from our Classics collection as the carpet. The pattern was custom colored in a solution dyed nylon machine made construction. Interiors by Em Elle Studios.

Launch party at Colin Campbell Vancouver, Canada

Check out the highlights from the launch party at our Canadian showroom partners Colin Campbell in Vancouver, Canada. It was exciting to see my work in a grand scale as well as displayed gallery style. Plus it was a pleasure meeting so many talented designers. I look forward to adding Malene b Carpets to many homes in Canada!

Malene b debuts in Canada

We are excited to announce that Malene b Custom Handmade Carpets will debut new collections
at the showrooms of Colin Campbell, our exclusive Canadian distributor on June 14 and 16, 2011

Colin Campbell is a designer showroom cateringto the architectural and design community in Western
Canada. They have been importing and distributing floor coverings into Canada for over 55 years
and they have the largest selection of area rugs in Vancouver, Canada.

The BEAT panel at Time Inc ” Get your house gorgeous”

In good company on the panel of the BEAT Event at Time Inc. “Get Your House Gorgeous”. The panel consisted of the talents of Karen Young of Hammocks and High tea, blogger Nicole Gibbons of So Haute, interior designer Elaine Griffin, and Kelley Carter the home editor of Real Simple Magazine. Photo by Kenneth Goldberg 2011

My Mehndi Experience

Mehndi is a traditional body adornment typically used at weddings, holidays and other special occasions in the India, Morocco, Sudan and many parts of the world. It is a paste made from ground henna leaves that, when applied to the body, stains the skin a beautiful deep ochre.

On my first trip to India I was lucky enough to attend my girlfriend’s traditional Indian wedding and be part of her Mehndi celebration. The wedding was a two weeklong affair with different ceremonies each day. A day or two before the wedding day came the celebration, attended by all her girlfriends and family. Each of us had our own Mehndi artist. The artists used cones filled with the henna paste to create intricate designs on our hands. The bride’s hands and feet were both decorated. I admired that they work free hand, making up elaborate patterns as they go, something I do myself while creating my designs. Keeping my hands covered the rest of the day I was informed of the belief that if your Mendhi turns out very dark your mother-in-law will like you. As the paste started to peel away the bride(my girlfriend) and her girlfriends all teased me that my Mehndi was so dark!

I was so inspired by this tradition; its history, and the social nature of the ceremony that I had to make a carpet that recreates the experience.