Welcome to Nest by Tamara

Welcome to Nest by Tamara
Tamara Matthews Stephenson is the creative talent behind this journal dedicated to interior design, history and lifestyle inspiration. With a passion for design and a keen eye for aesthetics, she shares her expertise and insights. Tamara has established herself as a prominent figure in the world of interior design and her design philosophy is rooted in the idea that a well-designed home can elevate the quality of life. Beyond her writing, She is an interior designer and textile designer as the Creative Director and Owner of root cellar designs, LLC, an artisan line of textile and wallpaper. Connect with Tamara through email at rootcellardesings@gmail.com

Celebrating the beginning of Fall Inspired by Blue and Green Hues For the Home


photo while boating in Sag Harbor this past summer 
Hello Fall, 
While Celebrating the 
The Hues of the Summer Season 
(Blues & Greens) 
Inspired Our New Textile Collection
I pulled color inspiration from my beach house
Enchanted collection by root cellar designs
I love this poem by author Robert Frost, and it captures the fleeting beauty in life and how precious are the things we value.  This brings me to the end of summer, and don't get me wrong, there is much to look forward to in the months ahead in Fall, then the busy holiday season before winter takes hold.  However, summer in the east coast is precious- like Frost's gold, we hold it in our hands delicately for a few short months.  I have come to appreciate all its glory.  Here's to the greens and blues of summer- the color combination is literally plucked from the earth and sky and sea, and it is a constant source of inspiration for us in our textile designing for root cellar designs, and with my design clients when choosing a color palette for their homes.  What better colors to keep summer close all year round. 
                   Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.


Happy Nesting
XO Tamara